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zaidoigres

07-19-2003, 04:19 AM

Hi, I have a problem with this head: I've made a texture for the whole head but i want the mouth to have a different texture on it, and... I don't know how to do it correctly. I've tried textporter (wich is very good) to make the textures, but i can't get the mapping right!
Also tried with composites, masks, etc.
All I want is a smooth transition between the Head's texture and mouth's texture. If anybody knows how to achieve this and wants to help me i'll be eternally grateful.:thumbsup:
I'm using 3dsMAX 4.
If i've missed any detail please let me know. Thank U, thank U.:D
And sorry for my english... I'm from Argentina.
Bye.

leigh

07-20-2003, 01:55 AM

Why didn't you just map them within the same UV map?

Hmmm... I can't quite remember how multi-layered textures work in Max, but there should be some way to blend them using images that act as alpha channels between different surfaces.

If I were you though, I would just unwrap the head and the inside of the mouth together.

zaidoigres

07-25-2003, 12:37 AM

Thanks Leigh! I'll try alpha channels.:)

Stroker

07-25-2003, 01:41 AM

Mapping Channels and a Composite material.

I just went through the motions to make sure I could do it with the benefit of an alpha channel for nice blending. Works dandy, but I'm not sure if I can explain it.

Jeez.
I'll see what I can do to clarify, but don't hold your breath.

EricChadwick

07-25-2003, 02:01 PM

Neil Blevins
Mapping Complex Shapes Using Multiple Map Channels
http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/map_channels/map_channels.htm

zaidoigres

07-27-2003, 07:21 PM

Thank you very much for your help, the composite maps and masks worked very well. I've finished with a multi sub-object material with a composite map in the diffuse channel, and a mask in the second map (whithin the compo map), and voilá!:thumbsup:
Again, thank you very much, and i'll post the pig when i got it finished. Hasta luego.:wavey:

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