How do i texture in Blender?
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How do i texture in Blender?
So when I model stuff in Blender, I'm not quite sure of the steps you need to take to texture it. Any help?
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Re: Texturing
first: google really works, so does the faq/tutorialthread in the 3d modeling section.
second: this should go into the 3d modeling section.
second: this should go into the 3d modeling section.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
3DModeling section of what? Srry I'm a noob
And when I texture stuff in Blender and save it as a .wrl file and open it with the mesh viewer, my texture is gone
And when I texture stuff in Blender and save it as a .wrl file and open it with the mesh viewer, my texture is gone
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
Google: UV mapping in Blender
Then after you learn that learn to paint textures in something like Photoshop (or Gimp which is free) then apply it to your mesh.
Then after you learn that learn to paint textures in something like Photoshop (or Gimp which is free) then apply it to your mesh.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
I do do UV Mapping.
Here's a step by step thing:
1) I create the model.
2) I uv map it.
3) I export as .wrl.
4) I bring it into the SWBF mesh viewer.
The model appears in the mesh viewer, but the texture is gone, so when I save it as a mesh, it is just a boring gray.
Here's a step by step thing:
1) I create the model.
2) I uv map it.
3) I export as .wrl.
4) I bring it into the SWBF mesh viewer.
The model appears in the mesh viewer, but the texture is gone, so when I save it as a mesh, it is just a boring gray.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
Just out of curiosity, could you open your .wrl in notepad, post it here, and tell us the exact name of your texture?
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
My texture is named "brown."
Though, upon recollection, it is a JPG, maybe I should save as a .tga?
(My .wrl)
Though, upon recollection, it is a JPG, maybe I should save as a .tga?
(My .wrl)
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
The game only accepts .tga textures in 24 bit and 32 bit alpha, .png may be possible since it's practically the same format and I've used in it other games that support .tga, the advantage is better compression of file size but don't know if anyone has tried it.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
All right, I'll try.tga.
EDIT: Wait, how do i specify between 24 bit and 32 bit in GIMP?
EDIT: Wait, how do i specify between 24 bit and 32 bit in GIMP?
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
each channel of the tga has 8 bit. so if you have a texture with rgb (red, green, blue) channels, its 24 bit. if the texture has an alphachannel (usually used for transparency) however it adds 8 bit, so it 32 bits.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
Hmm I textured it using UV Mapping but when I brought it into the mesh viewer it still appeared gray.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
Onto the next trail then, is the texture a power of 2 in dimensions and square? 256x256, 512x512, 768x768, 1024x1024 etc?
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
This is gonna sound like a total n00b question but how would I find that out/make my texture square?
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
minilogoguy18 wrote:Onto the next trail then, is the texture a power of 2 in dimensions and square? 256x256, 512x512, 768x768, 1024x1024 etc?
As a side note: 768x768 is not a power of 2.
PvtMichaelJCaboose wrote:This is gonna sound like a total n00b question but how would I find that out/make my texture square?
In GIMP. Image > Scale Image.
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
Yeah I'm retarded =p
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Is this right?
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
minilogoguy18 wrote:Yeah I'm retarded =p
Psh, you silly humans and your tiny mistakes.
Attached files have been disabled for years now. Just upload the image to Imageshack using THIS method.PvtMichaelJCaboose wrote:Is this right?
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
Hang on guys! Do you guys realise that you don't need a .tga to import a wrl into swbfviewer? All file formats work when importing, and I've never had to use .tga before.....The viewer does that for you when you save as a msh..
There's a few things I think you should check before going off on this .tga tangent....
Check that, before exporting to wrl, you have the texface button selected; if its not, no textures will be exported correctly....
Also, try this for me will you?
OPen your .wrl in notepad again, and try changing this:
to this(assuming your texture is still brown.jpg):
Tell me how it goes when you import to swbfviewer after those two things....
There's a few things I think you should check before going off on this .tga tangent....
Check that, before exporting to wrl, you have the texface button selected; if its not, no textures will be exported correctly....
Also, try this for me will you?
OPen your .wrl in notepad again, and try changing this:
Code: Select all
appearance Appearance {
texture DEF brown_JPG_001 ImageTexture {
url "brown.JPG"
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appearance Appearance {
texture DEF brown ImageTexture {
url "brown.JPG"
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Re: How do i texture in Blender?
http://imageshack.us/f/828/texface.jpg/
I actually converted it to .tga earlier today. But if you want, I could take a screenshot of it and save that as a .jpg.
I actually converted it to .tga earlier today. But if you want, I could take a screenshot of it and save that as a .jpg.
