How to arrange the texture map?

[filipmun]

Hi, I am in the process of texturing this tiger and wonder how many other ways is there compared to the usual paste on type.

TigerB.zip

[filipmun]

Here is the screen grab..

[entity]

There is a tutorial (by Zandoria Studios) that I read to learn so I could texture my model.

 

Decaling Using the UV editor

 

THE best (AMv11) UV editor tut, I know of.

 

Hope that helps.

[filipmun]

Thanks entity, I am working on that too, the difficult part is to create seamless texture, I was wondering; is multiple stamping lighter then a large combined UV mesh?

 

Well lets compare with the out come later.

[entity]

Maps should be placed normaly except make one of the side by side maps overlap the other. Then the map that is overlapping should have a alpha map added so that you end up with a smooth fade into the overlapped map. To create an alpha in photoshop... make a new alpha channel...select this channel and deselect the RGB channels, but keep them visible (make sure the alpha map is also visible... choose a tool to paint with (airbrush gives you a soft edge) and draw the alpha (using black with a white background- black is transparency in alpha channel).

Or you can simply use the mask tool to select an area and under channel options you can choose to use the selection to make an alpha from. I perfer the drawn method because I can see the faded area clearly... with a mask it gives you a line of "marching ants".

That's how you get well blended textures from one into another.... there are tutorials out there on how to do all this in detail... check the Hash site to find them.

If you mean by "seamless texture" one texture that will be repeated accross the entire mesh... I don't think that would be very defining on an animal... a tiger is not entirely striped. I'm interested to see what you come up with.

[filipmun]

I can handle PS, just the UV mesh separation and texture alignment that are hard, you have to take a best guess and go back and forth to see if the hair size and direction not to mention tonal value is correct.

 

This is the hardest part in AM I think, here is the tiger with out the stripe yet, I will post my uv arrangement later.

[filipmun]

Here are my decals....

[filipmun]

another...

[entity]

You definitly there, friend. Looks good. Can't wait to see the results with the stripes added.

[filipmun]

I need to rework the ears to blend with the head, it was a low patch model.

[starwarsguy]

nice texturing!

[entity]

I hate one word comments, but "WOW"!

[filipmun]

I am hoping to see some different texture map arrangement from other user, here is the head so far, need to fix the seam along the center parting, did a map for it but ended up blur.

 

A transparency were used to cut a hole for the ears to blend in. This way I don't have to disrupt the head geometry.

There is a way to save a texture map for the partings but have to adjust the bias handles, quite tedious.

[filipmun]

The hole.

[filipmun]

Here it is about 80% to completion, the stripes on the leg and bump is not final but can't wait to render with Skycast.

 

Have anyone tried texturing it?

[Pengy]

Great Job on the modeling and texturing. Is there anyway we could see a full model profile? There looks to me to be something off with the neck size but it could just be the pose.