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Texturing Help in 3ds Max

[Deleted User][Deleted User]11 Posts: 4,002Member
edited January 2010 in Technical Questions and Answers #1
New around here aswell as new to modelling. Anyways I need some help texturing a battlecruiser for a RP Species I made. I use only diffuse with the png on it and I get what is below in the attachment. Trying to get hull texturing properly. What am I doing wrong here?
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  • spudmonkeyspudmonkey0 Posts: 0Member
    #2
    Looks like you haven't unwrapped the model properly. Check out the Unwrap UVW modifier and some of the many online tutorials on unwrapping
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #3
    Well since idk what unwrapping is thats probably it lol Thanks I'll check it out and see if that fixes it.

    Edit: Yep that was the problem....kind of a facepalm on my part lol
  • spudmonkeyspudmonkey0 Posts: 0Member
    #4
    Unwrapping can be a pain in the butt to do, but it's worth sticking with it. You could "cheat" and apply a box map to the model but learning how to unwrap properly would give you much better results :)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #5
    Yeah I got it to unwrap. And applied the texture over the entire ship but didnt like it so I'm going to do it by Polygon lol
  • L2KL2K0 Posts: 0Member
    #6
    not sure what you mean, but once you unwraped properly your model, you need to render the uvs then take it into photoshop to paint, or at least tweak the base texture you want to apply.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #7
    You can UVW Map and then Unwrap just parts of the ship aswell as I fail at image editing programs.
  • L2KL2K0 Posts: 0Member
    #8
    photoshop is not that hard once you know the blending styles.

    and everyone can see a difference between a base texture and an object's texture.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]2 Posts: 3Member
    #9
    Base Texture and Object Texture? Explain please. Also it's not that I dont know how to use PS as I have however I just plain suck at it. I use GIMP anyways.
  • L2KL2K0 Posts: 0Member
    #10
    i call base texture whatever you use to start with texturing. like a metal photo, or concrete, or whatever your object is meant to be made of.
    you paint on it, you change its seize, duplicate it, put stickers on it, add some dirt, scratches...

    the object texture, is the final thing you'll use inside your 3d package. with paintings and burn marks, and whatever.

    a good site to find cool base textures is [CG Textures] - The worlds largest free texture site
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