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Title: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 29, 2008, 02:22:09 pm

Hi everyone,

I'm new on this forum, and this make long time that I try to put a texture to my model.  I can put materials but, how can I put textures?  And my biggest Anim8or problem, (i'm begginer) I use too much the Subdivision when I want to put more things to my models (like a mouth).  My model can be a 16MBs!  ;D So, how can I stop this problem, using too much subdivision?

P.S:  Sorry if I don't speak english verry well!  ;D I'm french.

Thanks a lot,

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Alchemystic on March 29, 2008, 03:05:19 pm

I'm not that good at texturing, but if you just want to basically texture something make a material. then in the ambient, diffuse, specular, and emissive sections is a square with a dash (-) in it. click on the one next to diffuse. click load texture. Go to My Pictures or wherever you keep your textures and click one. then hit open. there will be a box that has three textures in it: none, CHECKS, and whatever one you are using. click on the one your using. then hit ok. then hit ok again. then apply the material to your object. It will now be textured. yay! :)

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 29, 2008, 03:09:08 pm

 :)

I will try this.

Thanks a lot for this verry fast answer!

EDIT:  It doen't work?.....

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: 3D Joe Wiltshire on March 29, 2008, 03:51:02 pm

if you need it more precise, like you want to put a dvd cover so that it covers the front, use the uv tool, there are quite a few tutorials for this, and generally, if you have a box that needs to be textured, it's better to texture every face seperately

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 29, 2008, 04:48:20 pm

UV Tool?  What's UV Tool?  I try to texture it, but it give nothing.  And, how can we texture only one face of a cube like you said?

Thanks

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: lynn22 on March 29, 2008, 04:49:12 pm

I have just made a tutorial for beginners an how to apply a texture. It is all explained in images.
Have a look : http://www.3d-anim8.com/tutorials/ (http://www.3d-anim8.com/tutorials/)

Hope it helps  :)

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Alchemystic on March 29, 2008, 05:18:48 pm

Quote from: lynn22 on March 29, 2008, 04:49:12 pm

I have just made a tutorial for beginners an how to apply a texture. It is all explained in images.
Have a look : http://www.3d-anim8.com/tutorials/ (http://www.3d-anim8.com/tutorials/)

Hope it helps  :)

Thats pretty much what i said. do you need to UV it though? can't you just rotate it so that the face that the texture shows up on is facing the front view?

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: 3D Joe Wiltshire on March 29, 2008, 05:21:50 pm

i think that with some types you might have to uv it, mabye it depends on the image size

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 29, 2008, 05:42:07 pm

I did the same thing than the video but, my material picture and my cube are still greay!  ???

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Alchemystic on March 29, 2008, 05:50:06 pm

what stat are you putting the texture in? Ambient, bumpmap, diffuse, etc.? You need to use diffuse.

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: 3D Joe Wiltshire on March 29, 2008, 06:00:41 pm

try pressing the button which says "UV"

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 29, 2008, 07:16:26 pm

I used UV, this not change... And I put the texture in diffuse...

Is there a link with the texture and my cube?

This is the texture that I'm trying to use:

(http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6306/textureeauil4.png)

Is it possible to post me the AN8 file how you will do it?

Thanks

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: 3D Joe Wiltshire on March 29, 2008, 08:03:25 pm

you attach the anim8or file, by going to additional options, and choosing to attach the file, now just find the file and attach it

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 29, 2008, 08:09:15 pm

Ok.  Here's the An8 file:

http://www.zshare.net/download/9757480d0bc039/

Thanks

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: 3D Joe Wiltshire on March 29, 2008, 08:26:31 pm

are you using the newest preview version? i think i've discovered a new problem with it, i'm tryong to texture all faces one by one, but for some reason i can only texture 4 sides, but 2 of them can't be textured without stretched lines, is it just me that's encountering this?

for your problem, i think you'll find that if you press the "UV" button, it should texture your cube

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: hihosilver on March 30, 2008, 03:57:26 am

Try going "View>Preferences..." then check the 'textures' box and any other boxes you wish to view in the file output and viewport.

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: Anim8er on March 30, 2008, 09:35:39 am

 :) It's working!  :D

Thanks a lot,

Title: Re: How do I put a texture?
Post by: iD_eNTITY on March 30, 2008, 10:12:38 am

It says it's a PNG image, and last time I checked anim8or couldn't use .png's.
Though I'm not sure about any of the preview anim8ors such as .97