American Flag Mapping

david_h

I am doing a flag for a project. Obviously I want to have it look natural, windblown etc.

Ihave used FFD, SubSmooth and UV tools for mapping. Any comments on how I can it better? Especially the mapping part?

thx,

David

EDIT . .. I added the state flag at well. I think that turned out all right. but when I rendered it the seal didn't read! WHADDUP with That!??

david_h

I'm on a flag kick here. . .This Union Jack didn't map all that bad. There's a glitch in the second image. . .Check out the width of the top center red band.

Gaieus

@unknownuser said:

There's a glitch in the second image. . .Check out the width of the top center red band.

You probably used projected texture, didn't you?

david_h

Shouldn't I have? That's what I thought I was s'posed to do!

Also, I did a French flag last night and it worked out fine. Rather than just painting blue white red using the mat'ls pallette I projected an image. Drew up fine, but didn't render in podium. Same problem with the UTAH state flag. just a blue field. I don't get it. Why do some maps render and others don't?

solo

David

Check your source image, I bet it's a .bmp or .tif.
Change it to .jpg or .png, and if it has weird characters in the name rename to simple.

Quick flag using sds.

pav_3j

@unknownuser said:

I'm on a flag kick here. . .This Union Jackdidn't map all that bad. There's a glitch in the second image. . .Check out the width of the top center red band.

Sorry to be a geek, but unless it's on a boat, it can't be called the Union Jack, anything else is just a plain old Union Flag.

Wicked model though!

Pav

david_h

Your geekness is excused. I actually kinda knew that. . .(not! ) but we cuzzins over here on this side of the pond just call it the Union Jack regardless.

thanks for the feedback Pete. .. I will check the image type. I suspected that was it.

david_h

looks like that was it. . . Thanks!

Now our state just needs to come up with a better design.

david_h

This is just too fun!

Gaieus

@unknownuser said:

Shouldn't I have [i.e. projected the UJ]? That's what I thought I was s'posed to do!

No, I mean that's what I'd've done as well. Maybe if the big wave wasn't right in the middle of the flag, it wouldn't be so apparent.

Cool game however!

david_h

It occured to me thru all of this that perhaps the most efficient way to do with is with a Face Me clipmap and call it good. although these flags are only about 250K each.

Pause and discuss. . .

Gaieus

Face me is a good idea - this way you can make sure that the wind seems to be blowing from the same direction for all the flags (should you decide to use more in a scene).

david_h

wind is a consideration and also. . .making these flags is just too much fun!

urgen

...David,select flag's groop and use Soap Skin Bubble skript (press "Restart FormFinding")
http://www.tensile-structures.de/sb_software.html
...just too much fun!.

flag.skp

solo

Hey David, how about an overkill.

I give you the curtain flag.

david_h

@urgen said:

...David,select flag's groop and use Soap Skin Bubble skript (press "Restart FormFinding")
http://www.tensile-structures.de/sb_software.html
...just too much fun!.

I for the life of me can't figure out how to get Soap Skin to work. I don't find the help site much help either. Anybody wanna give a tut!

Solo. . .you--as usual. . .are da man.

urgen

@unknownuser said:

I for the life of me can't figure out how to get Soap Skin to work. I don't find the help site much help either. Anybody wanna give a tut!
...two small video...
SSB animation.rar
flag.rar
... Look more here...
http://groups.google.com/group/Ruby-API/browse_thread/thread/982c56fae94d3537/fececa1a9d219f24?lnk=gst#fececa1a9d219f24
...PavAks and urgen the same person

david_h

Thanks Urgen. You know I tried using SSB as you did but I dont get the results. when I select a rectangle and skin it. It shows a grid, but then when I apply a pressure, it asks for a selection first but doesn't maintain it or whatever and the grid disappears . .. it's all very confusing.

D

urgen

@unknownuser said:

Thanks Urgen. You know I tried using SSB as you did but I dont get the results. when I select a rectangle and skin it. It shows a grid, but then when I apply a pressure, it asks for a selection first but doesn't maintain it or whatever and the grid disappears . .. it's all very confusing...

....Strange .... Can be ask about it the author?

boofredlay

David, I made a tutorial for Jeff (Click Draw) a while back. Check it out and see if it helps.
http://www.sketchucation.com/forums/scf/viewtopic.php?p=117613#p117613