Adding texture to a spaceship model
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Hi Gaieus,
Thanks for your comments.
Looking OK-ish but very angular at present (how would I get around this?)
I'm using Podium which seems to do the job but it has a habbit of crashing.
Do you have any tips on adding backgrounds to scenes?
Regards,
GO.
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In SU, background images can be added as watermark under Window > Styles > In model > Edit. I don't know however how this would render in Podium (I doubt it would but who knows?). If a rendering plugin is capable of rendering background images, it is generally set in the plugin itself.
As for the angular look, you can experiment with Fredo's Round Corner plugin.
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This would be something with rounded corners (hidden geometry on) and with a space background in SU:
Of course, for a rendering program, the best is if it is a spherical background as in that case the light comes from the whole image and the stars or such give reflections on the surface of a space ship. -
Hi,
Unfortunately Podium doesn't display the water mark in rendering
Thanks for the tips and I'll give the round corner plugin a bash!
Regards,
GO.
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Not necessarily SU watermark. Cannot Podium insert a background image itself?
If not, you can still put them together in Photoshop.
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Or use Fastone Photo Reziser 3 (free) it is less price than toshop
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Hi,
Just an update.
After messing about with Podium and adding textures to my ship here's what I have so far...
Any help, advice, offers or tips are greatly welcome.
I just want to try and animate it now
Thanks again for all your help.
Regards,
GO.
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And with some background image...
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Hi Gaieus,
Good work!
All i need now are some enemy ships, some explosions and a sprinkling of asteroids.
Regards,
GO.
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It's looking good, I like the design.
I would round the edges as Gaieus mentioned in an earlier post.
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Cool
For inspiration, another one
with Moment of inspiration
by PaQ
(click images for zoom)
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