Texture projecting

Mechtec · 16 Apr 2013, 02:42

Hello all, first post here.
I am trying to learn projection of texture onto a for sided object.
i think i may have done the best that can be done, but being a noob, I am not really sure.
was watching tutorials, and they helped a great deal, but I couldn't find one that covered all four sides. Not sure if ok to post a picture here of what i done? any help or links would be helpful.

thanks gary

cotty · 16 Apr 2013, 05:46

A picture (or a model) will help the forum to help you more specific!

Mechtec · 16 Apr 2013, 22:56

@cotty said:

A picture (or a model) will help the forum to help you more specific!

ok i hope this picture works. I raise the projection board up and tilled it down aiming at top of object, picture shows basically how it was projected.

gary

Mechtec · 19 Apr 2013, 03:15

I was asked to post a picture, as to better understand my use of projection, ok picture has been posted , but i see my post has dropped? still wondering if my first try at projection is good/bad? any idea's how i could have better projected this texture?

thanks much gary

Dave R · 19 Apr 2013, 12:36

Good or bad? I think that is in the eye of the beholder. Does it achieve the look you're after? To me it looks like some sort of fake stone or plastic. Is that what you are trying to show?

As to your post dropping down the list, keep in mind everyone offering help here is volunteering. If you would like you can become a premium member and post in the Premium forum to get more immediate response.

cotty · 19 Apr 2013, 13:12

@dave r said:

Good or bad? I think that is in the eye of the beholder.

+1

If you want to try some alternatives, here are some texture manipulation plugins listed...

pbacot · 19 Apr 2013, 14:57

I think that is the best that can be done with projection and looks like something carved out of a block of wood (or strongly grained stone). I wonder what it would look like with a quad UV mapping. Another method which is used is to project each side of the object separately. However I could not say how the corner transitions would look. It would probably be hard to get the continuity at the corners you have here.

Mechtec · 19 Apr 2013, 21:19

@pbacot said:

I think that is the best that can be done with projection and looks like something carved out of a block of wood (or strongly grained stone). I wonder what it would look like with a quad UV mapping. Another method which is used is to project each side of the object separately. However I could not say how the corner transitions would look. It would probably be hard to get the continuity at the corners you have here.

Thanks pbacot
yes it is a block of wood, I made it only to see how projection works. I do ike the strong wood grain look in it. Just wondering if it possible to use more then one projection board/screen on an object or would they interfere with each other?

thanks for your reply
gary

Dave R · 19 Apr 2013, 21:22

You can use more than one projection face (it doesn't have to be a 3D thing, it can be just a face) but you'll need to paint the materials one at a time. You might actually get a more realistic look if you place the projecting plane vertically instead of at an angle.

Are you trying for realism or are you just trying to insinuate the wood grain?