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Re: RP : CS 3 attempt to make a soccer ball

Re: RP : CS 3 attempt to make a soccer ball

2004-02-21       - By lhtoonz

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Hi,

I would be interested in how to do this.

-Steven

--- In Carrara@(protected), "whkguamusa" <guamauto@(protected)> wrote:
> Hi, Michael
> A few things on your ball project.
> The file you uploaded does not have the texture map you are trying to
> use (soccerball_B2.jpg).
> You need to put it up there or resave your project file with
> the "save textures internally enabled" then re-post the car file. Do
> that and we can see what is not working for you.
>
> You could do the shading without a map in the VM. Select all the
> faces you want to be white and assign them to one shading domain and
> the black faces to another (leave them in the default domain or make
> a second new one).
> Once you have that keep the ball selected and go into the shader room
> and set the shader to  - Complex shaders - Layers list. Change the
> multi channel to panametric and your shading domains will be listed
> under it. Set up the colors for each domain and that will give you
> the black and white pattern you want...... almost.
> Your ball only has 12 faces on it so an even black white patched
> pattern is not going to be possible. A soccer ball has 32 (at least
> the one I made does) "patches" made up of hexagons and pentagons. You
> will get too many boarders with the same color meeting up.
>
> I don't model in the VM, but I an idea of how it could be done in
> there & could put up another short tutorial that should end up with a
> 32 patch hex-pentagon ball. If you are interested.
>
> mdc
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), "Michael Samuels" <msamuels@(protected)>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Well i had a go at this .. IE making a soccer ball model in Carrara
> 3 but I
> > had a problem making a texture map from it..
> >
> > I tryed using the UV mapper that is come with C3.. but for some
> reason via
> > Planar mapping.. 1 part of ball  is all back when all the rest have
> white
> > faces and black borders..
> >
> > see Files posting for render and CS 3 car files..
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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