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Title: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: im not a people person73 on January 26, 2008, 11:35:01 am

I tried terranim8or but the uv mapper seems to only work on terrain I create with it. I'm looking for something like the tutorial using paint shop pro but I'm on the titest budget. :'($0.00

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: kreator on January 26, 2008, 12:18:36 pm

http://animanon.xtreemhost.com/index.php?board=36.0

roadkill and UVmapper classic at this link

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: im not a people person73 on January 26, 2008, 12:30:06 pm

I'm using uv mapper classic right now but i cant use my anim8or models.Why?

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: im not a people person73 on January 26, 2008, 12:39:09 pm

I'm using roadkill now and it has the same prob.

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: kreator on January 26, 2008, 12:58:36 pm

convert thenm to 3ds or obj format with anim8or ... I think UV classic is Obj format offhand

just save as Obj format instead of An8


you won`t be able to import straight anim8or objects they must be converted to Obj format

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: im not a people person73 on January 27, 2008, 04:28:47 pm

it is in that format but i can't open it.i'm confused! ???

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: im not a people person73 on January 27, 2008, 06:28:02 pm

ok i got it but how do you texture it.(all i can find is selection tools

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: kreator on January 28, 2008, 11:55:13 am

You will need to separate all the meshes in UVmapper then apply a new map to each one ... There used to be a tutorial on the old anim8or.org site done by Bravo One but it is not available any longer ( unless it was uploaded here way back) I do have a copy of that on paper,and I will see what I can do to help you out.

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: kreator on January 28, 2008, 01:24:45 pm

load in the obj ....go edit ...select all press / three times to reduce size.
now go edit...colour...colour by gruop
then again edit....select....select by group
u should now have selection for the meshes
select your first mesh ...  then drag from selection box up to middle of screen, u can press * on keypad to make bigger / smaller
once it looks good  go select...New Umap ....planar( or whatever) u might have to play with all the settings to get each mesh right...

repeat for all other meshes once you have done all the meshes go File...save model... ok the box then save the model like modelmapped.obj  so you know its a mapped model,
 then file...save texture map
save the map as something that relates to the model


now use the texture mapped file in gimp, photoshop etc ...
overlap each mesh by a couple of pixels otherwise u get white area on outline

reload into anim8or as obj model  then usr your texture as material

Hope this helps.
I will try and do a better version ... which u will find later on Animanon

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: im not a people person73 on January 28, 2008, 04:12:26 pm

thanks

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: rounder on February 02, 2008, 09:39:44 am

Here is a tutorial I did some years ago for using uvmapper and anim8or with dark basic.  Skip the dark basic parts in the beginning/end, enjoy!


http://biederman.net/joe/tutorials/dbmap/dpmap1.htm

Title: Re: where can i find a free uv mapper?
Post by: shirine on February 07, 2008, 06:19:45 am

Hi,

I found this one, thought it might be of use....

http://quick-help.net/uv-mapper