Subject: Re: A Digital Artist's Query (fwd)
From: Tommi Leino (namhas@majik3d.org)
Date: Fri Jan 14 2000 - 13:42:45 EET
-- Tommi Leino / Majik 3D project namhas@majik3d.org https://majik3d-legacy.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:55:19 -0500 From: Isaiah Kraus <kraus.35@osu.edu> To: Tommi Leino <namhas@majik3d.org> Subject: Re: A Digital Artist's Query Tommi, Thank you for your prompt reply, and helpful information. I've attached five files. I'm not sure how familiar you are with lightwave, so I am going to explain everything. If you're familiar with lightwave, or have it on your comp so you can load up the scene file, you probably already know the following, or at least can see it in action. 'LowPolyTreev4.lws'- This is the lightwave scene file. It is important because it contains reference objects, one-point objects that the branch textures refer to, and whose transformations are identical to those that need to be made on the image map (branch2Mapv3.png) for proper placement on the 4 branch poly-groups. 'branch1 RefObj' is for the map's placement on the branch1 poly-group (which are the polys with the 'branch1' texture). And so on, through branch 4. The above maps all project "up" from the ground, along the "axis" of the tree trunk. -Other mapping info: the 2 polys, one with texture 'branch5a' and the other 'branch5b', each have their own image map. These maps project respectively on the two remaining axi of the tree, "front" and "side". They have no reference objects, as they fit their respective polys exactly. The trunk1 texture is lightwave specific and has no map (it's a procedural), so it'll probably just be solid brown, which is fine. -Also in scene file: the 'Null' object is one point, and it's a lightwave camera target, so ignore it. 'FullTreev1.lwo' -Tree object file, with seven textures, which the lws file references. It has 58 polys now. 'branch2Mapv3.png' -Image map for branch poly-groups 1 thru 4 'branch5aMapv3.png' -Image map for poly with surface 'branch5a' 'branch5bMapv3.png' -Image map for poly with surface 'branch5b' That's it. Good luck getting the maps on correctly. Isaiah
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