Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Newbie question on applying textures

TeenOob opened this issue on Sep 24, 2001 ยท 6 posts


3dnickel posted Mon, 24 September 2001 at 2:35 AM

Whenever I get text on the body it is because I have tried to put a texture made for a P3 person onto a P4 person. Each 3d figure and model is made up of a unique collection of polygons called a "mesh". The shapes made by the mesh are "projected" onto a 2d surface called template or "UV map" - so your 3d figure appears like a paper doll on the template. Programs like "UV Mapper" let you disect the doll and move the pieces about on the template to get the best use of the space. The piece locations for the P3 figures are different from the piece locations for the P4 figures. So you wind up with P3 text all over the leg (or whatever) of your P4 person. If you really want to see weirdness, try loading people textures onto animals and vice versa. It looks crummy but it demonstrates the situation very clearly. By the way...welcome to Poser...it is both addictive and frustrating - but you're posting in the right place. p.s. (I'm having trouble with textures too!)