Another problem..(one of many it seems LOL) I have found some wonderful 3ds models and love using them in scenes but most times I fail to get a texture to *stick* (like the technical description?) :) I am doing something wrong no doubt but can't figure out just what it is (example .. the bench in render.. wanted a wood texture but nothing worked on it) Any suggestions? TIA

Your best bet is to play with Steve Cox's UV Mapper. I don't have a link, but I'm sure someone else will be kind enough to post it if you can't find it on your own!

BTW, that's a very cool image. A bit "busy" in the background (some detais of the characters seem to be lost in the green), but VERY cool.

Attached Link: http://www.uvmapper.com

Sometimes 3DS models don't have UVs to apply the maps to. Convert them to OBJ format for use with UVmapper.

Thanks for the comment and suggestions Charlie :-) Um..Mr JeffH? Let's pretend for a moment that you are speaking to a person with ZERO knowledge of 3d models (me ;-)) I have UV Mapper...so I should what..export the model from Poser as an obj...then open in UV Mapper..and??? Sorry to show my ignorance so blatantly but not much choice if I am going to learn anything :P Thanks again

Okay.. nevermind that.. I played around with UV Mapper and now have texture... unfortunately it applies to the entire piece.. LOL..but I'll figure it out TY for the help :)

Attached Link: http://www.xdsoft.com/explorer/

Does the bench have separately named materials or groups (parts)? If it does, you can can select them in UVmapper and move them around to different sections of the template. There are alternatives to exporting from Poser to convert things to OBJ format. Try this program: http://www.xdsoft.com/explorer/ It may work better as far as materials go. -JH.

You're on the right way, LadyLight! As far as I can see from the picture above the bench must have at least two materials (wood and metal). Select each of these materials in UV Mapper and move them around on the map until they don't overlap. Save this new map and save the new *.obj file! It now contains xy-values of the new coordinates for the materials on the texture map. Apply a wood and a metal texture with your paint program to the right parts on the map. Then import the new *.obj-file with Poser and apply your texture map to it. If everything is ok, you can save the bench as a new prop in your Poser library. I'd like to see your dragon image as soon as it is ready! Like CharlyBrown I'd do something with the background. It should be a little darkerand a little more blurred. - wal

YAY !! It worked perfectly and I can now texture the parts individually !! Thank you all again !! wanders out to play with textures

Okay.. you asked to see so here is the revised render.. background darkened a tad and textures on the bench :) I like it better.. thanks for the suggestions !!! The name of this one is "Don't Believe Everything you Read" ~LL

I like it. Anti-Alias must have been unchecked this time tho ;-) -JH.

Ouch.. forgot to do that !! LOL.. good eye JeffH :P

I like your sense of humor. Good info above on prop texture. Still fussing with UV mapper and am not sure what how to select parts of an obj in the app.

Gordon

Not real sure about that myself Huolong.. I mean.. you have the option to select by material but what one does after that I have no clue. I merely exported it after box mapping and was able to apply textures.. which was all I wanted in the first place :))

Once you select a material or group you can move it around the template with the cursor. You can also remap each selection differently if needed.

Excellent work!

It's a beautiful picture. :o)

That is great lighting, esp. on dragon. I would lighten and blur the background though to give a camera "depth of field" effect maybe. And sharpen the the bench texture and load it as a bump map too so the bench isn't so smooth is my advise. It really is a nice imags, well done.

Also be aware that uvmapper comes with a loooong list of hotkeys which do many useful things you can't do otherwise. Don't be like me and find them out months later! LOL It's an incredible utility and very powerful, don't let the fact that it's free fool you. It can repair degenerate facets (those annoying little black things that render without textures) and I've even used it in conjuction with poser and primitives to come up with some , well admittedly simple models, but for me it's an achievement. :) I guess we can't thank Steve often enough for developing and continuously improving this utility.

Thank you all for the helpful comments and advice :-) All my work is forever work in progress LOL Have a great evening !!

10:30am the other morning (well, at least in Germany ;-) Great, looks much better now, LadyLight! A bump map for the wood and some rust and/or dirt for the metal bars could make it even better. Steve has a good tutorial/manual for UV Mapper on his site. - wal