Forum: Carrara


Subject: Cylindrical paper label on a glass bottle?

rendererer opened this issue on Sep 13, 2005 ยท 5 posts


rendererer posted Tue, 13 September 2005 at 10:53 AM

I'm trying to put a paper label on a glass bottle. I've seen several tutorials that explain how to do this, but they typically use rectangular layers. I want to use a cylindrical texture map, because the label wraps around the whole bottle. My texture generally consists of a layers list. First there's a Whole Object layer that defines glass, then there's a Cylindrical layer that defines the label. Doesn't work. The label comes out transparent and reflective, not like paper. When I juggle the settings the label disappears. Or the glass disappears. Or Carrara slows to a crawl. About every 20 minutes Carrara stops responding to mouse clicks. I've struggled with this for 5 hours, and now it's time to beg for help. Has anyone done this seemingly simple thing? Also, as a side question, I'm using PNGs with transparency for my image maps. Is it possible to take advantage of that transparency in Carrara, or do I need to use a greyscale mask? I originally built this scene in Cinema 4D, which I no longer have access to. In C4D you just apply a glass shader to an object, then apply the label, and you're done. I can't imagine why Carrara's texturing is so cumbersome and unpredictable. It's frustrating. Thanks in advance for any help. - Joe