shg0816 opened this issue on Nov 24, 2006 · 5 posts
shg0816 posted Fri, 24 November 2006 at 3:28 PM
Hi again,
I have noticed that many vendors include templates with their products.
How do these work? Do you just add material, or are these the basis for creating new products?
Thanks
CaptainJack1 posted Fri, 24 November 2006 at 4:13 PM
A template is a picture file that show how the shape of the 3D object has been mapped to 2D. You can paint over the template in a paint program (Photoshop, Paint Shop, the Gimp, etc.) and make a new material for your object. To use the material, you'd import the new picture you created into the material (or materials) for the object that use that template. Several different material zones on the same object may use the same template image. Some items use multiple templates, because the surface is so complex.
shg0816 posted Fri, 24 November 2006 at 4:15 PM
Great,
Thank you Captain :)
DarkEdge posted Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:17 PM
CaptainJack1 posted Fri, 24 November 2006 at 10:25 PM
Quote - arrrrrrr...the cap'n has struck again!
Yeah, I'm like a cat... quick, stealthy, ever on the pro-- is that a bird? :woot:
Um... Where was I? Oh yeah, the catnip... 
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