I've just started attempting to texturize clothing, which doesn't seem to be too hard. I tried to texturize the P4 woman's boots and keep getting a seam up the middle of them and those bare spots. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong and/or how to correct this? I can fix it in post, but would like to know how to do it right. Thanks

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Assuming this is a render, and the lines aren't just pre-render goofiness, make sure your texture overlaps the edges of the template, as the templates are rarely perfectly aligned. The bare spots are probably the "skin" on the ankle in the boot rather than a texture problem. Use the hierarchy editor to turn off the feet/shins on the poser actor and see if they go away. GrayMare

Thanks for your response. The lines appear with all the textures I apply so it must be the texture map. I wasn't too concerned about the bare spots, but I can't really turn the shins off since part of the shins are supposed to show right below the knees (I did turn the feet and toes off). I guess it all just comes with practice. S

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Taper the shins and it'll pull them into the boot without having to turn them off, you can taper them by like 1% or less normally and it works, but do turn off the feet and toes if you haven't already.

Good idea...thanks Cin!

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An alternative to Cin's very good advice is to--since you're texturing anyway--make a transmap for your figure that has black over the lower calves and feet. i know for me, that sometimes tapering makes the boots look poorly fitted, so i do the transparent feet thing. Only apply that transmap after you've posed, or the whole body goes "dotty." :^) Nan

Or even more alternatively, you coud group the lower parts of the legs into a new group, assign it a new material, and make set that material to 100% transparent... I do that a lot with body parts that poke through clothing where I don't want it to, when I can't just make a body part invisible. But that might be overkill in this case.

Thanks for all the tips people. :-)

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