How texturing works?

[DackSter94]

Hello!

 

First of I am very noob to 3d modelling.

 

I was playing few days ago with creating simple 3d objects and then looking at them in ModelViewer. So basically i applied ONE bitmap to object, which for simple objects works fine.

 

But what if I am creating some complex objects, and say I want to make the that complex object by parts. And obviously I want texture those parts separately. How can i have ONE bitmap(one texture file basically) when I join all parts together?

 

Thanks.

[Discus177]

Select all objects in the scene and add a uvw modifier. All will remain seperate objects but come under one texture file.

[Raz_Specter]

If creating a model you want High detail on some parts, say a 4k map then i would suggest that you break the model down into what you want high and what you want low, then make the textures files accordingly. For the Alligator, I made a few 4k maps for say the hull and the deck, the rest ranged from 1k to 2k depending on the level of detail i wanted to show.

 

Cheers Specter

[joey45]

Basically what Discus177 said.

 

You do what every 3d artist loves doing......... UVW unwrap...

[gospadin]

A penny per vertex, that's all I ask