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Thread: Texture mapping
Started 1 month, 1 week ago by Jtech
Hello peoples just need a little help with texturing. I am trying to build a 3D Gundam and along the edges and corners I'm trying to make it kinda scratchy and dirty, how do i get this effect. Yes I know you have to use texture mapping but at that rate it will take me a heap of time. so is there any software or plugin that will allow me to do this.
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aeres replied 1 month, 1 week ago
You can use apply weight maps on the edges and use it to drive the opacity or size of a procedural texture or decal images. Takes a bit of trial and error. If your model is low poly, you might have to add polys around the edges to tighten the weight map. It's not as easy as it sounds, but at least you don't have to paint the scratches manually for every part of the ...
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Hello peoples just need a little help with texturing. I am trying to build a 3D Gundam and along the edges and corners I'm trying to make it kinda scratchy and dirty, how do i get this effect. Yes I know you have to use texture mapping but at that rate it will take me a heap of time. so is there any software or plugin that will allow me to do this.
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You can use apply weight maps on the edges and use it to drive the opacity or size of a procedural texture or decal images. Takes a bit of trial and error. If your model is low poly, you might have to add polys around the edges to tighten the weight map. It's not as easy as it sounds, but at least you don't have to paint the scratches manually for every part of the robot.

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