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UV textureing About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. UV textureing // New Users 1  |   Order by default Post by Virtualworlds // Apr 29, 2008, 10:26am Virtualworlds Total Posts: 1 Well I have had Truespace 7.51 for a bit and just now starting to get into the nittygritty of UV mapping & textureing, some of the tutorials such like tank girl I still find somewhat missitying is doing the coloring of Tankgirl. The programs that I am trying to export the bitmap files to is Photoshop CS3, the another tutorial says fireworks then another one says UV mapper then the 4th says dog waffle, (LOL), Ok I am sure there all good and do work, but were I am getting stuck is from Photoshop CS3, I am able to export a simple globe from truespace into photoshop but hear is the hang up, How do I add a complex pattern to the bitmap with painting that has a earth coloring. Or hear is anoterh approch, take tankgirl, with the mesh build up how you apply the color like a red/blue shirt or whatever onto a gray background from the export bitmap. Am I trying to make this more complated than it really is? Post by Jack Edwards // Apr 29, 2008, 10:38am Jack Edwards Total Posts: 4062 With Tankgirl you'd just need to save out her texture map file, edit it, save it, then reapply it to her material. If you are making a custom UV map, then once you are finished laying out the UVs, you export the UV map as a bitmap. Load it into your paint program and put it on a layer so it will overlay your image and then paint your texture. Hide the UV template layer you created before saving out the new texture. Then pick a material that takes a color texture, load your new texture that fits the UV layout, and apply the material to your model. It's easier than it sounds. :) Basically you just have to paint the texture, load it into a material and apply the material.

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