sculpty maps copyright with alphachannel?
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Micha Marbach
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Join date: 11 Jun 2008
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12-01-2008 02:21
Hello People
i have a question, how i can my Sculpty maps from Blender make copyright ( alphachannel i think that musst be ?)
but i have now tried out , but can figure aut how i can write in there in a .Png sculpty map , anyone can help me ?
i want that in Buildings menu isnt the sculpty map i want there a text like Michas Creation !
I work with PS CS3
greetings vom Germany (so my bad english sorry)
Micha
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Domino Marama
Domino Designs
Join date: 22 Sep 2006
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12-01-2008 03:44
If you are using the RC scripts, then there is map protection built in. Set the format to RGBA before saving in Scene buttons (F10). You can chose a blank alpha channel or a 3D preview of the sculptie as the protection. If you want text there instead, then load the map into your graphics program and put a greyscale image onto the alpha channel.
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Micha Marbach
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Thank You  12-01-2008 06:19
Mister Domino ))) Now i have installed the RC scripts from you ! many thanks to you its a GREAT work your scripts thank you , nice Build in ! i have seen one more new option " bake sculpty LOD" can you speak me in a short answer Thank you greetings Micha |
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Domino Marama
Domino Designs
Join date: 22 Sep 2006
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12-01-2008 07:02
From: Micha Marbach i have seen one more new option " bake sculpty LOD" That's mostly there for people who are creating sculpties from scratch with UV unwrapping. If you create a 64 x 64 image (or one of the other supported map sizes) then "Bake Sculptie LOD", it will show the most important pixels in blue. The brighter the blue, the more LODs use that pixel. So in the unwrap, you know where to align things to for the best result. |
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Ollj Oh
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Join date: 28 Aug 2007
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12-13-2008 02:02
in photoshop theres a "layer" tab with 5 icons on the bottom, one adds an alpha layer.
paint a signature on that one.
save as tga with 32bit alpha channel.
it is a GREAT idea to have a signature on the sculptmaps alpha layer.
a ripping bot/script would not care to filter all the alpha channels, not worth the efford in that mass, and anyone who uses a sculptmap barely ever sees its alpha layer.
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
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12-13-2008 03:35
From: Ollj Oh in photoshop theres a "layer" tab with 5 icons on the bottom, one adds an alpha layer. You mean the Channels palette (or Channels panel if you're using CS4), not the Layers palette. There's no such thing as an "alpha layer". It's alpha CHANNEL. Layers and channels are entirely different things. |
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Nexii Malthus
[Cubitar]Mothership
Join date: 24 Apr 2006
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12-13-2008 05:12
Indeed, the alpha channel slave knows all about it.
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Shaden Sura
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12-14-2008 16:56
X3 ok I am confuse I only need to set RGBA before saving in Scene buttons, them use the PS or any other program and choose only to save the alpha channel for only use the alpha channel as the sculp map when I upload to SL or do I need to this in blender?
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