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medlar Lament
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Join date: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 11
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05-10-2004 13:41
Is it possible to apply a texture image to just one face of a solid?
What I'm trying to do is, make glasses. I've made a glasses frame graphic, with opaque frames, semitransparent 'lenses' and transparent everywhere else.
I make a cube, squash it flat as it goes (0.01m) and apply the glasses texture. The "front" looks just right. But there are distorted glasses frames on the side faces, which look a bit odd in the air around the avatar's face.
Plus, what I really want to do is make textures for the ear-pieces, and apply them to the left & right faces of the cube ... I suppose I could do ear-pieces on smaller, linked plates, but the same problem comes up either way, how to not texture the "invisible" sides?
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Chip Midnight
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Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
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05-10-2004 13:47
Yes you can  There are two ways to put a texture on just one surface of an object. If you drag a texture and drop it on a surface it will apply only to that single surface rather than the whole object. The second way is done in edit mode. At the top of the edit dialogue there are some radio buttons for "position," "select individual," "select texture," etc. If you check "select texture" you can click on a surface and adjust the texture on just that single surface. Anything you adjust in the "Texture" dialoge will effect that single surface.
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Julian Fate
80's Pop Star
Join date: 19 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,020
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05-10-2004 13:48
You do texture the invisible sides, but you do it with an invisible texture. Make a texture that's fully transparent. You'll have to do this in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or your tool of choice. Make the texture small, say 16x16, since it doesn't have any detail. In the building tool there's a button for "Select Texture". When it's checked you will be able to select individual faces of a prim and manipulate their textures independently of all the other. Select multiple faces with a shift-click. |
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Coreina Grace
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Join date: 14 Feb 2004
Posts: 63
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05-11-2004 09:51
I think they give a 'full alpha' texture with the base set of textures you get when youstart... I have one.. and I never created it, perhaps it was given to me in my newb days.
either way, ifyou dont have it already, you will need to upload one.. or IM me.. I have one in world already you can use
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