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slow but steady
Join date: 4 Dec 2004
Posts: 129
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01-10-2009 10:44
Is anybody using Blacksmith3D for texturing and/or sculpties? It has a free 3D paint program, an upgrade that looks more like Photoshop in 3D, and a morphing version (no sculpty support(yet).
I figure the free paint program is "the right price" for anybody, but the sale prices end Sunday.
link:
http://www.blacksmith3d.com/
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 7,496
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01-10-2009 12:28
I tried it a couple years ago, and was very underwhelmed by it. Like most 3D painters at the time, it was underpowered, buggy, and crash-prone. Further, it was quite bad at handling seams on the avatar mannequin. It wouldn't compensate for changing UV directions across seams, so brush strokes would end up crooked from one side of a seam to the other.
If they've improved it since then, great. But if they haven't, it's not terribly useful for SL purposes.
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Chosen Few
Alpha Channel Slave
Join date: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 7,496
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01-10-2009 12:29
I tried it a couple years ago, and was very underwhelmed by it. Like most 3D painters at the time, it was underpowered, buggy, and crash-prone. Further, it was quite bad at handling seams on the avatar mannequin. It wouldn't compensate for changing UV directions across seams, so brush strokes would end up crooked from one side of a seam to the other.
If they've improved it since then, great. But if they haven't, it's not terribly useful for SL purposes.
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Land now available for rent in Indigo. Low rates. Quiet, low-lag mainland sim with good neighbors. IM me in-world if you're interested.
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Abu Nasu
Code Monkey
Join date: 17 Jun 2006
Posts: 476
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01-10-2009 19:27
I actually spent a few minutes with it so far this time around.
One thing that truly vexes me is the the painter doesn't have a colour palette in the open that I could find. You have to click on the thing to pull up the OS dialog colour picker. Come on. Seriously.
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