3d paint

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Artists

ok, what paint programs can I get a demo of, that allow you to paint directly onto the model, I have deeppaint 3d but my trial has expired, plus I want to shop around as well. Any suggestions people?

Lead paint: delicious but deadly!

Submitted by souri on Mon, 30/09/02 - 11:52 AM Permalink

I haven't tried DP3D or any programs that let you paint directly on the model. Personally, I have more control working on the texture straight from Photoshop, so I prefer to do it that way. Does DP3d unwrap the texture off the model for you, btw??

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Mon, 30/09/02 - 10:24 PM Permalink

Well yeah DP3d saves the texture as a .tga or whatever you want I think. It doesnt uvw map it though, you need deep UV for that

Lead paint: delicious but deadly!

Submitted by Meatex Salami on Wed, 02/10/02 - 7:08 PM Permalink

Deep UV isn't worth the price from what i have seen, well after max 5 came out that is with automatic unwrapping. Not perfect but apparently cuts down time ALOT and gives you something you can tweak.
I have heard of another dp3d thing but can't remember something with face in it
ah well :P

Bloody hell its a giant harmonica!

Submitted by LostSanitY on Wed, 02/10/02 - 10:36 PM Permalink

im pretty happy with max5's texturing methods, dont think ill need to use chilliskinner anymore

ps. its still a pain in the ass tho

Edited by - LostSanitY on 02/10/2002 12:36:57

Submitted by joh on Tue, 08/10/02 - 11:35 PM Permalink

Things I liked about DP3D. The brushes, very fast and easy to control when painting with textures. Ability to paint different layers at the same time (opacity,bump etc) and projection paint for those ugly stretched or sqeezed uvs. DeepUV has a couple of cool features like to relax the uvs to ease things out. Its a stable uv editing environment. Connectivity with photoshop is sweet.
I tried out Max5, and yeah I could live with just that and PS. So, imo, for the indivual artist at home it is rather pricey, but for a production pipeline with an artist concentrating solely on texturing, its alot cheaper than a Max seat.

Submitted by souri on Sun, 13/10/02 - 9:19 AM Permalink

A cheaper solution is Paintshop Pro, and 3D Exploration for those texture artist specialists. [:D] hehe.. What's chilliskinner like, for those of us without Max5's new uber unwrapping kung fu?

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Mon, 14/10/02 - 5:41 AM Permalink

Chilliskinner is garbage as far as I'm concerned, use it for anything more than a basic shape and it causes problems. I found that when it flattened out your model, the morph target wouldnt work, putting things backtogether by hand isnt fun.

Lead paint: delicious but deadly!

Submitted by souri on Tue, 15/10/02 - 9:33 AM Permalink

"UnRapper4 is a freeware clone Max5's UVW Unwrap tool - except it runs in Max4.2 and above. The functionality is identical, but the menus and icons are a "little" different. If you are stuck using Max 4.2 or you would like new uvw unwrap functionality in Max4.2, please "try my product." I am giving this plugin away free because I am confident you will come back to me for all your UV Editing needs. Be sure to check out the html doc before you start. Send me some feedback & feature requests!"

http://old.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?/planetquake/polycount/Tools/discre…

I can't seem to download it.. can someone send it to me?

Forum
Artists

ok, what paint programs can I get a demo of, that allow you to paint directly onto the model, I have deeppaint 3d but my trial has expired, plus I want to shop around as well. Any suggestions people?

Lead paint: delicious but deadly!

Submitted by souri on Mon, 30/09/02 - 11:52 AM Permalink

I haven't tried DP3D or any programs that let you paint directly on the model. Personally, I have more control working on the texture straight from Photoshop, so I prefer to do it that way. Does DP3d unwrap the texture off the model for you, btw??

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Mon, 30/09/02 - 10:24 PM Permalink

Well yeah DP3d saves the texture as a .tga or whatever you want I think. It doesnt uvw map it though, you need deep UV for that

Lead paint: delicious but deadly!

Submitted by Meatex Salami on Wed, 02/10/02 - 7:08 PM Permalink

Deep UV isn't worth the price from what i have seen, well after max 5 came out that is with automatic unwrapping. Not perfect but apparently cuts down time ALOT and gives you something you can tweak.
I have heard of another dp3d thing but can't remember something with face in it
ah well :P

Bloody hell its a giant harmonica!

Submitted by LostSanitY on Wed, 02/10/02 - 10:36 PM Permalink

im pretty happy with max5's texturing methods, dont think ill need to use chilliskinner anymore

ps. its still a pain in the ass tho

Edited by - LostSanitY on 02/10/2002 12:36:57

Submitted by joh on Tue, 08/10/02 - 11:35 PM Permalink

Things I liked about DP3D. The brushes, very fast and easy to control when painting with textures. Ability to paint different layers at the same time (opacity,bump etc) and projection paint for those ugly stretched or sqeezed uvs. DeepUV has a couple of cool features like to relax the uvs to ease things out. Its a stable uv editing environment. Connectivity with photoshop is sweet.
I tried out Max5, and yeah I could live with just that and PS. So, imo, for the indivual artist at home it is rather pricey, but for a production pipeline with an artist concentrating solely on texturing, its alot cheaper than a Max seat.

Submitted by souri on Sun, 13/10/02 - 9:19 AM Permalink

A cheaper solution is Paintshop Pro, and 3D Exploration for those texture artist specialists. [:D] hehe.. What's chilliskinner like, for those of us without Max5's new uber unwrapping kung fu?

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Mon, 14/10/02 - 5:41 AM Permalink

Chilliskinner is garbage as far as I'm concerned, use it for anything more than a basic shape and it causes problems. I found that when it flattened out your model, the morph target wouldnt work, putting things backtogether by hand isnt fun.

Lead paint: delicious but deadly!

Submitted by souri on Tue, 15/10/02 - 9:33 AM Permalink

"UnRapper4 is a freeware clone Max5's UVW Unwrap tool - except it runs in Max4.2 and above. The functionality is identical, but the menus and icons are a "little" different. If you are stuck using Max 4.2 or you would like new uvw unwrap functionality in Max4.2, please "try my product." I am giving this plugin away free because I am confident you will come back to me for all your UV Editing needs. Be sure to check out the html doc before you start. Send me some feedback & feature requests!"

http://old.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?/planetquake/polycount/Tools/discre…

I can't seem to download it.. can someone send it to me?