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silly uvw psp graphics question

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i am not applying photo textures i have to make my own, panel lines rivets etc.my uvw lith maps in paintshop pro, look nice.but small objects, are small uvw maps...if i zoom in they become blocky like a couple of lego bricks..i cant
use this as a template, to paint over..

a resolution problem?...ime not a photographer, so not much experiance with psp...

ive printed the manual for psp, it seems aimed at photographers..

i understand layers, and a few other things,but not too much, yet...

so my first task is an image to use as a backdrop for painting...but the uvw maps on any object smaller than 3 metres is just too blocky..

what basic knowledge am i missing?...i can spray paint graffiti on my fusalage
and export to fsx/acc no problemo..but details like rivet lines..not yet.jim
 
Are you using LithUnwrap v1.3, which is apparently the latest?

How are you exporting your UVW Bitmap from LithUnwrap?

UVW Map/Save?

Have you selected:

Color and outline?

Fill?

If you do select those options, you won't have the little "square boxes" at all the vertex points, but instead have straight lines...

I always allow at least two pixels "overspray" area when texturing, as it eliminates the possibility of "holidays" (un-painted edges).
 
yes i understand

ive just been playing with a small object, uvw map 15m by 15m as all my maps.

my a/c i slightly under 15m long. i can use the lum lith for merging into one large 1024, 1024, sheet,several sheets needed.

in lith i can zoom small object, tiny blockiness dissapears.large image nice for
drawing details.....not i think a good idea to use lith for messing with uvws,
except for the merge...

so perhaps i expand small objects in uvw unwrap before export...

i am new to this, as you can see......i map uvw 15m 15m. suitably place them,
export, bmp into psp...and i have what i see in tutorials....but my tiny objects
cant be zoomed, as they become large blocky objects...


tiny object in uvw unwrap,pixel snap ..enlarge to size ican work with..export..

paint.apply to model...uvw remembers correct size...uvw maps are detailed
enough for painter?

am i anywhere near enlightenment......jim
 
You absolutely must "scale" small parts up in the UVW Editor. In fact, there's no reason why you should use a 15m x 15m UVW Map to begin with for small parts.

Try 1m x 1m instead. That will save a lot of work!

LithUnwrap should only be used to load the .md3 file and UVW/Save the bitmap. Period. :cool:
 
aha

n4gix said:
You absolutely must "scale" small parts up in the UVW Editor. In fact, there's no reason why you should use a 15m x 15m UVW Map to begin with for small parts.

Try 1m x 1m instead. That will save a lot of work!

LithUnwrap should only be used to load the .md3 file and UVW/Save the bitmap. Period. :cool:
Click to expand...

yes i think ime getting it...its not so much the button presses,plenty of button
press tutorials,and a good thing..

its the underlying principles..good now i can get back to artwork...thanks jim
 
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