If you saved it in GIMP or PS, it will now appear on your cube. Open it up in your best or favorite application for texturing, I would suggest GIMP, if you don't already have Photoshop.Īny changes you make will be seen on the corresponding faces on your model.ĭraw something, and then go to Wings3D, select cube1_auv, and click refresh. Find your texture, it may have saved in a folder that you last edited, or in Wings3D's main folder. NOTE: THE NAME OF THE TEXTURE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE MUST STAY THE SAME! DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE TEXTURE YOU JUST MADE EXTERNAL OR IT WILL NOT SHOW UP FOR YOUR MODEL. As you can see from my screenshots, JPG is not very reliable unless you have full quality, and even then, it does not support alpha channels, like a PNG does. Left click, then right click and 'Make External' should be an option there.

You need to be able to edit it though, right? Deselect your maps and you should have this: (PS: Click on the white square)Ĭlick OK, and then click the other OK. You should know how to make sure it does. When you click on this,Įxcept, yours has a lot more passes, click on 'Delete Unused Pass' and it'll solve your problem.Īnd then select color, and it should default to white, if not. Right click and find 'Create Texture' at the bottom of the menu. Now, make sure you have everything selected. Or, take one line and use 'chart to x/y' to align the line along an axis. Move them to the left, then rotate them until they make 'perfect' lines. What do you do now? You make it easier to texture.ĭeselect the small square in the top left, but make sure you kept the others selected. Technically this would be where the tutorial ends.īut that makes me feel lazy, so let's keep going. Now right click and click 'Continue' and then click 'Unfolding.' Now select 'Mark Edges for Cut,' and then deselect the lines. Select all of the lines except the bottom ones.

We can UV Map this in different ways, I'll make several examples. Okay, now we come to a hard part (On harder models). Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Find Advanced Menus -> Click said box if not already clicked.Ī new camera will open, with your cube in it. I'll hope people can follow basic commands.

Wings 3d tutorial