Questions tagged [uv-image-editor]
Issues related to the UV image editor and tools.
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Blender tries to over write any remaining textures when i try to smart uv unwrap my model
When i try to smart uv unwrap my model for the current tails it gets overwritten so I can't even prepare my model for Cycles baking.
Here the model looks fine before being baked
After I Smart UV ...
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Generated material in Blender, export to Unity [duplicate]
I'm trying to do something I believe should be very simple. But I am also very new to blender.
I have created a material, very simply, and applied it to an object (through the node editor - sorry if ...
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Object not visible in uv editor
I modelled a character but in the uv editor only the gun in the holster seems not the other objects.I dont know whats the problem.
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I can't draw good lines with the UV texture brush
I want to draw thin and clear lines, but when I tried to, every lines are broken and thier quality is pretty bad. How could I made it work better? I used 1 px line but in the video which i referd, ...
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uv sheet scaling
So I'm very new to uv mapping so I'll do my best to explain this well.
I have a model where after importing it into blender almost every uv (as far as I'm aware) has fit on the model correctly except ...
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Unwrapping arrayed mesh uvmaps into single (long) uv island
I am making a model for game. I have made a complex long object using the array and curve modifiers. That object is made of arraying that single part and the single part is uvwrapped into the texture ...
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How to unfold mesh with a principled BSDF material onto a flat object in 2.8?
I'm trying to unwrap an image that I've applied to a mesh with a Principled BSDF shader. Here is the material node graph:
Is there a way to include the material I've applied to my icosphere in the UV ...
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Change the image of the UV/image editor with python for 2.8
i want to change the active image of my uv/editor with codes, i dont know how to do this in 2.8
could someone help ?
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Blender 2.8 - Unwrapping VS Packing
I am in UV Editor Mode, if I click unwrap (U) with a shell selected, it unwraps the shell correctly (following the seams) but at the same time it's packed in 0-1 space.
The tool is called "Unwrap" ...
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How to use Clone Brush in Image Editor?
I can use 3D cursor as reference point, when painting with the clone brush in the 3D viewport. But how can I use the clone brush in the image editor?
I guess I will have to use the 2D cursor as the ...
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I can't snap 2d cursor to vertex in UV editor in blender 2.8
I'm in UV Editor and trying to snap the 2d cursor to the vertex ( while the vertices are visible). I turn ON snap and set it to 'vertex mode' , but the 2d cursor won't snap to any visible vertex at ...
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FBX import 2.7 vs 2.8 [duplicate]
I've been trying to import an fbx from a friend who works in modo so I could do a flip fluids simulation, the mesh comes in fine in 2.79b but there's no sign of the textures.
I can go into edit mode ...
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exporting half an unwrapped icosphere to create geodesic map projection
I'm trying to create a map projection of the northern hemisphere of the night sky on a geodesic dome. I naturally thought, "I can just project it as a material on an icosphere in Blender and then ...
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How to remove unreferenced UV Coordinates from a Texture
I have a textured mesh that I have bisected and the mesh now only contains the parts that I want (the rest has been deleted).
The result is, in my limited understanding, that the parts of the mesh ...
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Node Editor, Unwrapping, and FBX export not working
I am new to Blender and Unity, so if you need me to add more information I can, any help is greatly appreciated. This all started when I tried to export my Blender object into Unity. So I had my ...
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Seam not working to cut UVs in 2.8
I am trying to texture the sidewall of a tire. I've separated the sidewall and marked a seam at the top in order to split the UVs, which would allow me to pin the ends and straighten them out in order ...
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How to UV unwarp and keep the original face proportion?
I have a simple cube and in edit mode , i stretched it in Z direction so now the cube become very tall and the faces on top and botom are still perfect square. I setup the edge seams already so it ...
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Blender object with two UVS [duplicate]
I am trying to load in a blender file and export it as an OBJ file with with materials.
The approach I am trying to use is to bake all of the materials (using cycles) into a diffuse and specular (...
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How do you change mapping between textures?
I have a diffuse texture mapped onto an object in the node editor. What I want is to map another texture on only part of the mesh over the original diffuse texture. But, when I go to the UV editor and ...
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How to uv unwrap a plane
Morph targets: A sphere shape turning into a cylindrical unwrapped sphere shape
This tutorial shows how to transform a plane into a sphere. However, it mentions UV unwrapping the plane. how am I ...
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Setting center and scale during spherical uv layout
I'd like to map part of an equirectangular image to a cuboid mesh, in order that the texture view from an arbitrary POV appears without distortion. Both the mesh and its uv layout will be used for a ...
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How to save texture bake image file to local drive in python
How do i access and save a image file ?
Under Image there is a Save As - option
i need to know how to access this and save the image to some location.
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Problem with Scripting a baking procedure
Im am importing alot of models with alot of materials attached. Therefore i wish to bake all of these into a single texture with a python script. I have a alot of trouble with the baking of textures.
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Unknown black and green objects added to Texture when UV Unwrapping
Title kind of says it all, very confused since I'm quite new to Blender.
Have looked around but couldn't find anything to help, apologies if this is a nooby question.
There is this weird green and ...
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UV coordinates inaccurate, showing nearby pixels when not supposed to
So I have a blend that was given to me. Each patch of grass mesh for example, is neatly on the grass texture. All of the grass cubes throughout the map share this same UV space. However for no obvious ...
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Can't find the Shader/UVs tab
I have a very basic problem: I want to create a 3D-logo. Therefore I imported a svg from Inkscape an extruded it. I know, that I have to select it in Object Mode, go to Edit Mode and then unwrap it in ...
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Blender Internal UV Map/projection clone brush not working [newbie]
hope I can get some help here. Ive been spending days trying to work out this problem so now I'm reaching out. (Searched all over these forums and youtube tutorials but nothings working) Can anybody ...
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Different layout of UV mapping? [duplicate]
I have only started learning in blender on my own and don't really have a teacher I could ask for help. I saw two blender tutorials on UV mapping for beginners, but found myself unable to follow along ...
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Make faces use average colour of texture
If I have a texture such as a gradient:
Is it possible do something to it so that when it is applied to a mesh with multiple faces, each face uses the average of what it is over to produce something ...
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What's the best way to unwrap this?
Originally this was 6 different textures, but I combined the textures together and then manually positioned each UV to become seamless to achieve my desired result as seen here:
Here is another one ...
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how to apply a material node output to texture map in Blender 2.79b
Mark Jackson (Honorable Mention) supplied me with an awesome procedural skin texture and node setup for my model and I have watched a bunch of how to vids. Problem is most of the vids are for a ...
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Change Materials to Textures
I just started with blender and I found this model on blend swap https://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/68978 and I need the materials as texture to use it in HitFilm Pro.
I tried to create the ...
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Advise on UV unwrapping
I'm making a building for Unreal engine. This building has many small parts, and when merging all the UVs i noticed how small certain UV's get. In substance painter, these small UV's become a problem. ...
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how to texturize correctly an interior using ONLY the reference image with which it has been created
This interior :
is a 3D representation of this reference image :
I would like to learn how to texturize it also exactly. It means that I would like to know what's the workflow that should I use if ...
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How do I use Flip XY Axis in Image Sampling
So basically I tried putting a texture on this cube to make a level for a game I'm making but it kinda went sideways which I don't know how to fix. I was told to use Flip X/Y Axis in Image Sampling ...
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UV Editor - Use other Units of measurements
This is a follow up to my previous question (related, not a duplicate): Units in UV Editor (Imperial to Metric)
I would like to use:
Inches
cm
mm
m
During the creation or export phase:
So I won't ...
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Programmatically changing UV/Image Editor Image
For a school project, i am trying to combine openCV and Blender and for this very spesific reason, i would like to use Blender's internal Image Editor to show my frames instead of cv2.imshow() ...
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how i split this uv maps in the uv maps panel?
as the title saids, i need to split or separate this uv maps one part in one layout and another in another layout.
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Turning a UV layout into an image? [duplicate]
I want to be able to print out my UV layout, so as to be able to assemble the model out of paper (or wood, if I lasercut). Is there an easy way to turn the edges in the UV editor into outlines on the ...
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How to get precision when rotating / positioning textures?
I am modeling a coin where heads and tails are the same image, and imported an image for the heads/tails faces.
I created a new Emission material for the faces, then gave it an Image texture and ...
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What are the Images in the UV editor for and how to prevent them affecting OBJ export?
I'm not sure I understand the UV image editor and its ability to hold images. I thought it was purely to get a visual comparison between your UVs and the image you use for texture mapping, but it ...
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Why isn't my textured UV map showing?
I'm trying to texture this 3D model of a squirrel, and I want to see how my eye placement looks on the model. I imported the textured UV map into blender (see the lower window), but it doesn't appear ...
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Pictures are deleted after a certain time
Sometimes, depending on blenders mood I guess, some images are deleted after a while... without the user doing anything, not even touching blender's interface.
People have already suggested to save ...
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How do you make the inside color of a cup different from the outside? [duplicate]
I want to change the color of the interior cup but I can't seem to do it without the image texture being deleted when I attempt to transition from image texture to color. Even after the material gets ...
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Export UV layout always makes computer crash (Mac OS 10.14.2 Mojave)
Export UV layout in v2.79 always makes computer crash, with hanging beachball (Mac OS running on 10.14.2 Mojave)
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How to align UV maps on differently sized objects for seamlessness between each one?
I've been looking for an answer on this and I'm utterly confused. I'm very new to UV mapping (in fact, this is my first "real" attempt to use it in a way that it tiles correctly) and I've got a ...
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Mass disabling of texture repeating in UV window?
I'm working with a level I had imported into blender. If you press 'N' in the UV image editor, you can see these options.
My import is not exactly very clean. I'm left with a ton of materials that I ...
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How do I wrap this label on cup?
The front view is almost straight but when I turn the cup the label gets distorted vertically. Is this because of the mesh being curved? Also I accidentally unwrapped the inside faces of the cup, how ...
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Update edges in UV map after editing mesh
I was working on a mesh to create a new UV map for it. The UV unwrapping showed me some places in which the topology was awkward (tris in places that they could be quads), so I popped back over to ...
