{"id":3024,"date":"2017-04-17T00:19:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T14:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greole.com\/blog\/?p=3024"},"modified":"2023-03-24T06:54:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T06:54:50","slug":"fixed-those-few-modelling-challenges-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/17\/fixed-those-few-modelling-challenges-blender\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed those few modelling challenges  #Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So yesterday at midnight I left you all having reached a point of frustration. Let&#8217;s have a look at a picture of the state of my model as exported from Blender and imported into DAZ Studio (my favourite place to render things)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-15_23-49-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-15_23-49-05.jpg 862w, https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-15_23-49-05-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-15_23-49-05-768x712.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So few textures and strange webs at the pointy end of my benchtop.<\/p>\n<p>Then one of you very kindly pointed out to me the obj export options. I noted that one of the options was an export with triangulate faces.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmmmm.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what will happen if I choose this?<\/p>\n<p>Ah! <em>(That is an ah of delight)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then I watched a few different unwrapping and texture tutorials on YouTube till one managed to penetrate my thick skull:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o9TGJj4DvjU?start=604&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And so in Photoshop I did some modifications to the texture map that I had unwrapped and exported from Blender. Then I linked it in DAZ Studio to the model. And this is now where I am at:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-16_23-48-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-16_23-48-39.jpg 846w, https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-16_23-48-39-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/greole.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-16_23-48-39-768x399.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So much better than my original bench model.<\/p>\n<p>S0 now it is the early hours of the morning and I am off to bed again.<\/p>\n<p>A big thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/conceptualvisionstudio.wordpress.com\/\">Conceptual Vision Studios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And good night all and thanks for reading.<\/p>\n<p>Greg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So yesterday at midnight I left you all having reached a point of frustration. 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