{"id":5116,"date":"2010-09-23T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2012-04-16T09:39:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T07:39:34","slug":"an-ammo-crate-for-daz-3d-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=5116","title":{"rendered":"An Ammo crate for DAZ 3D Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, Back to the crate making again, a revisit.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to make another crate using another texturing technique that will look much better as it will not look the same from all sides.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->First, we need the textures, three different create textures, all rendered using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filterforge.com\/?affiliateid=200100725\" target=\"_blank\">FilterForge<\/a> and my own crate filter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5124\" title=\"ammoc01\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5123\" title=\"ammoc02\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5122\" title=\"ammoc03\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All these three textures have the same base look but different settings for the bar. Now I start my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/applications\/omnigraffle\/\" target=\"_blank\">OmniGraffle<\/a> and create a new document, where I layout the crate sides this way:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5121\" title=\"ammoc04\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"540\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then create a text that I put in the sides without any bars at all, the top and the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5120\" title=\"ammoc05\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I create a Box in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheetah3d.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cheetah3D<\/a>, and apply the texture, which I then have to map for each side to get it correct. This is how it looks in Cheetah3D after I&#8217;ve mapped the UVs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5119\" title=\"ammoc06\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"395\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now I do the procedure with Null.cr2 and fixing the files as I did describe a few days ago, and when that is done I can open the model in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daz3d.com\/i\/software\/daz_studio3?_m=d\" target=\"_blank\">DAZ 3D Studio<\/a> and drag it onto the scene. This is a screenshot from, DAZ 3D Studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5118\" title=\"ammoc07\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is a quick render from DAZ 3D Studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5117\" title=\"ammoc08\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ammoc08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perfect, and here is the new crate to be installed into your DAZ 3D Studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4EAmmoCrate.zip\">4EAmmoCrate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you liked this. I think I will revisit this and refine this more, adding different options, texts. Who knows where this will end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Added an .obj+.mat version only.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/4EAmmoCrateOBJ.zip\">4EAmmoCrateOBJ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, Back to the crate making again, a revisit. 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