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Craig  
#1 Posted : Sunday, July 4, 2010 4:45:24 AM(UTC)
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Is there anyway to wrap an image round a sphere?
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#2 Posted : Sunday, July 4, 2010 2:42:38 PM(UTC)
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Yes.
Make it a Decal. Making Decals is an involved process that requires a positive and negative mask, and for even decent results you need a high resolution image. I usually go for 300dpi. You can see an example decal (on a flat surface) [URL="http://forum.punchcad.com/showthread.php?t=1417"]here[/URL]. All of the graphics is a single decal. The bitmaped artwork was around 10mb.
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Craig  
#3 Posted : Monday, July 5, 2010 2:50:50 AM(UTC)
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Thanks Nick, but this will not work for what I had in mind as the decal only shows on rendering. I wanted to use an image in the same way Nick in the UK used the mountain bike picture in his tutorial. I was thinking about creating a sphere, wrapping an image of earth to it and then trace the outlines of the continents using the spline on a surface function.
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Tim Olson  
#4 Posted : Wednesday, July 7, 2010 3:43:06 PM(UTC)
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Craig

Ryan is adding a button in the next ViaCAD 2D/3D v7 beta to add a custom texture to an object.

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Craig  
#5 Posted : Friday, July 30, 2010 2:29:01 AM(UTC)
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Ryan is adding a button in the next ViaCAD 2D/3D v7 beta to add a custom texture to an object.

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Tim,

I am running Shark FX, will this function be added to FX?

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Tim Olson  
#6 Posted : Friday, July 30, 2010 11:40:13 AM(UTC)
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>>will this function be added to FX?

Ryan is looking into adding this for lightworks photorendering for an upcoming FX beta. Currently it just works for opengl rendering.

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