After the model been painted on in 3d Painter how do you export it back into AM can't seem to figure that out ?

Hi Thimoty,

You don't have to export the model from within 3DPainter.

- If your model already has decals, you can simply open the model in 3DPainter and paint. If you click the 'Save' button, 3DPainter will save all image files (jpg, tga...).
- If your model does not yet have decals, you should open 3DPainter from within A:M (right-click inside model window and select Plugins->3DPainter). Then click the decal tiles button to add a decal and start painting. Save the images and close 3DPainter. A:M will now add the decal (ie. the 'UV mapping) to your model (you should see it appear in the Project Workspace at the left of your A:M user interface). If you click 'Save' in A:M, your .mdl file will be saved with the decal.

Best regards,
Filip

This one is just a test After I painted the ball I saved the into a tga file when I open the model back up it came out like this ?

Can turn the model in prosepctive mode ?

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Hi Thimoty,

I've had a look at your mdl file and the problem is in your decal stamp. Multiple patches overlap in the decal. This causes artifacts as different points on your ball refer to the same pixel on the image.

This is what your stamp looks like:
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Using the spherical decal mapping in A:M, you can obtain this stamp for your ball:
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Or using the tiles-based automapping in 3DPainter, you can obtain this stamp:
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These last two will not give the problems you have as they don't have any overlapping patches.

So, you should make a decal stamp in A:M that doesn't have overlapping patches or use the automapping in 3DPainter instead.

Best regards,
Filip

I try that Thank a lot for the help

Think I'm getting the hang of it now I painted the ball in all different view red in prespective mode, Then I painted top view with white dots. and safe the model like you said and it turned out normal. After that I took the model and just turned it into a mushroom This is alswome and safe a lot of time once you get every thing figured out. Thanks for help.

Oh yah I oped up 3d painter from AM and made patch from 3d painter.


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Hi well I thought I had it figured out its still doing the same thing.

I made a decal in Animation Master v15 and pasted it on all different views I save the project and exit out
of AM then I open up 3d Paint and open the model I click on front view then I click on Start Projection Paint
I paint the model then I click Accept button it becomes distorted again. I click save then exit out 3d Paint
and open the model in AM and render it its still the same.

Here two pics of what I talking about In am v15 I can't copy and past the htx file where it will open AM plug in.


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You're probably still making the same error in having overlapping patches in your decals. Could you post a screenshot of the UV editor (right-click on the decal in A:M and select 'Edit')? Your decal has 7 stamps, which looks a bit suspicious to me.

Did you try the automatic decal mapping in 3DPainter? That would avoid your problem.

Filip

Hello I've been away for the weekend. While visiting my dad I figure out what I was doing I went throguh the manual, what youur saying and I saw dhar step by step on here that help out a lot. After I click acept projection there coming up normal. I post some pics here. in a few have to find them hay thanks for the help this save a lot of time