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Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

muzedesigns — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:58:11 GMT

Hello Again..

I am trying to texture map a Logo/Crest/Image onto a round element..

Right now I trying to place it on a cylinder object which is rotated to look like and O Front on to the Elevation. But am not being very successful in my attempts as the texture seems to be obscuring despite being on the flat face of the cylinder..

I have created a new texture with the image and am then using the Offset Class to move it around with S and T Co-ordinates..

Is the a circular billboard that exists or a easy way to do this?

So I am trying to place a material to sit centre on a round flat vertical signage element.. which is then place flat on a wall..

Sorry if this is confusing!

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

muzedesigns — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:19:10 GMT

Here is an example of what I am trying to do..

There are 7 separate locations where i need to place the same sign.. I have kept all a consistent size excluding to that are a scale down versions..

Hopefully that may make my description a little easier to decipher..

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:44:05 GMT

Create Alpha channel in the image of the logo (a white circle in a black square).
Use the of library part "Picture".

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

muzedesigns — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:00:27 GMT

Thank you very much for your response Valery.. Your solution works perfectly! Cheers!!

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:42:06 GMT

It pleases me

Good luck, Muze!

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Djordje — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:29:07 GMT

Or you could use the billboard function of ArchiFacade

Or you could render in Artlantis ... do yourself a favour and try it!

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

muzedesigns — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:52:05 GMT

Thank you every one!

Do myself a favour and try Artlantis? .. i specifically need this applied for a flythrough animation.. I have just been adding it in photoshop for stills..

Does Artlantis do both now? (back when i had it it was just for single shots)

Thanks again all for showing an interest! you are all a great help!

Chrissy

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:21:18 GMT

There are now 2 versions of Artlantis:

Artlantis R just does still shots whereas Artlantis Studio does flythroughs, VRs etc...

Studio is a bit more expensive.

If you are applying alot of graphics to things, I find it way easier + quicker than using lightworks.

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

muzedesigns — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:23:57 GMT

Thanks Tom - I just looked it up as well.. I have been living in the dark ages apparently.. Silly me!

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Anonymous — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:39:36 GMT

Or get your hands on one of the previous Artlantis (version 4._ something I believe) and have the best of both worlds....stills and fly-throughs
too bad we cant save to older Artlantis file formats....I'm sure there's a workaround though.

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:02:37 GMT

junior wrote:
Or get your hands on one of the previous Artlantis (version 4._ something I believe) and have the best of both worlds....stills and fly-throughs
too bad we cant save to older Artlantis file formats....I'm sure there's a workaround though.

Respectfully, I disagree. Art*lantis 4.0 or 4.5 is significantly inferior to Artlantis Studio in more ways than can fill several pages....

And, the newest version of Studio will be better yet. Several of us here are involved in testing it, but cannot discuss the features until Abvent releases it:

http://www.abvent.com/support/forum/read.php?fid=atl_general_us&mes=8684

Various resellers are noting that the new version is a free upgrade to those who get the current version now:
http://www.cadgarage.com/modren.html

Anyway...in any of the versions, you can simply drag and drop the logo onto the building, drag it to the desired location, and dynamically resize it/etc, all visually.

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:35:44 GMT

Fair enough Karl, I'm sure the new Artlantis has improved vastly.

Karl wrote:
Anyway...in any of the versions, you can simply drag and drop the logo onto the building, drag it to the desired location, and dynamically resize it/etc, all visually.

Sounds like you can just slap any image on a 3d surface?!...automatically detecting a wall and what not. (correct me if I interpreted it wrong)....interesting. Time to put my 4.x on the shelf and pay the Artlantis site a little visit.

Thanks for the heads up on the upgrade.

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Karl Ottenstein — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:05:11 GMT

junior wrote:
Sounds like you can just slap any image on a 3d surface?!...automatically detecting a wall and what not. (correct me if I interpreted it wrong)....interesting.

Perhaps not just any image - but jpeg, gif, png, etc can just drag and drop from Explorer or Finder onto the scene. Such images can also be added to the media library. Yes, the surface is recognized and the image is applied to it. Then, visually or numerically, size, rotate, adjust transparency, etc. and move around by pressing the M key while dragging.

(Piranesi can do a very similar thing, but of course it is just a 3D-aware paint program, not a rendering package, the topic of this thread.)

Cheers,
Karl

Re: Applying a 'Logo Texture' to a round billboard.

Djordje — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:03:26 GMT

junior wrote:
Fair enough Karl, I'm sure the new Artlantis has improved vastly.

Karl wrote:
Anyway...in any of the versions, you can simply drag and drop the logo onto the building, drag it to the desired location, and dynamically resize it/etc, all visually.
Sounds like you can just slap any image on a 3d surface?!...automatically detecting a wall and what not. (correct me if I interpreted it wrong)....interesting. Time to put my 4.x on the shelf and pay the Artlantis site a little visit.

Thanks for the heads up on the upgrade.

You could do that in 4.5 ... and older 😉 too.

Yep, the new one is - personal opinion - by far the most bang for the bucks. And I am talking Studio any time I mention Artlantis, as I see no point in buying just the R.

Update from 4.x period is gone, I think? You will have to buy a new license, check with your reseller.