jpg & gsm

[Anonymous]

I've downloaded a couple model that uses jpg files for the label on a sign or bottle.

I've got the jpg and the gsm in the same folder in the right library and all that but the label still doesn't show up right in my project. I searched here and didn't find an answer.

Can someone point me in the right direction to make this work?

[Dwight]

Can you describe what is wrong with the label?

Is it on the bottle but not transparent?
Is it not appearing at all?
Is it the wrong size?
Is the object a GDL object or otherwise imported from 3Ds?

Have you reloaded the library after adding the two new elements?

Is this not showing in LightWorks or other rendering methods?

[Anonymous]

Dwight wrote:
Can you describe what is wrong with the label?

Is it on the bottle but not transparent?

It shows up on the bottle but it's just a plain label. No words.

Is it not appearing at all?
Is it the wrong size?
Is the object a GDL object or otherwise imported from 3Ds?

When I downloaded it I got 3 files: .3ds, .jpg & .gsm

Have you reloaded the library after adding the two new elements?

yes

Is this not showing in LightWorks or other rendering methods?

It's showing in LightWorks the same as in the 3D window. The label is there but no words.

Thanks for looking at this for me, Dwight.

[Dwight]

Put it in a ZIP and send it to me at the email in my signature.

[Dwight]

Yeah. This one needs mechanic's mind to solve.

A: Make a material with the label.

B: Open the object.

Find the material in the object that controls the label by trial and error:

— assign different materials to each material call in the object and switch to the openGL view to see the effect.

assign the new material to the label element.

resize the label material repeat size to fit.

Show me your result.

[Anonymous]

I don't know what you mean by make a material with the label.

[Dwight]

make a new material.
use the label as the image map/texture.

[Anonymous]

Got it. Very cool. Thanks, man!

[Erika Epstein]

And just in time for that Friday afternoon refreshment!

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry Dwight, your latest beer related render is nowhere near as good as the last!