Texturing\TCE Video

lisa · 8th September 2008, 07:03 PM

You're welcome!

Yeah, I keep meaning to do some audio, but I have to find some better video editing software first. For some reason, every time I edit the video, the re-compressed version comes out totally impossible to read. I've tried with both Premier and MovieMaker, and get the same result even with minimum compression settings. Truthfully, even the unedited capture isn't all that great, as I have big problems with the color palette going crazy, too. All I can figure is I'm using a bogus codec, but I'm not sure what to change it to to fix it, blech.

Dzemo · 28th October 2009, 05:32 PM

Excellent video's but I am still lost. I am so bad at the TCE thing.

So I did everything you showed to do in the video's. All except the real time sizing of the textures.

I coppied the UV map to my clipboard and pasted into my photo program. Just for an experiment, I loaded a different picture to each part. Then I saved it and loaded it into my model as a texture. I used the UV mapper to get the right look and when I rendered, everything was screwed up.

Please help me

lisa · 29th October 2009, 06:56 PM

Hmm. Is your model subdivided? If so, make sure you click "refresh subdivisions" from the menu in the TCE to make sure the texture coordinates are updated from the base model to the subdivided mesh.

Also, what renderer are you using?

Dzemo · 29th October 2009, 07:36 PM

I will try that a bit later, I am working on a new project now

I didnt render it in any program, just the 3D window in ACD3 so far

Dzemo · 8th June 2010, 02:41 PM

OK, Ive learned a bit more since I posted here.
I am going to give it another try today. Just one question though. How do you mean painting it in Corel (or Photoshop in my case) ?

Once you have it all sized up, cant you just load another texture on top of it?

Dzemo · 8th June 2010, 06:16 PM

nope, once again an epic failure. Though I did understand the tut better this time.

Stiglr · 8th June 2010, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lisa

You're welcome!

Yeah, I keep meaning to do some audio, but I have to find some better video editing software first.

You might try FRAPS. It's a software optimized to work with games (capturing in-game video) so it does pretty well with simultaneous voice capture.

Getting the sound to capture can at times be tricky.... but it should do the job for ya.

The other way of doing it is to get a (@$20) pocket voice recorder and do a running commentary at the same time you capture the screen moves. This should sync up pretty easily when you go to edit it in MovieMaker.

lisa · 10th June 2010, 06:16 PM

Not a bad idea. I'll have to give Fraps a try.

MovieMaker seems to compress the heck out of the videos though, almost to the point of unwatchable. I'm doing the capture with Media Encoder but Media Encoder won't allow editing, it's just raw capture.

8th September 2008, 07:03 PM	#1
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Re: Texturing\TCE Video You're welcome! Yeah, I keep meaning to do some audio, but I have to find some better video editing software first. For some reason, every time I edit the video, the re-compressed version comes out totally impossible to read. I've tried with both Premier and MovieMaker, and get the same result even with minimum compression settings. Truthfully, even the unedited capture isn't all that great, as I have big problems with the color palette going crazy, too. All I can figure is I'm using a bogus codec, but I'm not sure what to change it to to fix it, blech.

28th October 2009, 05:32 PM	#2
Dzemo Member Advanced member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 49	Re: Texturing\TCE Video Excellent video's but I am still lost. I am so bad at the TCE thing. So I did everything you showed to do in the video's. All except the real time sizing of the textures. I coppied the UV map to my clipboard and pasted into my photo program. Just for an experiment, I loaded a different picture to each part. Then I saved it and loaded it into my model as a texture. I used the UV mapper to get the right look and when I rendered, everything was screwed up. Please help me Last edited by Dzemo; 28th October 2009 at 05:40 PM.

29th October 2009, 06:56 PM	#3
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Re: Texturing\TCE Video Hmm. Is your model subdivided? If so, make sure you click "refresh subdivisions" from the menu in the TCE to make sure the texture coordinates are updated from the base model to the subdivided mesh. Also, what renderer are you using?

29th October 2009, 07:36 PM	#4
Dzemo Member Advanced member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 49	Re: Texturing\TCE Video I will try that a bit later, I am working on a new project now I didnt render it in any program, just the 3D window in ACD3 so far

8th June 2010, 02:41 PM	#5
Dzemo Member Advanced member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 49	Re: Texturing\TCE Video OK, Ive learned a bit more since I posted here. I am going to give it another try today. Just one question though. How do you mean painting it in Corel (or Photoshop in my case) ? Once you have it all sized up, cant you just load another texture on top of it?

8th June 2010, 06:16 PM	#6
Dzemo Member Advanced member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 49	Re: Texturing\TCE Video nope, once again an epic failure. Though I did understand the tut better this time.

10th June 2010, 06:16 PM	#8
lisa Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 917	Re: Texturing\TCE Video Not a bad idea. I'll have to give Fraps a try. MovieMaker seems to compress the heck out of the videos though, almost to the point of unwatchable. I'm doing the capture with Media Encoder but Media Encoder won't allow editing, it's just raw capture.