Zneggalz Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Hey guys! I've got a question, hope you guys can help. I'm trying to do a 2d globe with the curved latitude and longitude lines, and want to see if there's perhaps a plugin or tutorial I can follow to make it look right. Knowing me, I'll end up with lines curving differently, or misspaced, or who knows what else... (If you don't know what I mean, I'm basically doing a flat 'world' image silhouette that has the lines/curves of latitude and longitude). Hope I explained what I'm trying to do clearly enough, and thanks for any help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Can you do a google image search and show us an example of what you're trying to create? Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptillian Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) There's always a trade-off when projecting a globe into a 2d surface. Basically, a perfect solution does not exist. Also, what projection you need? Edited June 11, 2019 by Reptillian Quote G'MIC Filter Developer I am away from this forum for undetermined amount of time: If you really need anything related to my PDN plugin or my G'MIC filter within G'MIC plugin, then you can contact me via Paint.NET discord, and mention me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Planetoid to the rescue! Render your lat & long lines to the canvas, then run planetoid with all the layers turned off. Before: After: 1 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) Greetings! Here is another way to skin the cat, or sphere in this case. 🙂https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/18968-shape3d-2007-08-24-updated-august-2017/ https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/1964-grid-maker-plugin-v30-updated-july-2-2014/( I used BoltBait/s v4.5 of Grid Maker but could not find a link to where I got it.) BTW: Make sure that Half Sphere Texture Map is selected in the Shape3D plugin if you like this straight on view. You can uncheck the Lighting and the Specular Hilight boxes to get rid of the modeling effect upon the sphere. Edited June 11, 2019 by HyReZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 A big advantage to Shape3D, that HyReZ suggests in the previous comment, is that it supports antialiasing. Antialiasing should be enabled. It greatly reduces the artifacts seen in the thin lines in the Planetoid version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Also, please try to come up with a more descriptive title. There's already another current thread with the same title -- which should also be something more descriptive. It's actually a forum rule that threads have descriptive, not generic, titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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