td88 Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 New to paint.net and new to creating a seamless texture. I want to create materials from photos for Sketchup 6. Can you tell me where to start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 creating a seamless texture is easy enough, by using Madjik's Seamless Texture plugin, or through the Tile Image plugin with "join edges" checked up to you to come up with ideas for what types of textures you want to make though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Curmudgeon, I will have photos of siding and roofing. I am told however, I need to create the seamless textures from my photos outside of Sketchup, using a photo editor like Photoshop, that's why I'm here at paint.net. In other words, I need to clean up the photo so, when it's tiled in SU it will tile seamlessly. Can you tell me where and how to start? Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 do you have some photos as examples already? if so, post one on up, and we can look. in the meantime, you can download and install the plugin's I mentioned earlier, by downloading the plugin's, and dropping the .dll files into the effects folder in your Paint.NET folder. Click here if you are unsure how just do a search for the plugins and it should show the proper threads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Curmudgeon, Will need to get back to you with the photos. I'm in a cold climate and will need a day or so to get the photos as I'd like. Very interested in proceeding. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Curmudgeon, I've taken some photos but, not quite the results I wanted. Let's give it a shot and maybe we can make some improvements in the process of editing. Tim P. S. Just tried to attach and got message "file too large'. I've got two photo's 531 Kb and 528 Kb. What do you suggest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 easiest way would be to open up an account at a photo-hosting site, such as http://photobucket.com/ After you've created an account, you can upload the images there, and then you can copy the direct link url here between image tags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Curmudgeon, I've done some downloading. Can you help me sort through what I've got so, I can throw some of this away. Here's what I've done: download paint.net to desktop extracted all located paint.net in Docunents and Settings moved paint.net to Program Files dbl. clicked paint.net clicked on Run ran install wizard successfully installed could not find where installed did search to find all paint.net folders I now have numerous paint.net folders. What can I throw away? Paint.NET folder in the Program Files directory appears to be the unzipped file with the Effects folder. Can I delete everything else? I've attached the search results. Will download Madjik, etc. once we sort through this. I've got the photos on the hosting site, ready to attach. Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Perhaps someone else who still uses XP can answer, as Vista on my computer looks completely different. I would assue you no longer need the compressed file, nor the Paint.NET 3.36 application file in your documents & settings folder. The Paint.NET 3.36 application file in Program Files needs to stay, as well as the other 2 listings in the Program Files folder. You've got several shortcuts...some to the forums, and some to the application. You can decide which ones you want to keep of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Curmudgeon, I'm looking for the Tile Image plugin you mentioned. I found Madjik here: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html but, don't know how to find Tile Image. I've already downloaded the Madjik file to the Effects folder but, not sure if I still need Tile Image. Paint.net is installed and the photos are ready to download. These are the photos: http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj40 ... ing005.jpg http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj40 ... ing020.jpg Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 The Tile Image plugin I mentioned is part of Curtis Black's package here: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22521 Do the textures need to be a certain size or file type for the Sketchup software? When taking pictures you intend on making into textures, make sure the lighting is adequate and consistent across the entire field of view. Also, it's best if you are perpendicular to the object so the perspective doesn't change (I.E. widening of the siding at one end). Using one of your pictures, I created a rectangular selection, and then used the Tile Image plugin, and then cropped to the selection, and this is what I got: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Curmudgeon, With what you had to work with, you've done more than I had hoped for. I was aware, after taking the shots, that I had distortion (ballooning) at the center of the image from being too close and the shadows between the siding were weak but, these were the things I was hoping to learn to adjust. This is a borrowed digital camera, which I'm attempting to learn to shoot with in manual mode (my more accustomed mode). In answer to your question re: size and file type, I don't think size is an issue and .jpg is right. Are you able to walk me through the seamless tiling so, at least, I can seamlessly tile an image? If this is more instruction than you had anticipated giving, I undersand. Is there any online instruction available at this site or any other? Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 P. S., I have the plug ins installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urnemanden Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I would like to know how you made that texture so well, by tiling, Curmudgeon. Would you mind explain that? Quote About - Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 For this texture, I used the SketchupSiding005 which TD88 had linked to. I began by using rectangle select, choosing a portion which was relatively straight, with even lighting. I selected from just above one piece of siding down to nearly the bottom of another. Next, I ran the Tile Image plugin with the settings shown. Then, I cropped to selection :Crop:. Do this after you're happy with the results of the tiling. I also resized it to a size I liked. Up to you if you want to resize it or not. Next, as I wasn't happy with the darkness of the siding seams, I duplicated the layer, and set the top layer blend mode to "Darken". Blend modes of Multiply, Color Burn, or Darken all would work, providing a similar result. Then merge the layer down. Finally, you can play with the different adjustment tools, changing the brightness/contrast, hue, levels, etc. to your liking. Have Fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urnemanden Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Aah, ok that's a good result. Thanks for the explanation. Quote About - Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
td88 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Curmudgeon, Here's my first attempt. I didn't follow your steps after the Crop Image. Wasn't sure what the layering thing was. Can you explain a little more about duplicating the layer and setting the top layer to Darken? When I duplicate the layer, what am I duplicating? Thanks for the direction, so far. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curmudgeon Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 To duplicate the layer, simply click the :DuplicateLayer: in the Layers window. And, if you press F1 while using Paint.NET, it brings up the help pages. One of the pages is called Layers and Blend Modes: http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/LayersAndBlendModes.html Perhaps that will give you a better understanding of using layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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