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> Wasn't there also a program called 3d-painter or painter 3d?

Yes, Painter 3D was published by Metacreations circa 1998 but unlike Painter 
and Poser it wasn't picked up by another company when Metacreations went 
belly up :( I guess that it was much too advanced for the hobbyist market at 
the time.

G.

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On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:51:09 +0200, "Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

>I don't think that there are freeware applications that can that right now. 

Tattoo is the only one I've found, but it is seems to be somewhat incomplete and is
not working well
for me.  I've had no luck finding any other freeware apps of this type.

>On the commercial side there's Bodypaint, Deep Paint and Zbrush (between 
>$400-600). Note that a key issue remains proper uv unwrapping. 3d real-time 
>painting can be fun but still need good uvs to work properly, otherwise 
>there will be distortion artifacts and other problems.

"You can't make the scene if you don't have the green!"  -- The Mask

Unfortunately, that describes me in this case.


Kyle

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"Kyle" <hob### [at] gatenet> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:51:09 +0200, "Gilles Tran" 
> <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
>>I don't think that there are freeware applications that can that right 
>>now.
>
> Tattoo is the only one I've found, but it is seems to be somewhat 
> incomplete and is not working well
> for me.  I've had no luck finding any other freeware apps of this type.
>
>>On the commercial side there's Bodypaint, Deep Paint and Zbrush (between
>>$400-600). Note that a key issue remains proper uv unwrapping. 3d 
>>real-time
>>painting can be fun but still need good uvs to work properly, otherwise
>>there will be distortion artifacts and other problems.
>
> "You can't make the scene if you don't have the green!"  -- The Mask
>
> Unfortunately, that describes me in this case.
>
I'm not sure how much Corel7 costs if you still can buy it, it should be 
very cheap by now. I remember it came with CorelDream, a 3d app that alowed 
you to airbrush on the surfaces, I think the free download of Caligari 
Truespace 3 also alowed this as well  you can get it here 
http://forms.caligari.com/forms/ts3all_free.html

Unfortunately  but I don't know if any of these export the textures at all.


-- 
-Nekar Xenos
"The truth is out there"

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Hello, I'm new here. Funny tho I was looking for the same kind of software
and bumped into this thread. So far I only found Tattoo, and it's windows
only.

Another solution is to use Blender. Yes, that's right, Blender. Blender's
real time texturing may not be quite "direct" as tattoo, meaning you paint
directly into the mesh with brushes but it's real time anyway.

You need two separate wndow, one is UV/Image editing window for painting the
texture and the 3D window to display the current changes in real time. It's
the closest thing I can find and it's good enough for me so far.

Hope that helps.

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Woops it's me again. I found a video tutorial. Texture painting directly
into the mesh can actually done in blender also.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=504685405415690540&q

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"stubbe" <joe### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message 
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> Woops it's me again. I found a video tutorial. Texture painting directly
> into the mesh can actually done in blender also.
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=504685405415690540&q


      ....and I thought Wings was confusing.   :oO

          ~Steve~

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> "stubbe" <joe### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
> news:web.45159b003359dac5675c7b050@news.povray.org...
> > Woops it's me again. I found a video tutorial. Texture painting directly
> > into the mesh can actually done in blender also.
> >
> > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=504685405415690540&q
>
>
>       ....and I thought Wings was confusing.   :oO
>
>           ~Steve~

Wings is far simpler than other softwares out there. Blender itself aren't
that confusng. The workflow seem to be irregular, but once you grab it
you'll work faster even than on commercial softwares.

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"stubbe" <joe### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
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> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>> "stubbe" <joe### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
>> news:web.45159b003359dac5675c7b050@news.povray.org...
>> > Woops it's me again. I found a video tutorial. Texture painting
>> > directly
>> > into the mesh can actually done in blender also.
>> >
>> > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=504685405415690540&q
>>
>>
>>       ....and I thought Wings was confusing.   :oO

>
> Wings is far simpler than other softwares out there.

    Oh, I know it is, it's a great tool. I think the problem with Wings uv 
mapping is that there are 'so' many ways to do it, and after reading several 
different tuts on how to do it, people seem to have their own preferences. I 
guess the best way to learn it is to grab a sphere and try *everything*.


Blender itself aren't
> that confusng. The workflow seem to be irregular, but once you grab it
> you'll work faster even than on commercial softwares.

     I can quite believe that, but I think I'll just try and master Wings 
for now. :o)

   Also, I think Wings will be greatly improved over the next couple of 
years. (Hope so, anyway).

   Thanks for that link btw, it was certainly 'enlightening'.

     ~Steve~

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> "stubbe" <joe### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
> news:web.4516273f3359dac5675c7b050@news.povray.org...
> > "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
> >> "stubbe" <joe### [at] yahoocouk> wrote in message
> >> news:web.45159b003359dac5675c7b050@news.povray.org...
> >> > Woops it's me again. I found a video tutorial. Texture painting
> >> > directly
> >> > into the mesh can actually done in blender also.
> >> >
> >> > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=504685405415690540&q
> >>
> >>
> >>       ....and I thought Wings was confusing.   :oO
>
> >
> > Wings is far simpler than other softwares out there.
>
>     Oh, I know it is, it's a great tool. I think the problem with Wings uv
> mapping is that there are 'so' many ways to do it, and after reading several
> different tuts on how to do it, people seem to have their own preferences. I
> guess the best way to learn it is to grab a sphere and try *everything*.
>
>
> Blender itself aren't
> > that confusng. The workflow seem to be irregular, but once you grab it
> > you'll work faster even than on commercial softwares.
>
>      I can quite believe that, but I think I'll just try and master Wings
> for now. :o)
>
>    Also, I think Wings will be greatly improved over the next couple of
> years. (Hope so, anyway).
>
>    Thanks for that link btw, it was certainly 'enlightening'.
>
>      ~Steve~

If you had problems with Wings UV editing (never got there myself so not
sure how difficult it is), you should try blender UV facility. LSCM is
almost like 3DSMax's pelt mapping, it even out before Max implement pelt
mapping in 8. I have max at my disposal here in my office, but I prefer to
unwrap in Blender.

Blender + POVAnim + POVRay would make a killer combination. Just my 2 cents
btw.

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> schreef in bericht news:45164a3a$1@news.povray.org...

I am not sure, but I think that the next version of Silo (version 2.0), will 
have more extended capabilities towards mesh painting.

see: http://nevercenter.com/

Thomas

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