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    creating a flat map

    Posted by Chris Burns on January 9, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Can someone explain to me how to create a flat map of a basketball or volleyball for instance? Like the flat maps of the earth you see around, so I can use the cc sphere effect to create a 3d looking ball. I have a 3Ds Max but I am just getting started with it and don’t know how to use that yet.

    Thanks for any help

    Chris Burns replied 18 years, 4 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Chris Burns

    January 9, 2008 at 11:52 pm

    gotcha, but how do I create the map itself? placing the ball texture on a flat surface to be turned into a sphere.

    Thanks

  • Joel Jackson

    January 10, 2008 at 3:45 am

    photoshop baby, black lines, orange background, and lighter orange polka dots (polka dots?) distributed evenly. The map will get a bit funky at the top and bottom but just dont show that part!

    peace,

    Joel Jackson
    http://www.creativebloc.com/port.html

  • Mike Clasby

    January 10, 2008 at 6:51 am

    Here is a freebie PhotoShop plugin that compensates for that pinching at the poles you want to avoid:

    Spherical Mapping CorrectorThis filter produces texture map correction for spherical texture mapping.

    https://www.richardrosenman.com/software/downloads/

  • Peter Van der zee

    January 10, 2008 at 10:20 am

    google free 3d texture maps, you might find someone already went through the photoshop-step

    vanderzee.tv

  • Chris Burns

    January 10, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Thanks for all the help

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