• Adobe After Effects

  image-map fitting problem

  Posted by Betty Boop2 on November 13, 2005 at 6:59 pm

  I’ve studied John Dickinson’s excellent tutorial on image mapping within 3D Invigorator and have been able to make it work on square or rectangular shapes…but my problem come in when I try to map to any other shape. For example, I’m working on a 3D model of a new Dr Pepper logo. The Dr Pepper type sits on a “oval” shape the oval shape has a lot of texturing and color blends that make it a good element to use as a image map.

  I import the image-map file as a Illustrator .ai file, bring it into the timeline. Then within the Zaxwerks plug-in I assign the layer to the first position on the layer map drop down list. Then, with in the set-up window I create a new material, select absolute color and link the new material to the layer map. I then select the layer in to apply the map to. I then drag the material to that layer. The problem is that it does not fit the shape right– It seems to fill from the bottom left, but only seem to fill about 80% (scale wise) of the shape. Any ideas for me.

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