[Kentwolf]

Thank you very much!

Question:

It seems that when I do a fairly close outline with the pen tool, the final result has the mapped face still image as too small.

When I try to scale the image to fit the extruded outline, the image AND the pen-drawn outline grows, almost like there is a border/gap around the mapped image file.

Do you know how I could avoid this?

Thank you very much for your help! (I am almost done!)

[Kentwolf]

I am not getting the option to extrude the picture.

Here is exactly what I am doing. I am obviously missing a step somewhere:

1.) Create a new project.
2.) Delete Video 2 track since I do not need it. I have Video 1 track remaining.
3.) Video 1 track, Change Track Media.
4.) That new media is the masked PSD file, Still Image File.
5.) With the collapsed single track selected, I click the Add Spline Media icon. I now have 2 tracks, the splined media track on top.
6.) I select the Spline Media track/Face
7.) Select the pen tool.
8.) I outline the picture face. It has a thin red border when finished.
9.) Under the original still image track/transformations, there is no option to extrude.
10.) Under the Spline media track/transformations, there is also no option to extrude.
11.) If, with the Splined Media track, change the track shape to 3D extrusion, I now have the option to extrude under Transformations. So, I extrude it a little.
12.) I now have a white shape in the shape of the picture face outline I did. It is extruded.
13.) I see nowhere to select the still image PSD file as one of the faces. I do see under Spline Track/Transformations/materials/face count a place to select materials, but I only see plastic, gold, etc. I do not see where I can select the PSD file.

So, at the end of the day, I am left with a white outline in the sape of the PSD still image file person

[Kentwolf]

I took a look again at the tutorial and actually, I believe I see how to make the outline.

I guess my question should actually be…

>>…map the face to the front of the extruded object..

Could you please explain basically how to do this?

I do not need a lot of detail, but basic steps would be very helpful to me.

Thank you very much!

[Kentwolf]

Thanks!

I have seen that tutorial, but since it was just text, it didn’t really seem to help.

>>…create an outline of the face…

If you could point me in the right direction on just this facet, I believe I could work out the rest.

Is there a basic way/set of steps to “create an outline of the face?”

Thanks much! I am encouraged… 🙂

[Kentwolf]

Thick = extruded, which, when turned sideways, exhibits the characteristic of having thickness.

Kind of like if you turned a dime sideways, and could make it look 1″ thick.