Make a whatever ball by texture mapping

[juliokansas]

I'm making a poster consisting different ball,
such as basketball, volly ball, golf bal, baseball, soccer, football, and so on
Since the tie schedule, I decide to make them by texture mapping, however, it doesn't work very well
Did anyone have an efficient way to make it done?

[atyss]

To make a spherical map, open the texture in Photoshop,
Do Filter > Distort > Polar Coordinates...
Check Rectangular to Polar, OK
Then with the Stamp tool, adjust the center of the texture so there is no stretching.
Then go again in the filter, but this time choose Polar to Rectangular.
Then you can apply the texture with a spherical projection on the object.

Also, see my tutorial about UV mapping here (so you can print your UV pattern on a texture to paint the texture):
http://www.angelfire.com/film/grimoireinte...nSI3D\_page1.htm

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[juliokansas]

i pretty much understand what u mean
however, after trial, it seems doesn't solve my problem
do u mind explaining more straightly?
i appreciate

shihming

[atyss]

Well, could you described your problem further? You gave very little details, other than "it doesn't work".

Thanks
Bernard Lebel

[juliokansas]

honestly, i fail to make the line on basketball twisted in right way
and it looks awful to meet the polar
i must miss something somewhere

man thanks