Stopping a Texture from stretching when you stretch the mesh

[markfrancombe]

Please excuse the newb Question.

I am modelling a book, based on a scan of the books cover. Is it possible for me to add the texture to a mesh ( a plane of a box for example) THEN stretch and shape the mesh, but have the texture stay as it is, and NOT stretch?

I often need this functionality, especially when I add a texture and want it to be the correct resolution/aspect ratio... I inderstand the functionality fo modelling first and then mapping the UV to an object in the UV editor, but I can´t "lock" the UVs so that it doesnt move when I model... If I want to make my box, the same exact size as the texture that will be the book cover, what the method?

Thanks

Mark

[sqrlcub]

Anything you do with the model after texturing will effect texturing generally. It's best to save texturing until last. You can kind of fake moving things around with deformers but you need enough geometry for that to work appropriately. If I were to model a book with pages that have text on it, I would use a simple bend deformer the individual pages to get the curve of the page plane.

What it sounds like you are trying to do is manually adjust the UVs in the texture editor. That can "work" but it generally looks bad and leaves open space where there is no texture on your geometry. That sounds like a very difficult way to go through it.