GATOR doesn't seem to be working as I originally thought :(

Christopher wrote:
> Never mind, I know how to do this :)
>
> Christopher wrote:
>> you can't rendermap an implicit projection, but you can bake the
>> result of an implicit projection into an explicit projection.
>>
>> I first thought I was reading a tongue twister.  Sorry how do I go
>> about this ?
>>
>> ::Christopher
>>
>> Amaan Akram wrote:
>>> you can't rendermap an implicit projection, but you can bake the
>>> result of an implicit projection into an explicit projection.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4 May 2013 22:54, Sven Constable <[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Manual says: "Implicit textures do not have explicit UV
>>>     coordinates that you
>>>     can edit in the texture editor. Instead, the projection is
>>>     defined by a
>>>     mathematical formula."
>>>
>>>     Rendermapping need UVs. Therefore you can't rendermap implicit
>>>     projections.
>>>     You can move UVs in the TE and see it in the viewport but when
>>>     rendered,
>>>     mental ray  projects the texture regardless of the manual UV
>>>     tweaking.
>>>     Basically it's a mental ray extra-feature. It can't be
>>>     rendermapped because
>>>     no UVs are used.
>>>
>>>
>>>     -----Original Message-----
>>>     From: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     [mailto:[email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of
>>>     Christopher
>>>     Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2013 23:10
>>>     To: [email protected]
>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>     Subject: Baking Implicit Projections
>>>
>>>     Hi, everyone.  I can't create rendermap from a implicit projection.
>>>     Each rendermap that is baked is completely black, I have
>>>     adjusted many
>>>     properties, in hopes one of the images baked would work.  I've
>>>     searched for
>>>     a solution and the only thing I find is how to use rendermap in
>>>     Softimage.
>>>     Thank you for your help.
>>>
>>>     ::Christopher
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> 3D Artist/TD @ The Mill, London
>>> http://www.amaanakram.com

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