Forum - How Do I ...? - Adding My Face - Messages http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Forum - How Do I ...? - Adding My Face - Messages en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit AspNetForum Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:43:41 GMT Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:43:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from DougBailey Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:43:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from drewi The mouth area needs to be elongated slightly to fit with the muvizu character i've found.
open up the textures with the edit button for the characters texture map.
For the boy figure.
https://www.muvizu.com/Store#&&s=1&p=22&c=3&pl=-1&q=
and Beefy ...just replace the key facial feature area with your own.
https://www.muvizu.com/Store#&&s=1&p=47&c=3&pl=-1&q=]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:19:43 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from DougBailey
Another post which has disappeared, suggested adding my face to a mask. Replace George Bush's face with mine.

I did this and it worked really well. Very recognizable when I lightened it a LOT in Photoshop. But no lip sync. So back to square one.
edited by DougBailey on 14/03/2017]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:05:41 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from PatMarrNC DougBailey wrote:
Yes, thanks.

The one where he put the face on didn't work out too well.


both videos rely on the same principle, but in the one that didn't work, the guy who made the video bypassed the UVMap to make it look easy. The UVMap provides lines like a coloring book. Color inside the lines and the texture will be applied to the right place on the character.



I think the UVMap will do it.
indeed, it's always useful to have guidelines...

Is it possible to put a box or tin or maybe 3D Vector drawing from Photoshop over the stick figure using UVMap?

That would be huge.


I answered this question in error yesterday, but that reply has vanished, so let's try again. UVMaps just let you "color" the character's existing shape (to create clothes or a new skin).

If you want to change the shape of a character by adding a box or other geometry , that is done by importing 3D objects to replace hair, eyes, hat etc. Check the WIKI for more information on importing models, its too much information to put in a forum message.

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edited by PatMarrNC on 14/03/2017]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2017 13:04:20 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from DougBailey
The one where he put the face on didn't work out too well.

I think the UVMap will do it.

Is it possible to put a box or tin or maybe 3D Vector drawing from Photoshop over the stick figure using UVMap?

That would be huge.]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:07:24 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from DougBailey
UVMap.

Open the Muvizu Program.

Place a Character on the page.

Edit > Edit (at the bottom) > Decals > Get Custom Template

That takes you to Custom Character Textures on Muvizu.com

Just above the Character Faces there is a video link on how to do this.

Such fun, so much to learn
edited by DougBailey on 13/03/2017]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:37:20 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from PatMarrNC https://www.muvizu.com/Video/17223/Tutorial-11-Characters-Painting-custom-skins


Or this one?



things that might mess you up:
1) It helps to use an editor with layers so you can position your texture over top of the template as a guide
2) applying 50% transparency to the layer lets you see both template and texture at the same time
3) remember to set the opacity back to 100% before saving the texture with your face on it
4) save as PNG or TGA because those formats support transparency

If you run into trouble, report back with details of what you did so far, and what result it yielded in Muvizu. We'll go from there.]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:36:35 GMT http://www.muvizu.com/Forum/topic6254-adding-my-face.aspx Message from DougBailey I'm struggling to put my face on a character. Is there a trick to this? I've watched whatever videos I can find and it doesn't look that hard.
Thanks for your help.]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:12:08 GMT