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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon Ocupe

Missing basic tutorial

Open decadenza opened this issue 4 years ago • 8 comments

Hi! I appreciate your code. But I am having some difficulties on make it work. How do I project a custom image on a basic Blender plane?

Could you provide a quick first-steps tutorial?

Thanks

decadenza avatar Aug 06 '20 11:08 decadenza

Sorry @decadenza, somehow I missed your question. Yes there should be a getting started tutorial. I'll move it up on my todo list!

Quick Tutorial for you:

  1. Install the Addon (descibed on the README page LINK and switch to Cycles as a render Engine.
  2. Create a Projector: Screenshot 2020-08-30 at 12 55 41
  3. Select Custom Texture from the dropdown: Screenshot 2020-08-30 at 12 59 36
  4. Select the Image/Video texture. Screenshot 2020-08-30 at 13 01 25
  5. The Projection is only visible in Rendered-Mode: Screenshot 2020-08-30 at 13 02 37

Ocupe avatar Aug 30 '20 11:08 Ocupe

Thanks for your work. This could help others.

decadenza avatar Sep 03 '20 06:09 decadenza

Hello, for me this works when I connect the "Don't Touch node's" color field connected to "Emission node's" color field, otherwise the image does not display. Bug or feature?

for_me

szat avatar Dec 10 '20 20:12 szat

@szat you followed the my steps and the images didn't show up? If yes, what version of blender and the add-on are you using? I just check and I couldn't reproduce it. As a side node for next time: Please open a new issue. The original author asked for a tutorial and for a bug fix.

Ocupe avatar Dec 11 '20 21:12 Ocupe

Hi, I am still struggling as to where to find the Projector options like throw ratio etc.? It's not under object properties nor light or camera properties....

Ok got it - in Blender you have to click a small arrow on the edge of the menu so the Tools menu appear....should be in the manual as well.

trackme518 avatar Jan 30 '23 15:01 trackme518

@trackme518 Thanks for your feedback! The Blender user interface has changed over the years (when I first created the plugin, it was easier to find the projector settings :) )

Ocupe avatar Feb 06 '23 09:02 Ocupe

@trackme518 thank you so much !

As i'm new to blender I struggled so much to find this tiny arrow in blender 3.1+

For people having the same problem it's here :

image

Lyptik avatar Mar 07 '23 11:03 Lyptik