I noticed that all the tops and bottoms on My outfits (UFUT & UFUL) textures aren't lining up like they should. I thought I was lining it up right but apparently not. I always start with the first layer of the Torso Mesh on top of the Legs Mesh, lined up and add another layer and go from there, thinking it's lined up.

In any case, I was wondering if any of the other designers that have been doing this for a long time can give any tips on how they make sure the two textures line up properly.




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Here's an example of what I start with before beginning My design.



OH and both are 512x512

to make this easier for myself i have colored the lines on my textures so i dont have to count them. So the center line on both the pants and the top is blue and the next line over on both is pink and so on. It really really helps. gimme a minute and i'll put them up here for you.

*steals those* Love them, Mal.

Note that these are 1000x1000. Make sure you resize to a power of 2 for your final texture. (As in 512x512)

to make it very easy without changing your way of doing.... first do your torso texture, the front part of the waist line is made of 10 dots. Select the lower front part of your texture, from edge to edge of the waist line, and copy it on your leg file.
You'll notice it needs a little stretching to cover the 10 dots of your waist line... you need to believe blindly in those guidelines, for every part of a texture...

For example arms... even if it looks ten times smaller, the vertical length of the shoulder on the torso area, is virtually equal to the width of the arm area... it gives you an idea of the needed resizing to have a matching pattern from shoulder down to arm...

ty Mal! that' a great idea with the colored lines.

SIMI hun, Mal didnt color those lines, her ex did, shes just taking credit.. if u want templates have Ash give u my skype or yim luv ya

I'm reviving this thread because I still can't figure out how the hell to get the pants to match the shirt correctly. I don't know what the right resizing is so it lines up properly. I use PSP7 if anyone's curious.

Oh so I'm a guru now?

But anyway, I whipped up a quick and dirty tut on an easy way i use to line up patterns sometimes. It's not perfect, but you could say it's a step in the right direction?

Ok I hope for any tools that I mention using, that they're in PSP7. I have PSP8, so hopefully not too many changes between the two.

Ok step one, create your pattern. I didn't find out until the end of making this tut, that this pattern didn't really lend itself well to showing that it lined up with itself. Anyway, I created this pattern at 512 x 512. And I usually work at the same resolution with the meshes too.



Next step, copying and applying your texture to your mesh. Obviously as a new layer. But what I do is bring it about half way down so that the pattern actually hangs off the working area. That will become clear in the next few steps.



Now for easy deleting of extraneous areas around the mesh, I have a separate layer set up that I usually keep invisible. It's filled with black that only covers the mesh itself, and about 3-5 pixels outside the mesh boundaries. On this layer, I use the magic wand to select the blank area around the mesh and...



Then while the selection is active, I click on the layer that I have my pattern on, and press delete.



Now because my deletion layer actually extends to the very bottom of the working area, the pattern doesn't get cut off from the bit that's hanging outside that area. So selecting the deform tool while I'm on that layer...



I can easily copy and paste the entire pattern sans deleted area, onto the legs mesh.



Whereby I can then start moving the pattern layer up, and stretch it with the deform tool so that the edges of teh shirt line up with the proper lines on the leg mesh.



Then a quick upload to UVD shows...



Not ideal results. But like I said, the pattern I created didn't lend itself well to showing that it was lined up. And of course this only covers the front, the back is a little harder with that curve to the mesh at the base of the back. Also, I still go by trial and error a lot. Sometimes uploading up to six test versions until I have it just right.

I said Liara, not you
But seeing as you're volunteering...

Glad to see this forum is still not helping people

1 other thing, Saphyre, in not too long, you'll be doing it almost without thinking