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Export jpegs from blender

Discussion in 'Asset Importing & Exporting' started by morgansaysthis, Jul 14, 2007.

  1. morgansaysthis

    morgansaysthis

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    i have a rendered shot i want to get out of blender so i can import it into unity as a texture and i cant figure out how
    i set up the target folder and everything and the i tried pressing save image in the file window which seems to do nothing

    what am i doing wrong??
     
    morgansaysthis, Jul 14, 2007
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  2. morgansaysthis

    morgansaysthis

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    as soon as i pressed submit i figured it out... sorry nvm
     
    morgansaysthis, Jul 14, 2007
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  3. Eric5h5

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    That's good, but don't use jpegs for anything in Unity. ;) You lose quality and won't save any space. Use png.

    --Eric
     
    Eric5h5, Jul 14, 2007
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  4. morgansaysthis

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    cool i didnt know that thanks for the tip
     
    morgansaysthis, Jul 14, 2007
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  5. Eric5h5

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    Yep, just to explain a bit more, with Unity everything is either DXT compressed or uncompressed, so jpegs, like everything else, also will end up DXT compressed or uncompressed. Hence you don't gain anything by using them and can only lose quality.

    --Eric
     
    Eric5h5, Jul 14, 2007
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  6. Daniel_Brauer

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    If you use Photoshop, I recommend keeping all your textures as layered .psd files. The bottom layer should be the exported UV map from Blender, and you should never change it unless the UV map changes. That way you always have the reference under the layers that actually provide colour.
     
    Daniel_Brauer, Jul 15, 2007
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  7. morgansaysthis

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    ive got to sit down and read about textures at some point....not looking forward to that....

    thanks for the tips
     
    morgansaysthis, Jul 15, 2007
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