need help

[thsskillz]

wen i edited all the blueprints in cs2 i tried to lay them on the planes i made and wen i look at them it wasnt clear at all i want to know how do i correct it i saved them in bitmap. is there somthing i am missing?

need help complete noob ohh i try to use full words no tech talk cause i wont beable to understand it

thnxx,
chey

[skb875]

Lol.. Well what I usually do is save the blueprints as .JPG with quality level on 12. 9 usually works well, but I just use 12, cuz I'm cool like that.

[thsskillz]

i do save it at 12 and i just tried jpg and it still is the same

[skb875]

Ohh, didnt understand the question correctly.. Anyways this was taken from the FAQ topic:


Q : My blueprints look awful in the viewports, and I've already made sure the graphics settings are maxxed out. What do I do?

A : 3dsmax utilizes the display card to render its viewports, and as such, it has the same limitations of a graphics card. This means textures whose dimensions aren't squares of two will need to be forced into a resolution, which usually makes them appear pretty bad quality. To fix this, simply make sure the prints have texture dimensions that are squares of two, and your prints should look crystal clear in the viewports. (squares of two = 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096)

Hope that helps

[The IC]

are you using 3dsmax?

@skb875: no, there is actually a display setting you have to change to fix it

[thsskillz]

ohh thnx skb875 i had one at 512 and one at 1139 cause the end of the top and side wouldnt fit i try again

[skb875]

Be sure to let us know if it worked.

[The IC]

there is actually a setting that just fixes it so they look fine no matter what size they are

[thsskillz]

it works but i cant get the side and top to go 1024 it cuts the rear off each one so i am going to get another car and try

whats the setting you where talking about

[The IC]

heres the steps in as simple as i can put it :

1. click on the Customize dropdown menu, then pick Preferences

2. click on the Viewport tab in the window that opens up

3. make sure youre using the DirectX driver down the bottom, then click configure driver

4. check the 2 check boxes that say match bitmap size as closely as possible

5. click ok, ok again, then restart 3dsmax