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[TheDevian]

Anyone familiar with Blender UDIM baking?

I was making a skin texture for Daz, and so I was baking to the tiles, but no matter how I name them, when I save the images, they always come out with the numbers rather than the names I gave them, meaning I have to rename them again after they have been saved anyway.
I tried giving it a title, I tried renaming the tiles after they were made, I don't really see any other options. Seems no matter what I do, the tiles stay numbered, not named.

 

[n00bi]

Anyone familiar with Blender UDIM baking?

Nop but im guessing its because of the nature of how udim works.
UDIM texture index is computed as 1001 + v*10 + u
meaning you have 10 images horizontal before a new row is uses.

But i find it odd that you cant prefix the names. example BodyColor_1001, BodyColor_1002 etc.
are you sure there is no prefix option you can add to the naming of the textures ?
I dont think you can name each index in the texture as its own name. with udim it kind have this number attached to it.
so you need to manualy rename all the textures or stick witht the numbers (with a prefix if possible)

 

[TheDevian]

Nop but im guessing its because of the nature of how udim works.
UDIM texture index is computed as 1001 + v*10 + u
meaning you have 10 images horizontal before a new row is uses.

But i find it odd that you cant prefix the names. example BodyColor_1001, BodyColor_1002 etc.
are you sure there is no prefix option you can add to the naming of the textures ?
I dont think you can name each index in the texture as its own name. with udim it kind have this number attached to it.
so you need to manualy rename all the textures or stick witht the numbers (with a prefix if possible)

The prefix is based on the image you create to bake to, you can set where the UDIM is in there. But you can't make it name them with anything but those numbers, even if you change it. I don't get why they let us change then names, if it won't save using it.

But yeah, have to rename after I save, and replace those numbers with the words in explorer. Then doing that, Blender loses them, because they have another filename.

Oh well, thanks for trying.

 

[n00bi]

The prefix is based on the image you create to bake to, you can set where the UDIM is in there. But you can't make it name them with anything but those numbers, even if you change it. I don't get why they let us change then names, if it won't save using it.

That sucks. maybe you found a bug

Have you tried putting the udim tag at the end?
From //Aqua Gray Glass - <UDIM> - Color.png
To //Aqua Gray Glass - Color - <UDIM>.png

And perhaps use underscore instead.
just to make sure there is no issue with how blender handles the names and defaults to just numbers if something is off.
its just a thought as i look at how c4d handles udim.

forexample:
foo_bar_1001.png
foo_bar_1002.png
...
is ok, and
foo_1001_bar.png
foo_1002_bar.png
this is ok too.

but not this.
foo_1001_bar.png
bar_1002_foo.png
...
but this is:
foo_bar_1001 .png
bar_foo_1002.png
...

There is a reason i hate udim
But its just suggestions. guess you have to dig into docs of Blender and see how its suppose to be done if possible.
i tend to stay away form udim if i can, while i get its pros and cons of it, i have never been a big fan of it.

 

[TheDevian]

That sucks. maybe you found a bug

Have you tried putting the udim tag at the end?
From //Aqua Gray Glass - <UDIM> - Color.png
To //Aqua Gray Glass - Color - <UDIM>.png

And perhaps use underscore instead.
just to make sure there is no issue with how blender handles the names and defaults to just numbers if something is off.
its just a thought as i look at how c4d handles udim.

forexample:
foo_bar_1001.png
foo_bar_1002.png
...
is ok, and
foo_1001_bar.png
foo_1002_bar.png
this is ok too.

but not this.
foo_1001_bar.png
bar_1002_foo.png
...
but this is:
foo_bar_1001 .png
bar_foo_1002.png
...

There is a reason i hate udim
But its just suggestions. guess you have to dig into docs of Blender and see how its suppose to be done if possible.
i tend to stay away form udim if i can, while i get its pros and cons of it, i have never been a big fan of it.

Possibly. XD

Yeah, being at the end is the default.

Yeah, I don't use it for much, but when baking skins for a Daz figure, there really isn't another option. So, I was hoping to make it easier.

 

[mendiael]

Hello, forgive my ignorance but is there a topic that is specifically reserved for Daz3D only?

 

[MissFortune]

Hello, forgive my ignorance but is there a topic that is specifically reserved for Daz3D only?

"Dev Help" is probably going to give you the quickest answers. Daz forums (for some things) are also somewhat helpful. But I don't think there's anything specifically for Daz.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Hello, forgive my ignorance but is there a topic that is specifically reserved for Daz3D only?

Not that I know of, but many here may be able to answer your questions if you post them

 

[mendiael]

Thanks for your replies, I appreciate it.

Actually I was hoping to see a topic reserved for Daz only, as it is being used for renders in AVN's in general. Would be nice to have one.

 

[TheDevian]

Thanks for your replies, I appreciate it.

Actually I was hoping to see a topic reserved for Daz only, as it is being used for renders in AVN's in general. Would be nice to have one.

That is the main thing that most of us use here.

 

[MissFortune]

Thanks for your replies, I appreciate it.

Actually I was hoping to see a topic reserved for Daz only, as it is being used for renders in AVN's in general. Would be nice to have one.

90% of this thread is Daz, as already mentioned. Blender users make up a really small subset of this thread, and even then, many are using Daz to get their models/characters created.

 

[TheDevian]

90% of this thread is Daz, as already mentioned. Blender users make up a really small subset of this thread, and even then, many are using Daz to get their models/characters created.

Or the other way around, I use Blender to make props for Daz. XD

 

[MissFortune]

Or the other way around, I use Blender to make props for Daz. XD

True. I haven't really gotten into the modeling side of stuff yet, I'm only now really just starting to get comfortable enough to render with it.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

modeling is dangerous. It's always tempting to start going overboard then you never finish

 

[n00bi]

modeling is dangerous. It's always tempting to start going overboard then you never finish

Aint that the truth. always something that can be improved and your not happy with..
a little tweak here and some there. volla 5 hours past

But the thing also applies to texturing/materials.

I am currently trying to make an effect of traveling in the Colon of the Universe. aka a wormhole.
I am at my 3rd iteration now, lol and i am still not happy

Spoiler: Wormhole

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[Pr0GamerJohnny]

Aint that the truth. always something that can be improved and your not happy with..
a little tweak here and some there. volla 5 hours past

But the thing also applies to texturing/materials.

I am currently trying to make an effect of traveling in the Colon of the Universe. aka a wormhole.
I am at my 3rd iteration now, lol and i am still not happy

Spoiler: Wormhole

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It's heartening to learn I'm not the only one with ocd towards things they work on

Whereas the external viewer often is less critical. All those wormholes look good - i prefer the middle one myself - less glitzy. Me:

Spoiler: airhose assembly

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Spoiler: context

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Like one silly little hose in front is gonna matter

 

[n00bi]

It's heartening to learn I'm not the only one with ocd towards things they work on

Whereas the external viewer often is less critical. All those wormholes look good - i prefer the middle one myself - less glitzy.

Haha yea, the damn ocd.

I am leaning towards the middle one aswell.
but after i did it.. i realized i am stupid.
Because i used the wrong render engine to make it.
I used vanilla c4d's render engine instead of red shift.
My plan is to have my steampunk/cartoonish styled space-hotrod flying in it. and it will be using pyro etc for the jet engine, so i need redshift.
So i had to start from scratch with the materials and do it using red shift materials instead,
as they are not compatible with standard material types.
Oh well thats life.

Spoiler: wip Space hotrod

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What are you making your train with? looks like a cad program.

 

[Pr0GamerJohnny]

What are you making your train with? looks like a cad program.

oh that's in 3ds max, I just had a stylized shader view on for those screenshots

Spoiler: sleeper compartment

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Space hotrod looks incredible! Especially on the exhaust nozzle details and piping. I imagine brass/copper shaders will be involved