Tileable Textures
If you are creating a fa ade that is very repetitive, but you cannot get a good photo of the full side of the building, it may be wise to make a custom tileable texture. A tileable texture is one that repeats and fits seamlessly with its repetitions. Step 1. Crop and correct the perspective of an image. Step 2. Crop the image down to a portion which will repeat to make the entire pattern . Step 3. Find and note the image size, under the Image Menu gt image size. Step 4. Next go to the Filter...
Crop and Tweak
3. Select the Perspective box at the top of the screen. 4. Drag the four corners of the rectangle to the corners of the face you would like as a texture.
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Take and Assemble Photos
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Hide Edges
Next, just right click on one of the edges and select Hide from the drop down menu to hide the selected edges, so they do not export to Google Earth.
Purge your model frequently to cleanse it of unused textures and components
Professional Photographers need not apply. Reduce the size of your images before you use them in your model, this will improve Google Earth performance and make downloads faster.
Tileable Texture
- An image which repeats along all sides Photo of the Pro Player Stadium, Miami Photo of the Pro Player Stadium, Miami Try to create models which are a hollow shell, without any internal lines or faces.
Proper Face Orientation
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