Face texture mapping from 2 Photos
 

Hi

I made a 3D face model and now I want to texture map it. I should build the texture map from 2 images taken by digital camera, one from front and the other one from the right side of an actor's face.

Can I do this in Maya ? How? I'm somehow new with texture mapping and don't know much about that.:confused:

Thank you

You will need to use projection mapping, and Photoshop or another graphic editor to paint out the seams.

This is a great dvd that walks you through the process of combining multiple face images into one face texture map:

http://thegnomonworkshop.com/dvds/pca01.html

first you need to UV map your head - which basically involves flattening out you mesh in the UV texture editor. Then you take this map into photoshop where you can paint a texture for your head using your front and side photos.

this is a good UV mapping tutorial:

http://www.ramyhanna.com/texturing/p...utorial01.html

thks Aran and onyx86

yeah, these turorials are good. but is there any way to paint on the UV map automatically , not using Photoshop or other graphical softwares ? a Mel script which handles automatic texture mapping ? ?
since for my application, I need to do the texture mapping without the user's help .

thank you

whatever you do you're going to need to uv map your head - if you want to paint directly onto the model you could use zbrush or body paint - not sure what you mean when you say you don't want to use 'graphical software'...