03-20-2013, 10:03 AM
My method:
Place an image-plane with the tree image in the workspace: RMB (on the workspace)-->Image Plane-->search for the tree image.
Then (with the object selected): Menu: Tools-->Put on Ground.
Lock the 'Image plane' in the Geometry Graph (click on the 'lock' symbol behind it).
Switch to 'Orthographic View'.
Place a N-cube (as fine as you need, and with the same size) in front of it (aligned it in the Z-direction) and hide (or delete) all but the front faces.
In the Z-view you can now move the vertices around and add edges etc. to make an outline of the tree.
Hide or delete all the faces wich are not needed.
After you have finished, select the faces of the grid and map the Tree-image to these faces: Menu: Tools-->Snap Image (If there is more than one image present: check the Tree-image).
Scale and/or move the 'Snap image' to fit the outline (RMB on the workspace).
Snap the image (RMB-->Snap image)
In the UV-window you can, if needed, finetune the mapping.
Hope this helps.
Place an image-plane with the tree image in the workspace: RMB (on the workspace)-->Image Plane-->search for the tree image.
Then (with the object selected): Menu: Tools-->Put on Ground.
Lock the 'Image plane' in the Geometry Graph (click on the 'lock' symbol behind it).
Switch to 'Orthographic View'.
Place a N-cube (as fine as you need, and with the same size) in front of it (aligned it in the Z-direction) and hide (or delete) all but the front faces.
In the Z-view you can now move the vertices around and add edges etc. to make an outline of the tree.
Hide or delete all the faces wich are not needed.
After you have finished, select the faces of the grid and map the Tree-image to these faces: Menu: Tools-->Snap Image (If there is more than one image present: check the Tree-image).
Scale and/or move the 'Snap image' to fit the outline (RMB on the workspace).
Snap the image (RMB-->Snap image)
In the UV-window you can, if needed, finetune the mapping.
Hope this helps.