Designing a globe (Illustrator + 3D Painter + …)?

Question

Hi all,

i want to set up a project for my design students (higher ed) where they design a fantasy globe, using Adobe Illustrator for assets to appear on the globe, Substance 3D Painter to place multiple assets on a globe's surface. So far so good.

But how can i render out the globes surface as an equirectangular map? I'd need it to convert that into so called globe gores (using NASA's freeware g.projector).

I am looking for a detailed tutorial on how to import/link Illustrator assets to Painter 3D and how to export the globe's surface as a equirectangular map.

Any help appreciated. And of course i'll share my workflow with you.

Thank you in advance.

Michael

davescm · Answer

The easiest way is to add a step in your workflow and unwrap the UV map for the sphere in the format you require. The tools to do that are in most 3D modelling software, including the free Blender 3D. By doing it that way a simple export of the Basecolor texture map will give you what you want without further processing afterwards.

Dave

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded