Stage Skirting

[CETLV]

Anyone have a good workflow for easy stage skirting?  I would think that perhaps they would have just a "skirt stage" button on the creation tool.  I just get annoyed with having to alter the heights, set the top finishes, and mess with all the pleat settings for a lot of custom stages.  If its a square its easy enough, but its still sort of a pain.  Anyone have any good tips?

[Guest Beckstorm]

@CETLVyou can choose borders from the OIP

 

 

Or you can use the soft goods tool as a border 

 

 

Hope this helps

 

 

[CETLV]

Hey thanks for responding.  I do know about the border tools.  Thats what I do now, but I was hoping to see a top finish style that is more of a bunting style that has a sewn in tie back.  Its not that its a huge thing, I was just wondering if anyone had a better method.  More or less just me being lazy and wanting a "skirt the stage button" :-)

[Andy Broomell]

Do you have a photo of what you're trying to emulate, or a screenshot of how you're currently doing it?

[Guest Beckstorm]

@CETLVokay I see what your going for.  That is not an option at this point but I will put it in as an enhancement request.

 

 

[CETLV]

Oh thanks!  Much appreciated!

[Andy Broomell]

Sometimes I'll do skirting with a custom texture:

 

[scottmoore]

+1 on using textures. 

[Mike Wright]

@Andy Broomell

 

That's an excellent texture.  Would you mind sharing?  I can see with a little bit of work in photoshop how that could be worked in to a b/alpha shader that with the addition of a colour could be used to make various colour skirts

[CETLV]

Fantastic response to this question, thank you all!

[Andy Broomell]

Here's a file with that texture.

 

11 hours ago, Mike Wright said:

Would you mind sharing?  I can see with a little bit of work in photoshop how that could be worked in to a b/alpha shader that with the addition of a colour could be used to make various colour skirts

 

Let us know if you get that working - wouldn't mind having that too

BlackSkirting.vwx

[scottmoore]

My usual method is to start with a an image that is more or less white and then allow for color change by attribute. Then it can be any color you want pretty quickly. Color by class is another option. 

[scottmoore]

While  I am thinking about it, often I will model an image l want to use as a texture and light it directly in VW.  I then take a screen shot of it and turn that into a useable texture. It’s quick and generally works like a champ. I’ve done that for my default staging skirts as an example. I’ll post an image or two once I am back at my computer.