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Making the Golf ball

Now for the texturing.This maybe the easiest way to texture a golf ball.I decided to do it this way because this is the first thing that a beginner should learn about texturing.OK the first thing you need is a texture I created my own in Photoshop.You can make your own texture or use mine just make the tutorial.

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You just need to select the area of polygons where you want your texture to be then go to the bottom of the editable mesh modifier and change the the set ID to 4 after that just press UVW map from the modifier list.You have to creat a material for the ball open the material editor by simply pressing ‘m' on the keybord.Now select the first material and choose Multy/Sub-object change the material amount to 2 and under Material ID choos 2 for the first material and 4 for the second.

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Select the first material and just set the defuse color to White R:255 G:255 B:255.Then go to the second material and after defuse color there is a small box press it and select Bitmap browse your hard and choose your texture.You could change the proportions of your texture by using crop but don't forget to check the apply box.

After you are finished you should have something like the picture bellow.

if you want to contact me just mail me at tornadooo2@yahoo.com

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