best way to add test on a cylindrical shape

solitudevibes

Hi. I am making a camera lens and i just cant wrap my head around what is the best way to add the text on a cylindrical shape like a lens for example.

I can straighten UV islands in blender no problem but ive no idea how to actually add them in substance. The only way i can see myself doing that is to manually stamp each and individual symbol. Is there a way to some how curve the text in a cyllinder shape so i can stamp everything i need at once?

Thanks!.

Heres the example of the text that i want to add. Im struggling with adding any symbol from this picture

Edit:

i am very sorry for posting this in a wrong section. please delete this thread

Taylor Brown

You can build out stencils in photoshop or a similar program and import them as alphas into painter, then add them as needed by either painting them in or masking on fill layers

Alex_J

Taylor Brown said:

You can build out stencils in photoshop or a similar program and import them as alphas into painter, then add them as needed by either painting them in or masking on fill layers

Just to add to that, you can add type along a shape (like a circle) in photoshop, so that way you don't have to rely on manual handplacement. 

You can output your UV's or current texture as it is to use as a guideline to create the mask in photoshop.

Kanni3d

you mentioned your uv islands are straight, you can simply have straight text and add it to your straight uvs.... voila, circle text.

poopipe

that will distort the text though - if you need to get really close up that can be a bit of an issue.  

Kanni3d

yeah if its a low segmented cylinder it'll be warped to shit - make sure you've got plenty of geometry defining your lens, or just stamp it in 3d.

If you were to stamp in 3d like the above methods, you'll notice the text in 2d/uv mode will also be warped.

solitudevibes

thanks guys ill try the photoshop method