{"id":7885,"date":"2023-10-27T15:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2024-01-06T10:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T10:22:30","slug":"paint-minecraft-tall-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/paint-minecraft-tall-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Paint Minecraft Tall Grass (+Alpha) in Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a06dd91b24bc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a06dd91b24bc\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/paint-minecraft-tall-grass\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/paint-minecraft-tall-grass\/#object-scale\" >Object Scale<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/paint-minecraft-tall-grass\/#backface-culling-etc\" >Backface Culling etc.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/paint-minecraft-tall-grass\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v3p82nj\/?pub=d3lcu\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this exercise we walk through in real time, the process of painting a Minecraft style <i>tall grass<\/i> image texture with alpha transparency using Blenders Texture Paint workspace and tools. The default Cube is first replaced by a <b>Plain<\/b> and the previously assigned material edited to accommodate transparency. The new object is UV unwrapped and UV mapped (new objects don&#8217;t include UVs by default), before painting can then begin using Texture Paint workspace and tools.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 25 mins (00:25:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 1080p.<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/minecraft\/katsbits - minecraft tall grass.zip\">KatsBits \u2013 Minecraft Tall Grass<\/a> (c. 200 KB, *.blend, *.png).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: additional information to keep in mind when painting Minecraft style textures in Blender that should use alpha transparency;<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"object-scale\"><\/span>Object Scale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s not strictly necessary to replace the default Cube as the object is simply a placeholder\/preview object for showing progress. For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/paint-minecraft-short-grass\/\">another Minecraft style grass texture<\/a>, where is it being swapped out, it can be replaced by a <b>Plain<\/b> &#8211; <b><i>Add \u00bb Mesh \u00bb Plain<\/i><\/b> &#8211; that can then be proportionally rescaled to better fit the dimensions of the texture, that being double the width, or twice the height of standard Minecraft style textures at <b>32 x 16<\/b> pixels, so an object scaled or resized to <b>4 m x 2 m<\/b> (use <b>Sidebar<\/b> [1] or <b>Object Properties<\/b> [2] for this).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/minecraft\/minecraft-grass-scale.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/minecraft\/minecraft-grass-scale.jpg\" alt=\"Object Scale in Blender\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>To aid texture painting, rescale the Plain by changing its <b>Dimensions<\/b> [1] (SideBar) or its <b>Scale<\/b> [2] (SideBar or Object Properties).<\/i><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"backface-culling-etc\"><\/span>Backface Culling etc.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The existing material that initially assigned to the Cube can be edited rather than a new one created. Ensure <b>Backface Culling<\/b> [3] is enabled along with <b>Blend Mode<\/b> being set to <b>Alpha Clip<\/b> [4], and <b>Texture Interpolation<\/b> set to <b>Closest<\/b> (for image pixellation). An <b>Image Texture<\/b> node is dropped in and a <b>16 x 32<\/b> image created &#8211; tall grass is double the height of standard textures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/minecraft\/minecraft-tall-grass-transparency.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/minecraft\/minecraft-tall-grass-transparency.jpg\" alt=\"Transparency settings\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>This can be done at any time but to see transparent progress in real-time, enable Backface Culling [3] and set Alpha Clip. Ensure <b>Closest<\/b> is the active image interpolation.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; 00:00 : Overview &#038; Scene Setup<br \/>\n &#8211; 01:00 : Material Setup<br \/>\n &#8211; 05:00 : UV Setup<br \/>\n &#8211; 07:00 : Texture Paint &#038; Save<br \/>\n &#8211; 12:00 : Alpha Paint &#038; Save<br \/>\n &#8211; 23:00 : Grass Cards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,967,32,230],"tags":[458,558,986,1041,559,965,785,1042,1040,1063,964,963,220,560],"class_list":["post-7885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-minecraft-2","category-texturing","category-tutorials","tag-alpha-clip","tag-backface-culling","tag-blending-mode","tag-closest","tag-double-sided","tag-erase-alpha","tag-minecraft","tag-mix-mode","tag-pixel-a","tag-reset-uvs","tag-texture-interpolation","tag-texture-paint","tag-transparency","tag-two-sided"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7885"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7905,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7885\/revisions\/7905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}