I guess it's possible, but unless you're really tall or have a ladder, the textures are going to be distorted by the perspective. There are programs out there that can create 3d models from photos, maybe it's worth looking into that option.

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[Link to www.3dprevis.com]

I've had to do alot of that very thing recently for a surveying company. i just went out and took as many photos as I could trying to avoid cars in the way and trying to get as little perspective distortion as possible, i built very simple buildings out of boxes roughly in the shape of each building and then mapped each face one by one. I made some generic textures from the photos that could be re-used but most of them were cropped then corrected for perspective using the photoshop transform tools and then mapped onto the appropriate side and level of the building. for example I made a horizontally tileable texture for the ground level, then a tileable set of windows for the middle part and in some cases another one for the top part of the building. heres a screenshot of the early stages.

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That's an awsome example.. you think you could do a mini tute on how to incorporate a building texture to a box? A simple one so that our friend here can get a good idea on how to get his project on the move...

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MuS@shiROth

Don't want to try to "pop" real world objects into 3d. Instead think of each photograph as an element you will apply to a small part of the model. Each photograph should be processed through photoshop. Then using photoshop plan out your texture maps. Another words, paint out an entire side of a building using these elements, then use 3dsmax to extrude off this image. Then go back and make corrections.

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Than you both for your quick responses. Tyson, is there any tutorials you know of that would be good for me to take a look at with regards to this technique. Purely from a 3ds Max stand point. I work using Photoshop so manipulating images isn't an issue.

Thanks

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There you go. Play to your strengths.

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I'll try and do a simple tutorial. So is it simple modelling and uv mapping that you need help with?

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Yeah, that would be great. Thanks very much Tyson.

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