Project 1 image onto half dome

[AmyLou]

I’m trying to project an image of a flag onto a half dome (think the back of a bandshell for perfomances). I only want one flag, not lots of little flags all over the back of the bandshell. I’ve watched several tutorials but none are helping me do what I want. Does anyone have any suggestions? I imported the flag as a png file with a transparent background into my model.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

[endlessfix]

Is there any way to actually import high resolution image?

I realize that Sketchup puts a irrationaly arbitrary cap on the resolution of imported imagery, so I’m trying to figure out an way around this besides: a) Importing the image as a taxture - does work great for 2D, but it can’t be draped over a DEM, as far as I can tell. b) Importing smaller pieces of the image and then assembling them - this leaves seams and is an absolute nightmare to assemble (no snapping!!!). Can anyone suggest a trick, workaround or anything to get high resolution images …

[jimhami42]

Try this one … import the flag as an image (not a texture), align it with how you want to project it onto the dome, explode the image, select the image with the material eye dropper, and then paste the material onto the dome.

Mapping a Photo to a Hemi-Sphere in SketchUp

[AmyLou]

Actually Jim’s suggestion worked when I brought in the correct image type. When I brought in a jpeg file with a white background (instead of transparent), the flag projected onto the half dome just fine. It did not work correctly when I brought in a png file with a transparent background. Thanks Jim!