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Otter2k
10-08-2002, 06:58 PM
Does anyone know of any good links to sites with some UV mapping tutorials for Maya?

Thanks

Otter :)
KingMob
10-08-2002, 11:11 PM
man, me to...especially for full characters all one object...I need help!
foxhound
10-10-2002, 03:50 AM
maya texturing tutorials are more rare than diamonds.I look constantly for some.
KingMob
10-10-2002, 04:11 AM
seriously! it's amazing how hard they are to find, the manual covers only the BASICS it seems, and my mastering maya 3 book covers some basic stuff to... i gues sit's just horribly time onsuming..I just spent almost 8 hours making a map for my character, and I STILL am not done...there must be some trick!
Gentle Fury
10-11-2002, 07:00 AM
as long as your character body parts all have the same UV sets (ie the head is all one UV set) you can use a cylindrical image map and save yourself the hours of painful UV reconstruction! There is a great tut on how to unwrap in the Maya 2 character animation book, that ive been meaning to scan.....ill post it when i get a chance to scan it ok :)

http://exurostudios.com/render_tests/better_angle.jpg

thats a character im working on now, and it uses that same technique, i didnt have to even touch the UV editor :)


Happy Rendering!!!!
KingMob
10-11-2002, 04:15 PM
what about a continuous character? can i still break them up liek that into different sets, I tried (albeit I was guessing) and it was not working.

thats sweet how you didnt have to make any maps or anything, i have spent hours working on the map for my guy, fianlyl starting to work to. Definetly post those tuts, I would love to see them!

looks good btw
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