CGTalk - uv layering in LW

Rabid pitbull

01-17-2003, 11:25 PM

ok i am going to admit that texturing is not my best skill.... i have actually been using lots of grafient layers and weight maps when texturing, but this techniques is less than precise, so....

i am trying to figure out those incredibly elusive uv maps, since they SEEM to offer great control. i have been struggling with this long enough, now i ask you to help.

what is the !@#$% secret to getting uv maps to layer. for instance if i want to make seperate maps for a nose, lips, and under it all a face layer what do i do? I have used alpha maps, and am sure i have done something wrong in there creation since i always get sort of strange outlines of the uv edge itself. is this a problem with the uv creation, or rthe alpha map??

I have read all sorts of tutorials (including the Leigh's :thumbsup: ) and still uv's are giving me problems. any advise??

leigh

01-17-2003, 11:44 PM

Yeah, layering UVs is a bit of a pain. In fact, I never even do it. I just assign different surfaces for the different UV areas.

But do not despair! Here is an answer to your problems!! (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34825&highlight=layering) :D

Rabid pitbull

01-17-2003, 11:51 PM

Now that is something i haven't tried!! thanks for the extra effort digging that up too! Now off to try this out.

Leigh for mod of the year!! again!

leigh

01-18-2003, 12:07 AM

:thumbsup: Let me know if you are still having any problems ;)

Dreamwave

01-18-2003, 01:28 PM

Leigh, what do you prefer? UV maps or making whole the texture yourself with bumpmaps, weightmaps and gradients etc.?

what did you use for that 1337 moria orc?

Rabid pitbull

01-18-2003, 02:41 PM

oh Leigh!! you are truly an amazing wealth of knowledge! that did the trick, now i can concentrate on the actual texture maps and not the uv technique. thanks again for unraveling this mystery for me. literally been trying to figure this out for months... and i would have NEVER tried doing this!

:bowdown: :bounce: :bowdown: :bounce: :bowdown:

leigh

01-18-2003, 04:04 PM

Rabid pitbull - good to hear that it's all working! That is indeed a handy little technique :D:D

Dreamwave - I'm a big user of UV maps myself, and I like to paint all my image maps by hand as much as I can.
If you want to see how I made my orc - look here (http://leigh.cgcommunity.com/making_of.htm) ;) :)

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