UV checker maps

Ghostscape

A long time ago there was a thread that had a whole bunch of different checker maps in it for checking UVs. I managed to lose my copy of the really nice 512x512 one with the circles.

Does anyone have a copy of it?

Has anyone come up with a better solution than it?

fritz

http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php...true#Post158365

Ghostscape

rock on! I spent like 15 minutes using the search function but couldn't find it

Thanks!

fritz

no prob

moose

http://bb.mooseskins.com/uv/

some of mine that i like using. One of them is Pior's (circlecheck)

pior

Is it? haha I'm not even sure :P

moose

yeah, you had it in with your... uhh, bunny chick sdk? i think? i dunno, but ive been in love with it since, and rotate between it, and my story about birds.

EarthQuake

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rock on! I spent like 15 minutes using the search function but couldn't find it

Thanks!

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I find generally its much better to use google, just type "poylcount blah blah" usualyl find decent results

HarlequiN

You could use the PS script we have at work to generate one

No circles, but uses the letter R a lot (Nice letter the R, has no symetry in any way, so you can quickly spot rotated and mirrored areas). It'll also make them in custom sizes, yay.

Ghostscape

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You could use the PS script we have at work to generate one

No circles, but uses the letter R a lot (Nice letter the R, has no symetry in any way, so you can quickly spot rotated and mirrored areas). It'll also make them in custom sizes, yay.

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If someone told me these things then I'd know about them instead of asking the internet to help me find the one I use at home.

HarlequiN

Meh, this is true. come kick me on Monday and I'll come show you some other potentially neat stuff.

(now, if only I could get permission to release the dang things publically - should work on that next week)

PolyPutty

This is what I have always used.

MoP

For a map like that I'd tend to divide it up into a power of 2 (ie 8 rows and 8 columns) since that's more consistent for game art usage. 10 is a rather odd number to divide a 256x256 map by, for example. It's not a huge deal, but I think I'd get more use of a map that goes to 8 or 16.

Ghostscape

My favorite part of this map:

is that aside from showing distortion with the circles, and direction with the letters, it also lets me see pixel density because it has a 1pixel checker pattern to it. It's very nice, since I know it's 512x512, so if I have a 1024 to work with, I just set it to tile twice in both directions, if I have a 256 I set it to tile .5, etc.

PolyPutty

hmm, I will try the other uv grid on my next project.

jgarland

Lots of great resources in here. Saved. Thanks, guys.

Ryno

That's a nice one, ghostscape.

Joshua Stubbles

Yeah, I don't remember who originally made that one. Ghost, did you? I've been using it for quite some time, now. Great guide.

moose

Ghost, that map is awesome.. may have to give it a go sometime.

its simple, but i always do my final checks with:


(from the above link)

I like it because it allows you to compare resolutions, stretching, and positioning easilly - if you cant read it, you wont be able to read any detail on your texture.

UVs are a fine science, i love UV's so much

Ghostscape

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Yeah, I don't remember who originally made that one. Ghost, did you? I've been using it for quite some time, now. Great guide.

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No, it's EricChadwicks. It is awesome though, and has been incredibly helpful. I use the Max default checkermap while I'm unwrapping all the objects, but switch to that once it's time to scale all the pieces and lay them out.

Eric Chadwick

Hey, thanks. I like moose's trick too, sounds like a smart one.