Help, painting 3D model uvws looks pixelated

Ratchlar

     So I'm new to 3D modeling, and have made a few models in 3Ds Max. I am having trouble texturing my models though with photoshop, and the viewport canvas. My issue is that I don't know how to make it so my texture doesn't look all pixelated as I paint it. Here is a screenshot. Does making the UVW bigger or smaller have an effect on the resolution?

Octo

What's the resolution of the texture?

musashidan

Yes, the more space the uvs occupy (the bigger the shells) the more pixels they receive,  the higher the resolution. 

Ratchlar

The resolution of the image is at 100, what is a good resolution to have it at?

musashidan

By resolution we mean the texture dimensions, i.e, 512 pixels wide X 512 pixels high, 1024 X 1024, etc.

So obviously more pixels=more resolution.

I think you're referring to the opacity 100 from your screenshot? 

I recommend at least learning the very fundamentals of what a texture is. Have you looked on the Wiki here on PC?

Ratchlar

I thought so, just got confused by photoshop's image size information panel. It is 1024x1024 with 100 pixels/inch

musashidan

Well, the texture isn't pixelated in PS, so it's likely a Max display issue. Right click at the top left of the viewport - the shading parenthesis [shaded + wireframe] or whichever it happens to be your end>click configure from the popup>display performance>make sure 'texture maps:' is set to at least 1024. If that doesn't solve it then it could be a Viewport Canvas bug(VPC is old, abandoned, and hasn't been updated since it was added to max) It could be your UVs aswell. Can you post an image of your UV layout?

Also, hit F9 in Max to render the viewport to check it there.

Ratchlar

Thanks for the advice! Changing the texture map helped, and it also looks better in the render view. Here are the UVs