Which one is the correct uv seam option for horn shaped geometry?

Orhun

Hello, this is my first message in this forum.I hope i can help to other people here too

I modeled a retopologized low poly seahorse in 3dsmax  on my highpoly zbrush mesh and i started to build uv seam setup on this lowpoly mesh.But i'm not sure about setting the seam of horn shaped geometry.
In the following i showed the seam options side by side.According to you which one is the correct seam option for my lowpoly mesh.I'm worrying about texture stretching.By the way i'm planning to build normal map by this uv.

General view of my mesh

musashidan

It really isn't going to make a huge difference, in this case. If you're worried about distortion on Op1 Vs Op2 then just apply your UV test texture(there are some great examples here on the WIKI) and see which option unwraps cleaner.

Orhun

Thanks.

somerandomguy1

Either or should be fine, but like Musashidan said you can do a simple test to see which you prefer. My only words to add is I would personally put my cut on the bottom of the horn because that's the least likely angle to be seen since there is less space between the horns than the horns distance to the spine. Looking god so far!.

Orhun

It worked, thanks to all.