Any book recommendations for understanding UV Unwrapping in Maya?

Bojito

I've watched a lot of Gnomon tutorials on different topics (modeling, texturing etc.) but the understanding you get from books is simply irreplaceable. I read this book not long ago "The Pushing Points" By William C. Vaughan and I was stunned with the clarity of the information and how easy it was to absorb everything mentioned in the book. I'd recommend reading it btw, it explains how to deal with every possible topology problem that may exist. So do you guys have any recommendations on books related to UV Unwrapping? Thanks in advance!

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Eric Chadwick

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Mink

Not quite sure why you think there's a book worth of information to even learn about UV unwrapping. At its core, it's mapping 3D vertexes and polygons to a 2D coordinate system.

Eric Chadwick

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Alex_J

To me at least, this stuff is vastly more complex seeming if you are trying to understand it before doing. Once you play around a bit you realize it's actually pretty straightforward and intuitive. 

In addition to link posted, I recommend using one of the freebie meshes in content browser which are already mapped, then make some textures for it. Apply the textures back in maya, and then play around with the uvs. Things will start clicking quickly.

Also, watch a few hair card tuts and then make your own. That helps too.