How to texture straight lines?

NAIMA

Imagine u modeled a nice cloth  hanging on a nail on a wall , its so all folded, but how to do to texture it so that has a specific design , text, straightlines etc  without distortions ? How to do if u can use PS, zbrush, substance painter, marv des. And a 3dprogram like 3dsmax?
In 3ds I can unfold, pelt etc but its uv is not a square where I can apply straight lines etc ... but its all curvy and deformed too... I dont want to add a repeating material pattern but a very specific design with a square border texture.

Neox

show us what you got

but without seing: straighten the outsides, relax the insides.

check this thread

https://polycount.com/discussion/224845/uv-optimisation#latest

NAIMA

I have got this .

https://i.gyazo.com/2285a8ccaa8f5f3d9f0a464c28390a4e.png

Or this

https://i.gyazo.com/1470b373a817585354881ff65bcc85cf.png

I want to texture like this 

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https://coastalwandering.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/beach-towel-coastal-wandering-fb.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

But then also have this

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http://blog.gogo-vacations.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/GettyImages-172909579-1024x833.jpg&f=1&nofb=1

Neox

how do you create the first result? how are you planning to do the second?

so naturally this would be an ideal candidate for clothsim. so you would start with the planar surface that is unwrapped and then you simulate it it into place. the uvs will stay as they are.

but yeah the uvs on the first thing really look broken. what i would do. relax it once, then straighten again. sometimes you have to go a little back and forth. i wish max could relax points on a line but it can not

Neox

also please use the img function in your posts. if you want people to help you. make it as easy as possible to get to your data

NAIMA

The first image is from Marvelous Designer, the others from 3dsmax.

I exported the Md one to Zbrush to zremesh to have a better topology but this is destructive of Uvs, so I either simulate cloth in 3dsmax, or I thought about baking out the texture from the exported model of MD to a retopologized version of the same model with Zbrush , but not sure if is a good way to do as it would be usable only for one time texture and not several ones so to reuse the model.

Neox

you could try to transfer the UVs using transfer attributes in maya. not sure if it would work with such "crazy" topology. but might be worth a try.

Alex_J

i didt read whole post but mention a few things just in case you are unaware:

look up the retopo options in marvelous designer. Newer version, 9 I think.

also check this out, still a valid workflow I use despite newer tools:

https://lesterbanks.com/2016/11/marvelous-designer-uvs-maya/

it's a good workflow becuase the fabric patterns mimic real world shapes so you can easily apply tileable fabric pattern textures.

NAIMA

Can this be applied to 3dsmax too?