UV Mapping Texture

Illusions · Oct 2006

Does anyone have a link to the UV texture we came up with here a few years back to use when looking for UV stretching while unwrapping? I think it was the one with the circles, etc.

Steve Schulze · Oct 2006

Ah UV Madness. Props to whoever made this thing originally.

Or theres a higher res version, along with a couple of other UV textures in a zipfile here:
http://www.dannyngan.com/tools/download/uvUtilities.zip

MoP · Oct 2006

I think it was Sinistergfx who made that one. It's pretty useful!

sinistergfx · Oct 2006

Oops, somehow it got lost when I redid my website. I'll make sure to put it back up in my tools section.

Ryno · Oct 2006

I like mine better. If you are doing normal maps, it is good to know if the UVs are flipped, which letters or numbers will indicate.

sinistergfx · Oct 2006

That's what the smaller colored circles in the corners are for in mine, but I guess it's kinda cryptic :P.

thomasp · Oct 2006

do you guys really use (and like) such colorful, contrasty maps? i tend to use a low contrast image that enables me to clearly see my uv's in the editor window rather than distracting my eye...

sinistergfx · Oct 2006

Yes.

...And in Max you can enable/disable dimming of the texture in the uv editor.

Ghostscape · Oct 2006

I use this, I don't remember where I found it it was about 3-4 years ago?

Color, letters, circles, and it even lets me check pixel density because it has a faint per-pixel checker.

Illusions · Oct 2006

Thanks guys, exactly what I was looking for

Eric Chadwick · Oct 2006

That was mine.

Added sinistergfx' circles to my old one.

http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/images/testgrid_circles.tif
http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/images/testgrid.tif

We also have a joke one around the office called breastgrid. A bit easier on the eyes, that one.

UV Mapping Texture

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