!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow Sean. thanks for that. its super cool! dunno if 2012 has something like that built into the new uv tools but its still awesome to have.
Hey guys this was my first week stuff, the whole process, WIPS,with crits and stuff is here:- http://sarankanart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/act-1-bootcamp.html
its viewport painting in max - select a mesh, go to the tools mesnu and you'll find it . I'm not sure what version they brought it in but it's there in 2012 and wasn't there in 2009
What interesting texture sizes (I think that is what the arrowhead symbolises yes?) Why not go for the time tested and computational optimized 512, 1024 and 2048?