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Learning to UV... running into some problems with unfold (Maya)
Hi all I'm trying to learn UV mapping and I'm following the UV Mapping Workflows in Maya tutorial on Pluralsight. The tutorial provides you with an ogre character that you have to unwrap. Up until now I haven't had any problems, but I'm now working on the loincloth and no matter what I do I can't seem to get the same… -
Re: Learning to UV... running into some problems with unfold (Maya)
Maybe the tutorial glossed over a step or maybe you just missed it? Either way, the important part is that you learn and understand the process. Hopefully now you have a better idea now of how to handle cutting UVs for things you make in the future. :) -
Re: Learning to UV... running into some problems with unfold (Maya)
@Ruflse I made my cut along the bottom edge that loops all the way around, which was what they did in the tutorial: I'll have a play around with making the cuts differently as you have suggested. I'm still very unfamiliar with this process so I have some trouble figuring out where I should be cutting... I've uploaded the… -
Re: Learning to UV... running into some problems with unfold (Maya)
@Ruflse Cutting it as you suggested worked :) Thanks sooo much, it's been driving me crazy for a few days now. I still don't understand why when I follow the tutorial it doesn't work however and why he seems to get the same result with just the two cuts - one along the edge I mentioned earlier and the vertical one around… -
Re: Learning to UV... running into some problems with unfold (Maya)
No problem, glad it helped. I don't know how it was done in the tutorial you saw but there are a lot of ways of making UVs according for what you are going to use the mesh. Sometimes it's better avoiding a lot of cuts when others it better to avoid too much distortion. You will start to see the patterns once you UV more…
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