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1. Re: UV Mapping, do I have to? Does it ever get fun?

   

   Reply by EarthQuake · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   Yes you have to do it and no it never gets fun, its rewarding when its done but it never is fun. I dont know anything about max8's uv tools, but modo 201s look s AWESOMETASTIC. Check out the uv video on this page:http://www.luxology.com/modo/201/media.aspx

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   Reply by Ryno · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   It's fun being crafty with UV layouts.

3. UV Mapping, do I have to? Does it ever get fun?

   

   Topic by Weiser_Cain · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   I hate UV mapping. is there a way around this or some way to automate the process?

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   Reply by FatAssasin · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   Yeah, the improved UnwrapUVW modifier in Max 8 is hot. You'll easily be cutting your unwrapping times in half, and usually more. It's the closest to "fun" unwrapping gets.

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   Reply by Rhinokey · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   FA the way i use max 8 is use pelt mappings function that lets you select your seams via edges on the model, i select all the seams, and just click the pelt button once, it will take and expand out one of the many chunks you have selected, but more importantly even if it does not pelt out al the other chunks, it does break…

6. Re: UV Mapping, do I have to? Does it ever get fun?

   

   Reply by hawken · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   max will have a crack at it via the "render to texture" function. Not worth trying though.

7. Re: UV Mapping, do I have to? Does it ever get fun?

   

   Reply by FatAssasin · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   What program are you using? If Max, then there's a script called "uvHelp" that is one of those "can't live without" tools. I wouldn't even attempt to unwrap a model without it now, and it's free. Look it up on Scriptspot.com, or the Max Plugins thread.

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   Reply by CheapAlert · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   Blender has a radmad LSCM unwrapping feature I often abuse

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   Reply by JKMakowka · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

   Wings3d has a very nice an intuitive UV mapping feature, you could try. It speeds things up quite a bit, and is almost a pleasure to use

10. Re: UV Mapping, do I have to? Does it ever get fun?

    

    Reply by MoP · Aug 2005 · Home› Technical Talk

    Well, being able to uv-map quickly and efficiently is a useful skill. If you don't make the most space-effective UV map, you're wasting texture resources, and especially in console development, this is something you really want to avoid.