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Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
[ QUOTE ] erm, ok. What you said. Looks like you lost some o' dem dollars writing that out though man! [/ QUOTE ] no,following his logic it would mean, his workflow actually gave him the opportunity for time to do waterfall-esque replies. as for the looks, obviously the best way would be "screenspace" mapping, givin the… -
Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
Any slight distortion is worth it for what you gain back in pixels, the ease of painting and overall sharpness imho. It's somewhat of a balance, but if our outsourcers sent work in to us looking pelt mapped, I'd send it back. It's been touched on somewhere in here I think, but very VERY generally speaking I see the formula… -
Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
To sum it up -somehow- I think that the most important thing and also the most frequently missed point by junior production artists is that a UV layout is very dependant of the final design. Like, if you know that the character will have a textured wristband, and if said wristband is to be handpainted, you want the shared… -
Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
[ QUOTE ] Plus, like I touched on earlier, the more time you spend UV-editing, the less is left to spend texturing. [/ QUOTE ] Agreed. The auto unwrap and packing tools while NOT a perfect replacement for a human who knows what they are doing, it is a good place to start and can do the lions share of the work for you. I… -
Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
You can't make everything in squares. You have to decide where it's appropriate and where it isn't. It also only works if you've modeled in a way that keeps square UVs in mind. It's hard to explain and is definitely something you learn and discover the more you do it. The main advantage of making the border edges straight… -
Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
Per, too many bloody words, and that's all perfectly sound mathematical and theoretical stuff. But I think you're looking at this from a totally different perspective. Of course SouL's version is at the *extreme* end of the spectrum. But he's reached that conclusion from working on PS2 spec projects that might only allow… -
Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
I think soul's example is exactly what I'm talking about. It's a high polycount, has folds, subtle curves, tapered joints, and the UV is as gridded as you can get, and it's not noticeable. I've done several next gen models with curves, folds, muscles, and subtle details, and gridding my UVs has absolutely not been…
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