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Head UV Layout
Hello, Is this a good UV Layout for a head? The character is a low poly real time model, so he won't have any facial animation. Thanks for any tips or comments! -
Re: Head UV Layout
I'm not an expert at character unwrapping, and without seeing your model I can't say for 100% certain, but I would expect to see a lot of texture distortion along the top and back of the head with that layout. Two things I'd suggest, firstly, did you use pelt mapping? If not, try it and you should get a better result along… -
Re: Head UV Layout
On second thought, I'm not going to mirror the side, as the texture may be asymmetrical. I want it to be a 512X256 map, since the UVs aren't square and leave a lot of room in the "blue square" in the UVW edit window. But when I render the UVW template, it squashes the UVs. I want the template to be the same shape as the UV… -
Re: Head UV Layout
So this is a different head model that I feel is better, but I'm still trying to unwrap it. I followed that pelt mapping tutorial and got the following results: It didn't look good until I relaxed it, but I had to relax it carefully, in separate sections. I have yet to mirror it, but I have a small question: how do you… -
Re: Head UV Layout
Gray wires, on a gray/dark gray checker background = about as visible as a polar bear in a snow storm. /rimshot The mesh could be inverted. In face/poly mode in the UV editor go Select > Select Inverted. It will highlight whatever needs to be flipped (using the Mirror tool in the UV editor). Also try relaxing by face… -
Re: Head UV Layout
:) Weirdest polar bear I've ever seen... I've heard about that, but for some reason when I relax the face it crumples up horribly and causes heavy distortion...would using a really small value in the relax dialog fix this? Sadly, this fellow doesn't have anything in his mouth. Thanks a ton, yiannisk, I'll give that… -
Re: Head UV Layout
Try this, Cut the head in the back (create UV seams that is) all the way up towards the top of the head pretty much like you did. Use Pelt mapping to get a more natural and even spread of the head surface. this is an old but still valid tutorial. [ame] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjqY8i_-Xe0[/ame] cheers! -
Re: Head UV Layout
Stretch it to fill the square. Then set the Use Custom Bitmap Size (under soft select in the options panel) to be the dimensions you want or change the upper right texture select drop down box to be your 512x256 texture instead of the default checker pattern. -
Re: Head UV Layout
Thanks Vig, now I see it. That could be a pretty powerful tool, so I'm looking forward to giving it a try. I'm actually surprised that I never saw that before...maybe all this head modeling is starting to affect my mind :) -
Re: Head UV Layout
In the upper right of the Unwrap Options Panel.
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