Whenever I try to apply the texture to my UVw map editor, I end up getting something awful looking like this http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1190298/ok.jpg. The color map is supposed to look...

thanks, that video was very helpful, however, when I viewed my models vertices normals, the chaos kind of intimidating. Do I have to adjust all these normals to make a UV map?

This is a very newbie question because I've only been using Maya for two weeks now. My manipulator tools dissapeared so whenever I click my object, I no longer see the rotation/move/ and the scale...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1190298/retardedprob.jpg
This is not a geometry problem. This happens whenever I polygon-> combine two polygons and merge vertices together. The line stays...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1190298/earprob.jpg

the problem is at the area where the grey suddenly changes contrast drastically. This happens whenever I attach a polygon to another...

I've been having trouble with attaching the ears to the head without that ugly choppy looking incision scar. It's hard to explain but the edges where I merge the vertices stands out so it makes the...

Hi, how do I fix this problem? whenever I try to texture something, it basically never turns out right. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but take a look

I am trying to texture this thing onto...

thanks, I've tried to tutorial and it works but the only problem is that when I follow these same procedures with my monster head model, it fails to work. The Miss_maya_simple material is always...

does anyone know how to create a soft/skin texture that looks the skin from the incredibles characters or something like this http://www.highend3d.com/gallery/gallerylarge.php?id=401

Thanks, I completely forgot about outlining the head first before using the split polygon tool? how stupid of me!

I spent some time on this tutorial and I messed with the mental ray tool and this...