Complex UV Layout in Maya
Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character
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# 1 04-12-2012 , 03:21 PM
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Help using the UV Texture Editor.

Hello! New to the forums and to Maya. When I click on the toggle shaded UV display icon, my whole face is shaded red, except my ears. They're blue. Blue is good, right? That means nothing is overlapping? I modeled the ears on a different scene and then imported them to the scene with my face. Anyway, my ears aren't the problem, it's the rest of my face. Here's a pic.

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I hope this easy to fix... :/
 
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# 2 04-12-2012 , 04:45 PM
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Blue means the UVs are facing the right way, red means they are facing backwards. Dark blue means you have overlap and dark red is also overlap.

You probably have most of your mesh with reversed normals. Check the normals on the model, and reverse them as necessary. It's also possible just the ears have reversed normals and the UV layout is completely flipped.

PS Is your username from Archer?
 
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# 3 04-12-2012 , 05:23 PM
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Awesome! That did the trick. I watched a YouTube tutorial on using reverse normals. Thanks a bunch stwert! That was so simple, it was driving me nuts! Ha Ha. Totally new to this software.

Nah, my username's from a webcomic called the Perry Bible Fellowship. user added image
 
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