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Basic Texture Question...
I Did a simple ship but now i want to texture it, I've seen people that put different colors to the sides they are going to texture and then adding a checker texture to it to see if the shape is deformed.
Question:
Is there always 2 steps to texture?
1 - color you models sides for texture
and
2 - Apply checkers
After I colored the different parts, do I layout each colored part separately or all at once? I want make a uv snapshot and create the texture in Photoshop.... then hopefully do a planar mapping.
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here it is....
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So basicly you dont HAVE to apply the checker texture, since its only a visual help for yourself.
Now, for coloring each part of the model, is also a help for you to figure out what parts of the model needs what kind of projection mapping.
I always color my models so that it will fit as good as possible to a planer map. When all the parts are planar mapped, I go to the UV editor and clean up the UVs, so theres no overlapping UVs.
When all the UVs are non-overlapping, I start to sew teh pieces together, as good as possible trying to avoid too much stretching of the UVs.
In some cases I use cylindrcal projection maps, but only rarely, since its easier to use planars when it comes to the cleanup of the UVs.
Then when you have the model UV mapped in one or as few pieces as possible, then you apply 1 single shader to it all and export the UV map as an image start painting your textures in Photoshop or in a 3D paint software - or even both
You will probarbly have to paint lots of different textures for the same model, like color map, specular, reflection, translucency, glow etc. You name it.
In Maya you then import those files, and connect them in a Shader network of your preference.
As always, you do a shitload of test renderings.
So That is basicly what is done when texturing.
I hope this helps you.
Good luck,
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