Teach a n00b to texture...

# 1 25-10-2003 , 05:31 PM

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I started modelling 2 days ago, and managed to make this friendly looking chap user added image

(don't laugh at me!)

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The eyes and the shadow were added in photoshop as I still have not figured out how to do this in maya. Well.......I would like to make my own texture to add to him, and I have heard that UV texturing is what I am after. Could somebody point me in the right direction where I can get started? I have looked everywhere with little success.

Thanks!

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# 2 25-10-2003 , 06:05 PM

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Download some tutorials from the VIP section ;-)

grrrr

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# 3 25-10-2003 , 08:18 PM

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Isn't there anywhere I can go to find this out without having to pay £14 for the points to afford it??

It's not that I don't intend to buy points at some time - it's just I would rather learn the basics and then spend my points on something a little more advanced.

So......any other advice?

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# 4 25-10-2003 , 09:29 PM

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Try Mike's excellent UV video on his site at

https://www.mtmckinley.net/

Danny's UV tools are also well worth a look, they help the whole process along very nicely;

https://www.dannyngan.com/

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# 5 26-10-2003 , 12:17 AM

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Thanks for the help Witchy user added image

I had actually just found and watched that video tut before you posted that, and I had just about managed to texture one my persons hands the good ol' fashioned way user added image

. But that tool you mentioned is great! That will save a lot of time.

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# 6 26-10-2003 , 01:37 AM

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I seem to be having a problem in the UV Texture Editor window. I have just layed out the UV's of the face so that none of them are overlapping. When I try to move this to the top-right of the grid for the snapshot, all of the UV points in the shell just collapse to a straight line if I drag an axis using the move tool, or just to a single point if I try to move it freely.

Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?

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