UV editing- a [very] general overview (includes steps from Linguini Pipeline)

General Notes

• Make sure the faces are blue, if red this might mean the shell is reversed- find flip button to flip
  • To see this click the button under the edit and create tabs in the toolbar click the box that is filled in green
  • This could also mean that the UVs are simply not cut correctly, if they do not lay flat sew the pieces back together and find a better approach
• Don’t have them along the edge of the 1 to 1 nor going over it
• Click the checkered button next to the image icon to display a checkerboard. Make sure the squares aren’t stretched or compressed

UV Process by Type

Planar

1. Select the top faces of the object
2. Create→ Planar option box
3. Figure out what axis to unfold against, (horizontal is Y)
4. Shift+right click unfold, unfold again
5. Scale to make it fit in the 1 to 1
6. Right click → invert selection (to get the other half of the faces)
7. Do the same process ^^
8. Click outside edges where the shells meet each other on the model
9. Sew 
10. This will put them together

Cylindrical

1. Select faces
2. Create → cylindrical
3. Figure out what axis to unfold against, (horizontal is Y)
4. Shift+right click unfold, unfold again

Packing

In the UV editor Modify→ Layout

Settings below

Shell padding= Distance between the shells, prevents them from being too close

Texture Map Size= the size of your textures, 2048 is fine

For more info on packing check out these entries:

PACKING UVS OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS IN MAYA WHILE PRESERVING RATIOS OF 3D SPACE

Linguini

Shirt

1. Select the faces of the shirt
2. UV→ Camera-Based (makes UV shell in the editor based on where the camera is)
3. UV→ 3D cut and sew tool
   1. Tool settings
      1. Steady stroke- helps steady your stroke as you draw in seams
      2. symmetry
      3. show UV shell
4. Right click → component → edge Your cursor should become a knife
5. Separate the sleeves from the shirt and put a seam down the middle underneath it
6. Put the seams in the same place they are on your clothes

Head

1. Select faces
2. UV→ Camera based
3. 3D cut and sew tool
4. Right click→ component→ edge
5. Find the center of the back of his neck
6. Press shift and select the edges around his head
7. Right click→ exit tool
8. right click → Uv→ UV shell
9. Shift+right click unfold, unfold again