Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 Foundation

 

 

Lesson 13Unwrapping UVs

UVs determine how textures appear on the surface. Mesh object surfaces, because of the arbitrary nature of their topology, do not have predictable UVs. Before you can texture a mesh object surface, its UVs must be properly set up. In this lesson, you will unwrap Liujing’s geometry.

In this lesson you will learn the following:

• Basic workflow for texturing mesh object surfaces;

• How to project UVs;

• How to relax and unfold UVs;

• How to cut and sew UVs.

Texturing mesh object surfaces

In this exercise, you will unwrap the UVs of Liujing, the character from the previous project.

Note: Your results throughout this lesson ...