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One tip that I would suggest would be to first ask Craig or Mike Mckinly (mtmkinly) how they do this. They would know better than I
But, one tip I can tell you is to use the 3DPaint tool to paint simple guidlines on your geometry, then when you export that image and your uv snapshot to Photoshop, you have a visual reference as to where to place your details
Israel "Izzy" Long
Motion and Title Design for Broadcast-Film-DS
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