I am new to texturing and would appreciate any advice on how to create a UV map of my object that I can then import into Photoshop to create the texture.

I have watched the texture basics video that show how to apply a texture to a UV map, but it doesnt show exactly HOW TO MAKE the UV map and also how to apply it to your 3D object after your Photoshop work.

Its probably something really simple but I just cant figure it out!