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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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# 1 12-11-2005 , 03:10 PM

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hey all, im definitely in, however, im not gonna start til i get my new pc which should be around next friday, but i will post some of my ideas later on this week, my second SM challenge, last time i was in noob, and now im in norm :attn:

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# 2 12-11-2005 , 11:32 PM

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Hey, havent seen you around in a WHILE! Ever since the make short film together died...
Anyway, good luck and cheers! user added image

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# 3 24-11-2005 , 08:00 PM

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hey all, i finally got my topic, a helicopter!! model sa-342-gazelle.

JUST started, so it will look pretty much like nothing, for now....

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# 4 24-11-2005 , 08:01 PM

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Oh! and this is what it looks like, by bad for not posting this first ...

https://perso.wanadoo.fr/aeromil-yf/g...0decollage.JPG

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# 5 24-11-2005 , 09:15 PM

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got some progress, and im gonna start showing my progress in this format...

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# 6 25-11-2005 , 10:56 AM

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How about posting a couple of wireframe on shaded pics along the way? PLEASE? user added image

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# 7 25-11-2005 , 03:15 PM

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Nice work as usual m8. Keep it up.

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# 8 25-11-2005 , 05:10 PM

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hey thanks man, and here is a wire, at the moment im fixing the wires, cuz some of them are overlapping which i couldnt catch earlier:headbang:

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# 9 25-11-2005 , 07:11 PM

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Looks good! can i see a close up of the turbine? thanx.

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# 10 25-11-2005 , 09:05 PM

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yo peeps, here are the turbines that were requested..

at the moment, im working on the propellers(im gonna take my time on this as, this is one of the main things for the realism...

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# 11 25-11-2005 , 09:48 PM

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worked on the turbines a bit...

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# 12 25-11-2005 , 09:49 PM

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and here is the full thing so far, btw if you're wondering why i took out the tail portion of the model, was beacuse i had messed up on it, and there were many many uncessessary vertices and edges, so im gonna redo it later...

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