QUESTION ON TEXTURING

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# 1 05-08-2004 , 03:07 AM

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could someone plz give me a breif explanation on how to texture ? would appreciate it

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# 2 05-08-2004 , 06:43 AM

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Boy, that's alot to ask! Well, it depends on what you are trying to learn and the approach you want to take?

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# 3 05-08-2004 , 02:59 PM

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quick sheet:

Polygons- Best choice use UV maping
SubD- Works ok with IV maping but best to convert to poly for texture then back to SubD
Nurbs- your Shit out of Luck unless you want to do your nudges in photoshop or pick up deep paint 3d.

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# 4 05-08-2004 , 08:54 PM

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i c thx. so basically texturing means creating some design and puting it in hypershade and then applying it. or am ii wrong :S?

also wats UV mapping lol. if this questions r stupid then just tell me so

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# 5 06-08-2004 , 02:47 AM

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UV mapping means maya takes all the vertices of a polygon object (their called 'UVs' once you UV map) and it lays them flat so that you can paint/apply a flat texture on. Once you have your texture on it, it takes that and re-wraps it around the object; giving your object texture. The really fun (and by fun I mean horrific) part about UV texturing is stitching all of the UVs together so that there isnt a seam.

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