Thursday, 20 May 2010

UVW Unwrapping

This is a screenshot of the UVW Unwrap process I have started. I plan to incorporate a new texture, combining a more metalic looking texture with a more organic looking texture. This is to help make it more obvious that it is actually a built space-ship.

To do this, I created the two separate Textures using Adobe Photoshop and combined them using an Overlay alteration so as to see both at the same time and be able to work with them together.


I then had to go into 3D Max and add a UVW Unwrap Modifier. Next, I went into the 'Edit' and used the 'Flatten Mapping' tool to smooth out and separate the individual pieces of my model. I then used Print Screen to copy this model structure over into Photoshop to work with it.

Finally, it was simply a matter of altering the different sections with my two textures (Shown in the screenshot below after taking out the UVW Breakdown), before saving it as a total texture and using the 'Materials' tool in 3D Max to wrap it around my model.

The image at the top shows the above texture wrapped around the small part of my model. After creating this one, I shall use the same process to create similar textures to wrap around the other sections.

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