Maya 2018 Beginner: UV Mapping (2/3)

Hi Creators,
Understanding how to UV map your models is key to make your 3d assets look realistic. In the past tutorial you learned about the theory of uv mapping and planar projection. In this tutorial, we will go over the 'rules' of uv mapping as well as how to uv map a complicated object, like a box.
In this tutorial, we go over the planar mapping, projection, cut, sew, move and sew, and other great tools.
This is a multi-part tutorial, so keep an eye for more!
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Software used: Maya 2018, Arnold
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[@oliviacally7654]

I think you're gonna save my whole degree honestly tysm

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Olivia! UV Mapping can be confusing, so I'm glad to hear you found it helpful. :) Have fun texturing!

[@shakina904]

2023 and still the best teacher

[@parthsharma7091]

you are best teacher on this youtube. no one made uv maps so easy like you ... keep doing good work

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you so much, Parth! That's a wonderful compliment. I'm glad it was helpful. :)

[@plasticastrocat6684]

It's 2023! Your UV tutorials are still the best! Thanks for saving my life!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

UV mapping hasn't changed much! :D Thanks for watching!

[@derekrodriguez1319]

You honestly saved me from my troubles of doing uv maps. I was really struggling on understanding it until you broke it down to me easily. Thanks a ton!!!!!

[@amazonjustice1]

I can tell you are a teacher. You are a life saver and a game changer! There are talented guys on here with tutorials, but it takes a while to comb through them all to find a teacher that you can learn from. You don't hmm and huh or bounce from thought to thought. Your speech has a good tempo and the pace you move at makes following along SO MUCH EASIER. None of the frantic clicking all over or falling off-topic. Thank you for your time and effort! Now I must go and binge-watch your videos (sorry Netflix not tonight).

[@i_haz_toonz]

I joined the cahoots late but boy have I struck gold!! Dear Monica, this channel is way underrated but I am hopeful you'll be the best channel for maya in future and I wish you a million dub & views! 😃😃

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Those are very kind works, Abhishek! I truly hope that my tutorials help artists just like you! I'm thrilled! :D Thank you for your support!

[@carolyn4746]

Thank you so much for making these!!! You've laid out the lesson really well, this video is so helpful exactly what i've been searching for :,) Can't wait to get to part 3!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

So happy to hear you like it, Nylorac! I'm thrilled it was helpful :)

[@Axellent100]

There is always one person on youtube who knows their shit, and saves you wasting countless hours. Good work!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Timo! I really appreciate your comment! :)

[@ghazeeranjum5462]

Best videos on uv mapping on the whole youtube. Thank you so much! You are greate!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you, Raghib! I really appreciate your comment and support!

[@v1ct0r12345]

Thank you very much for the most robust and clean UV-mapping explanation in all the Internet!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

you really think so? That's awesome! Thank you!!

[@spicyreyes]

I'm literally attending art school to learn these things and this little 3 video series probably just saved me like 3 semesters worth of frustration from how god awful I was at uv mapping

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for your comment fannigram! I'm happy to hear my tutorial helps demystify UV mapping. It's a challenging subject!

[@adarshwhynot]

literally the best maya uv's tutorial thanks a lot

[@azmamz4466]

Till now UV mapping was so confusing for me, but not anymore now!!! Thanks to you!

[@nadinethart]

THANK YOU! and your voice is very nice to listen to

[@charlotteglaser8319]

Easiest 11 Minutes of my Life! So good explained, i understood everything on the first run, thank you

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful, Charlotte. :)

[@HurqsWerks]

Simple and easy to understand. Thank you for the good work, and taking the time to share.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for your comment, Hurqs! I truly hope it was helpful

[@fgc930]

Hi Monica you saved my life with you are tutorial! I understood despite the fact that I am French.

[@olgapoli3040]

So cool tutorials! Really enjoy your way to explain)))) Thank you!

[@karadanvers6136]

thank you i tried uv mapping before on a rectangle and i couldnt get it but i finally did it thanks to your tutorial :) appreciate it!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it helped! 😊

[@mady3d917]

thank you buddy it was really helpful

[@BIGREY78]

you are the best !! great vid !

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you so much, Rey Der! I truly appreciate the comment and support. :) Keep an eye out for part 3!

[@fifiapollo]

just wanna let you know that your voice is so calming

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

TY! :)

[@bendersurrender]

hello. I'm an old guy trying to learn 3d for living. thank you for your content

[@littlecurrybread]

This is such a professional video, you're my savior!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Awesome, Chris! Thank you for your comment and I'm so happy to hear it helped you! :D

[@littlecurrybread]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus Thank you, in your third video I was having some trouble uv mapping the sphere. I was wondering if you could maybe do another video on uv mapping spheres as there's no almost no other tutorials for Maya. There's some other videos that use some strange methods like cutting the sphere in half but then you get the texture mirrored. I was able to UV my sphere but I still noticed a bit of distortion. If there's any method you would recommend, I would appreciate it!

[@khoa2449]

This is gold

[@claudialunapriego6974]

Thank you soooo much!! I’m in school for animation and UV mapping is killing me haha 😆😅😭 you’re a life saver!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

UV Mapping is challenging! Glad it was helpful! :D

[@topmoments5398]

Loved the tutorial and you should be a voice artist too , your voice is magic 😅

[@MohammedHussain-gq9iy]

Thanks for your tutorial mam...its very helpful to understand uvs easily.....

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks Hussain! Glad it's helpful!

[@ed_y8770]

Brilliant!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for your comment! I really hope it helps demystify UV Mapping. :)

[@sylviabambi6581]

you are saving my life !!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

So happy to hear it's helpful! :D

[@GuestOfGregoryHouse]

Solved my red UV polygons with Flip. Thank You!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Glad it helped you out! :)

[@ventanalila8185]

Thank you for making these videos..

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you for watching, David!

[@AyushSharma-pz8fi]

like your videos thnku so much it is the best topic

[@randorific333]

I'm fairly new to Maya and understand most of what I've been doing, but UV mapping has to be the most confusing part of Maya I've come across thus far. I plan to specialise in rigging (which I seem to excel in) once I've completed school so I hope I don't have to do this too often!

[@migi847]

Thank you so much !!!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome, Migara! I hope it was helpful! :)

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Thanks again Monica!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome, Domenico. I hope it helps make UV mapping less complicated. :)

[@ChaosWolfNinja]

Yes it did thank you :-)

[@mixtrack278]

very good

[@hannah9281]

I solved my problem thank youuuu🥰🥰

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Nice job! You should be proud! :)

[@MEneifal]

THANK U!!!

[@MATRIX_GAMING07]

thank you very much

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are very welcome, SnapDragon! I hope it was helpful!

[@phmhana2497]

You saved my life :(

[@manucheremeh5303]

I love you Monica!

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are too kind, Manu! I truly hope it was helpful!

[@harveypotton6831]

yay i was the 1000th like like congrats

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Whoo hoo!!! :D

[@safapv7826]

Thanks

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Your welcome, Safa! I hope it was helpful :)

[@haireza3549]

Hi this really helps me a lot, I have a question Im still new with texture and also new with feature 2018 version.. So what if my UV got green colors? And also I try to flip the red color it seems it didn't work

[@gloriarodriguezarniz2171]

i love you

[@djsandrocostaoficial]

What's the difference between " move and sew" and "Stitch Toghter" tools? Thanks for this awesome vídeos

[@dr.mizanurrahman7052]

nice

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thank you!

[@potahoes]

I have a problem that I can't seem to figure out for weeks. Whenever I cut an edge, my UV immediately turns red and flipping it doesn't help. I've tried cutting a few different ways but it still turns red no matter what I do. It's just a simple model of a briefcase. I've tried reversing the normals too but it didn't change anything. Do you know what could be causing this problem?

[@nekrosmantis1031]

Thanks for your tutorials. and hey, which youtuber gehts 229 Likes without a single dislike? Fulsome praise on the internet XD

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are too kind, Nekros! Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it. :)

[@HopeplayZz]

Thankyou so much for the tutorial and I have a question is it necessary to put everything thing in the 0-1 space , if yes then what will happen if we don't put everything in the 0-1 space

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Thanks a good question, Hopeplayzz! When you try to export the UVs, if it is not in the UV 0-1 space, it will not export. So if you try to textures something, you won't be able to because you cannot see where the UVs are. I hope that makes sense!

[@HopeplayZz]

Academic Phoenix Plus thanks for helping and I must say that your teaching skills are excellent also waiting for part 3 video

[@vanelgrafito]

te daria mil likes si pudiera muchas gracias

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Muchas Gracias, Mike! Espero que haya sido de ayuda :)

[@ghumakkadladka6603]

It helps me a lot 😍 but what if we check it with checker texture

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi stalker smith, thank you for your comment. You can use any checker textures. Just make sure it has some numbers/letters so that you can see which direction the textures is falling on. I hope that makes sense!

[@sarah-janelambert8962]

I'm a little confused as at the end of the mapping process, the visible end face clearly does not match up with the front side,, but you don't mention this Monica. Surely this is incorrect? (10:20)

[@DGFA-]

Hi, what is the best way to us map a surface shattered in many pieces or even a particle system?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi, I'm not very strong in the dynamics part of 3d. I would imagine you would have a UV mapped piece, and then a UV mapped of the shattered pieces. I don't think there is a uv map for a particle system, but I could be wrong. Sorry! Not much help!

[@sarapontonio8486]

Hi, whenever I try to UV one object it applies that UV/texture to all of the other objects in my scene. I try isolate object but that hasn't seemed to help. Can you think of any reason why this is happening? Great tutorials btw, they helped a lot.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Hi Sara, I'm sorry you are having a challenge with UV mapping. Make sure you only have the one object selected. Also, are the other objects Instances? That's the only way I can imagine that all objects get UV mapped. Try deleting the history (Edit>delete by type>history). I hope that helps!

[@MUHIL]

Please try blender and Cinema 4d!

[@yazanyazan7018]

Great videos! But one question - why don't you use automatic UV:ing?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

anything automatic comes with some caution. Automatic works great with hard surface and low poly objects. When it comes to more complicated models, it creates so many tiny pieces it takes a long time to sew it together. I rather have the control and UV map with the tools that I know work. I hope that makes sense, Yazan!

[@gusjones9654]

whenever I click face to separate the two sides, I lose the move arrows ?? If I chose move tool the faces wont separate and the whole thing moves.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Make sure you don't have 'soft select' on. (click b on your keyboard). If it still moves, then there is an edge connected. I would look at your model and see where the seam starts/ends. Team seam should go all the way around, so cut edges if necessary. Hopefully that helps

[@gusjones9654]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus simpler than that, I have only been using maya about 10 days and find it frustrating as I always forget to go to object mode after inserting edges, selecting faces etc etc grrr. All I had to do was select a face, then the move tool. There were move arrows initially, but as I said, they disappeared when I clicked on a face, not sure what was selected on the left. . Now when I click on a face, there are the move arrows that I can use, and it never alters when I go back to UV mode so happy days.. Sorry for the odd explanation. Simple, but for a beginner it's a learning curve. PS,.......mastered UV mapping quickly thanks to your tutorial.

[@ulipr2411]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus thank you! I was going crazy on why is doing that.

[@The_Darth_Knight_]

I tried to follow this tutorial but im stuck at 2:35, my top and bottom faces are still attached to the rest of the object and they follow the face when I try to reposition the faces to fix the overlap. Did I miss/skip something? Im using Maya 2018.

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

I’m sorry to hear you are having challenges. Make sure there is nothing else attached. For example, make sure when you project, only have the faces that you want projected. It won’t work if the whole model is selected. I hope that helps!

[@The_Darth_Knight_]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus Thank you for your response, I made sure only the faces were selected but I'm still experiencing the issue. I did notice in your video the vertices of the object aren't selected but when I do it they are, even when I only select faces. I recorded a short vid if you don't mind looking at it, maybe you can catch something. Thank you again for your help. www.dropbox.com/s/v62ny9qygrumg56/Maya_Sadness.mp4?dl=0

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Ah! I see what's going on. You have soft select on. click the letter "B" on your keyboard. That should help. The video was a great idea, by the way. Once you have soft select off, it should now work. :) Let me know if it did!

[@The_Darth_Knight_]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus Thank You, thank you thank you!!! You are a God sent.

[@vickiepellouchoud1736]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus thank you SO much for asking the question Mydon!!!! i was stuck there too!!!

[@natdistime]

help! im in 2019 maya, but i cant select the faces individually in 2:25

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

Sorry you are struggling with selection. Right click on the UVs, and select Face. hopefully that helps!

[@mr.shgamingguy]

5:23 click on square block?

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

It's attached a texture, so you click on the box that looks like a tiny checker (black/white boxes). That will connect a file, which you then click on a folder. Here is a video tutorial that goes over it a bit slower: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIHMn3ygn8R5btU Hope that helps!

[@dawidwyborski3753]

Why we deleteing history ? If that is important for somehow ?

[@aradhyakumar684]

If we dont delete history... Transform nodes in outliner can mess up your file... You may face normal problems or texture problems. This is my opinion !

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You are correct! It also makes your scene larger then needs be. History can mess up your model too, if you aren't careful. Delete it! You don't need it!

[@kiemhiepienanh2933]

sister. Can you show your face. i love you

[@mr.paradox8409]

Thanks

[@AcademicPhoenixPlus]

You're very welcome! I hope it was helpful!!

[@mr.paradox8409]

@@AcademicPhoenixPlus It is.