Maya 2016 tutorial : How to UV Map ( more ) complex objects

[@belmont7481]

wow, awesome job explaining on how to uwrap. simple and straight to the point. Great job! keep it up! Subbed!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks Belmont !

[@andersont4050]

What I like the most about this channel is the fact that most videos are really short and objective. No history lesson, no personal life rambling, no complaints about the software, a completely educational video.

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Anderson T Thanks Anderson

[@RustyShacklefardd]

I learn more from Mike in 20 minutes than I did in 3 Maya classes at Full Sail

[@MHTutorials3D]

Wow, thank you !!

[@RustyShacklefardd]

No Sir, Thank You!

[@MHTutorials3D]

:-)

[@7sdrgn]

i searched on youtube a lot for tutorials like this and i didn't found one like this . so thanks aloooot bro :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

+MyBarbr You are very welcome

[@angelinamuratovic4983]

You made it very simple and straightforward! It is wonderful to learn from you, thank you so much!

[@MHTutorials3D]

You are so very welcome !

[@_Ozka]

lol when the checker looked better with out the UV edit

[@ValiantPride]

Awesome tutorial, very easy to understand, thanks a bunch

[@frequencyio]

I'm loving the new Intermediate Mike.... Definitely can't wait to see the Advanced Level Mike... Thnx!!!

[@MHTutorials3D]

+FrequencyIO Thanks, I need to keep in mind though that a lot of my viewers ( about 85 % are beginners )

[@manowargoblin]

your vids are really useful for those not so obvious tasks - thx

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks Tony

[@jean-lucsolliere6968]

Once again, very interesting tuto Thanks

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Jean-Luc Solliere Thanks Jean-Luc

[@jazenism]

Hi Mike, thanks for the upload. Great tutorial thanks. Just a little thing, at 4:04 you don't mention to double click the line in 'Edge' mode and that you have to hold down 'shift' to select the underside? Just thought I'd mention it : ) Hope the feedback helps. Keep up the good work!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks Jason

[@AikauOliva]

I LOVE YOURS TUTORIALS BROTHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thank you so much !

[@DrDemo]

YOU JUST HELPED ME GET A JOB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[@MHTutorials3D]

That is so awesome !! Congratulations :-)

[@簡長鵬]

this tutorial is really helpful, thank you~!

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thank you for watching it :-)

[@rKringtonezone]

Very good tutorial. But I have doubt should I uv's my object to 1 big 2d image(too complex to UV) or separate UV object fine. I don't know where to use separate UV( like hands UV i have 5 different UV for finger) or I have to connect to hands (little bit messy ). Please suggests me how to make better UV .

[@MHTutorials3D]

Try to get everything in 1 UV and if that is not possible then try to use logical groups per UV

[@ethan-thangtran4220]

Hi Mike.Have you got videos tutorial about ncloth?

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Thăng Trần Yes, multiple

[@Cactuspractice12]

Great Job. Can I ask (3 years later)..do you known if unfold is the same as flatten in Zbrush? It seems to be.

[@MHTutorials3D]

As far as I know, yes

[@lemanhtien9279]

Wow thank you so much

[@MHTutorials3D]

Very welcome

[@ChristianMalle]

can u let us know what unfold settings u use pls?

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Christian Malle None, I just click unfold

[@ChristianMalle]

ahh, maybe cause i'm using maya 2013 i had to change settings depending on the object.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Could be

[@jnandeepdevsarma2966]

sir ! this video helps me a lot thank you! could u please tell me how the two uv shells can be bland together? thnaks!

[@vusaldadasov4744]

hi,can i ask why we need this unwrap ?what doesit have advantege?

[@MHTutorials3D]

If you don't the texture will be distorted

[@delonschermeier6911]

Thank you Man,

[@gRaffycs]

Hi Mike. Thank you very much for the helpful videos. I love watching them. It's fun and educational :) I'd like to know if you have made a tutorial on how to use Photoshop for texturing the 3D objects/models? Thank you. More power.

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Rafael Co Hi Rafael, I have made many videos using Photoshop. Go to my video section and search for Photoshop and then select the videos you need. Mike

[@gRaffycs]

Hi Mike. Thank you very much. Have a great day :)

[@azimkhan9997]

Great helpful

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thank you

[@knoriy]

Hi Mike, Can you make a video about different modelling methods such as Primitive modelling, Box modelling and Digital sculpting.

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Kari Noriy Kari, If you check my video list I have done videos on box modeling, nurbs modeling, spline modeling and sculpting

[@konradkaluznyArt]

Hey -Mike do you know the is the bend tool? (Maya 2016) Because i can't find it.

[@MHTutorials3D]

+konrad kaluzny Hi Konrad , Modeling menu - Deform - Non Linear - Bend

[@konradkaluznyArt]

Thank you :)

[@MHTutorials3D]

+konrad kaluzny No problem Konrad

[@usha3938]

thank you so much ;-;

[@Ryzler13]

"g" to repeat last command. I have a projection of a material on an object but when the object moves the projection doesn't but I find that projecting is a very easy way to get the alignments right. Can you bake a projection after you get it just right? Need to use the same material for other things.

[@MHTutorials3D]

If needed for an animation I wouldn't project it but texture it. That would avoid trouble

[@christiangarcia5682]

Hello, i hace a cuestion How you can create more than one uv texture, i have a few pieces of my model which i want to create an different uv´s for each. Thank you!!

[@MHTutorials3D]

UV them one by one ( so one object, one UV )

[@rdoetjes]

I think you would have been able to do a very easy good UV edit if you only took the inside ring laterally (as you did) and cut around intersecting this ring that goes around the torus. Because basically you were left with a toroid. Then you had one big island from the get go. What I always imagine doing is taking a pair of scissors and cutting the shape up. So when you would cut this shape open through the inside ring you could flatten it out but still be ring so cutting though it somewhere after that would break it open en you could flatten it out. But UVing is always a bitch. I'd easily pay several grand for an application that could do it 80% of the way for me. Just puling a few verts to limit stretching that would be my tool. Just haven't found it yet :D

[@proefpa]

i'm new to this, and it's driving me crazy! Serious question, what is the point? The last shape its pattern does not match. What if you want to place a picture as texture you would see that there is a line! What is the point of the uv unwrapping? Is this purely to 3D paint, and use the Uv as a lay out to exchange between clients? Please answers i'm going crazy! 1)What is the ideal way to do it, paint and then uv unwrap, or first uv unwrap and then paint. The latter does not work for me!

[@MHTutorials3D]

If you want to wrap a 2D picture on a 3D object ( like a newspaper on a balloon ) you will have to cut, paste and arrange to get the seams in the right place ( if there are seams )

[@proefpa]

thanks, uv mapping is such a pain in the ass, i'm trying to map something 'simple' but still it comes out all wrong, or at least i think it does.

[@seanhomar5945]

if u are struggling with the uv unwrapping like I often do, there is a way around it, when I have uv an object I don't always get it right, maybe 90% is correct, what I do next is I go to face selection, select the part of the texture that is not correct then I plannar map it, then using the plannar tools I manipulate the image usig the sliders, its not 100% guaranteed to work but I have found on simple textures like for bark on trees of wood grain it works really well.

[@ChristianMalle]

u make it look so easy, but i wish u went into texturing too. i'd like to see u texture that object so that seem isn't visible (easily).

[@MHTutorials3D]

+Christian Malle Christian, That's a fair statement. I just randomly chose that seam but based on the texture that I would use I would decide to place it in a different location. If I for example would have used a wood texture I would only created 1 seam, probably to the side on the inner circle. The end result would look like this facebook.com/MHTutorials/photos/p.175480352796844/175480352796844/?type=3&theater Mike

[@ChristianMalle]

that looks nice, i'll try it out, tnx :D

[@MHTutorials3D]

Thanks, good luck ( try to get a seamless texture )

[@jessekielman]

+Mike Hermes I'm a first years 3D visual art student and I'm loving your videos currently, they've helped me quite a lot, but, aren't there a lot of options to kind of work away seems, if you would just make sure the texture 'tiles' over the seam you wouldn't see it anyways right?

[@MHTutorials3D]

With a perfectly seamless 2D texture yes, but in cases where you expect to see the seam it is good practice to but in a less visible place Mike

[@puneetmaravi7619]

thank-Q

[@josiahdavison9377]

Wow he made modern art in 2 minutes.

[@MHTutorials3D]

Yep

[@yankeetronaldo4286]

Mike, can you make more tutorials on UV Mapping & Texturing!!! I find this part very difficult. #Subscriber Request

[@MHTutorials3D]

Sure

[@raviyadav9786]

This is not complex object

[@水蜜桃太郎]

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[@MHTutorials3D]

You are very welcome

[@VIRTUOUS_PURCHASE]

Nice video, but you could have saved 8+ minutes just by cutting it laterally along the outside and inside from the getgo, instead of messing around welding auto-generated seams for 8+ minutes.

[@ryezdani]

wow. Digital Tutors should be ashamed of themselves. I've spent days combing through video after video on their site and none were able to explain what you did in only 11 minutes. Thank you Mike. I might as well cancel their subscription.

[@MHTutorials3D]

That is such a compliment :-) Thank you

[@ChristopherRozarioiceboul]

uv nightmare haha

[@MHTutorials3D]

Yep

[@olphat]

You didn't finished your quest! these tips where the minimums everybody knows! Thank you but you titled your tutorial as a professional but you just didn't complete your uv! anyway! thank you for your tutorials