Texel Density Explained Fast

This video isn't a fully comprehensive look into texel density but you should get a good understanding of what it is and why you need to consider texel density as you layout your UV tiles.
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[@tolobo4813]

Thank you for explaining! When I first started messing around with UV's I noticed there were so many inconsistencies with my models, I understood this concept but didn't know it was simply called texel density!

[@av.yana_]

Only 3 minutes but so useful and clear. No other long TD videos have made me understand better than this...Thank you!

[@mikesegarra869]

This just completely fixed my understanding of uvs thank you so much!

[@ericavoss8105]

The visuals in this made it so easy for me to understand. Thankyou for making this video!

[@JoshAntonio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bhaskarmaity2890]

Very well, explained.

[@justaballofnothing4056]

very well explained thank you

[@buonarrotimichelangelo2147]

Awesome Texel Density demonstration

[@JoshAntonio]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!!

[@deygus]

Thanks, learn something new every day! :D

[@JoshAntonio]

Happy to help!

[@odettlavioque]

hey thank you very much for the clear explanation I was getting very confused (and so apparently for something quite easy to understand :D )

[@JoshAntonio]

Glad the video helped you to understand :)

[@sadeghbaghshahi7045]

tnx man your data in good

[@gabrielherrera6651]

Very good explanation.

[@JoshAntonio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TenFootCity]

Thanks for making this video, very helpful! Is there a rough guideline to aim for when checking the Texel Density? In my current environment scene, the models UV's range between 0.5 up to 5.

[@TenFootCity]

Im checking this in the UV Toolkit, under the Transform tab if anyone was wondering

[@deepmusic2456]

Awesome....

[@JoshAntonio]

Thank you! Glad you liked!

[@keziagreste]

So it's basically pixel density but we use a higher term texel? kinda like cell-tissue

[@photons30]

good now how to set it up.

[@DamienRamirez]

I know all this & yet it's until he dumbed it down that I realized what is the causing the issue I'm currently having with a planet model. ~TY

[@tigran5874]

How to fit every uv shell in a map and save a good texel density? When i set texel density 20.48 for 2k my uv shells become very big and i can't fit them i the map

[@JoshAntonio]

Well that’s when you need to start considering how you’re laying out your shells. If you can’t fit all the shells with a good texel density, then you might need to consider splitting the shells across multiple tiles with UDIMs. Or try fitting them and using a higher resolution texture map.

[@BingGeaux]

I’m still not following…if I am applying multiple textures to the same asset, would I still want to change all the UVs to a similar size? Or can I correct stretched or overblown-scale textures by manipulating the UVs Any help is appreciated

[@Atezian]

This has a fundamental problem: What do you do if your textures themselves have a different information density? You can have a checkered texture with UV's displaying a perfectly equal texel density, and yet when you swap to a packed texture, some of them are too big and others are too small; which means you have to scale to UVs for each individual texture anyway. This means that the checkered texture is a pointless reference point and a waste of time.

[@LeviJM]

Then you take it case by case, if it's something that needs more resolution just make the shell bigger, the checkered texture is not a waste of time at all it gives great information for texturing models