Zen UV for Blender - Quick Start

[@othoapproto9603]

WOW, just gets better and better. Add-ons are such an important part of Blender. The Blender Foundation can't afford to spend the time on all the features they deserve. Hardworking people like Sergey Tyapkin are as important to the Blender community as any programmer at Blender Foundation. Thanks for all you do.

[@trompolystudio]

Thank you for this great tool Sergey Tyapkin. Learning it now through this quick start video. Two things I came across that might help other beginners like myself. 1 - @2:30 when using Quadrify, make sure "By selected Edges" check box is selected (mine was not by default) or else it would choose a random edge. 2 - @2:43 I had to hold alt first before it would unwrap and pack nice and straight. Otherwise, there was one island that was unwrapped with some curvature and not matching the video. It could all be just on my computer. Hope it helps someone else if they come across it.

[@LucidOrdinance]

you just solved me a half-hour's headache trying to figure out why i couldn't get that pie menu operation to just pack islands. Thank you.

[@danielmevit]

Could you explain where I can find the "By selected Edges" check box? Thanks!

[@trompolystudio]

@@danielmevit Sure. This is how I do it. With the mesh selected, go into Edit mode, click Alt-U to activate Zen UV. Choose Quadrify and an additional menu should pop up at the bottom left corner. Some times its expanded sometimes it's just a tab. Click on it and in the Advance section at the bottom of the menu, there should be a check box for "By selected Edges". I hope this helps. 😃

[@blenderstuffs]

This add-on is totally worth it👍

[@Shalfatk01]

jaw dropping. that is must have addon for game asset creators... you did rly great job here guys! bravo

[@meanymat]

Thanks for the video, the method at 5:50 was exactly what I needed! I love this add-on, keep up the great work!

[@megasupernewbie]

Thank you :) using this addon for the first time today, love it!

[@volf7f8]

I loved this format of tutorial for your addon! Incredible stuff thanks

[@Lanthiren]

would you consider doing a tutorial start to finish with zen UV and then packmaster together with a model we can use to follow along in the video for beginners like me?

[@SergeyTyapkin]

what kind of model would you like to see in such a tutorial?

[@theone8625]

A high resolution human character with detailed face, head, hair, clothing, shoes and accessories. Basically, we would all love to see a complex AAA level human character ​like something from Cyberpunk 2077. Thank you so much bro!✊🏿👌🏿😊 @SergeyTyapkin

[@blazegarcia6477]

@@theone8625 I vote for this too, the organic model tutorial they have on their channel is too simple to be useful for complex organic characters, would love to see a worflow for those type of characters with this tool, gonna buy it anyway and try to figure it out, but a tutorial would help a ton!

[@Leevy27]

At 2:46 when I do not select anything and I click ALT+U and select Zen Unwrap many of the islands in the uv editor are not quadrified again but rounded!

[@BlenderUnreal]

same here. operator said, you should mark finished first.

[@chrystianyaxche5381]

in the second 4:47 in a fraction of a second you apply quadrify on some islands to leave them uniform and square, everything is fine, in the next microsecond, you deselect you go to the 3d viewer and I think you apply zen unwrap and the islands are arranged while retaining their square shape . when i try to apply zen unwrap after straightening them, they are crooked again. Maybe you pressed something else, but it's not mentioned and it passes in less than a second. Could you clarify, thank you.

[@Asher_Gray]

I'm also having the same problem

[@303509394]

same problem，who can help me！！！

[@MarcV_IndieGameDev]

If your quadrify is resetting when packing ( enable "tag finished" when using Quadrify)

[@redmir3147]

Это имба. Суперхарош

[@harrysanders818]

Can't imagine a life before ZenUV anymore.

[@containedhurricane]

No option to group UV islands for packing as in 3ds Max? Because that's the only essential UV unwrapping feature that doesn't exist in Blender UV Editor

[@SergeyTyapkin]

You can use UVPackmaster add-on, it has Group packing option.

[@containedhurricane]

@@SergeyTyapkin Thanks for the info

[@user-oe9wj9zi1c]

Hi! I'm having an issue with the vertices alignment. It squashes the whole island down to the center of the UV even though I have it set to selection not islands. I'm using Zen UV 4.2.2 with Blender 4.0.0

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Enable Vertex by Vertex checkbox

[@AlexAntuna]

🤘

[@stevenlitvintchouk3131]

Is stacking necessary if you don't really care about the space? Or can you just skip that step?

[@SergeyTyapkin]

If you don't care about the space you can skip stacking

[@GhostBingo]

Tired to follow the tutorial, the 6:57 part, I could do it, somehow it snaps all vertexes to center squasnig everything.

[@MaDmonkey3311]

Hello, when i select face and do Isolate, it only isolates the face, not whole shell connected to it, can you please tell me wham am i doing wrong? Thanks, amazing tut btw

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Most possibly this shell consists of one face

[@MaDmonkey3311]

If it would, selection with L would select only the face @@SergeyTyapkin

[@SergeyTyapkin]

@@MaDmonkey3311 Do you mean Select Linked Seam?

[@MaDmonkey3311]

The thing is I followed the tutorial step by step exactly and sometimes it isolated whole shell and sometimes only face. So I was trying to figure out what is the problem. The shell definitely wasnt consisted of only one face@@SergeyTyapkin

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Normally it should isolate UV Island of the selected polygon.@@MaDmonkey3311

[@Jungheinz]

Hi, I am still new with this add-on and don't understand half of the functions Zen UV has but one thing bothers me most - I try to mirror seams based on axes on model with both sides the same (knife) but it works one way only. I can't choose what side of the model with seams should be copied. Is it me or the Zen UV, lacking this feature? Thank you Edit: I tried to rotate the object by 180 degrees but it still mirrors the "wrong side".

[@Jungheinz]

nevermind I figure it out it just took time to get used to the ZEN UV 4 interface. Now I understand why is this must-have addon. SUddenly, I actually like UV unwrapping.

[@dangminhhieu7440]

Can u make it for maya

[@198121D]

Шикарно, но думаю только для хардсерфейс, для персонажей навряд ли подойдёт

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Спасибо, подойдёт, чего стоит один Zen Relax алгоритм

[@EnotoButerbrodo]

when the Emulate 3 mouse button function is active, it is impossible to activate the menu item in the pie menu with alt pressed.

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Only Blender developers can fix this because their navigation has the highest priority.

[@EngyneMac]

why does Zen UV unwarp straight

[@user-nj4pc8kv2w]

你好，请问球体如何快速得到正方形呢，如5：50 类似

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Hi! Align selected vertices Horizontally and Vertically

[@soviet_architect]

How to select replicas in Zen UV 4.2.2.0 >?

[@bugrasanl2707]

bro did u find it? ı have same problem

[@ivanca2556]

Hi. Anyone can help...how to install the "zen uv core library" in the latest version

[@handwichesArt]

I know this is late, but for me, I had to extract the dll file out of the zip and then select the dll from the add-on menu

[@DeputyChiefWhip]

Wie, Im Purchasing

[@SergeyTyapkin]

Good descision, thank you!

[@user-is2mj2ig4v]

Dayum cat they just make ai for uvmaping its tedious af

[@rolflager7716]

This seems like such a great tool, but this is one of the worst Quick Start guides I have ever seen. I have to keep pausing the video and putting it on x0.25 speed because you move through some things too fast. At one point I even had to download the video and go frame by frame in VLC player too see what you did. Some things you seem to skip entirely. Would be great to keep my entire workflow in Blender, but for the time being I'm sticking with RizomUV.

[@BlenderUnreal]

honestly this tutorial could be better, if you would explain your intentions. in my case from 2:00 my unwarp and selection looks different a bit different and this kind of "monkey tutorial" (do this and do this and do this) starts confusing me. i still think, this is a great addon, but from 2:00 i have to find out by myself, the philosophy and intention of this workflow.

[@BlenderUnreal]

and your video is a bit delaying.