Blender: UVs & U Part 1 - Revision history

Matt Renzatic: /* Introduction */

2012-05-22T05:35:07Z

Introduction

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	…where I make materials out of each texture, unwrap each wall ~~on its own UV map~~, and apply the material to the wall. Sounds complicated, right? Well, it ain’t. A few excess clicks is about the worst of it.		…where I make materials out of each texture, unwrap each wall individually, and apply the material to the wall. Sounds complicated, right? Well, it ain’t. A few excess clicks is about the worst of it.

	Now lets get down to it! Gird your loins, folks. It’s time to UV map!		Now lets get down to it! Gird your loins, folks. It’s time to UV map!


	===Setting Up Your Materials===		===Setting Up Your Materials===

Matt Renzatic: /* The Basics of UVing */

2012-05-22T01:48:31Z

The Basics of UVing

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	=='''~~The Basics of UVing~~'''==		=='''Prep Work'''==

	{{tutorial-models}}		{{tutorial-models}}

Matt Renzatic at 01:34, 22 May 2012

2012-05-22T01:34:54Z

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	=='''The Basics of UVing'''==		=='''The Basics of UVing'''==

			{{tutorial-models}}

	===Introduction===		===Introduction===

Matt Renzatic: /* Project From View */

2012-05-22T01:31:21Z

Project From View

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	For this last part, I thought it’d be good to cover a couple more ways you can unwrap your objects before finishing up. Since you’ll find yourself using these more and more the better you get at UVing, introducing them now would be a good way to drill them into your tender and oh-so-very malleable newbie mind.		For this last part, I thought it’d be good to cover a couple more ways you can unwrap your objects before finishing up. Since you’ll find yourself using these more and more the better you get at UVing, introducing them now would be a good way to drill them into your tender and oh-so-very malleable newbie mind.

	First, we’ll go over the handy and versatile Project From View & Project From View (Bounds), which can be accessed from the UV Mapping Menu, accessible by hitting {{key-U}}		First, we’ll go over the handy and versatile Project From View & Project From View (Bounds), which can be accessed from the UV Mapping Menu, accessible by hitting {{key\|U}}


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	As you can see, it replicated the angle of the selected face into the UV Editor. (Bounds) does the same thing, cept it projects it into the bounds of the UV grid. This isn’t quite the same as it is using Unwrap, since it can and will distort the resulting UV to fit within the square of the UV grid. Great for some things, not so great for others.		As you can see, it replicated the angle of the selected face into the UV Editor. (Bounds) does the same thing, cept it projects it into the bounds of the UV grid. This isn’t quite the same as it is using Unwrap, since it can and will distort the resulting UV to fit exactly within the square of the UV grid on all sides. Great for some things, not so great for others.


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	This is just the start of the wonders of Project From View. I could go on and on about the various places where this tool has it’s uses. But…that’s the what later tutorials are for. I’m only covering the basics here. In the meantime, play with it and discover its wonders on your own.		This is just the start of the wonders of Project From View. I could go on and on about the various places where this tool has it’s uses. But…that’s the what later tutorials are for. I’m only covering the basics here. In the meantime, play with it and discover its wonders on your own.


	===Marking Edge Seams===		===Marking Edge Seams===

Matt Renzatic: /* Alternate Unwrapping Methods */

2012-05-22T01:30:30Z

Alternate Unwrapping Methods

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	…which looks pretty cool, because you get to see all your surfaces getting squished all at once. Yeah, I’m easily amused. It’s a good life.		…which looks pretty cool, because you get to see all your surfaces getting squished all at once. Yeah, I’m easily amused. It’s a good life.

	==Alternate Unwrapping Methods==		=='''Alternate Unwrapping Methods'''==

	===Project From View===		===Project From View===
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	See? It might take you a little bit to get your head around it, but it’s ultimately simple stuff. You’ll understand the ebb and flow of it once you try a couple of examples out yourself. As before, experiment with it, and see what comes up.		See? It might take you a little bit to get your head around it, but it’s ultimately simple stuff. You’ll understand the ebb and flow of it once you try a couple of examples out yourself. As before, experiment with it, and see what comes up.


	=='''Conclusion'''==		=='''Conclusion'''==

Matt Renzatic: /* Setting Up The Cube */

2012-05-22T01:25:39Z

Setting Up The Cube

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	We’re not going to be doing this.		We’re not going to be doing this. At least not yet.

	Instead, I’m going to be doing something far simpler. Something that should hopefully make it a little easier for you to slide into UVing before going straight for edge seams and proper unwrapping techniques.		Instead, I’m going to be doing something far simpler. Something that should hopefully make it a little easier for you to slide into UVing before going straight for edge seams and proper unwrapping techniques.

Matt Renzatic: /* Setting Up Your Materials */

2012-05-22T01:22:41Z

Setting Up Your Materials

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	Nope! Unless you’re planning on going all fancy and making and baking out some procedural textures, all you have to worry about are the bitmaps. As far as TDM is concerned, the rest is completely nonexistent. You could make the default color purple, and jack the spec up 2000%, and all TDM will see are the image based textures you’ve applied to it.		Nope! Unless you’re planning on going all fancy and making and baking out some procedural textures, all you have to worry about are the bitmaps. As far as TDM is concerned, the rest is completely nonexistent. You could make the default color purple, and jack the spec up 2000%, and all TDM will see are the image based textures you’ve applied to it.

	Okay, I’ve jabbered enough. Lets get something done here. Okay, you’re currently in your materials tab. You’ve probably noticed by now that it already has a material applied. The generically named “material” material. We’ll go ahead and use this one for our first texture. But first, lets rename it to something we can identify ~~at first glance~~. This will be our “Plaster_Wall” material.		Okay, I’ve jabbered enough. Lets get something done here. Okay, you’re currently in your materials tab. You’ve probably noticed by now that it already has a material applied. The generically named “material” material. We’ll go ahead and use this one for our first texture. But first, lets rename it to something we can identify from a single quick eyeballing. This will be our “Plaster_Wall” material.
	Rename it by highlighting the material you want to change (you don’t have much choice here at the moment, so…), and clicking the little box located beneath the “Assign”, “Select”, and “Deselect” buttons.		Rename it by highlighting the material you want to change (you don’t have much choice here at the moment, so…), and clicking the little box located beneath the “Assign”, “Select”, and “Deselect” buttons.

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	…cept for the fact you don’t have anything to apply them to. I guess since this is a UV tutorial, we should eventually cover that, right? I think now would be as good a time as any, so lets do that now...		…cept for the fact you don’t have anything to apply them to. I guess since this is a UV tutorial, we should eventually cover that, right? I think now would be as good a time as any, so lets do that now...


	=='''Texturing The Cube'''==		=='''Texturing The Cube'''==

Matt Renzatic at 01:09, 22 May 2012

2012-05-22T01:09:06Z

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Matt Renzatic: /* Conclusion */

2012-05-21T13:41:50Z

Conclusion

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	That should do it for part one. It is rather simple, and doesn’t cover the finer points of UV mapping, but hopefully it does a decent job of explaining the underlying mechanics. In the next tutorial, we’ll be making a basic texture sheet using all the elements we want to put in our room, and overlaying our UVs on top of them.		That should do it for part one. It is rather simple, and doesn’t cover the finer points of UV mapping, but hopefully it does a decent job of explaining the underlying mechanics. In the next tutorial, we’ll be making a basic texture sheet using all the elements we want to put in our room, and overlaying our UVs on top of them.

	~~Hoped~~ you enjoyed it.		Hope you enjoyed it.

Matt Renzatic: /* Texturing The Cube */

2012-05-21T13:40:28Z

Texturing The Cube

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	==Texturing The Cube==		=='''Texturing The Cube'''==