UV texture mapping of a 3D head - Tinkering.net

Go to Window > Rendering Editor > Hypershade > Select the Texture tab

Several examples of images of uv reference grids can be found online for example athttp://www.duber.cz/dump/uv_map_reference.jpgor athttp://www.taunise.com/download/UV_Mapping_Grid.jpgSave the image in your Maya project image folderLMB + Drag a UV texture grid from your Maya project > image folder to HypershadeWindow > Texture tabMMB + Drag te texture icon to the Work Space, MMB + DRAG the icon on the DefaultPolygon Shader icon. Choose Default in the list of options of the contextual menu. Theicon of the head's shader turns into a color sphere. Go to Window > UV Texture Editor.Troubleshooting: if you don't see the Uvs in the Texture Editor, make sure that the head isselected as an object.

Several ways to view the vertices and the uv reference grid in the UV Texture EditorGo to the UV Texture Editor, RMD on the mesh, select UV in the contextual menu.Select the UVs for the front of the face. For example the mesh of the front of the face.Select the move tool. Move and center the face on the pattern of the checkerboard. Thiswill be used as a reference for the placement of your texture in Photoshop. You can seethe texture moving accordingly in the 3D view.

You can unfold the head in order to flatten all the vertices. Go to UV Texture Ediror >Polygons > Unfold, This will be more easy for painting in Photoshop.After reorganizing the Uvs, Go to Polygons > Take a Snapshot. Save a a jpg that you willbe able to edit in Photoshop.In PhotoshopThe new layer to paint the headThe refrence layer witht the UV mapping gridThe snapshot of the mesh saved in Maya's UV Texture Editor

We will use a different method for the UV textures of the body. This will be covered inanother tutorial