- YakZSmelk
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Posted by: Avatar Korra
Do you unwrap yourself or do you have a plugin? If you do, do it yourself can you link me a good tutorial. I know how to do it, but not very well.
I do it myself, I don't like plugins because in a work scenario you may not have them available so I prefer not to rely on anything outside the software.
Unwrapping is all about laying the UVs as efficiently as possible. So when you unwrapp an object start by making sure the UVs all share the same texel density. After that make sure anywhere you have seams you have harden edges and any connected edges you have softened edges. This will create much better normal bakes and AO bakes.
Other than that your just laying pieces out, I have friends/co-workers that lay out UVs with all the small chunks at the base of the sheet and than place the larger section. Looks pretty nice and utilize the space very well. I tend to layout all the objects into areas so that it's easier to understand when only looking at the layout. It's a matter of preference.
[Edited on 06.23.2012 11:54 AM PDT]