unwraping

[Prayer]

hey guys i just droped by here to ask a question about 3dmax unwraping.

im a bit familiar with the unwrap modifier in max but no expert i can only unwrap smal basic objects so far.

but my real goal is to unwrap a basic head i make in max so i can paint textures in photo shop after zbrush.

its not that i dont like the method of Zbrush buts its more lik i wanna try multible things of 3d also knowing the real basics.

my question is how do you get these heads to unwrap so nicely like i see on most characters it would be a hell to do this by hand ?
is there any max plug ins maby that you guys use ?
or maby a method in the uv editor im not aware of ?

i would realy like to experiment with this but im having not mutch luck atm so i hope you guys can help me out ! :D

so i can progres and show you guys more work.

thanks in advance Tamis van der Laan ;)

[Escape]

Prayer,

What version of Max are you using? if version 8 then use the Pelt mapping feature...it's very nice and fast too. Link to a video on it below.

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=5903856

If you are using an older version I'm afraid that you are stuck with mapping it by hand...a very tedious job indeed if you have a large poly count. Do a Google search on UV mapping it will reveal some useful tutorials on the subject. You can always download the trial of Max8 and use it to pelt map your model.

Escape

[Prayer]

i am using max 8 and just looked into it its a very nice movie !
the only problem is pelt maping dosnt work very wel on my head i made :(

maby i mised somenthen out i wil be experimenting more with it tho.