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Best UV Method

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#1

Hi,
i would like to know what is the best UV Method!
i modeled my BaseMesh in Maya but i still have to tweak a lot at the BaseMesh at level 1 in Zbrush.

so Method 1 would be to unwrappe the uv’s before i go to Zbrush, but because i still want to tweak the Base Mesh at level 1 there will be maybe then some stretching ?

or is it better go to Zbrush do all my Sculpting and when iam finished, export Level 1 Mesh, unwrappe UV’s, reimport it and then create the displacment Mesh

Thank,
Sticky Fingaz

#2

It depends on your workflow. If you’re the only one that is going to be working on the file (no one is rigging, animating, etc while you sculpt), then I would wait until you’re finished sculpting…to make sure that stretching isn’t going to happen from the UV’s to the sculpt.

If I start in another 3d app other than Zbrush I still do a quick unwrap of my model so I can store decent masking alphas, quickly establish polygroups and it helps for diffuse and normal baking tests. I will then finish the sculpt, export out my low subD, then unwrap and get my final normals and textures painted in Zbrush.

#3

I tend to retop and UV at the end of a sculpt, unless the model I’m starting with has good UVs and topology off the bat.
-K