Maya 2009 UV enhancements: Unwrapping a head

[Csp499]

I have a question- when unwrapping, how does one import a new image into the UV texture editor, such as to swap out an existing one?

[oturista]

Thank you so much for this.

I recommend a mic for recording tutorials. The mouse clicks are specially distracting.

[freaqie]

hello i am using the tool as you said here and i love it.

however sometimes the tool seems to fail,

the tool removes any selected UV's

it seems to have something to do with mesh complexity,

but is there a specific thing you are aware off that makes it do this,

i have had it fail several times with no real mesh related problems

thanks in advance

[woodystrength]

i never even knew abut the lattus tool. sweet. that is cool how you can now watch it relax though. thanks man. did you model that head?

[itchycitizen]

still not impressed with maya unwrap, that would take me 2mins in bodypaint !

[probounderxxx]

does some1 know how u can customize the cursor just like this guy? I mean u can see a circle doing some waves around the cursor

[slorpthegillman]

hah, and here I wish i had turned it off :)

its an option on many screen recording programs like the one i use: iShowUHD for Mac. to my knowledge, there isn't a way to do it "live" in an OS

[shaft2006nizzle]

good tutorial, but guy needs a new mouse.

[vcspy]

nice!, you know if is possible (by a simple way) do mirror like silo in maya? watch?v=btqYGgcCugc 7:50 (without the bug, of course! \o/)

[slorpthegillman]

Edit-Duplicate Special or Mesh-Mirror will both do what you are looking for

[BlackTwister999]

I think that you've got a great video card

[vcspy]

screencast in mac = opengl = high frame rate :),

screencast in windows = directshow = ... :(

[lumel666]

soem decent tool but i tstill think roadkill is way better for making the first unwrap what i do is then go into maya and use some of these tools for the crevices and other areas, good of you to put it up in youtube :)

[Kiyamlol]

hm i jsut want to know, if i get a learning edition of 09 will i be able to use that feature uv smooth and then export bak into 8.5?

leme know ty :)

[Kiyamlol]

that smooth UV tool is amazing I;d love it for my organic model :) but 8.5 doesnt have it

[Goremaster]

Pelt Mapping in Max is better than Maya's solution. I wish I had this in my 2008

:(

[JUANREVI]

thats true

[vofff]

how do u unwrap the head behind?

[PoisonYoshi]

Wow, this is awesome!  Kinda makes HeadusUV Layout obsolete though...

[slorpthegillman]

Yeah, I totally agree

[cgbeige]

I loved you in Arrested Development. That Blue Man Group shit was hilarious.

[LatinMessiah]

Tobias! Yeah, I thought he sounded familiar.