Lightwave 2020- Volume #21- Spacecraft UV Mapping
In this twenty-first volume of the Lightwave 2020/2019/2018 Series 3D Instructor Adam Gibson introduces LightWave 2020 and UV Layout’s quick and powerful UV Mapping toolsets. A great place to start for beginner and experienced 3D artists who are new to UV Mapping. In this UV Mapping course Adam Gibson will demonstrate one of his UV Mapping Workflows using the above 2 software packages to increase the speed and quality of your UV Mapping projects. The workflow shown will teach you how to get close to distortion free UV Maps which are the most important thing for having glitch-free textures.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1- Intro
Chapter 2- Project Outline
Chapter 3- Breaking Models Parts Into Layers
Chapter 4- Initial UV Unwrap with the ABF UV Unwrap Tool in LightWave
Chapter 5- UV Unwrap Fix
Chapter 6- How to Add the ABF UV Unwrap Tool into the PLG Tools Tab
Chapter 7- UV Mapping the Wings (Part One)
Chapter 8- UV Mapping the Wings (Part Two)
Chapter 9- Wing Interior Parts
Chapter 10- Wing Doors
Chapter 11- Wing Pipes
Chapter 12- Main Body
Chapter 13- Thruster Casings
Chapter 14- Laser Cannons
Chapter 15- Inner Thrusters
Chapter 16- Thruster Rings
Chapter 17- Outer Thrusters
Chapter 18- Wing Nurnies (Part One)
Chapter 19- Wing Nurnies (Part Two)
Chapter 20- More Nurnies!!
Chapter 21- Saving OBJ Files from LightWave (Sub-D and Polygonal Parts)
Chapter 22- Importing Sub-D Parts into UV Layout Software
Chapter 23- Optimizing Sub-D UV Maps in UV Layout (Part One)
Chapter 24- Optimizing Sub-D UV Maps in UV Layout (Part Two)
Chapter 25- Optimizing Sub-D UV Maps in UV Layout (Part Three)
Chapter 26- Optimizing Polygonal UV Maps in UV Layout
Chapter 27- Importing Optimized OBJ Parts back into LightWave
Chapter 28- Merging All Spacecraft Parts as One File
Chapter 29- UV Checkerboard Pattern Test
Chapter 30- Final
*BONUS CHAPTER- How to Install the PLG UV Plugin Set for LightWave 3D
*Content Folder Included-Contains All Project Files and PLG UV Mapping Plugin for PC
Running Time: 6 hrs. 32 mins.
High Quality (Screen-Res 1920 x 1080 pixels)
Video Format: MP4 (.mp4)
Level: Beginner
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