Best way to UV unwrap this? (cubes extruded from surface of cubes)

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Hi everyone,

I’m working on unwrapping a very simple mesh. I’ve been playing around with different seams for the unwrap, but I get the best results with the “smart UV project” option.

Even with the smart UV project, I get bad-looking seams around the parts that are extruded from the surface. It just doesn’t look like the texture flows correctly across the mesh, and no matter where I place the seams, I can’t seem to correct this.

Any suggestions?

how-to-unwrap.blend (2.71 MB)

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use texture painting

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Depending on what exactly you want… Combine.
I’d say image is a bit overdone using clone.
http://www.pasteall.org/blend/23882

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Eppo,

Thanks, I like the way your results turned out. I don’t see any seams on the mesh but it also doesn’t look like you used the “smart project.” How did you unwrap the UV in your example?

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“Reset” for one , “Follow active quads” for other.