I have a very, very basic question I need to start learning how to texture and so far I have found it a bit troublesome. Are there any really good tutorials out there that you could recommend?
Also, is UV texturing only for GameBlender and materials/texture only for Rendering? It seems like the UV texturing might be easier to do for rendering, atleast to me
Unfortunately there seems to be a lack of good uv tutorials for “non-gamers”. I think this is one of the downers hurting the cummunity and many newbies to uv have been shying away from it.
As far as UV texturing for non-gamers, I would tend to agree. However, if your model is not inteded for use in a game, the same pricipals apply. You do the UV texturing just the same, but with a little more patience to the placement of the image on the mesh.
NOTE: when doing UV texturing, make sure you do not UV texture a Sub-Surf model. Always convert a Sub-Surf to a mesh when doing UV mapping. Allows better control over the placement of the image and you get funny results with the Sub-Surf. Not to say that you can’t do it, it just looks better with a standard mesh