Blender 2.8 UV Mapping

Requirements

• The course uses Blender 2.8, and Krita for texturing.

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You will learn about :

• Avoiding Stretching in Your UV Islands
• Hiding Seams
• The Importance of Uniform Scale
• Blender 2.8’s Smart UV Project Tool
• Blender 2.8’s Live Unwrap Tool
• Blender 2.8’s Align Tool
• Blender 2.8’s Stitch Tool
• Optimizing a UV Map for a Game Character in Blender 2.8
• Texturing in Krita
• Applying Textures in Blender 2.8

We will also export our UV maps out of Blender 2.8 and take them into Krita to texture, so that you can see how UV maps are used in a standard pipeline and how your UV mapping decisions can affect your texturing.

In the end, you’ll have a better understanding of why and how UV maps are used in Blender 2.8 as well as tools and techniques you can use in your own projects. So, if you’re new to UV Mapping, or maybe it all hasn’t quite clicked yet, then join me, for this introduction to UV Mapping in Blender 2.8.

Who this course is for :

• Anyone who is ready to learn the fundamentals of UV mapping in Blender 2.8

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What you’ll learn

• UV mapping in Blender 2.8
• Avoiding Stretching in Your UV Islands
• Hiding Seams
• The Smart UV Project Tool
• The Importance of Uniform Scale
• Blender 2.8’s Live Unwrap Tool
• Align Tool
• Optimizing a UV Map for a Game Character
• Texturing in Krita
• Applying Image Textures in Blender 2.8