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Texture Coordinates

Texture coordinates, also called UVs, are pairs of numbers stored in the vertices of a mesh, and often used to stretch a 2D texture onto a 3D mesh.

How to plan good UVs is in the UV Theory thread on the Polycount forum.
As it turns out, we all suck at unwrapping? thread on the Polycount forum.
Good methods for UVing spheres can be found in the Unwrapping a sphere thread on the Polycount forum. For sphere modeling tips see Sphere Topology.
A good weapon UV can be found in the tutorial First-Person Weapon UVs by Joe 'EarthQuake' Wilson
A good character UV example can be found in the tutorial Maya / Mudbox: Street Cop Workflow by Mashru Mishu.
How to prevent 3ds Max subdivision from distorting UVs is in the uv + turbosmooth= big problem thread on the Polycount forum. A similar thread: Best way to approach unwrapping UVWs with Meshsmooth?
For an automated UV projection system, see 3D UV projection network in Maya by Paul 'prolow' Lohman
What's an 8-sided tiled texture ? thread on the Polycount forum discusses how to edit textures so you can rotate and mirror them on adjacent polygons, without seams.
See also Light Map Texture Coordinates

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 == UV Tutorials ==
 * How to plan good UVs is in the [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=70378 UV Theory] thread on the Polycount forum.
+* [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80947 As it turns out, we all suck at unwrapping?] thread on the Polycount forum.
 * Good methods for UVing spheres can be found in the [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=69961 Unwrapping a sphere] thread on the Polycount forum. For sphere modeling tips see [[Sphere Topology]].
 * A good weapon UV can be found in the tutorial [[FirstPersonWeaponUV|First-Person Weapon UVs]] by [http://www.linkedin.com/in/earthquake Joe 'EarthQuake' Wilson]