{"id":9158,"date":"2024-07-29T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9158"},"modified":"2024-09-01T13:48:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T12:48:57","slug":"texturing-furniture-imvu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/texturing-furniture-imvu\/","title":{"rendered":"UV Mapping &#038; Texturing Furniture for IMVU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f19f157f9c6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f19f157f9c6\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/texturing-furniture-imvu\/#description\" >Description<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/texturing-furniture-imvu\/#general-uv-guidelines\" >General UV Guidelines<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/texturing-furniture-imvu\/#timestamps\" >Timestamps<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: black; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><center><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DQ3QHEWdV24?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"description\"><\/span>Description<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Continuing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok Live Stream<\/a> series exploring avatar based projects made using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Toolkit for Blender<\/a>, we take a look at finishing up the custom furniture item made previously. In this iteration we take a look at properly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/uv-editing\/\">UV Unwrapping<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/uv-maps\/\">UV mapping<\/a> each object with their own images, discussing pros and cons about the process as we progress. We&#8217;ll also be able to extract a set of <em>texture maps<\/em> and a set of <em>base images<\/em> as a consequence, readying the project for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/texture-paint\/\">texture painting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Duration<\/b>: total c. 50 mins (00:50:00).<br \/>\n<b>Info<\/b>: 720p (W: 720 x H: 1280 vertical\/portrait).<br \/>\n<b>Suitability<\/b>: Beginner+.<br \/>\n<b>Source<\/b>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/files\/imvu\/katsbits - tiktok uv mapping.zip\">KatsBits \u2013 UV Mapping Furniture<\/a> (c. 700 KB | *.blend, *.tga, *.png).<br \/>\n<b>Product ID<\/b>: n\/a.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: some additional concerns to keep in mind when UV unwrapping and UV mapping objects\/meshes; <\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"general-uv-guidelines\"><\/span>General UV Guidelines<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>UV unwrapping and UV mapping are more art than exact science as the mapping depends a great deal of what the object is and how its to be used. While there are a number of formal concerns to keep in mind, they are generally applied  such that, while one layout works for one object, it may not for another. So for IMVU, if the mesh is to be published as a derivable;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>try to keep UV sections (islands) aligned to the horizontal\/vertical.<\/li>\n<li>avoid creating lots of small UV sections.<\/li>\n<li>place UV Seams (Edge \u00bb Mark Seam) to control UV layout.<\/li>\n<li>avoid too much pinching or stretching of the UV.<\/li>\n<li>keep overall texture density consistent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"timestamps\"><\/span>Timestamps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Times are approximate;<br \/>\n &#8211; 00:00 : Overview<br \/>\n &#8211; 02:00 : Adding Images<br \/>\n &#8211; 07:00 : UV Seams &#038; Editing Book #1<br \/>\n &#8211; 22:00 : UV Editing Book #2<br \/>\n &#8211; 27:00 : UV Editing Stool<br \/>\n &#8211; 40:00 : Export UV\/Texture Maps<br \/>\n &#8211; 44:00 : Save Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[195,194,1086,738,835,1049,931,668,1093,655,734,635],"class_list":["post-9158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-furniture","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-files","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-imvu-toolkit","tag-save-image","tag-texture-maps","tag-tiktok","tag-uv-editing","tag-uv-mapping","tag-uv-unwrapping"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9158"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9198,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9158\/revisions\/9198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}