Maya - Automatic UV Unwrapping Models

How to use the Automatic UV unwrap tool in Autodesk Maya 2022 to UV unwrap objects for export into texturing software such as Adobe Substance Painter or Photoshop.

00:00 Freeze Transformations
00:12 Automatic UV Unwrap
00:30 Assessing Quality of Unwrap
00:42 Fixing Distorted UVs Manually
00:56 Layout UV Shells
01:32 Creating Multiple Texture Sets
02:08 Assigning Materials

[AnimatedNico]

THANK I've been manually doing UV's for 14 hours and this might let me sleep for once haha

[MaleOreo]

this clearly explained 2 minute video has explained UVs better than anyone thats taught me lmao

[edjonhadley]

Thank you James this helped me out alot!

[mrorange]

This can work very well on simpler models, but for more complex models you will end up with thousands of little pieces in your UVs. Good video tho

[AlpsEntertainment-bqgw]

i've followed this video, but when exporting to Substance painter, it somehow only includes some of the UVs. what have i done wrong?

[crd]

Good video but a bit misleading. Depending on what you're doing that could be a preferred method. However, if you're doing game art I strongly suggest students or aspiring game artist to understand how to efficiently pack your models in one UV space. You also didn't cover UDIMS which are a godsend when dealing with higher fidelity work. It also makes it easier because you don't need multiple material ID's. This can become a hassle when dealing with something like unreal.

[frankfrimperton]

Aren't Auto UVs kind of loathed in the industry at large?