This chapter discusses applying textures and UV unwrapping to an alien model in 3ds Max 2015. It covers defining UVs on the alien's body, unwrapping the UVs using tools like point-to-point seams and pelt flattening, and building materials by adding color, bump, and specular maps to the diffuse, bump, and specular map slots respectively before applying the materials to the alien.

1. 3ds Max 2015 Essentials
Chapter 10: Textures and UV
Workflow: The Alien

2. 3ds Max topics covered in this
chapter include the following:
• Define UVs on the alien’s body
• Unwrap UVs on the alien’s body
• Build the materials and apply it to
the alien.
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3. Define UVs on the alien’s body
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• UV unwrapping allows you to layout the colors and patterns.
You will first set up the alien to accept textures properly
through UV-unwrapping.
• UV Unwrap is a modifier that is added to the alien model and
give access to a variety of tools.
• Using a process of Point to Point seam to identify the edges
of the uniform we will use Pelt to lay them flat to export out to
a paint package.

4. Unwrap UVs on the alien’s body
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• UV Unwrap is a modifier that is added to the alien
model and give access to a variety of tools.

5. Build the materials and
apply it to the alien
• Using the Slate Material
Editor Add the Color map
to the Diffuse Map Slot.
• Repeat for the Bump and
Specular.
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6. Build the materials and
apply it to the alien
• Using the Slate Material
Editor Add the Color map
to the Diffuse Map Slot.
• Repeat for the Bump and
Specular.
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