by Didik Wijaya
This tutorial needs you to understand basic use of 3dsmax.

It's time to texture our little panda, after we created him in Kung Panda Modeling tutorial. We are going to use Unwrap UVW. If you are unfamiliar with Unwrap UVW, consider to look at our previous tutorial: Understanding Unwrap UVW and Unwrap UVW Texturing. It is quite hard to unwrap a complex model like human character or this panda. But, if you follow this detailed and step by step tutorial, you will be able to use techniques describe in this tutorial at any model. Let's unwrap!

1. First, open kung fu panda model you created earlier. Or you can download required 3D model here. Then, go to Modify tab. Remove Turbosmooth modifier. Then, apply Unwrap UVW modifier to model.

2. Next step is selecting model parts and name each of them. You need to do this in order to recall each object part later easily. In Modifier stack, click plus (+) sign left of Unwrap UVW modifer. Then highlight Face. Now, you are able to select faces. Select panda's head using Select Object tool. Don't select panda's ears.You can uncheck Ignore Backfacing for easy selection. If this option inactive, you can select front and back faces altogether. Use Ctrl+click to select more faces. And Alt+click to reduce selection. After all faces in the head are selected, name these faces in Named Selection Set (located in top of the screen). For example type "head" and press Enter in keyboard

3. Next you need select anoother parts of model and name everyone of them. Use images below as references. In total, you should have 16 named selection sets.

4. If you are happen to have wrong selection or name, click Edit Named Selection Sets button. In opened dialog box, you can highlight and delete the selection.

Download 3dsmax lesson file up to this point

Kung Fu Panda Texturing Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

Other tutorials:
Kung Fu Panda Modeling
Kung Fu Panda Rigging and Skinning
Kung Fu Panda Animation

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