Realistic Prop Creation for Video Games

UVs and Texel Density

A course by Paula Sánchez-Ferrero Ruiz , 3D Videogame Artist

96% positive reviews (196)

5,280 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: UVs and Texel Density

Overview

“Here, we will see how to prepare the asset so that it can later become textured. Also, we will discover how to find out the appropriate texture resolution to introduce it into the game engine. ”

In this video lesson Paula Sánchez-Ferrero Ruiz addresses the topic: UVs and Texel Density, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Prop Creation for Video Games. Learn to model and texturize professional-quality 3D assets.

Partial transcription of the video

“UVs and Texel Density Next I will explain how to raise the UV of your asset for texturing it. I will also show you the importance of Texel Density and how can you do this to indicate the appropriate resolution of your texture. Go for it. As I imagine you will all know, UV are the faces of props flattened in 2D to be able to texture the Asset correctly. The process of making UV is known as mapping and it is a fairly technical process in which we should not worry about anything artistic, since it is limited to applying the theory. No subjective tastes come into play here, as can happen during...”

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Course summary for: Realistic Prop Creation for Video Games

Level: Intermediate
96% positive reviews (196)
5280 students
6 units
25 lessons (5h 35m)
7 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop, Substance Painter, ZBrush
Areas
3D, 3D Modeling, Game Design, Video Games

Paula Sánchez-Ferrero Ruiz

A course by Paula Sánchez-Ferrero Ruiz

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3D Videogame Artist

Paula Sánchez-Ferrero is a 3D artist for video games, specializing in prop art. This area focuses on the modeling and texturing of assets, which can be both organic and inorganic and are used to cover the world or settings that appear in video games.

She has extensive experience working as an environment and prop artist at elite3d, an outsourcing company for videogames where she also serves as supervising 3D artist. She has also collaborated with international companies on the development of more than nine AAA projects, including some as well-known as Metro Exodus, Call of Duty: WWII, and Overkill's The Walking Dead.