UV Snapshot Issue

[pixelmage]

Hi everyone,
I already have my uv map all nice and laid out in my uv texture editor. The problem I'm having is that when it comes time to take a uv snapshot of it, Maya is generating a shot at the aspect ratio I want, but it is completely BLACK!

Can anyone tell me what's going on here?

Thanks.

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[brandeil]

Just a shot in the dark, do u have your mesh highlighted/selected?

[pixelmage]

Hi brandeil,
Thanks for the response.

I have my workspace split into 2 planes. When I highlight my object in the left plane, the uv map shows up fine in the uv editor on the right.

When I'm taking my UV snapshot, the object remains highlighted.

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[Broomy]

hi


make sure the polys that u want the snapshot of are selected in the Unwrap window, not just having the mesh selected

laters

[pixelmage]

hi


make sure the polys that u want the snapshot of are selected in the Unwrap window, not just having the mesh selected

laters

Thanks Broomy,
I'll give it a shot tonight when I get back from work.

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[pixelmage]

hi


make sure the polys that u want the snapshot of are selected in the Unwrap window, not just having the mesh selected

laters

Hey Broomy,
I made sure both the polys in the mesh and the UV Texture Editor
were selected when I tried making the uv snapshot. I'm still getting a black frame.

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[laxman]

post a screen shot of the uv editor and the uv snapshot options dialogue right before you actally take it the snapshot. That should help the troubleshooting here.

[pixelmage]

laxman, Broomy, brandeil,

Thank you all for your suggestions. I found out what my problem was:

I had to just highlight the uv's then go to Polygons>Layout> and make sure the uv's all conformed to the upper right quadrant on my uv grid.

Everything fell into place after that and I was able to start texturing in PS.

Thanks again everyone.

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