User Guide: Move/Scale/Rotate

Set the values you want to apply, then click on Move, Scale or Rotate to transform all picked shells. If no shells are picked, all unlocked flattened shells are modified. If Local is ticked, the scales and rotates will pivot around the center of each individual shell, otherwise the origin (i.e. u=0, v=0) is used. Use the Invert button to invert all values so you can quickly transform shells back to where they were, and the Reset button resets the field values back to their defaults.

The three green buttons to the bottom left represent the left, middle and right mouse buttons. By default these are all on, indicating that you can rotate (left), translate (middle) and scale (right) shells by holding down the Space key. Click on any one of the green buttons to turn that function off. For example, if you don't want to accidentally scale any shells, click the third button so it turns gray.

Rescale U & V: Use these buttons if you want to rescale shells so that their size in UV matches that in 3D. For example, if you load an OBJ with existing UVs and some shells are red and others are blue, clicking on the & button will rescale each of them up or down until they are closer to green in shading. Click on the U or V buttons if you only want to scale in that direction. As with the other transform buttons above, the rescale will only affect picked shells, or all unlocked shells if none are picked. [Example]

Normally UV shells in UVLayout are resized so that the texture scale is even across the entire surface; this is what the Rescale buttons above do. This means that when the checker texture is applied, all squares appear as close to the same size as possible.

Sometimes however you may want to assign increased or reduced scales to specific parts. Some examples would be increased scale of UVs in a creature's face and hands to get greater detail there, but reduced scale for the inside of the mouth where very little detail is required. In UVLayout this is called a mixed scale layout.

In previous versions of UVLayout it was possible to do this to a degree by simply scaling shells up and down, but they were rescaled back to their original size if any further flattening/optimizing was performed. It was also quite difficult to get a smooth transition between mixed scales within a single shell.

You you can now create and edit mixed scale UVs using the following buttons. These replace the Green Balance tool which briefly appeared in UVLayout v1.19.3.

Mixed: When one or more shells are picked, all are locally scaled together so that, on average, they are closer to green; in this situation, individual shells may still show some red or blue shift, and these will be rescaled when optimized. When no shells are picked, all unlocked shells are individually processed and there will be no remaining red or blue shifts.

To use this tool, first use Scale above or Space-RMB to resize a shell (it will shift to red/blue as you scale it down/up), then Pick that shell with the LMB, and finally click on Mixed and it will shift back to green without changing size. If you then go to the 3D view and turn on the checker texture, you'll see that the squares in that part of the surface are a different size. If you then further flatten/optimize that shell, it won't change its size.

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 The three green buttons to the bottom left represent the left, middle and right mouse buttons. By default these are all on, indicating that you can rotate (left), translate (middle) and scale (right) shells by holding down the '''Space''' key. Click on any one of the green buttons to turn that function off. For example, if you don't want to accidentally scale any shells, click the third button so it turns gray.
-; Rescale U & V : Use these buttons if you want to rescale shells so that their size in UV matches that in 3D. For example, if you load an OBJ with existing UVs and some shells are red and others are blue, clicking on the '''&''' button will rescale each of them up or down until they are closer to green in shading. Click on the '''U''' or '''V''' buttons if you only want to scale in that direction. As with the other transform buttons above, the rescale will only affect unlocked flattened shells. {{Eg|Rescale}}
+; Rescale U & V : Use these buttons if you want to rescale shells so that their size in UV matches that in 3D. For example, if you load an OBJ with existing UVs and some shells are red and others are blue, clicking on the '''&''' button will rescale each of them up or down until they are closer to green in shading. Click on the '''U''' or '''V''' buttons if you only want to scale in that direction. As with the other transform buttons above, the rescale will only affect picked shells, or all unlocked shells if none are picked. {{Eg|Rescale}}
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 Sometimes however you may want to assign increased or reduced scales to specific parts.
-Some examples would be increased scale for greater detail in a creature's face and hands,
+Some examples would be increased scale of UVs in a creature's face and hands to get greater
-but reduced scale for the inside of the mouth where very little detail is required. In UVLayout
+detail there,
-this is called a mixed scale layout, and the following buttons are used to create them. These
+but reduced scale for the inside of the mouth where very little detail is required. In
+UVLayout this is called a mixed scale layout.
+In previous versions of UVLayout it was possible to do this to a degree by simply
+scaling shells up and down, but they were rescaled back to their original size if
+any further flattening/optimizing was performed. It was also quite difficult to get
+a smooth transition between mixed scales within a single shell.
+You you can now create and edit mixed scale UVs using the following buttons. These
 replace the '''Green Balance''' tool which briefly appeared in UVLayout v1.19.3.
-; Mixed : Click on this button and all picked shells are
+; Mixed : When one or more shells are picked, all are locally scaled together so that, on average, they are closer to green; in this situation, individual shells may still show some red or blue shift, and these will be rescaled when optimized. When no shells are picked, all unlocked shells are individually processed and there will be no remaining red or blue shifts.
+;: To use this tool, first use '''Scale''' above or Space-RMB to resize a shell (it will shift to red/blue as you scale it down/up), then Pick that shell with the LMB, and finally click on '''Mixed''' and it will shift back to green without changing size. If you then go to the 3D view and turn on the checker texture, you'll see that the squares in that part of the surface are a different size. If you then further flatten/optimize that shell, it won't change its size.
-; Smooth : blah blah
+; Smooth :
 ; Reset : blah blah
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