UV Overlays

The Overlays pop-over.

In the header, there is a button to turn off all overlays for the UV Editor. This option also toggles the visibility of UDIM tile information.

The drop-down button opens a pop-over with more detailed settings. The following categories are available:

Guide

Griglia

Show the grid.

Over Image

Show the grid on top of the image rather than behind it.

Grid Shape Source

How the row and column counts are determined.

Dynamic:

The grid starts at 8×8 cells that are automatically subdivided further as you zoom in.

Fixed:

The row and column counts are fixed and can be configured manually.

Pixel:

Each grid cell matches one image pixel.

Fixed Subdivisions X, Y

Number of columns/rows in the grid.

Tiles X, Y

The number of UDIM tile grids to display in each cardinal direction.

UV Stretch

Display Stretch

Visualize UV distortion by comparing the UV mapping to the original 3D mesh.

Blue indicates little distortion, while red indicates high distortion.

Display Stretch Type

Method used to measure distortion.

Angolo:

Compare the angles of mesh faces with their corresponding UV faces. This highlights angular distortion introduced by the UV mapping.

Area:

Compare the area of mesh faces with their corresponding UV faces. This highlights differences in scale between the 3D mesh and the UV layout.

Opacità

Adjust the opacity of the stretch visualization overlay.

Geometria

Display UVs Object Mode

Show the active UV map as an overlay in the UV Editor.

Facce

Adjust the opacity of face fill colors in UV overlays.

Bordi

Adjust the opacity of edge colors in UV overlays.

UV Opacity Edit Mode

Opacity of edges and faces.

Display As Edit Mode

Control how edges are shown.

Contorno:

Display edges in gray with a black outline.

Dash:

Display edges as dashed black-gray lines.

Black:

Display edges in black.

White:

Display edges in white.

Modified Edges Edit Mode

Additionally show the edges as they look after applying modifiers (in gray).

Faces Edit Mode

Display faces over the image.

Immagine

Mostra Metadati

Display metadata about the selected Render Result. See the Output tab’s Metadata panel to change what metadata to include.