Why is UVW mapping important?

- [Instructor] UV coordinates exist as a way of solving … a particular problem in the creation of 3D assets … whether that be for arch phase, product phase or for games. … Given that we as texture artists need to be able … to take the information inside either an image map … or mathematically generated procedural map … and then apply that to the surface of a static mesh … in our scene or level. … Enter UV mapping, which actually tells our game engine … where on the surface of the 3D model it's ought to attach … the aforementioned texture to. … The importance of this being seen in that in many ways, … our perception of what an asset in an Unreal scene … is supposed to be made from … is directly tied to the texture map supplied to it. … If badly applied UVs cause distortion … or other artifacts to appear in those maps, … then the illusion of the reality … that we are trying to convey to the user … will most definitely be broken. … In a game engine such as Unreal, UVs also perform a second …