# Texture question
**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/texture-question/44463
**Category:** Maya
**Tags:** new-user
**Created:** [October 12, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/texture-question/44463 "2003-10-12T17:38:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@peter-hunt--2](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/peter-hunt--2)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/texture-question/44463/1 "2003-10-12T17:38:28Z")
Hi, I am starting my first texture in maya with a poly- character that is just under 3500. I have been viewing allot of tutorials to get an idea as to what to do in creating a uv map. Alot of the turotials say to duplicate your origional model so that you can make your map, and then apply it to the origonal. What i want to ask is this. If I were to use the smooth poly tool on the duplicate object, create my map in the more smooth form, would I then be able to transfur that uv map on to the origonal model. I ask this cause i am wondering if this is how people get there models to look smooth with a higher uv map on there lower ploy model. Or does my texturing simply make it smooth depending how I make it
Thanks everyone
Dave
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### Author:  [@gmask](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/gmask)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/texture-question/44463/2 "2004-01-14T18:56:55Z")
As long as you retain construction history from the low rez object to the smooth one this shoudl work well