sigh... wtf is this...

[Tarzan]

what causes this in a UVW map and how do I fix it?

http://milmac.com/kenny/hostme/pichost/wtfcliffs.jpg

[Bastinka]

Try UVW unwrapping faces of the cliff, thats what I always do. Comes out better.

[Jay2645]

Know of any good tuts for UVW Unwrapping? I can't do it.

[Tweek]

it's easy, it's just a big jigsaw puzzle.

and you could just google for 5 minutes.
i'm done handing people stuff on a silver platter.

[Jay2645]

OK, I'll do that then.

[Syuusuke]

What about the gold platter, huh?

On a side note- Has anyone UV'd using Blender? =S

[Mass]

tweek's analogy is good, its basically arranging the faces into a 2D map that allows you to make custom textures and apply existing ones better.