Difference between UV and ST texture coordinates

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Nabmeister picture Nabmeister · May 13, 2012 · Viewed 20.8k times · Source

What's the difference between a UV texture coordinate vs. ST texture Coordinate?

I know that UV and ST are used in OpenGL.

I also know that ST are also used in Java.

Answer

Tim picture Tim · May 13, 2012

They mean the same thing, it's just a different naming convention. 

U = S = x dimension
V = T = y dimension

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