At least I think that’s what my professor told us to do...Anyways, he told us to make a box in 3ds max and then unwrap it.  He told us to do something else, but he talked so fast that I can’t remember what that was.  Basically, we have to take the unwrapped box UVW and convert it to a bitmap, so that we can put it into photoshop and give it a texture.  How do I convert it to a bitmap?  Also, once it’s there, do I put the texture images in each individual squares and on different layers?  Or do I have to do everything separately?  When I am done in photoshop and save it, again, as a bitmap, how do I bring it back into max as a texture and get it properly on the box?  If anyone has any idea of what I just said, could you help me figure this out?  The professor wants us to make a crate just using a box with a texture.  Next time, we have to make another one, but pimp it out.

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In the Edit UVWs window of the Unwrap UVW mod, choose Render UVW Template... from the Tools menu.
Save that and use as a template to paint what you want in PS.
Load the painted texture into a map slot on your material in material editor and apply to your object.