Hey you!
So, you will need to learn to UV Unwrap.
There is no shortcut, friend! It is painful at start, I know. But you will learn to like it! Forget Smart UV Project and stuff like that, do it by hand. Also, I would switch over to Blender, it is free and has a lot of good tutorials. Check out Blenderguru at Youtube, especially the Donut and Anvil series.