how to create real-looking textures.

[Kickflipkid687]

Im in the same boat as you. I really cant make realistic textures in PS for my models. I can model fine, but then when it comes to making the textures, that's when it makes my model look like crap.

[Tidus]

in my experience,look others' texture first,than search stuff as much as you can.
composite in ps,more use layer composite,it's crucial.

[FunkLord]

It depends on what kind of textures you need.

Do you need some organic textures? Try taking a photo as a basis and working on from there. Don't have a photo? Try some stock photos you can find in many places, like stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu/).

And if you need more tutorials, ask Google, there are tons out there.
Here's an example: http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Textures-and-backgrounds

[XanderFX]

http://67.15.36.49/team/Tutorials/texture_katherine_dinger/dirty_texture01.asp

[davpunk]

The Gnomon Workshop has an excellent texture library with some training on photocollage, they also have a Photoshop DVD that has some of that as well...depends on how serious ya are about learning it... good luck!

[Snow Fox]

thanks for the replies guys..

i'll try to follow this 3d total tut and see what comes up in the end

[guypapyrus]

Some good stuff here (http://www.dvgarage.com), under the "Free Instruction" section. You need to register, but it's free.

Best,
Andrew

[Skjoldbroder]

it's funny how - when you're trying to do realistic images - the textures matter a lot of course, but the lighting and surface properties (bump + shininess) of your objects are just as important

(which is why this question is hard to answer - it's a complex issue)

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