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Haker
01-02-2006, 10:19 PM
Well, as the title states I am new to photoshop, I have been experimenting with it for a while and creating basic and simple textures for my models, but does anyone know of a good website, of good tutorials to help guide me from 3D app to photoshop?

Things I want to know about.

1. Multitexturing, in combination with photoshop. I have figured out the basics, and have assembled multiple, premade textures that people have already done. Such as this, which is from the Elysiun forums, and it is only half a sphere but I applied multiple textures with different maps (Disp,Nor,Col,ect).

http://photobucket.com/albums/v312/Haker/?action=view&current=Final1.jpg

Basically I am trying to figure it out completly.

2. Painting and designing textures, and figuring out which tools to use depending on what I want to do.

On this subject I am wondering does anyoen use pictures, even so if you do use a picture how to make relaistic Nor and Disp maps out of them.

- I usually grab textures I find on google images, but I am now trying to fully figure out how to utilize photoshop to use with my 3D app.


What I am looking for:

Full noob to pro type tutorials

Books to buy, maybe on Amazon


I have searched a lot, but I still cannot find a full tutorial so I can grasp the "basics", and reccomendation of books would really help.
monkeyCode
01-03-2006, 12:26 AM
Leight did a rather comprehensive writeup on texturing, that can be found here (http://www.onona3d.com/tutorials.htm)
Haker
01-03-2006, 01:00 AM
Leight did a rather comprehensive writeup on texturing, that can be found here (http://www.onona3d.com/tutorials.htm)

Thanks! This one is great, I can tell by this comment.

"Under absolutely no circumstances are you going to find how to make tack chrom surfaces or blue glass".
Glyptic
01-03-2006, 01:03 AM
http://66.70.170.53/Ryan/nrmphoto/nrmphoto.html

This might be interesting.
I'm new to PS also. Now working on making displacement maps for C4D.
Try changing your RGB images to Grayscale with Image>Mode. Tweak with Image>Adjustments. Filter>Blur>Gaussian will soften edges for nice rounded effects.
Lots to learn, but its a start.
What 3D app are you using?
Good luck. Feel free to post hints, tips, tutes.
cheers,
glyptic
Haker
01-03-2006, 02:16 AM
http://66.70.170.53/Ryan/nrmphoto/nrmphoto.html

This might be interesting.
I'm new to PS also. Now working on making displacement maps for C4D.
Try changing your RGB images to Grayscale with Image>Mode. Tweak with Image>Adjustments. Filter>Blur>Gaussian will soften edges for nice rounded effects.
Lots to learn, but its a start.
What 3D app are you using?
Good luck. Feel free to post hints, tips, tutes.
cheers,
glyptic

I am using Blender, 2.4 just came out.

Thx for the link, I think that is some of the best picture texturing I have seen.
Glyptic
01-03-2006, 12:44 PM
Hi, Haker,

Here is a real brain twister for creating normal maps. Maybe some of the concepts will be helpful to you.

http://members.shaw.ca/jimht03/normal.html

cheers,
glyptic
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