Video Tutorials

[leigh]

Hmmm... I don't know of any painting tutorials in video format. I wanted to make some a while back, but the software for making timelapse videos slows down my computer so much that working becomes irritating.

However, there isn't really anything to "work out", it's really just a matter of understanding how texturing works (how the different attributes work - colour, spec, bump, reflection, etc), and then just... painting :shrug:

There are no real tricks or secrets to it, you just paint it the way you want it.

[DADDYGOODY]

Hi I know that but I cant seem to figure it out I have tried and tried but still no solution thats why I wanted a video tut on it step by step the tools to use and everything.
Also about recording videos try techsmith.com that what I use and it works great. it called camtasia studio.

[EricChadwick]

Here are a couple painting tutorials.

Painting a pre-lit head
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/resources/general/tutorials/HitmanDaz_Tut01/DigitalPainting.shtml

Photoshop paintings
http://div.dyndns.org/EK/tutorial/

Painting armor for a game character
http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/kingscastle/tute_1.htm

[EricChadwick]

There were some video painting tutorials made recently, and posted somewhere on polycount. Do a search in the forums.

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~polycount/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=2D+and+3D+Discussion&number=8

[DADDYGOODY]

I did a search for face painting painting tuts video tuts but nothing came up what else should I search for.

[EricChadwick]

Hmmm, I did a search for "painting video" and found this.

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/video-tut-list.shtml

I think this is what you might be looking for.

[DADDYGOODY]

Thanks Your The Best I am Going To Put Links To this all over the place.

[DADDYGOODY]

Okay I downloaded one of the tuts and this is what I have come up with so far how does it look remeber I am just a beginner.
http://www.123ezcd.com/face.jpg

[EricChadwick]

I would post this in the Focused Critiques forum, you're more likely to get solid feedback there.

[manfriday]

dont send the boy into the lions den with a steak stapled to his forehead! ;)

practice more buddy. Im no great texturing artist myself, but I would suggest developing your craft a bit more before subjecting yourself to the focused critiques forum.
heh. that's what im doing. practice practice practice.
When ya cant think of what else to do, then ask for guidance.
For talentless hacks like me that comes sooner rather than later. ;)

[DADDYGOODY]

Well I decided to do things the easy way by doing the image mapping in different sections. the only thing I cant figure out how to do is wrinkles on his forhead I would do it as a big crack but I ccant find any crack tuts on the interent.

[manfriday]

larry shultz has some video tutorials for sale..
I think the texturing tutorials were like 20 hours of matierial.
I think ya can get it for $150 right now.
you'll learn alot that way, but it costs money.

[EricChadwick]

DADDYGOODY, it might help you to look at this tutorial. I think your texture could use a good dose of color subtlety.

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56847

[DADDYGOODY]

Hi there manfriday can you get me a direct link to this material.
Hi posm I have read throught that tut and it helped alot on my mans beard.

[manfriday]

here ya go bro.

http://www.3dtrainingonline.com/professionalcharacterseries.html

[DADDYGOODY]

Yeah thats cool but I only saw one students gallery that was textured and it is not really all that great.

[manfriday]

well it is a student gallery after all.
If you are looking for some magic tutorial that will make you a good texturer you are gonna be looking around for a long time.
Tutorials can teach you the process, but ya still gotta practice your butt off to get good at anything ya want to do.
The thing to ask youself is this:
assuming that everyone who joined Larry's course started out at the same level as you are at right now.. compare the student work to your own work and ask yourself if you think they learned anything from the tutorials.
I would say the learned alot.
But, like I said.. it is the practice that will make you good at texturing and modeling.. not the tutorials.
As yet they don't have a "talent in a can" that you can just buy off the shelf. Ya gotta work on it.

[DADDYGOODY]

Thanks But How much are all of laryys tuts together.

[EricChadwick]

This tutorial link was posted in another thread. Well worth the download time.

http://www.cg-art.i12.com/text.htm

[DADDYGOODY]

Yeah I have seen it before but its for maya so I get stuck when I try to use it.

[manfriday]

Thanks But How much are all of laryys tuts together.

Well, what I would do is add up the number of training modules and multiply it by 150.
but hey that's just me.
IM crazy like that.

If you were feeling really saucy you caould email him and ask him about it.

[DADDYGOODY]

Thanks See u later Ill post an image of my finished charecter in the gallery finished.

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