This tutorial will cover the creation of next-gen textures......
Pray that hessi won`t read it! 
Apart from that your tut covers the very basic techniqes!
Nice stuff! Posted in the sticky member tutorials thread 
I almost wonder if that line was deliberate
Great tut. Thanks for taking the time on this, appreciated! You make it sound so easy. 
Yeah, I'm a communist :roll:
TIP: If you cannot afford Photoshop, you may find using freeware software named GIMP quiet useful. It supports similar features to Photoshop and most importantly it’s FREE.
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TIP: If you cannot afford Photoshop, you may find using open source software named GIMP quiet useful. It supports similar features to Photoshop and most importantly it’s FREE.
Because it isn't Freeware, but it's free as in freedom.
Anyhow, very nice tut. I didn't come up with the idea of coloring stuff (dumb me ^^)
The Gimp is both freeware and open source. The two definitions are not mutually exclusive.
Freeware means simply free of cost and unrestricted in usage/time. Tell me what there is about The Gimp that makes it fail to meet that definition. Nothing.
Everyone's so damn pedantic lately.
I shall be following this brilliant tutorial.
Here's my attempt.
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It could of been a lot better if I put a bit more time into it. Very good tutorial.
Alternative way would be to use a texture library. Although make sure that the texture reference in it is not tillable or “game ready”, otherwise your textures will look like a lot of textures in the games that used the same library.
Not really true, it doesn't matter if You use tileable texture or normal photo from public/paid library, if you won't edit it at all it will look like a texture from some other game where it has been done the same way, but if you edit it, it won't (just as you say here "...but modify it to suit your needs and personalize it.")
TIP: You can find some great texture reference on CGTexture.com.
Typo cgtextures, you could mention imageafter, mayang, env-tex in there too, these are good sources as well.
Overally, Good work.
Oh man, how have I never found that cgtextures site before. I've used all the others, but that one is amazing. Woulda really helped in some textures I was making recently too, d'oh.
CGTextures is the best source for textures. I use it all the time.
CGTextures is the only true online texture library. Someone help this guy, seriously!
Don't forget Environment-Textures.com, nobody else got texture resolution that high (12Mpix). This site is paid, but what's 10$ for 35 000 photos
ah but cg textures is free ;D
I used to use envtextures but some of the photos are horribly grainy
and method, thanks dude - some nifty tricks there, namely match colour (never used it before, always used layer masks for colour tweaking) and the high pass - not sure if it would make some stuff look _too_ sharp but it adds a nice touch without damaging the texture too much
Quote from KIIIAPray that hessi won`t read it!
Apart from that your tut covers the very basic techniqes!
what makes a texture next gen ? the resolution the compression the color palette ? ... if i may ask
I don't seem to have match colour, what version of photoshop are you running meth? Also tbf, I agree with Warby, this tutorial isn't really showing the creation of next gen/whatever we're calling it now textures (no guide on bump/spec maps/illum maps)
I still think it may have been a joke based on the content of the thread this tutorial came out of
Quote from spacerI don't seem to have match colour, what version of photoshop are you running meth?
9 probably
Quote from KIIIAPray that hessi won`t read it!
Apart from that your tut covers the very basic techniqes!
Quote from WarbyPray that hessi won`t read it!
Apart from that your tut covers the very basic techniqes!
what makes a texture next gen ? the resolution the compression the color palette ? ... if i may ask
thx warby. this is exactly what i think! why is this "next gen" when i see the tutorial it is using the same tools i used years before and i didn't call it next gen. ;0
though it is nice that people contribute tutorials. thx for that. i really appreciate that kind of work!
I'd like a good method for making the normal map and specular map for the same piece of texture?
that way you can keep the "next gen" name 
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