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[Kablammo11]

Greetings. Time to have an in depth view at terrain textures... at least that's what pingzing2 thought when he asked me to a few more details about my already extensive body of work surrounding textures. He wanted to learn more about how to find, create, improve and use textures. 

I let him talk me into what follows. 

 

 

5 clips. Watch them all in a sequence and in HD for the full benefit.

Requires basic knowledge in Unity and Photoshop (or similar graphics software). Click on the links or the vimeo logo to get a full 720p version.

 

 

 

https://vimeo.com/138724939

 

https://vimeo.com/138734590

 

https://vimeo.com/138724935

 

I will be available to answer questions all week, but I'd rather nobody asked any. Others, feel free to contribute your own textures insights, my own workflow is by no means the only possible one, let alone in any way the best one.

[NoPutt]

I very much enjoyed "Return of the Textures", a sequel

unmatched in video history. The Attack of the Clone Brush

was my favorite part. Watching our hero mirror and rotate his

way through the seamless terrain had me on the edge 

of my seat. Spielberg would be envious, Hitchcock would be horrfied,

and DeMille would be astounded. Bravo !

Thanks K11, great Tut.

[J.H.Buchanan]

Thank you for this presentation - This gentleman is quite interesting to listen to and watching these videos should be on your bucket list. You can also learn some stuff about Unity and Photoshop and enjoy this persons sense of humor which makes the videos pleasant to absorb as you grasp the concept of using your own textures if you so desire.

[pingzing]

Been waiting for this special treat, and yes this gentleman is  quite interesting to listen to, love his personality too, cant thank him enough for all his help and taking the time to for the community. You know we ask and he replies. he is a rare and rough diamond

 

I can watch the videos now  and leave him alone in the Bat Cave- maybe his first name is Robin or Bruce - thats a mystery ?

and when we need help we call out or send the bat signal 

 

PS Thanks Mate for Map of Down under too

 

Thank you oh Gracious  and humble one 

Ka Boom   Ka Pow

 

Stephen

[Kablammo11]

Gosh, what a freak I must be.

 

New Texture: Wet Beach Sand, concocted by methods explained above. Source region: The Sahara Desert.

 

[pingzing]

Cheers  k11, watched the tuts mate, trying to learn photoshop on the fly with your videos, very frustrating trying to follow you along and not knowing ps i get lost and how did he do that, so off the youtube and google to find out, spent hours and cursing but must be patient.

 

Slowly slowly, 

 

Thanks very much mate ( Mr Bruce ) for your ongoing help buddy, much respect to you 

 

Stephen

[J.H.Buchanan]

Cheers  k11, watched the tuts mate, trying to learn photoshop on the fly with your videos, very frustrating trying to follow you along and not knowing ps i get lost and how did he do that, so off the youtube and google to find out, spent hours and cursing but must be patient.

 

Slowly slowly, 

 

Thanks very much mate ( Mr Bruce ) for your ongoing help buddy, much respect to you 

 

Stephen

Seems like Photoshop is a monthly fee now what do you think about that - seems the internet hates it - after you have it for 3 years your still spending 20 a month so ya got $720 into it after 3 years.  Everyone dies ya can buy life insurance for $20 a month that covers what .. $50,000 dollars ...

[IanK]

Gimp is a very good free alternative to Photoshop.

[J.H.Buchanan]

Ok I just downloaded Gimp 2.8.1 or whatever is was AND the help file in ENGLISH !!!!  Thanks Champ 

[M Rose]

Do you guys have a file format of choice that you recommend for textures?

[Kablammo11]

.psd with alpha channel for billboards and Unity tree creator foliage

.tga for CF shaders

.jpgs for everything else