Texture help

razzta91

Hey

Right now im have decided to work on my texture skills. They are pretty bad right now.
I have modelled a chair and im about to texture it, and I have found a reference


My questions is, how to get the texture on the legs like the ones on the images?
I have tried to blend (dont work), then I tried to use at images (dont work), so I hope you guys would like to help me with some tips and tricks?

Fwap

Post what you tried and what didn't work so we have some sort of base to help you move in the right direction.

I assume you are trying to get the worn paint look?

razzta91

The first images is blending

The second images is erasing


yeah its the worn paint look im looking for

ZacD

First off the wood grain should follow up the legs, they are going perpendicular.

The color gets less saturated in the more worn areas like the legs.

Creating good textures involves a lot of painting, you can't just rely on overlays.

razzta91

Okay, I have tried to just go for it and this is what I have done.


how does it looks?

Fwap

what ZacD said about the direction of the wood grain.

A technique i use when doing worn paint on different surfaces is to use the magic tool in PS with a low tolerance i used between 4 and 6 in the paint over. select on the wood grain layer, and on a new layer paint in a solid colour. use blending modes, saturation or what have you to get the feel right.

Basically i had 2 layers here for the paint, one more of a stained wood, from where the paint is all but gone but its pigment remained and then a layer where the paint was still there.

your source texture for the wood grain, is a bit blurry too, i assumed to up scaled it here. get a better resolution source texture for better results.

razzta91

I dont understand how the magic tool works?

I choosed to use 4 in tolerance, but when I add a new layer and fill it with a solid red it looks weird.

razzta91

and I dont know why it is so blurry, is it something with the texture?

Fwap

try duplicating and merging your AO and diffuse layers, for what i can see the magic tool is selecting everything because of the source texture. the AO will add constraints to the magic tool.

Also try desaturate the duplicated layer, and play around with the magic tools values.

razzta91

it works when I duplicate my AO

Now I just have to tweak it

thank you.

but I still dont get why it is so blurry?