Tiling Texture Creation 101
polycounter lvl 18
Hey guys,
Just wanted to share with you all a video tutorial I did for creating tiling textures and normal maps using ZBrush.
The video can be found here: http://www.cg-tube.com
Runtime: 1:30:00
Skill level: Beginnerish
It's a bit long... But covers the entire process i used to create the texture in the example.
CG-Tube.com is a website I just started dedicated to sharing techniques and resources with artists who are trying to learn processes we use in the industry, and to share tips/tricks/resources among professionals.
This is the first video tutorial, so all your feedback is important! I'd like to be able to provide the most helpful information (either by doing tutorials like the one currently posted on the site, or by having my peers or any other interested parties sharing their techniques.)
The site is still a WIP and is very simple... which I'd like it to stay that way.
The videos and resources that will be posted there are absolutely free. I'll also provide the final textures and models created during the tutorials for people to use however they'd like.
If there's one thing I've learned from being part of the Polycount community, it's that sharing is caring. Polycount has been around for as long as I can remember in various forms, and the goal has always been the same... share your shit. I'd like the CG-Tube.com project to continue that, but focus on education.
This is the first of many tutorials I hope to put on the site. Let me know what you think! If you're interested in becoming a part of the project, shoot me a message!
Thanks guys,
Don
There are no memberships required to view or use the content.
The video will stream using flash and is at 1080p resolution... even though the quality of the capture isn't too great at times... The video currently ways in at 2 gig... if anyone has any problem watching the thing for any reason let me know and I'll fix it... This is kind of a test run here.
Lots of stuff planned for the site, so please send us your ideas, we're doing this for you... so if you want to see a particular video tutorial on something, or a feature for the site, let us know.
also please mail your comments to dons@envartist.com until we get our mail situation figured out. Or post them here to share with the group.
Just wanted to share with you all a video tutorial I did for creating tiling textures and normal maps using ZBrush.
The video can be found here: http://www.cg-tube.com
Runtime: 1:30:00
Skill level: Beginnerish
It's a bit long... But covers the entire process i used to create the texture in the example.
CG-Tube.com is a website I just started dedicated to sharing techniques and resources with artists who are trying to learn processes we use in the industry, and to share tips/tricks/resources among professionals.
This is the first video tutorial, so all your feedback is important! I'd like to be able to provide the most helpful information (either by doing tutorials like the one currently posted on the site, or by having my peers or any other interested parties sharing their techniques.)
The site is still a WIP and is very simple... which I'd like it to stay that way.
The videos and resources that will be posted there are absolutely free. I'll also provide the final textures and models created during the tutorials for people to use however they'd like.
If there's one thing I've learned from being part of the Polycount community, it's that sharing is caring. Polycount has been around for as long as I can remember in various forms, and the goal has always been the same... share your shit. I'd like the CG-Tube.com project to continue that, but focus on education.
This is the first of many tutorials I hope to put on the site. Let me know what you think! If you're interested in becoming a part of the project, shoot me a message!
Thanks guys,
Don
There are no memberships required to view or use the content.
The video will stream using flash and is at 1080p resolution... even though the quality of the capture isn't too great at times... The video currently ways in at 2 gig... if anyone has any problem watching the thing for any reason let me know and I'll fix it... This is kind of a test run here
.Lots of stuff planned for the site, so please send us your ideas, we're doing this for you... so if you want to see a particular video tutorial on something, or a feature for the site, let us know.
also please mail your comments to dons@envartist.com until we get our mail situation figured out. Or post them here to share with the group
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also yes, saving to harddrive would be awesome...
here in germany streming is really slow though
It looks like you've made this page yourself. If so, no offense, but you need to scrap it and start over.
If I were you, I would install Wordpress on my server and purchase a custom theme. There are some great themes over at Elegant Themes that are cheap that you could use (and modify the graphics for) to give your site a ton of usability and a nice look to boot. Plus, it will make your site really easy to update and maintain.
These two aren't half bad for what I'm thinking: http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/evid/ and http://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/grungemag/
EDIT: This one is semi interesting as well: http://www.wordpressthemes.com/themes/magazinum-by-wpzoom/
Also a download link would be really nice
should let people choose resolution or just make it 720p. would shave down the file size by quite a bit.
@stradigos - none taken. however the site currently doesn't need a bunch of functionality simply because there's not a bunch of stuff on it. The site design will change once we have more to show... i have about 30 different template's and layouts here kicking around ideas. I was thinking the same thing "this site sucks"... but before i throw out a huge page with buttons and links and check boxes to a bunch of stuff that doesn't work... i thought i'd get everyones feedback on what they would want from a site like this. But you're absolutely right, the site needs a lot of work.
@login issue - There's no register button, because there's no reason to register ATM... you don't need to sign in to view the content... And we're still working on the backend for the site.
as for downloadable versions of the videos... I'll get a version up that is d/l friendly...
i'll also make a 720P and a "standard" def version
thanks for the feedback duders!
May want to check other videos on youtube or just some regular quality music that you can reference with and bring that audio up.
EDIT: Sorry, didn't finish my sentence, lol.
I wonder what other people would think about streaming your video's in DivX? It probably wouldn't matter.
@Kawe: eww, not good... i'll check the sound here at work and i'll do another pass on it! Thanks!
I'm following exactly what you are doing, however, when I subdivide the model into ZBrush, the bricks changes into pills, which is logic because of the edges.
I may have missed an important step that you didn't show (I'm watching the video without the sound, can't have sound until I'm back home).
If yes, may I know what that step is, please ?
Thank you in advance and thanks for this tutorial.
nfrrtycmpix > Well, if you say it, I guess that's enough, I'm an isolated case that just couldn't have audio for a certain time.
But, yeah, adding it visually would prevent some stupid questions like mine.
Oniram: yeah, with the feedback, I was going to spend a lot of time reworking the editing. Glad you found some of it useful... I'll give it another once-over and try to take out a good chunk of time where I can. Thanks man...
This feedback is amazingly helpful, and it will really help in the upcoming videos I plan to do, as well as editing videos when the come in from other artists!
Cheers!
Ya, I downloaded the 2GB video and it was a little too long and I ended up just scrolling by it. There was one part that seemed interesting though.
If I were you I'd try to plan ahead and maybe break it down into 10-15min "chapters"... or even shorter if possible. Each chapter should also get to a point where it's like.. "this is what I wanted ti show you, get it?"
Oh... and I have a request for a tutorial. I'd like to see one on mountains. Always wondered what a mountain in a game consists of. Heh.
I'm going to break the tutorials up into parts... and make them more clear and focused.
each video will be 15-20 min with an option to d/l the entire video
http://www.cg-tube.com/VT001.php
the current front page is broken (after getting feedback on the lameness of the site layout/design/functionality) I feel it's necessary to get this fixed asap...
"why is this dude posting a site that isn't even made yet... it's broken, and doesn't have any content... wtf?"
But basically, this is a project i've wanted to do for a while now... but never really had the modivation until recently. I've had a lot of free time and a strong passion to do this website for a while...
Unfortunately, I'm doing it all myself at the moment, and without a team of people to bounce ideas off of, I'm looking to you guys for that. You're sort of like a dev-team in that respect. Things are going to be moving slowly, but eventually I hope to build this thing into something really useful. Your feedback is already pointing me in a much better direction!
Thanks again for your feedback and continued support while I build this here website.
@Kawe, as for the mountain tutorial - Great suggestion! I didn't have anything planned for the next video. I think I'll do that. Luckily, i've spent a great deal of time doing organic terrain for most of the projects i've worked on!
Cool deal guys, thanks again
Don