bink video. you make your texture map, set the material to masked, add the .bik file to your material, plug it and the mask to a multiply node and plug it to diffuse (if the tv frame is black. that works easier).
Rc-1290, those are not necessarily normal map seams. I think they are diffuse map seams, that`s why are less obvious. I`d be happy if i could hide my seams that well again.
-paint a 'texture'. -make it 100% fullbright diffuse texture -apply to plane -render from orthogonal view. Or you could just start a parralel 'open for all' thread for 2d artists, sort of like this thread.
Poseidon It was quite tricky. I have turned around the model and did screenshots in many angles with diffuse and normal map shader. All done in zBrush. Finally combined the screenshots directly in the texture, manually in Photoshop.
The detailing seems really nice, i always struggle in assets with the resolution especially the ornaments...If you only use a normal map,do the ornaments have low detail and you cover it up with the diffuse/AO?
If you want the truest representation of your diffuse colors then you should use Flat Color. Most of the other materials will overlay artificial shadows, highlights, colors, and other effects like specularity, reflectivity, etc.
very nice! it would look better if you put some variation on a specular map. No need to add detail to the diffuse. Only specular to make it look a little lived in. Right now, it looks too perfect.
Don't be afraid to put extra triangles in your gun. If that is meant to be for a first person view. The handle appears to be a diffuse texture with built in grip. Separate the color of the grip from the surface detail. Make a normal map for that.
Copy the diffuse map and rename it as alpha. Select all the windows and add a value somewhere between dark grey and white (semi transparency). Invert the selection and make everything else pure white (fully opaque).
i think it was 1500k triangles. texture size was 768 diffuse and spec, 1024 normal, 384 decal. weird i know, but thats what they asked for when i did it like 5 years ago.