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Quick And Dirty Tutorial - Random Star Technique to Hide Seams
In another thread http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2530533/#Comment_2530533 I mentioned that I use a different technique to remove seams from textures. This technique uses random star patterns cut out from the texture and moved over the seams to hide them. The eye can spot strong horizontal and vertical lines. So,… -
Re: Quick And Dirty Tutorial - Random Star Technique to Hide Seams
Haha! That's cool as hell man! Thanks so much for that! :D I totally wish I would have known about this back when I was still doing pixel art heavily! This would have saved me a LOT of grief! I'm not sure how much a diagonal line I could make at lower resolutions, but at moderate-res, which was the majority of work I did,… -
Re: Quick And Dirty Tutorial - Random Star Technique to Hide Seams
You're welcome. I used it extensively when I worked on PS2 games. -
Re: Quick And Dirty Tutorial - Random Star Technique to Hide Seams
It would work a bit but then you get into pattern recognition. With a tablet, I can tap-tap-tap very fast and create these random shapes. I also do a bit of rotation if I find an edge on the star is too close to horizontal or vertical. -
Re: Quick And Dirty Tutorial - Random Star Technique to Hide Seams
Nice tip, I'll give this a go soon! Have you ever tried this technique with a starshaped brush and the Clone Tool? Seems to me that would speed it up quite a bit.
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