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   Reply by Mark Dygert · Dec 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   Isn't Mass Effect a Sci-Fi game for the 360? You'll run into a few problems trying to paint "next gen" textures by hand. The final textures you see in screenshots and in-game, are actually a few textures stacked on top of each other. Normal map, spec map, defuse, map there could be a procedural pass in there too. So are…

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   Topic by EmJaeR · Dec 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   Hey im trying to find a good photoshop tutorial on how to paiont realistic / fantasy armor ( kinda like Mass Effect) if you know of any please post thank you

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   Reply by kongni · Jan 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   Hey Vig, or anyone else> Does anyone have any tutorials for 'next gen' metal texturing?

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   Reply by aesir · Dec 2006 · Home› General Discussion

   Well, all you really need to know for doing that is how to texture a good metal texture, so read these tutorials. http://st.burst.cc/tutorials.htm

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   Reply by diZzyWalnut · Jan 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   here's some idea for " next gen" try to combine them with Vig's links ( tutos): http://crystalcore.svanfeldt.com/tikiwiki/tiki-print_article.php?articleId=2 http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=483 http://www.mapping-tutorials.de/forum/showthread.php?t=166…

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   Reply by Mark Dygert · Jan 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   I wouldn't leave out all the shadow detail, a nice subtle Global Illumination light/shadow bake does wonders for believability, It also helps create a tiny bit of Ambient Occlusion. Of course faking this detail by hand is tricky but can also pay off in nice ways. There is a trend in the industry among artists to forsake…

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   Reply by kongni · Jan 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   AWEsome! Thanks DizzyWalnut! Right now I'm using an ambient occlusion bake from the high res geometry along with the color texture information. It makes a HUGE difference. I couldn't imagine why you wouldn't want to use it at least as a good starter layer for your color map. I've also been experimenting with using color in…

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   Reply by kongni · Jan 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   Thanks for the fast reply rick I'll take a look at the tuts above and leave out the shadow information. Any other metal tuts would be greatly appreciated

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   Reply by Rick Stirling · Jan 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   It's mostly shader based - a base colour, a shininess and a reflection.