Tutorial: Hard Surface Texture Painting

[andrei313]

Well, you could make your own brush or try this: http://st.burst.cc/eninnew.rar
There are a lot of cool brushes at that link... I hope you can find what you are looking for there.

[Steppenwolf]

thats one excellent tutorial. very inspiring!

[Spetsnaz]

Another good spot to get PS brushes from is Photoshop Brushes

In particular, their Grunge, Grunge 2, and Scratches brushes are really good. Just gotta be careful to change the orientation of the texture so the same brush can be used more than once.

[child]

Awesome tutorial !

[DannyCon]

Ah thanks for the links

[Dennispls]

That is a great tutorial man
Good work

[eagle4]

if you want scratch and grunge brushes try google, type in "Free photoshop grunge brushes" without the "" and you'll ge t afew sites with a bunch of free scratch and grunge brushes



eagle4

[Stefan_Morrell]

good to see this tutorial was well recieved


here's an addition to the tut,about the brushes:

Photoshop Brushes:
first off..use a tablet!...if you have any interest in working in CG then a mouse just wont cut it,& once you use a tablet you'll know why
The dynamics options I use with Photoshop brushes are only available if your using a tablet.

if you select the 'Brush' tool,then hit F5 the brush pallete will open,this is more indepth than just selecting brushes as it will allow you to modify the shape,flow,scattering etc

I've started with a default 'chalk' brush & adjusted the scattering,you have a real time view of the brush shape,just play with those dials & you'll see how easy it is to modify the brushes into something unique.

[Pankake]

Aye, you can also check the 'Brush tip shape' tab for some more options, and most importantly the brush rotation dial, it alows you to rotate the brush if you're not getting the effect you want when paining in a certain direction, particularly good for scratches.

[Dennispls]

Originally Posted by YuriyXXX

I can get the occlusion to work in max.
BUT
I tried baking the texture to get an image file to use in ps as occlusion map, but I cant make it work. It comes out all black or all white.
I hope my problem makes sense.

Do you have overlaying areas on your uv map?
if so remove the overlapping areas on the uv and re render.
AO maps always need some adjustment afterwards depending on the complexity of your object.