When it comes to 3D artwork, textures can make or break the realism of the finished product. This article offers five tips for squeezing the most mileage out of your texturing efforts. Although these tips will be relevant no matter what apps are in your toolkit, this article makes special mention of the popular seamless texture editor Genetica 1. When in doubt, add more detail Our brains are most at ease when they are flooded with more information than they could possibly process. In the natural world materials are covered with folds, cracks, blemishes, and grit. And no matter how close you look, more detail reveals itself all the way down to the microscopic level. Make no mistake, our brains filter most of this information out so that our conscious mind can focus on the important stuff. Nevertheless, experienced texture artists have noticed that...
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