Textures for Clothing

[Guest]

Does anyone have any tips or know where to find good fabrics for clothing rather than just google images?

 

Thank you in advance.

[Zquad1]

You can make really good textures by yourself if you know how to use paint programs like photoshop, Gimp or Paint.net it's all a matter of getting things to line up on the existing image, UVmap or Mesh, Lighting & shadows. But finding the right texture to use  hhmm  I always search for HD textures like type in HD Leather textures, or 4096 textures...  things like that but trying to find textures pre-made for a certain outfit... that's tough 

 

Here check this site out you can find tons of texture idea's from this site.

Texture resource Sites

 

[Guest]

You can make really good textures by yourself if you know how to use paint programs like photoshop, Gimp or Paint.net it's all a matter of getting things to line up on the existing image, UVmap or Mesh, Lighting & shadows. But finding the right texture to use  hhmm  I always search for HD textures like type in HD Leather textures, or 4096 textures...  things like that but trying to find textures pre-made for a certain outfit... that's tough 

 

Here check this site out you can find tons of texture idea's from this site.

Texture resource Sites

Thank you for the link. When you mean make your own textures, do mean by using just paintbrushes and custom patterns or also with imported images? Do you know of any tutorials because I cannot seem a real in-depth tutorial for clothing-related fabrics/textures?

 

Thank you again.

[Zquad1]

Yes you can make your own textures from scratch or you can use patterns to make textures especially custom ones, now there are Tons of tutorials out there but I have yet to find anything Skyrim specific & it all depends on the program you use & what your trying to make, now if your using an existing texture But want to add say a new mesh netting like say stockings just find a really good mesh texture you think would be fairly easy (for starters, nothing to intricate) to work with, then load it up in say Gimp, give the image an Alpha channel  "which gives the image or texture a transparent look" but not until you start erasing some of the back ground.

 

Then duplicate the image, & use either the "Select by Color Tool", "Fuzzy Tool", or the "Free select tool" & select the parts of the image you want deleted with one of those tools & then use the eraser tool, then do the same for the main texture you are going to alter Make a duplicate & erase the parts you want to replace then on the duplicate erase the parts you want to keep therefor when your done you can merge them together & it will come out looking as it should.

 

but man I'll tell ya most of this is done by trial & error play around with all the programs features, find out what they can do.. don't be afraid to screw up because frankly.... you "WILL" just make Back ups of your textures in case you have to start over.

 

There is SOOOO much to learn & I haven't even scrapped the surface myself.

 

Now is there something specific your trying to make??  perhaps Myself & (not trying to speak for others but perhaps others can chime in) to Offer help.

 

[Guest Mogie56]

If you have Photoshop you can take any cloth, leather, lace etc. photo (preferably HD for best results) and set it as a brush preset, then when using it you can adjust it's size to fit your needs. Mind you it being a brush it is whatever color you use. Alternatively if you have a pen/tablet (wacom) you can paint directly onto a mesh within 3DSMax using Viewport Canvas.

[Zquad1]

I gotta Ask Buddy what version of PS is that on??  I only have CS2 

[SunAddict]

I'm also trying to get better at texturing. It's much harder than I thought it would be.

If you're using GIMP, you can make some decent leathery textures by messing with the mosaic filter. There is also a clothify filter as well.

And not to hijack your thread, but if anyone has any tips for making realistic stitches, please let me know.

[Alecu]

www.textures.com but they are quite bare, you need to add shadows and deformations to them in another way..

[Kaz Aanh]

I usually go to google and type :

 

"X texture png" , "x texture resource"  , "x texture template"

 

Sometimes devianart has nice packs.

[Guest]

Yes you can make your own textures from scratch or you can use patterns to make textures especially custom ones, now there are Tons of tutorials out there but I have yet to find anything Skyrim specific & it all depends on the program you use & what your trying to make, now if your using an existing texture But want to add say a new mesh netting like say stockings just find a really good mesh texture you think would be fairly easy (for starters, nothing to intricate) to work with, then load it up in say Gimp, give the image an Alpha channel  "which gives the image or texture a transparent look" but not until you start erasing some of the back ground.

 

Then duplicate the image, & use either the "Select by Color Tool", "Fuzzy Tool", or the "Free select tool" & select the parts of the image you want deleted with one of those tools & then use the eraser tool, then do the same for the main texture you are going to alter Make a duplicate & erase the parts you want to replace then on the duplicate erase the parts you want to keep therefor when your done you can merge them together & it will come out looking as it should.

 

but man I'll tell ya most of this is done by trial & error play around with all the programs features, find out what they can do.. don't be afraid to screw up because frankly.... you "WILL" just make Back ups of your textures in case you have to start over.

 

There is SOOOO much to learn & I haven't even scrapped the surface myself.

 

Now is there something specific your trying to make??  perhaps Myself & (not trying to speak for others but perhaps others can chime in) to Offer help.

Thank you for the help. I do have PS CS5 and I am just having a difficult time getting the fabric/textures to actually look good on the mesh. I also have a difficult time getting it to line up so there are no seems because the textures are too small to span across the whole picture.

[Zquad1]

You  can always Scale the Picture, OR you can Stitch many copies of the same image together to make the image bigger it can be very tough though when you have a pattern that doesn't line up when stitching many copies together & can look horrid.

 

To make copies of the same image & stitch them together 1st. just duplicate the main image so that you don't end up stitching the texture onto the main image before you are ready.

2. use the erase tool & erase the image but not the layer then take the fabric your wanting to add but it's to small just paste it onto the erased layer.

3. then press on your keyboard Ctrl+C to copy then Press Ctrl+ V to paste the copy then use your move tool & adjust the copy to fit or line up with the fabric texture.

4. do this until you have filled in enough space to cover what needs covered for the Main texture.

5. then sync the copied fabric duplicates together then Merge the fabric onto the Main textures.

 

I know this sounds simple but really it's not, not trying to discourage you but it takes ALOT of patience, & time to get it right.

 

 

[Guest]

You  can always Scale the Picture, OR you can Stitch many copies of the same image together to make the image bigger it can be very tough though when you have a pattern that doesn't line up when stitching many copies together & can look horrid.

 

To make copies of the same image & stitch them together 1st. just duplicate the main image so that you don't end up stitching the texture onto the main image before you are ready.

2. use the erase tool & erase the image but not the layer then take the fabric your wanting to add but it's to small just paste it onto the erased layer.

3. then press on your keyboard Ctrl+C to copy then Press Ctrl+ V to paste the copy then use your move tool & adjust the copy to fit or line up with the fabric texture.

4. do this until you have filled in enough space to cover what needs covered for the Main texture.

5. then sync the copied fabric duplicates together then Merge the fabric onto the Main textures.

 

I know this sounds simple but really it's not, not trying to discourage you but it takes ALOT of patience, & time to get it right.

Yes, I've just started using stitch method about a week ago, and it is really difficult with intricate patterns