How to Create Textures From Scratch!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- A Tutorial on How to Create your own Textures! Everything from Lighting and Shooting them, to Tiling and Alpha Masking!
What you need:
• a Camera or Phone
• Basic Editing Software
• This Super Awesome Tutorial! :D
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"Don't shoot any textures in the sunlight". I seem to have an advantage... I live in the UK, where sun is only visible every leap year ;)
really?? didn't know that. I searched on internet but I didn't find any information about it.
Ha ha I have it better I live in Ireland
Guys, us brits often use sarcasm because we have nothing better to do with our boring lives than confuse you for a few valuable seconds... don't ever visit this island, it's shit
RaGeX clan Well said, sir!
Hopefully it is better than USA. Too much dumb shit going on.
In Gimp, the offset tool is in Layer > Transform (a much more logical placement IMHO)
thanks, will remember =)
thanks! free software ftw
I feel like your voice just epically deepened when you came to the computer xD
Because he's closer to the microphone.
He might've used a modifier on his mic
@@miamiviceclips3867 I agree. If you are outside your voice can escape to the whole world. Inside and in front of a microphone causes your voice to sound more accurate.
@@64Modder No, he tried to be louder when he was outside. And while trying to do that he raised the pitch in his voice.
The microphone on his computer has a more dynamic response range so it's picking up more tones of his voice then the camera he used out in the field.
Plot twist: he was actually filming in green screen and the entire forest are CGI
When photographing leaf and grass textures I usually place them on a piece of black coloured paper. For me it makes it better to select the black areas and convert them to alpha textures. Good tutorial!! I enjoyed your weird enthusiasm.
Very entertaining. I like that you say "if you don't know what it is, look it up". LoL. Not here to teach basic photography. Love it
We need more upbeat tutorials like this, too many monotone boring ones out there lol good info but makes me want to change the video or fall asleep, I need more of this in my life lol thanks
the way this guy acts is pretty interesting and carefree. most of the time my mind will roam elsewhere but this is engaging
Before 6 years : Cg Geek PERFECT!
After 6 years : CG GOD!
Brief + Technical + Funny. All the elements of a superb training campaign. And next time you go out venturing on your own in the woods, take the AR-15 with you.
"I'm not complaining, but I'm complaining" - got a laugh out of me. Great video, thanks and keep up the humour. :)
I'm super confused as to how you're recording yourself taking a picture of the leaf at 6:27 when both your hands are occupied? Your right hand is holding the camera and your left hand is holding the leaf. CG Geek third arm confirmed?
TheFOURofUS lol! Camera was on a tripod, one hand on the camera, the other on the leaf. ;)
There is a third appendage he could be very talented at using. XD
So when getting textures for Unity or Unreal Engine going out there to take pictures with a camera is the way to go? That awesome. Now I have a much easier way of understanding on how Game designers do their jobs. Game Designing looks more fun to me now.
I'm not a professional, but regarding the seam removal. You're using soft brush crop tool, which means you either don't entirely remove the seam or create new seam with the brush at the edges. Therefore you need to do another offset and remove what's left. Of course if first offset was 1/2 of the size, another one needs to have different values.
I think this is my favorite cg video i have come across so far :)
I think this was a really good vid. I appreciate all the work that must have gone into filming the woods section and then the blender tutorial in it of itself. The outdoor filming had a looser feel which made the video entertaining as well as informative. Thank you for this.
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. I'm just starting out with Blender and Gimp, and am learning a LOT from your tutorials. Subscribed.
I like that you took the effort to make a really practical video like this one!
CG Geek
Nice tutorial. I did manual conversions to tiling textures like this a few times, but then I discovered the seamless filter in GIMP. I don't know if there is a PS equivalent (I only use open source software), but I have found the Filters->Map->Make Seamless feature in GIMP to work quite well and it is completely automated so it only takes a few seconds.
If the option is not there on a fresh GIMP install, an additional plugin may need to be downloaded. Its all installed automatically on Linux but windows/mac might be different. If so, it is not difficult to add the feature, just google it.
Never disappointed with CG Geek tutorials. Thanks.
Finally tiling and transparency settings within Blender explained. This tut was very helpful! Thanks!
the young CG GEEK
6:28 I imagine a guy with a head in a shape of a camera is making this picture :3
+Ninjin he makes a Picture with a camera, on that a camera makes a Picture :) Cameraception.
ThunderWork Studio u
It's crazy that your average person knows so little about modeling when it's such a massive wealth of information. It touches from photography, to cinematography. But starts with art and design. And those are just the base skills you need to have. Before anything you need to have an imagination and a thirst for knowledge. But once you've mastered the virtual space, anything you do in life will help with it. If you're a roofer, your modeled roofs will be on fleet. If you're a doctor, you anatomical knowledge would be second to none. It's really a craft worthy of the utmost respect.
But no one pays any attention to it, instead they worship someone who can throw a ball accurately over fifty yards. I prefer knowledgeable ability to athletic ability any day. If there was speed modeling contest where judges watched two or more artists compete to make the best piece I'd watch it. Like they'd receive a random category like dark dungeon, or grassy meadow, then they just have to go at it as fast as they can. 10-60 minute matches depending on the works. Something needs to divert attention to the industry, 'cause it's so much more than an industry. But that's what they consider us. It's an art form. We''re more than just lanky nerds sitting at computers. The vision needed for it is worth competing for and further developing. We need more pathways for aspiring artists to become noticed through competition with their peers.
This video is not just informative, but -very- entertaining too (talking about the part in the woods here). You got some entertainer qualities there! :D
I learned more about creating textures in the last 20 minutes than I did in the previous 20 years.
One thing i've found to make capturing small objects in the wild is to take a small piece of chroma key blue.
Even a blue poster board helps.
It makes editing everything out much much easier.
Very nicely done video.
your voice sounds totally different when you hop on Photoshop XD
This was super helpful, and just what I was looking for! Funny too ;-) Excellent work
i am not complaining but i am complaining ~ CG Geek
lmao XD
Classic! xD
Lool
I love the vibe in this guy :D
The select subject feature of photoshop cc really helps...
Texture, texture, texture textur, texture x999
Great tutorial btw. Very entertaining
Nice Tutorial ! Thank you for ticks to play with Textures
Dear sir,
I will have to thank you kindly for giving me an advantage over my peers at college as I will be working on a 3D environment project very soon and this video will help me to understand more interesting tools to use in Photoshop. I do alot of textures myself from scratch but painted, not images edited, I even painted a brick wall that came out very nicely which I would show if I could. Lucky I got a camera of my own so when I get the chance, I will go and take some snaps myself.
How did it go?
@@imdone8243 2 Years happened and still no response lol
Ur hilarious! Love the vid and ur style of silliness! Good watch.
One thing, with ur camera settings, iso really wants to be a lot lower. Get urself a stable tripod (like the one ur video camera is on i guess) ;) and decrease shutter speed to let more light in.
Also, hope ur shooting in at least 10bit raw :D
This is realy easy. I thought textures are hard to make, but it's actualy not. Thanks man, great video.
Haha informative and funny. Full of personality. Good video fella!
hey steve please please please make a specific tutorial video for PBR means how to use it and what is ment for what just explain that to us in one video for total beginer and every thing about pbr by the way love your content (love from India)
Great video - Yes, this is just another piece of fan mail; sorry :-/ - and EXACTLY the info I was looking for. Detailed and accurate, with the bonus of being friendly and funny. But then, you know all this, ha. Super helpful. Many thanks!
This video was on my to-do list to find. All is well. ^^ Thanks, CG_G!
That shirt totally delivered. Absolutely entertaining and informative video. Thumbs Up!
Your videos are the best..do you have any explaining bump mps and stuff?
Nice tut! Thanks for all these infos. Will definately take picture in a different way next time!
Great tutorial i was looking for
Great video in every way! Well presented, clear and concise, and delivers on the title. Thanks man.
Another thing that helps with the depth of field problem is to used a camera with a smaller sensor. Full frame cameras produce a shallower depth of field than anything with a cropped frame sensor. That's why cellphones and GoPros have everything in focus.
It really helps with the cloning step if you lower the opacity of the brush a bit.
+CG Geek
I have that shirt :D
Jakeofthunder Really!? Haha
+STR4P4Zi3 You could and it might be easier to cut out in photoshop but you will lose a lot of light information in comparison to shooting in RAW with your camera. It all depends on the amount of control you want over your image.
I have that shirt too :D
So do I :P
Haha I guess there is much awesome out there! ;)
I like this guy.
Thanks Alot It really helped me out awesome tutorials always. Keep up the good work!
Steve, To create a Tilable Texture I have always made the canvas 2x in both directions, Then mirrored the lower left corner (The original Image) both vertically and Then horizontally and Then mirrored the right lower quadrant vertically To create 4 quadrants of The same Image. This way The seams are seamless. (no? have You tried to do it This way?) great Tutorial. Thx.
+Randy Sanders Thanks for the information! Yes I have done it this way as well, they both end up having similar results in my experience though. :)
@@CGGeek the mirroring method would be 100% seamless though, using the clone tool thing seems prone to error
The rock texture looks like japan when tiled lol.
Anyways this is a very informative tutorial! Thanks
+CG Geek Thanks for the tutorial ! I tried to make textures before but I didn't know of the offset.
Big foot confirmed!
Very nice tutorial and most important that was fun :-). And some ps instructions ... I really apreciate this and maybe on the future you will do more ps tuts...
"I'm not gonna show you how to do the bump map, normal map, and all the other things..." ARG. That's what I wanted to know!
yes me too
@@nolhanhuot-duval6007 If you watch some other tutorials on those subjects the process is pretty similar. You take a copy of the image in photoshop and adjust the levels in black and white then input that B&W image into the reflection node in the shading tab.
Man, that forest is really beautiful :D
Hello,thank you for your tutorials
I have a question.Would you make tutorial about realistic head modeling with realistic textures(projection paintings)?
Is he drunk? )
maybe
humor sense...
typical nerd from my school
lol I thought the same thing :D
@@elsamp yes and hes making creative things on a daily basis what about you? you are here looking for tips so give him some respect you fucking idiot.
I just love nature, nothing like making your own thing
These are really good, informative videos you have here. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for sharing man. Really useful stuff!
0:29 Hmm is it a chicken or a girl screaming?
You are funny and AWESOME!
Subscribed and liked! :D
maybe in the way of 1 million subs
Nice video man!!! Thanks
Yes!! This is what Awesome looks like!! I wondered that I didn't get an email for your newest vid. :)
UltronHacker00 Haha Thanks Man! :)
Das Video ist super! Werde das sofort ausprobieren (den Video-Teil nach dem Photoshop:) ). Vielen Dank!
For when you had to divide the texture size in half in photoshop, you can use the percentage option and set it to 50% instead of using a calculator especially if your result will be a non-integer.
Fuzzy brush = soft brush (I'm going to assume)
Thanks for the info on shooting the textures. I am confused why it was necessary to divide the rock texture into quadrants & use the clone stamp though. Why couldn't you just make the area square as you did and adjust the brightness/contrast without the clone stamp? Thanks.
Man! You're incredible. ❤🎮💡🏝🎹
Once you tile it in photoshop, you can quickly test how well it tiles by turning it into a pattern and doing a fill on a new image with that pattern
Always great content. Thanks to all, who take their time to upload, and share their trade secrets. It is much appreciated.
I take these pictures with a phone (vivoy69) it's camera is good. While shooting things like leaf and small plants i use a black background so that i can add transparency by contrast difference....(or something). This tutorial is very good because in most CG tuts are lazy kind of.......
i like your videos is educational and me to i like the 3d graphiks a lot thanks for the leson pro i hope make more tutorial hapy new year i wish you and i hope this lock dow is over see you
The appropriate focal length depends of the sensor size, it's note the same in all cameras.
Thank you for this tutorial, it will be very useful :)
Thanks for this, great tutorial.
Good tut! I like it!
I thought this is a serious tutorial... until i saw you taking the photo of the leave while in your hand... Than it all made sense :-). A comedy :-).
Instead of "cranking" the ISO increase the shutter speed. That doesn't add any noise at least.
Thank you so much! Cool tutorials!
I was wondering, how can I personalise a tree leaves and trunk? Thanks a lot for this video!!
Hello, thanks for the tutorial, been trying to find something like this; however, whether you can or not, would it be possible for you to make a video relating to the process of unwrapping a texture / image? Like a coke can, or the brazuca football? If you could, that would be great!
I'm not really sure this is what awesome actually looks like.
Thank you I will use this in blender for ps1 style graphics!
And here I thought you would be shooting in RAW to preserve as much details as possible but no, JPG. By the way, why didn't you just put the image you took in the video? that way we could have seen how each of them looked?
By the way, for those out there the ISO in a camera is how much light is being allowed in the lens of the camera.
Good vid. It wasnt what I was expecting.
Very useful, thak you for this tutorial
great tut! :-)
do you even lift?
Had a feeling when I was reviewing my pics zoomed in....the sun messed them up....thanks a bunch
I went out and shot some textures with my phone but they did not turn out all that grate because it was getting dark is there any way to shoot textures in a controlled environment for example in a work office/room. If there is willl you please make a tutorial on how to do it.
you should mention color checker ,that is great tool to get right colors
also when creating a rock you tile around a surface not flat out on a plane so the tiling is less apparent 19:33 Great tutorial Thanks!
Drink everytime he says "texture" lol
Best challenge :D
:-D after this challenge I throw up weird texture. ops!
@Arepas Are you out of rehab yet?
@@letsgoBrandon204 great, you brought me back to this video now im having a relapse after watching it again
I love this host :~)) such a lovely personality
what kind of specs are important to consider when looking for a camera and lenses for texture hunting?
I often use my scanner for gras and leaves because it automaticly gives a texture without distortion and a smooth and even light setting...
Awesome, im going out now to take some Pics. Thanks
Glad you found it helpful!
cool mate
i love you're video and you are funny a very informative, simple but damn effective! kudos! subs!