Texturing Low Polygon Weapons in Photoshop [2013 MP4]

Texturing Low Polygon Weapons in Photoshop [2013 MP4]
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Category: Photography

While today’s game systems have made drastic improvements in terms of asset resolution, there are still limits. Sometimes creating texture maps for low resolution assets can be a challenge because less polygonal detail often means more detail that the texture artist has to come up with in their textures. This course goes over the process for painting both diffuse and specular maps for our low polygon game weapon. To start things out, we will dive in and begin to paint a base texture for many of the surfaces on the weapon. Whether it’s a tarnished metal surface or a painted surface, we will learn how to add texture in layers starting at the bottom. From here we’ll continue to add detail to our diffuse texture by painting things like scuffs and scratches followed by dirt. After completing the diffuse, we’ll move on to the specular map where we’ll learn how we can repurpose and modify some of our diffuse layers to map out the specular highlights on our weapon. To wrap things up we’ll learn how to flatten and save our texture maps out of Photoshop. After completing this course, you will have a fully textured game asset that is ready to be brought into your game engine.

Author: Eddie Russell
01. Introduction and project overview 01:23
02. Setting up a file to work in 10:50
03. Painting a base diffuse for the blade 11:49
04. Painting scuffs and scratches for the blade 12:00
05. Painting the base diffuse for the smaller blades 08:51
06. Scratching up the smaller blades 11:32
07. Painting a base texture for the gears on the axe 11:19
08. Scratching up the gear shapes 07:56
09. Adding a gem to the center of our gear shape 09:45
10. Adding texture with photographs 13:12
11. Painting the axe handle 11:45
12. Adding texture to metal surfaces of the handle 11:39
13. Painting a dirt pass 08:05
14. Making color corrections to textures 11:06
15. Bringing in our light map 04:14
16. Creating a specular map 11:37
17. Saving texture maps out of Photoshop 07:00
02:45:00 | English