Category Archives: Texturing

different ways to create a field of grass

there are many ways to create a field of grass in 3dsmax, the method you choose is depending on how you want to look it like – here’s a very short list of some workflows to achieve convincing results. …

Posted in Rendering, Texturing, Tricks | Leave a comment

raw plant texture material

just stumpled upon this massive raw plant material site. great for experimental 3d studies.

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

texture generation with genetica

spiralgraphics’ genetica is an impressive seamless texture generator. after fiddling around for about a minute, i did understand the concept and was able to generate high quality textures in most useful variations for my 3d package. the pro version …

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

texture world

another place to stop by when looking for textures: texture world. they have a good collection of grass textures (seamless!).

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

simple wireframe shader for mental ray

david lanier gives aways a free mental ray based shader to create simple wireframe effects. you can set the thickness of the wires and the two colors along with the triangles and quads.

Posted in Texturing | 1 Comment

mayang’s free textures

quite a lot of free material at mayang’s free textures website, mixed quality level. but hey, it’s for free so don’t moan about it.

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

fancy material libs for vray and mental ray

the minnesota max user group shares some tasty material libs free of charge for anybody. as they tell you to "share them with other max junkies", that’s exactly what i’m going to do here now: material libs for vray …

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

first volume of simian vray architectural materials

an interesting collection of five vray based architectural material shaders for 3dsmax. according to simian, each material has been meticulously designed to allow professionals and newcomers alike the ability to produce stunning imagery with ease. sounds promising, especially the …

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

total textures: a great collection

another great texture collection we decided to license in full range: the total textures presented by the guys from 3dtotal.com. a nicely handcrafted collection of material you can really use and which you’ll love for sure.

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment

dosch textures and hdri collection

we acquired a large part of the dosch texture and hdri collection and we can confirm that the quality really stands out in comparison to many other collections available on the market. especially the resolution of the material is …

Posted in Texturing | Leave a comment