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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. …
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raw plant texture material
just stumpled upon this massive raw plant material site. great for experimental 3d studies.
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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 …
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texture world
another place to stop by when looking for textures: texture world. they have a good collection of grass textures (seamless!).
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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.
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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