I''ve read all these tutorials where artists tell you not to use filters. Some say they are evil and shouldn''t ever be used, others say use sparingly. I''m mainly a programmer, and here are my 2 ways of making textures: 1) Add noise. Play with filters and layers until it looks nice. Save. 2) Go out and take pictures of stuff. Scan in. Touch up. I haven''t really been able to test my photos well, all I can say is that they look pretty bland in my 3ds max scenes. So, my question is: do "proper" computer artists do wierd magic with the paint tool ie. pixel per pixel, or else how do they draw textures? Are photos good enough? Cheers, Frank

i would say, for me personally.. i do whatever looks nice.. if it means using a hundred filters, i do that, if it means use none, i do that. Usually it''s subtle things that make a picture look cool.

I use a combination of vector art, and bitmap art
vector=corel draw or adobe illustrator
bitmap= corel photpaint/paint shop pro/adobe photoshop.

I can usually make pretty convincing textures in corel draw, which makes it easy to make perfectly sized items, because of the snap to grid feature. so for instance i can create a window frame around a window that is perfectly square. Usually i create a ''wireframe'' version of the texture in corel draw, and save it.

then load it into corel photopaint and do all of the fountain fills of texture, and lighting effects.

i assume most ''professional'' artists use a somewhat similar technique using illustrator and photoshop instead of corel products.

but i personally prefer the corel products, because they are created with a PC mindset as to how the program functions, and the adobe products seem to be written with a mac mindset in mind, and my brain doesn''t think in mac



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