How to Create Textures From Scratch!

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  • čas přidán 6. 08. 2015
  • 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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Komentáře • 408

  • @HashtagPULSE
    @HashtagPULSE Před 8 lety +495

    "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 ;)

    • @jcamilo10
      @jcamilo10 Před 8 lety +8

      really?? didn't know that. I searched on internet but I didn't find any information about it.

    • @cianmoran925
      @cianmoran925 Před 8 lety +11

      Ha ha I have it better I live in Ireland

    • @superemmy01
      @superemmy01 Před 8 lety +17

      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

    • @HashtagPULSE
      @HashtagPULSE Před 8 lety +4

      RaGeX clan Well said, sir!

    • @stickmaker10111
      @stickmaker10111 Před 7 lety +1

      Hopefully it is better than USA. Too much dumb shit going on.

  • @onesandzeroes
    @onesandzeroes Před 9 lety +120

    In Gimp, the offset tool is in Layer > Transform (a much more logical placement IMHO)

  • @EmeraldKelsi
    @EmeraldKelsi Před 8 lety +151

    I feel like your voice just epically deepened when you came to the computer xD

    • @miamiviceclips3867
      @miamiviceclips3867 Před 8 lety +17

      Because he's closer to the microphone.

    • @Silent.
      @Silent. Před 6 lety +1

      He might've used a modifier on his mic

    • @64Modder
      @64Modder Před 5 lety +5

      @@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.

    • @feel.s1304
      @feel.s1304 Před 5 lety +5

      @@64Modder No, he tried to be louder when he was outside. And while trying to do that he raised the pitch in his voice.

    • @scottcannon5107
      @scottcannon5107 Před 4 lety +3

      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.

  • @mhazg6621
    @mhazg6621 Před 3 lety +15

    Plot twist: he was actually filming in green screen and the entire forest are CGI

  • @BsrlinMAZ
    @BsrlinMAZ Před 7 lety +2

    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.

  • @dweebosupremo5904
    @dweebosupremo5904 Před 4 lety +1

    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.

  • @rachelfrick9196
    @rachelfrick9196 Před 9 lety +2

    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.

  • @elvenbourne
    @elvenbourne Před 6 lety +20

    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

  • @NeilRoy
    @NeilRoy Před 6 lety +4

    "I'm not complaining, but I'm complaining" - got a laugh out of me. Great video, thanks and keep up the humour. :)

  • @LilleyComix97
    @LilleyComix97 Před 5 lety +8

    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

  • @adilmehmood5672
    @adilmehmood5672 Před 5 lety +4

    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.

  • @chasarr
    @chasarr Před 9 lety +1

    I like that you took the effort to make a really practical video like this one!

  • @terryrhuebottom
    @terryrhuebottom Před 8 lety

    Never disappointed with CG Geek tutorials. Thanks.

  • @TheFOURofUSGaming
    @TheFOURofUSGaming Před 9 lety +35

    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?

    • @CGGeek
      @CGGeek  Před 9 lety +25

      TheFOURofUS lol! Camera was on a tripod, one hand on the camera, the other on the leaf. ;)

    • @NeilRoy
      @NeilRoy Před 6 lety +7

      There is a third appendage he could be very talented at using. XD

  • @sophiewinter719
    @sophiewinter719 Před 9 lety +11

    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.

    • @sophiewinter719
      @sophiewinter719 Před 9 lety +1

      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.

  • @miloszcg393
    @miloszcg393 Před 7 lety

    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

  • @yonjuunininjin
    @yonjuunininjin Před 9 lety +36

    6:28 I imagine a guy with a head in a shape of a camera is making this picture :3

    • @ThunderWorkStudioAMGE
      @ThunderWorkStudioAMGE Před 8 lety +7

      +Ninjin he makes a Picture with a camera, on that a camera makes a Picture :) Cameraception.

    • @LD-kq3om
      @LD-kq3om Před 7 lety

      ThunderWork Studio u

  • @IVLIVSCAMILLVS
    @IVLIVSCAMILLVS Před 7 lety

    Finally tiling and transparency settings within Blender explained. This tut was very helpful! Thanks!

  • @LloydDeJongh
    @LloydDeJongh Před 4 lety +2

    This was super helpful, and just what I was looking for! Funny too ;-) Excellent work

  • @SunSurfSnow1990
    @SunSurfSnow1990 Před 7 lety +2

    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

  • @habblebabble70
    @habblebabble70 Před 7 lety +1

    This video was on my to-do list to find. All is well. ^^ Thanks, CG_G!

  • @sonny12681
    @sonny12681 Před 6 lety +1

    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.

  • @0zone247
    @0zone247 Před 8 lety +1

    the way this guy acts is pretty interesting and carefree. most of the time my mind will roam elsewhere but this is engaging

  • @metalstarj
    @metalstarj Před 3 lety

    I think this is my favorite cg video i have come across so far :)

  • @joebot001
    @joebot001 Před 8 lety

    Great video in every way! Well presented, clear and concise, and delivers on the title. Thanks man.

  • @Max2000skill347
    @Max2000skill347 Před 5 lety

    I love the vibe in this guy :D

  • @ebynakis
    @ebynakis Před 8 lety

    These are really good, informative videos you have here. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work!

  • @victorbejenaru7577
    @victorbejenaru7577 Před 9 lety +1

    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...

  • @GamersGoneExtinct
    @GamersGoneExtinct Před 9 lety +1

    +CG Geek Thanks for the tutorial ! I tried to make textures before but I didn't know of the offset.
    Big foot confirmed!

  • @peterlustig8201
    @peterlustig8201 Před 8 lety

    Nice tut! Thanks for all these infos. Will definately take picture in a different way next time!

  • @greenleaf8299
    @greenleaf8299 Před 7 lety +23

    your voice sounds totally different when you hop on Photoshop XD

  • @Johneysteel
    @Johneysteel Před 8 lety

    Thanks for sharing man. Really useful stuff!

  • @spydergs07
    @spydergs07 Před 8 lety

    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.

  • @kerhabplays
    @kerhabplays Před 3 lety

    Before 6 years : Cg Geek PERFECT!
    After 6 years : CG GOD!

  • @mateuszkowalczyk3254
    @mateuszkowalczyk3254 Před 9 lety +1

    Thank you for this tutorial, it will be very useful :)

  • @akshdeepsingh2107
    @akshdeepsingh2107 Před 6 lety +17

    i am not complaining but i am complaining ~ CG Geek
    lmao XD

  • @RagsToRich7
    @RagsToRich7 Před 5 lety

    Haha informative and funny. Full of personality. Good video fella!

  • @atharvapctech204
    @atharvapctech204 Před 7 lety

    Thanks Alot It really helped me out awesome tutorials always. Keep up the good work!

  • @ojanieno
    @ojanieno Před 5 lety +1

    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.

  • @orbitalrm
    @orbitalrm Před 6 lety +3

    The rock texture looks like japan when tiled lol.
    Anyways this is a very informative tutorial! Thanks

  • @vesskumas3462
    @vesskumas3462 Před 6 lety

    Thank you so much! Cool tutorials!

  • @suberwolf100
    @suberwolf100 Před 7 lety

    Man, that forest is really beautiful :D

  • @haroldsorto6997
    @haroldsorto6997 Před 8 lety

    That shirt totally delivered. Absolutely entertaining and informative video. Thumbs Up!

  • @rachapongwatana3868
    @rachapongwatana3868 Před 3 lety

    Nice Tutorial ! Thank you for ticks to play with Textures

  • @paracetamolicecream
    @paracetamolicecream Před 5 lety

    This is realy easy. I thought textures are hard to make, but it's actualy not. Thanks man, great video.

  • @smackerlacker8708
    @smackerlacker8708 Před 6 lety +7

    I learned more about creating textures in the last 20 minutes than I did in the previous 20 years.

  • @JBHMEDIA
    @JBHMEDIA Před 9 lety

    Good tut! I like it!

  • @alex94ps
    @alex94ps Před 9 lety +4

    Hello,thank you for your tutorials
    I have a question.Would you make tutorial about realistic head modeling with realistic textures(projection paintings)?

  • @blizzerd2094
    @blizzerd2094 Před 3 lety +1

    the young CG GEEK

  • @TheRoadTraveledByFew
    @TheRoadTraveledByFew Před 7 lety

    Thanks for this, great tutorial.

  • @bennoproductions
    @bennoproductions Před 5 lety

    Man! You're incredible. ❤🎮💡🏝🎹

  • @cake7196
    @cake7196 Před 3 lety

    Great tutorial i was looking for

  • @Jonilo5Extras
    @Jonilo5Extras Před 8 lety +20

    You are funny and AWESOME!
    Subscribed and liked! :D

  • @LazyDev27
    @LazyDev27 Před 5 lety

    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.

  • @Ellja
    @Ellja Před 8 lety

    Das Video ist super! Werde das sofort ausprobieren (den Video-Teil nach dem Photoshop:) ). Vielen Dank!

  • @Atomicgamer34
    @Atomicgamer34 Před 8 lety

    Texture, texture, texture textur, texture x999
    Great tutorial btw. Very entertaining

  • @BigCityPalooka
    @BigCityPalooka Před 4 lety +1

    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!

  • @homeritosp
    @homeritosp Před 9 lety

    Nice video man!!! Thanks

  • @KahnShawnery
    @KahnShawnery Před 9 lety

    It really helps with the cloning step if you lower the opacity of the brush a bit.

  • @hiddenmaster6534
    @hiddenmaster6534 Před 5 lety

    I love this host :~)) such a lovely personality

  • @StryveUK
    @StryveUK Před 9 lety +6

    That is a cool rock.

  • @dragonmax928
    @dragonmax928 Před 3 lety +2

    The select subject feature of photoshop cc really helps...

  • @pepsi78
    @pepsi78 Před 8 lety +1

    I just love nature, nothing like making your own thing

  • @pawpotsRS
    @pawpotsRS Před 7 lety

    i love you're video and you are funny a very informative, simple but damn effective! kudos! subs!

  • @TheCRX7
    @TheCRX7 Před 6 lety +1

    Always great content. Thanks to all, who take their time to upload, and share their trade secrets. It is much appreciated.

  • @bradleyberthold4606
    @bradleyberthold4606 Před 8 lety

    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

  • @FacePalmProduxtnsFPP
    @FacePalmProduxtnsFPP Před 6 lety

    Finally! Ty!

  • @abdellahsellam912
    @abdellahsellam912 Před 5 lety

    Very useful, thak you for this tutorial

  • @sacredoath3167
    @sacredoath3167 Před 9 lety

    Yes!! This is what Awesome looks like!! I wondered that I didn't get an email for your newest vid. :)

    • @CGGeek
      @CGGeek  Před 9 lety

      UltronHacker00 Haha Thanks Man! :)

  • @HOTA200
    @HOTA200 Před 8 lety +4

    I am really having fun watching this video :)

  • @TonjuwelenDeAgentur
    @TonjuwelenDeAgentur Před 9 lety

    Great Tut. Learned a lot from it.
    Instead of doing my own materials I´ll buy your package at Blender Market :) Good stuff.

  • @irunasoft
    @irunasoft Před 4 lety +1

    I like this guy.

  • @hankblack783
    @hankblack783 Před 4 lety

    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.

  • @elwelcom
    @elwelcom Před 9 lety +47

    Drink everytime he says "texture" lol

    • @tardon5013
      @tardon5013 Před 8 lety +1

      Best challenge :D

    • @paganmusic6591
      @paganmusic6591 Před 5 lety +1

      :-D after this challenge I throw up weird texture. ops!

    • @letsgoBrandon204
      @letsgoBrandon204 Před 3 lety

      @Arepas Are you out of rehab yet?

    • @elwelcom
      @elwelcom Před 3 lety

      @@letsgoBrandon204 great, you brought me back to this video now im having a relapse after watching it again

  • @invalidtorture
    @invalidtorture Před 7 lety

    Very informative vid thank you

  • @bimalhessa7677
    @bimalhessa7677 Před 5 lety +2

    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.......

  • @wrillywonka1320
    @wrillywonka1320 Před rokem

    Your videos are the best..do you have any explaining bump mps and stuff?

  • @danielnewman1350
    @danielnewman1350 Před 6 lety

    what kind of specs are important to consider when looking for a camera and lenses for texture hunting?

  • @Daveysir
    @Daveysir Před 9 lety

    Thanks Steve!

  • @whitehorsemilitia
    @whitehorsemilitia Před 8 lety

    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.

    • @imdone8243
      @imdone8243 Před 5 lety

      How did it go?

    • @x-y.z
      @x-y.z Před 2 lety

      @@imdone8243 2 Years happened and still no response lol

  • @4AlPen
    @4AlPen Před rokem

    Thank you very much!

  • @imnewtopc8292
    @imnewtopc8292 Před 9 lety

    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!

  • @romannavratilid
    @romannavratilid Před 5 lety

    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 :-).

  • @RudraPratapSingh-nh7lw
    @RudraPratapSingh-nh7lw Před 3 lety +1

    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)

  • @CROXoDyLE
    @CROXoDyLE Před 2 lety

    Thank you I will use this in blender for ps1 style graphics!

  • @claywoman9132
    @claywoman9132 Před 8 lety

    Thanks a lot!

  • @Jakeofthunder
    @Jakeofthunder Před 9 lety +29

    +CG Geek
    I have that shirt :D

    • @CGGeek
      @CGGeek  Před 9 lety +10

      Jakeofthunder Really!? Haha

    • @AlphaWolfTail
      @AlphaWolfTail Před 8 lety

      +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.

    • @MrVictimoDomino
      @MrVictimoDomino Před 8 lety

      I have that shirt too :D

    • @jorionedwards
      @jorionedwards Před 8 lety

      So do I :P

    • @CGGeek
      @CGGeek  Před 8 lety

      Haha I guess there is much awesome out there! ;)

  • @RaksonRaks
    @RaksonRaks Před 6 lety

    You are cute :o)
    Thank you for all these nice tutorials!

  • @Juvelqairth
    @Juvelqairth Před 9 lety

    This is what I need

  • @jamiedean9523
    @jamiedean9523 Před 8 lety

    Your shooting your textures with a SLR camera but can I use a bridge camera without the focul length ?

  • @xSmokee27x
    @xSmokee27x Před 8 lety +1

    Had a feeling when I was reviewing my pics zoomed in....the sun messed them up....thanks a bunch

  • @LittleGameDev
    @LittleGameDev Před 7 lety

    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.

  • @DBoyAnimations
    @DBoyAnimations Před 9 lety

    Nice!

  • @funny1048youtube
    @funny1048youtube Před 6 lety

    how would you create pbr texture maps from these textures you photographed?

  • @NewLegendPictures
    @NewLegendPictures Před 7 lety

    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.

  • @skylermckenzie-reeves9803

    I dont really have a photoshop software. Recommend any free ones for a windows computer? I heard Pixlr is a good one

  • @ibizwhiz
    @ibizwhiz Před 8 lety +12

    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.

    • @CGGeek
      @CGGeek  Před 8 lety +3

      +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. :)

    • @kieronrana5233
      @kieronrana5233 Před 4 lety

      @@CGGeek the mirroring method would be 100% seamless though, using the clone tool thing seems prone to error

  • @Neceros
    @Neceros Před 6 lety +10

    "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!

    • @nolhanhuot-duval6007
      @nolhanhuot-duval6007 Před 4 lety +1

      yes me too

    • @penn2093
      @penn2093 Před 4 lety

      @@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.

  • @BattlefieldZiege
    @BattlefieldZiege Před 8 lety

    great tut! :-)
    do you even lift?

  • @jessy3d396
    @jessy3d396 Před 8 lety

    AWESOME