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Michael Betke

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Today I took a break from the current pure3d game-art job and enjoyed the weekend. But I also took my magic blue carpet and camera with me to make shots for upcoming vegetation sets. A friend at Crytek showed me this photograph technique some time ago (they do it in a more professional manner). I just take a small branch with leaves from the bush/tree place it on my blue carpet and take a picture. Cloudy days are best because you get a nice ambient color without shadows. The middle photo was taken with shadows on and is very bright. For editing it's best to have a neutral color tone. After getting this 4MP pic onto my computer I can select colors and masking. With this source I can either use it to do a mesh for texture rendering in 3ds max or simply do my texture in Photoshop. All of my textures are done this way.

 

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So in most cases you won't find the same texture anywhere else and this makes the Pure3d Asset packs unique. :rolleyes:

Speaking of asset packs: From beginning May the packs will be converted to other formats/engines. There's also another Leadwerks project to be done. So stay tuned...

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That's a nice technique. I remember you making reference to this somewhere else recently. I always wondered how people got their foliage textures for tree/vegetation models. I do a lot of my own ground textures and agree with the cloudy day requirement. Gives a much more uniform light distribution too which is important if you're planning on making them seamless for tiling.

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That's really fascinating. I never gave thought as to how you get textures from plants. So how do you do it with your fabulous trees? They must be difficult to get onto the carpet? :)

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