Seamless Texture Tutorial

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Seamless Texture Tutorial

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Well, I suppose I ought to post this for those who don't know. Some will care, others won't. If you skin, however, this is a MUST for doing it right.

It's all about making seamless textures the right way. I'm through seeing tiles made with little effort. The seams a nd the patterns hurt my eyes greatly :wink:.

Let me know what I could do better. I have never written a tutorial before, so if it doesn't make sense, PM me or post it here.
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shouldn't this be in tutorials forum?
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shouldnt you be in the tutorials section! pwnt !! FTW!!!!!!11!!!

nice of you to do this fo' da sho'tiez chad, i actually went out and bought spectalces that make tiled skins look seamless, now i can just take them back and get my $4.99. there will never be an excuse for a crappy skin again (i hope)
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Looks great.
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yeah i just read it all and i think you did a great job, this will really help alot of people (not me though, i'm pure pwnage)
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RA1N THE ELITE wrote:shouldn't this be in tutorials forum?
Ever try posting there? Go there, hit "new topic," and let me know if you don't get "Sorry, but only moderators can post topics in this forum."

Good job, though; way to keep on top of things :wink:
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This is awesome I am going to read the tutorial now.
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Perfect! Just in time for my next mod. Thank you.
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Post by ScottyGEE »

Excellent work Chad! This could prove useful for me with some of those harder textures in future.

One thing I'd like to get across is; skinners, please use this in future skins, I beg of you. Like Chad, it gets very tiring to see that a potentially great skin is ruined by a user just randomly slapping a texture here and there and calling the tiled map they've created a "skin". If this is used, it will not only improve your skin's quality but also, more downloads and greater feedback by far. Take a look at greennc's, Chad's or even that foundation skin I made...They each go over one page in positive comments as they are not just sloppy skins.

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Wow. Now hopefully we can see some awsome skins coming from everyone, not just the usual people.

Awsome job. I was working on something like this for PSP, but I don't think anyone else uses PSP to skin. :(
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this should be moved to tutorial section. great tut.!
btw there's a special "tutorial submission" thread for the guys that didnt notice :P
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theycallmechad wrote:Ever try posting there? Go there, hit "new topic," and let me know if you don't get "Sorry, but only moderators can post topics in this forum."
Tutorial Submissions :|

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Post by -DeToX- »

What Tural Said. Also nice job Chad, this will help many.
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Great tutorial! I will use for sure in the future! Never made a skinned level because of the problem of aligning brushes in a tile pattern...
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It should be in Tutorial Submissions, but still, awesome tut.
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great work chad always helping thats why you kicka s s :P
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Nice. I could use something like this...
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Post by Pyroman »

Very nicely done Chad.

I needed it. :wink:
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Great job Chad, I'm gonna start skinning again just cause of this :wink:
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