Game Environment Texturing Fundamentals

By Alex Jerjomin
Environment texturing is a crucial part of game level creation. This course will teach you the basics re-topology, UV mapping, baking, and texture painting in Photoshop. Software required: 3DS Max, zBrush, Photoshop, xNormal Optional: Topogun.
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(18)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jan 11, 2017
Duration
2h 57m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Retopology Fundamentals
Optimizing High Polygon Mesh in zBrush 2m Creating Low polygon Mesh Using 3ds Max 10m Creating Low Polygon Mesh Using Topgun 5m Cleaning up the Mesh Using 3ds Max 7m Creating Low Polygon Mesh zBrush 4m
UV Creation Fundamentals
Creating UVs Using 3ds Max 10m Creating UV Maps Using Zbrush 3m Cleaning up UV Maps Using 3DS max 8m Preparing the Mesh for Symmetrical Baking 4m
Detail Baking Fundamentals
Preparing the Mesh in 3ds Max 6m Setting up xNormal 4m Creating a Cage and Baking in xNormal 7m
Rock Texturing Fundamentals
Creating Actions in Photoshop, Setting up Marmoset 7m Basic Albedo Rock Painting in Photoshop 7m Adding Details to Rock Albedo Texture 9m Finalizing the Albedo Texture for the Rock 9m Creating the Roughness Map in Photoshop 9m Adding Details to the Normal Map in Photoshop 8m Creating Specular Texture in Photoshop 7m
Metal Texturing Fundamentals
Creating Albedo Texture for the Metal 8m Creating Normal Map for the Metal 3m Creating Metalness Map for the Metal 2m Creating Roughness Map for the Metal and Polishing textures 8m
Cloth Texturing Fundamentals
Creating Alpha Mask for Cloth 7m Creating Albedo Texture for Cloth 7m Creating a Detailed Normal Map 5m Creating a Roughness Map for Cloth 5m Scene Overview and Final Remarks 4m
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Course info
Rating
(18)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jan 11, 2017
Duration
2h 57m
Description

Creating textures for games can sometimes be a very involved and confusing process. In this course, Game Environment Texturing Fundamentals you will be texturing a game environment that consists of different materials. First, you will create low polygon meshes to be used as the base of your work. Next, you will UV and bake maps on to those meshes to lay the ground work for texturing. Finally, you will create your own stylized textures in Photoshop. When you're finished with this texturing course, you'll not only be able to texture the game environment at hand, but also have sufficient skills to texture different materials and environments in the future. Software required: 3DS Max, zBrush, Photoshop, xNormal Optional: Topogun.

About the author
Alex Jerjomin
About the author

Alex was born in Soviet Latvia. Since childhood he has loved to build and create, leading him to a love for architecture.

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Course Overview
Hi everyone. My name is Alex Jerjomin, and welcome to my course, Game Environment Texturing Fundamentals. I am a former environment artist at Microsoft Game Studios. Texturing is an essential part of game level creation. In this course, we're going to learn how to texture your own environments and props. Some of the major topics we will cover include creating of low polygon meshes, creation of texture coordinates, baking texture details, and painting texture maps for the game engine. By the end of this course, you will know how to bake and texture your own game environments. Before beginning this course, you should be familiar with basic 3Ds Max and Photoshop. I hope you will join me on this journey to learn texturing with Game Environment Texturing Fundamentals course at Pluralsight.

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