graphics for architectural visualization
I just stumbled on the Photoshop Tutorial “How to Apply Textures to Uneven Surfaces” at psd.tutsplus.com. The used technique is very interesting to see the possibilities how to best work with textures in Photoshop.
The tutorial sets the focus on the adaption of uneven surfaces and comes with a video tutorial as well.
Especially for interior architectural visualizations you need high quality textures for furniture. A stylish designer couch will pimp every interior scene and can be found in nearly every rendering.
To give your rendering the final touch you need a high quality leather texture. This tutorial will show you how to create a realistic leather texture in Photoshop: [Read more…] about Tutorial – Leather Texture in Photoshop
With the Photoshop pattern filter you can easily create seamlessly tileable textures and pattern based on a photo of your choice. I think the pattern filter is primary implemented to quickly create a lot of pattern for the internal pattern library. But we also can use the pattern filter to create high resolution textures for architectural visualizations. [Read more…] about Photoshop Tutorial: How to create a tileable grass textures with the Pattern Filter
Cutout trees are necessary for nearly every outdoor architectural scenery. They bring live to your architectural visualization and support the viewer to get a feeling of the building proportion or scale. This tutorials will show you how to create a perfect cutout tree in Photoshop.
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Photos of surfaces and structures are often used in architectural visualization projects. But before you can use them you have to make them seamlessly tileable to avoid the pattern effect.
There are several ways to make textures seamlessly tileable. There are some specialized tools out there but I learned by experience that the best way is still the hard way: Create them manually in Photoshop especially if you want to a high quality texture which can also be used in future projects. But if you already find a good tool which helps you to create your textures, drop me a line in the comment box. [Read more…] about Photoshop Tutorial – How to create a tileable pebble texture
