graphics for architectural visualization
After rendering your architectural visualisation the fine-tuning in Photoshop starts. An everyday work is to place some persons in the rendering to bring life to the scenerey. Naturally in every architectural visualisation the sun is shining – thats why you need to create shadows as well. For quickly create some shadows “lokas software” offers a free plug-in.
Textures of scratched surfaces, rusty metal, old stone walls are currently hip. Therefore we present you 10 free Grunge Background Textures for free download for your private AND commercial projects
The textures are each about 3000 px x 2250 px and due to the high resolution they can be used in various projects. Nobody can escape the typical grunge look these days. You find the dirty look combined with vector elements on t-shirts and even in webdesign projects. [Read more…] about 10 Grunge Background Textures – Free Download
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
This tutorial will tell you step by step how to create a building texture in photoshop. We set the focus on a quick and efficient way to find a good balance between the needed time and the quality of the texture. [Read more…] about Photoshop Tutorial: How to create a tileable building texture
Autodesk offers whith the fresh new “Homestyler” an interesting internet based planner tool for architects and hobby planner.
Especially for newbies without experience in CAD it is a good chance to easily create some drawings. Nevertheless this tool will not replace a classic CAD tool, but it is worth a look.