Best software for textures

Corben · Post by **Corben** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:59 am

Hi to all,

We are looking for a good texture editor, that helps us to paint our 3d models. I was wondering what tools do you (Ogre artists) are using or if you have experience in this field.

Thanks for your time!

Corben

Post by **xavier** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:14 pm

2D editing is done mostly in Photoshop (or Gimp if you can't afford PS). Other options are possibly Paint Shop Pro, but Photoshop far and away is the #1 2D editing and creation package.

How you get the usable textures could fill a book.

Corben · Post by **Corben** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:26 pm

Thanks xavier!

Everyone has ever used ZBrush? Even if I don't know how much does it cost, I heard it is nice and I wanted to know if the voices were right...

Thanks,
Corben

joi · Post by **joi** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:47 pm

Photoshop is without a doubt the best tool for editing any kind of 2d imagine (as far as i know). ZBrush has a very usefull tool to create normal maps. Other than that, it its not very usefull for game content creation.

Post by **xavier** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:08 pm

Corben wrote:Thanks xavier!

Everyone has ever used ZBrush? Even if I don't know how much does it cost, I heard it is nice and I wanted to know if the voices were right...

Thanks,
Corben

It is (or at least was) the de facto standard tool for creating maps from 3D models. It's about US$500.