How to Texture With Photo Reference
- 1). Open a software graphic program such as Gimp, Photoshop or Inkscape.
- 2). Locate an image to use for the texture and then import it into the graphic program. Artists will either search the Web or take pictures from around their environment. Pictures of sidewalks, bricks, leaves, moving water and glass are just a few ideas.
- 3). Adjust the image by removing the color in the graphic program's color adjustment level. The image should be a grayscale. Anything that is white will be transparent, and anything that is black will not have any transparency; gray is in the middle. For example, if the image is a weave pattern, a texture weave pattern will appear on the 3-D object with darker lines receding.
- 4). Experiment by applying different blends, such as an opacity or overlay effect if desired.
- 5). Import the texture into your favorite 3-D program and apply it to the 3-D object.
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