Texturing a Stylized Game Environment in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create low-polygon meshes for stylized game props. Software required: ZBrush 4R7, 3ds Max 2015, Photoshop CC 2014, Marmoset Toolbag 2.07, xNormal v3.18.10.
What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to create low-polygon meshes for stylized game props. We'll then bake the high-resolution detail in xNormal and create stylized, PBR-ready textures in Photoshop. By the end of this course, you will have a solid understanding of how to create stylized props and textures with physically-based materials. Software required: ZBrush 4R7, 3ds Max 2015, Photoshop CC 2014, Marmoset Toolbag 2.07, xNormal v3.18.10.
Table of contents
- Breaking the Scene into Assets 5m
- Preparing a High-resolution Mesh 5m
- Creating Low-polygon Mesh 9m
- Cleaning up the Low-polygon Mesh 10m
- Creating UV Map 6m
- Baking the Sculpt Detail 9m
- Setting up Photoshop for Texturing 7m
- Creating Specular Map 9m
- Creating Albedo Map 11m
- Adding Detail to Albedo Map 9m
- Creating Roughness Map 7m
- Making Normal Map 7m
- Balancing Final Textures 4m
- Creating Albedo Map for Cloth 11m
- Making Roughness and Specular Maps for Cloth 6m
- Creating Alpha Map for Cloth 9m
- Creating Metallic Map 7m
- Exporting Final Mesh Using Marmoset Viewer 6m
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. As a teenager, Alex was introduced to his first CAD software where he learned different building designs and layouts. He then decided his passions could be combined into a career as a 3D artist. He moved to the UK where he met his wonderful wife, Natasha, and attended Herefordshire University to study 3D animation and Game Art. He was torn between doing work in the VFX or gam... more