How to make textures

[NikoBellicGTAIV]

Hi! I'm a basic modder, so I just want to make some new textures for the game.

 

But how do the developers make the textures? With Photoshop, obviously. But most of them look so realistic. How do they make rust and dirt and make asphalt look like... asphalt and make walls and wood looke like... walls and wood? Can you really do that with photoshop, or they just take a photo of a real wall? Please, answer.

 

[EncryptedReality]

 

Hi! I'm a basic modder, so I just want to make some new textures for the game.

 

But how do the developers make the textures? With Photoshop, obviously. But most of them look so realistic. How do they make rust and dirt and make asphalt look like... asphalt and make walls and wood looke like... walls and wood? Can you really do that with photoshop, or they just take a photo of a real wall? Please, answer.

Yes, they use Photoshop , Illustrator and GIMP in most cases.

 

 

It can all be done even in PS alone, dirt can be added with paint dirt brushes, i usually set it to 30% opacity and black color to add dirt on mask layers. Make use of Transform tools to sample and make a highly detailed texture base with the help of patch tool, clone stamp tool, spot healing brushes etc.