HDRi Evironments/Plugins: sIBL - Environments with Software / Loaders for 3ds Max, Maya, XSI, Lightwave, Cinema4D and modo. Easy to setup, take a look moofe - 6 HDRi - locations with backplates. Damn good resolution, also ships perfectly camera setup (max) weiss-ag Nice HDRi's. Site is german but I think "Free Download" says all. Hover over the pictures to see details crazy8studio 12 HDRi environments for free HDRi4free One free HDRi only but with damn nice backplates. Worth it! brianjames And another bunch of interesting HDRi's. Some nice ones for car rendering there.
I'll drop a few links here to get you on the rite track. http://boards.polycount.net/ www.gameartisans.org
And an actual good texturing tut. http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthre...4&page=1&pp=15
And a 3dsmax 'modelling for beginners to advanced' site by someone in industry, also covers a basic workflow of normalmap creation. 3dsmax is the most common game art app followed closely by maya. www.poopinmymouth.com - ignore the name lol hes got a weird humor
I noticed you've already got zbrushcentral, well done.
Desirable apps -
3D Studio Max/Maya
Photoshop CS3/4
Zbrush 3.5
Mudbox 2010
Crazybump - highest quality normal map image filter program (shits on the photoshop plugin by about 50 elephants)
Xnormal - Most reliable normal map 3d baking program - also has a tangentspace2object space converter aswell as allowing you to bake a plethora of extra nice maps, ambient occlusion/cavity/radiosity etc
Marmoset Toolbag - Nicest free realtime engine model viewer to make your stuff look ShitHot! With the least technical knowhow.
Last edited by ViperTech; Dec 12, 2012 at 12:48 PM.