Tutorial: Brown Rock
This workshop illustrates how to create a ready-to-use texture in four steps using only basic operations.
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Step 1: Creating a new texture |
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Launch the New Texture Dialog
by pressing the Set the Width and Height values to 512x512. Press the OK button, the background color doesn't matter here. |
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(upper left corner) or selecting the File->New menu item.
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Step 2: Rendering the base texture |
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Select the function Generator/Perlin Noise. Select the preset Brown Carbon at the Presets Panel. Render the material by clicking on the texture with the left mouse button. |
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Step 3: The bump map |
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Create a copy of your texture
with the same dimensions by clicking on the Select the Generator/Gravel function. Load the preset Bumpmap at the Presets Panel. Set the Color Gradient Mode to P->S Gradient. Render the generator function to the second texture by clicking on it. |
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We will render our bump map to this second texture.
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Step 4: Mixing the two textures |
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Use the Quick Texture Mixer
to combine the two textures. This is done by holding down the left
mouse button at the Do this now: Drag the mixer icon from gravel bump texture to the brown carbon texture. After this a menu will open, containing the different mixing modes. Choose the Emboss Medium mode. See how the brown carbon texture gets depth. Repeat the procedure, but choose the Variate mode this time to darken the bumps. |
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dragging it to the target texture and dropping it there. The