User:Torley Linden
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Torley is a Community Developer of Communications.
Works on Communication Venues like:
- the Official Linden Blog
- Knowledge Base
- Public Bug Tracker
- Feature Voting Tool
- forums
- inworld experience like the Linden Village — visit his/her/its office!
- etc.
Amplifier for fellow Lindens' and Residents' success. Also makes free textures for you. Happy!
What do you recommend to make textures?
I'd absolutely suggest you explore these two softwares:
- ArtRage 2 - Simple, superb, sexy. It's a painting program with a snazzy user interface and minimal controls. Nope, it doesn't even have Copy OR Paste, but the brush tones are lush. Has a FREE version, but the paid upgrade is only US$19.95... and did I mention the glitter tool adds so much amazing depth? I can almost feel the grains get layered down when working with it.
- PhotoSEAM - Helps you make textures seamless like a superstar! Often, after sketching raw 768x768 chunks in ArtRage 2, I'll bring 'em into PhotoSEAM to master as 512x512s, with some buffer 'round the edges so I can cross borders smoothly. What's more, you can apply touch-up effects to come up with some radical variants of your source material. Caveats: it hasn't been updated in 6+ years and it's prone to crashing, but it's the best I've found thus far!
... they're the mortar-and-pestle of my texture-making existence.
My graphics tablet is a standard Wacom Intuos3 6x8.
AND be sure, be sure to see our Developers Resource Matrix. It's kinda hard to find on our website, but it's got lots of helpful resources I refer to regularly. If you're a content creator or looking to Do-It-Yourself, bookmark it and keep it close.