TEXTURES: Official Thread

[Screwballl 196]

i have 20MB worth of textures so i dont think i can post them all here

 

[jestarr 3,415]

This is a ribbed metal roof texture I had on my computer.
If anyone can use it, feel free.

[frogface 352]

here are some wall textures that'd look good on R$ buildings maybe

this one i used on one of my med rowhomes

and i like this one

 

[SimGoober 2,351]

Just a tip I figured out on making my own textures.  If you have Photoshop, I found an easy way to make stucco types.

 

Create a new file, about 120x120.  Size isn't critical, as these textures by design will tile well.

 

Choose which ever color you like in the foreground, and paint the entire area with it.  You could also do this with background, if that is your preferred method. 

Next under filters, go to texture, and choose texturizer from the roll out.  The screen that opens up gives you 4 or 5 different texture options.  I found the sandstone one looks the best.  You can play with the other options a bit to your liking.

Another filter that has usable results for this is noise.  If you play with that one, you might like the results as well.

 

Either of these can give you a solid base color, that doesn't look like it's been painted on.  It will have minor variations just like most you see.

 

Apply these textures on walls, using a UVW map modifier, set to box.  You may need to adjust the tiling at the bottom to get it to look the best, depending on the size of the object. 

 

I am very much a beginner to photoshop, so if anyone has more suggestions, feel free to comment.  Also, if my explanation wasn't clear, let me know.  I'll put together a mini tutorial with screenshots and such. 

 

 

[Hirachi_Dinavo 0]

Does anyone have glass textures that they could post here? I only have 1 that works, and I have been looking everywhere and can't find any.

[SimGoober 2,351]

Here's a couple I have used :

 

[RobledoRessainance 36]

Here are some texures I downloaded:

[simcity4crazyguy 24]

Here's a great texture site: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/

There arent doors that would suit me, and I cant find any doors on the web. or the sites you guys provided. Can somebody post a door/website that has doors?

[cammo2003 20]

I swear, robledo, that water texture reminds me of the water textures in the original gta for some strange reason - I actually have it and gta3 on this computer (I also have gta2, but it doesn't work on winXP ) ...

 

[fosterk 4]

cool, these are really useful

[fstpaced 37]

i was wondering if anyone could show me how to make a shiny metal texture that would nice for the outer frame of a scraper.. i would like to use a black or a nice mirrored look.. or if perhaps someone knows a good site to get a texture like this.. heres some that i tried to do in blade pro.. but i can't get the metal look i want.. it looks more like glass...

 

 

[Odd from Sweden 129]

Here are some of the textures from my latest upload to the exchange, the B

[Odd from Sweden 129]

I needed some textures for a red building so i made those, fel free to grab!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And some general purpose ones:

 

 

 

And here are some old stuff i have. Those ones are gathered from the net.

 

 

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/files/yellowconcrete.jpg>

 

 

 

[ardecila 124]

Does anyone know a good patina copper or bronze texture?

I could really use one, in multiple BAT projects.

[JaWood 194]

Here's a nice granite tile texture that I made in Photoshop.  I went and took a picture of a building's facade, so the granite pattern is authentic.   It also tiles PERFECTLY with no seams at all.

 

[oldfart 12]

Here's a few textures I have. Anyone's welcome to them. I got the blue skyscraper glass somewhere, on a thread here I think, but I can't remember where.

[Joesocwork 4]

Folks,

I am looking for a specific way to do a marble and then a window texture.  I am willing to do myself, if only for the experience;  Are there tutorials on how to make textures?  (  Linking on to Ralphael's  Chapter 05 - Using Photoshop (Elements) for BAT images/textures   & Appendix F - Creating new base and overlay textures     brought me back to Home Page -sigh...)  Can I do the same with Microsoft PhotoDraw? 

 

Thanks!!  

     

 

(Learning BAT'ing is really making me feel like a newbie again!)     

(But I am going to learn it & make my buildings!!)    ___________________

Edit 6/29/04 8:22 p.m. EST

 

Darkmatter, Et Al,

My apologies.  Even though I could not open Raphael's tutorials (it lead to the Home Page), I did find texturing in Phillipbo's great set of tutorials that I am currently studying.  It doesn't look so ominous.    Again my apologies for the post   (emoticon of banging head against a wall) ! 

[jbizzle 9]

Well.. i thought i'd make my entrance into this site a little better than most, by making a contribution.

Jbizzle's Textures

That link rite there will(should) take you to my Public viewing area which contains all of the textures i have in my textures folder. (137 total) 2 other pics are of a bat building i'm doing.

Enjoy it.

--Jbizzle

[cerulean 15]

welcome! and thank you! your georgarian homes look interesting as well, will you be Batting those?

[jbizzle 9]

i am batting them.. . i will render it when its done.. tho.. ( think that what you were asking)

[Screwballl 196]

i added alot of mine, some are ones that other people have used and posted here so they are the original users/creators but they are here in one big collection...

Screwballls Textures

[jbizzle 9]

screwball, you need to go to your 'account options' and tick the 'make public' thing

Edit: i should also add that its password protected until you make it public..

[Screwballl 196]

yes it is public now, i was in the process of uploading my textures when i posted here but it is open now... i have 200+ textures (207 last i remember)

https://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v280/Screwballl/Textures

[mrbisonm 1,620]

I am in need of a certain texture for the roofing for a church. Green, the green of old copper roofs with the metal roof lines. Does anyone have it?... or knows where to get it?

 

Thanks

     mrb

[jbizzle 9]

Mr. Bison.. are you any good w/ texture editing? if so i can give you a color that mite work. Its really a stucco but one can make it into anything.

This is the color i've got.. mite be a bit off.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/jbizzle45/Textures/Stone/?action=view

[nosoupforyou 9]

here i've included some... interesting textures you guys might like.

it's attached.

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Thanks guys for the quick reply.

nosoupforyou,thanks, as you said, some interesting  stuff, but not really what I was looking for, but surely might come in handy one day.

jbizzle,the texture on the 3rd url is perfect, but not the colour.No, I am no good with Paint.

 

Exatly what I am looking for is the roofs of some older cathedrals or Universities , made of oxidized (or whatever you call it) Copper.You know the almost emerald greenish rich colour.- I can't show you, because I haven't found anything like it yet, but I am sure you all know , what I mean.

[jestarr 3,415]

Date: 7/5/2004 9:58:58 AM
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Thanks guys for the quick reply.

nosoupforyou,thanks, as you said, some interesting  stuff, but not really what I was looking for, but surely might come in handy one day.

jbizzle,the texture on the 3rd url is perfect, but not the colour.No, I am no good with Paint.

Exatly what I am looking for is the roofs of some older cathedrals or Universities , made of oxidized (or whatever you call it) Copper.You know the almost emerald greenish rich colour.- I can't show you, because I haven't found anything like it yet, but I am sure you all know , what I mean.

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If you'd like I could try to change it for you.  We've some copper roofs
in our area, so I can take a picture, for the color/patina.

jestarr

EDIT:

I changed the original jpg to this:

 

The color came from this:

This is an image of copper resinate, the chemical used to artificially age copper.

jestarr

[mrbisonm 1,620]

Even if it says so that coppers resinate is used to artificially age copper, this is far from what I am looking for. It is not an even colour , nor brght like this one. Aged copper is more like a turkish green or turquoise colored, hard to explain in words, since it is a unique colour.

Shame that I live too far from Civ, I would go and take a picture of these roof, like the Montreal McGill University, but that is more than 4 hours drive from my place.

 

Anyway, thanks for trying hard and bothering  jestarr, I will continue to search on the net and maybe get lucky.........

[nosoupforyou 9]

mrbisom, you mean vertigreen?
like the statue of liberty, a color like that?