As stated Photoshop might be the daddy but it's not the only way to achieve ones ends to a final product.  DAZ Studio has come a long way in the shader dept and there are times (except for skin) I really love using the shaders and I love being able to set the tiling to get various effects.  They really come in handy if your on a tight budget (and that add on texture pack is just not going to make into the runtime) but you have plenty of shaders to fill the gaps in your final designs.

The metalic shaders are invaluable to me for creating realistic metal's that reflect realistically! 

Anyway, each too their own....

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