I'm not at my home machine right now (a Mac) or I'd take a screen shot and post a pic of this outfit that I'm working on for Roxie. Here's my dilema. The shorts and jacket are made of denim. They, and a pair of boots which I've done for Roxie (non heels) have seams in them. Or rather, they are supposed to have seams in them, and I'm having a devil of a time trying to create them. Is there some trick to this  that I don't know or something? Anybody got any tips on how to create decent looking and easy to make seams? I got the denim texture made, but I just can't seem to figure out the seams.

displacement map??

games would just use normal maps ,textures .

SubD meshes ,if ya want the seems rased then ya model it in parts.
just like the denim was made in parts.

if ya want a sold mesh tuch it up under
or
run two loops real close togeather for a hard edge.
and a displacement maps for the denim texture.

if ya don't care if the seems are rased with topology textures and displacement maps.
but texturing a mesh where the displament maps rased the seems,ya need the right tools.
cause the UVMaps are off .zBrush could do it.if ya paint on the mesh with the displacement map active.but I don't know about a 2D app.it would be tricky.

Okay, I'm home now, so just before i go to bed, here;s the screen shot I spoke of earlier.  The Jacket and the shorts are made of Denim. I have a denim texture already made.  The boots are made of leather. I can make that texture later. What I need though is a way to make the denim seams on the jacket and shorts.

Well where not communicating very well.

if ya talking about the stich over the denim texture ya just use layers.

Stitchwitch with the right denim texture resource pack would go a long way towards resolving your problems.

Here's a page showing how to make denim and seams in Photoshop:

 

http://indidesigns.wordpress.com/photoshop-basicstutorials/jeans-texture-seams-tutorial/

Thank you for that useful link. I am going to play around with the ideas in it and see if I can get the same effect in Corel PhotoPaint.

I've used this exact tutorial extensively in making textures.  You can also take the white and black layers and use them on your displacement or bump map to add some nice realism to the work.

 

The Seam running horizontally across the thigh in this image is entirely done with the texture and displacement mostly utilizing the quoted tutorial elements

 

 

Quote - Here's a page showing how to make denim and seams in Photoshop:

 

http://indidesigns.wordpress.com/photoshop-basicstutorials/jeans-texture-seams-tutorial/

in blender you can make  a low poly and a high poly and bake the maps (displace,bump etc)

think most apps do it nowadays but terms may vary

Quote - in blender you can make  a low poly and a high poly and bake the maps (displace,bump etc)

think most apps do it nowadays but terms may vary

Yeah, I saw the way Jonathan Williams did it, but I lost him somewhere in there. Scared me off.

Quote - in blender you can make  a low poly and a high poly and bake the maps (displace,bump etc)

think most apps do it nowadays but terms may vary

All the main app's been able to do this for the last decade

Tried to use the Photoshop tutorial in GIMP burt GIMP doesn't have a Blending Options selection like Photoshop, so it stopped me dead.

@EClark blender does that to me every now an then ;-) but exercise is good for you rofl

I've just gone to p'14 from 7 (after a couple of years pure blender)

so having lots of wow moments an a few Grrrrrrrrs (an brusies when I fall of me chair)

but so long as yer learning yer NOT dying

start baking with sumat easy but it does give better results then Ps/PSP woteva with less effort (but guess that depends on what your best at lol  )

 

@RorrKonn I know mate! despite the fact I aint tried any of the "better" apps for a while, lol

if I could afford what I'd like ;-) I'd probably be too rich to give a d**n (bliddy spill chucker)