FWArt opened this issue on Apr 02, 2012 · 6 posts
FWArt posted Mon, 02 April 2012 at 11:14 AM
Hi all,
I dont know if this is the right place for this but I hope somoene can help. I am developing some characters myself and sometimes like to have a better skin texture, correct some seams issues etc and always find trying to do it in PS isnt that great. Someone recommended blacksmith3d Paint for this, but I just wondered if someone used it here and what you thought before I spend $300 on something I haven't used before. Also if you used it, it the saving of the textures and maps fairly straight forward to then intigrate into poser for the actual character build (for shading etc...).
Any thoughts or help on that would be very much apprechiated.
Many thanks.
Fred
P.S. and sorry if I posted this in the wrong place.
willyb53 posted Mon, 02 April 2012 at 11:24 AM
I would recommend that you download the demo version of Blacksmith3d Paint. I use it for placeing of tattoos accross seams etc. The demo version is fairly low res, but it will give you a feel for the program so you can decide if the workflow is what you need.
Saving textures is simple.
Bill
People that know everything by definition can not learn anything
Gareee posted Mon, 02 April 2012 at 11:27 AM
You might also consider 3d coat as well for painting textures.
Way too many people take way too many things way too seriously.
FWArt posted Mon, 02 April 2012 at 11:36 AM
Thanks for the comments, will give the demo a try and see how I feel, thanks also for saying about the saving, that helped a lot. WIll also look at 3d coat , thanks for mentioning it, will check it out now. THanks again, Fred :)
icandy265 posted Mon, 02 April 2012 at 12:27 PM
You can either use that, Zbrush works also but is a little more complicated. Blacksmith's was fairly easy for me to learn.
Another thing that works if you are just adding details, tattoo's, etc is Texture Paint Helper
But overall the best is Blacksmith's in my opinion.
FWArt posted Mon, 02 April 2012 at 12:40 PM
Thanks icandy, I saw that one before, Texture Paint Helper, and I liked it, but the thing that really put Blacksmith now in front is that you can subscribe to it now monthly, so no upfront big cost, so if after a while I dont like it I dont have a software I dont use, and if I love it, I get the license and drop the subscribtion.
So thanks to everyone for your imput. :)
Fred :)