Hi, I am wanting to create different colors for the DAZ's sweater and skirt pack, but I am not sure how to create textures that look like fabric and not like it was spray painted on. How do I do this? I have the basic understanding of creating different colors under the materials part in Poser 4 and have not tried yet under Poser 5. I am wanting to be able to have not just solid colors, but also patterns for the sweater. Can anyone please advise on this. I also want to be able to create different colors for Michael's dress shirts from his clothing pack. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You need to create a texture using a texture template and a image editing software like PaintShop Pro or Photoshop. For Michaels Clothing Pack, I would believe that the texture template for e.g. the shirt can be downloaded from DAZ. There are plenty of free textile-like textures out there to download that you can use as a basis and apply to the template. My experience is that it's more important to have a good bump map in order to create the impression of fabric in the render. Fabric usually has a very uneven surface and that must show in the render. Sometimes you can actually have a solid color on the clothing item and just apply a bump map with a pattern from a fabric. You can easily make a bump map in Paintshop Pro or Photoshop by converting a hi rez picture of fabric to a grey scale picture.

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As Kelderek says Lemog has some great textures, but be a bit wary of the plaids, not all of them tile correctly and need a wee bit of adjustment.