Review
This is a quick review
Texture Maker is a seamless texture generator and designer.
The application contains everything needed to create seamless textures for use in 3D
rendering packages, game development, web graphics, image and video editing.
Texture Maker can create procedural and hand painted textures from scratch, remove
visible seams from existing images, crop textures from photos by applying a perspective
correction, render seamless tiles from structure sample patches and combine
existing textures and height maps with realistic illumination.
Texture Maker features standard operations like filters, color correction, distortion
and emboss effects, that are designed to work with seamless textures. The various generator
functions create patterns and natural textures such as bricks, flagstone, clouds, water,
rock and wood. Sophisticated effects like realistic erosion create textures that look like
they were taken from nature.
The application renders animated textures and effects, that also loop seamlessly, with a particle
system and the generator functions. The animation recorder can process and create texture sequences.
All textures can be previewed in 3D on standard primitives, on pre-rendered models and visualized
with the integrated landscape renderer that also creates panoramas and cubic environment maps.
The program can be extended with plugins and automates complex operations with its scripting
abilities. Nearly all functions take advantage of multiple CPUs in the system.
The following full-length review applies to version 3.0
Texture Maker is a powerful and handy texture generator and designer.
The application contains everything needed to create textures for 2D and 3D uses, web graphics creation, image and video editing, game development, etc.
The program offers many tools, settings and adjustments for the user to manage them and create the desired texture, from photos, hand painted pictures, etc. and applying adjustments, and corrections for all the possible parameters, such as color selection, views and perspective corrections, remove visible seams, combine created textures with existing files, etc. Other important tools such as illumination, light, shadow, quad light, etc. help user in the creation psocess.
Filters, distortions, and emboss effects come with the application for seamless textures creation. Special functions to generate patterns and natural textures such as clouds, water, wood, rocks, bricks, etc. that can be modified by filters, and controlled distortions to create erosion effects and more.
Unlimited 'undo' and 'redo' steps will help in the corrections and modifications of created textures. These textures can be previewed on pre-rendered models, in 3D standards, and visualized with landscape integration to create panoramas and environment images.
The application supports plugins and more complex operations (even with scripting commands). |
