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Digital Painting & Textures tutorials

The Power of the High Pass filter by Peter Hajba
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010523/hajba_01.h tm
Excellent article at Gamasutra.com on how to prepare images before attempting to make them seamless with Photoshop

How to make grooves using Photoshop, by EWA NEW!
http://www.electrowebanimation.com/tutorials/photoshop_ tutorials/tutorials/grooves/index.htm
A simple but fast way to make grooves in Photoshop using levels.

Fixing lighting irregularities in scanned imagery
http://www.3drender.com/light/EqTutorial/tiling.htm
A very good tutorial on how to fix scanned or seamless textures.

Perfect Pixels' Rough Stone
http://www.perfectpixels.com/photoshop/ps-roughstone.cf m
Short and simple tutorial on how to create rough stone with Photoshop.

Seamless textures
http://www.interlog.com/~mstrange/photoshop~tips/seaml ess.html
Simple page on how to create some different surface effects with Photoshop.

How to make a Seamless Tile at About.com
http://graphicssoft.about.com/compute/graphicssoft/library /weekly/aa080499p4.htm
A list of different tutorials on how to make seamless tiles using Photoshop (and other software).

How to make a Seamless Tile: Examples and Instructions
http://graphicssoft.about.com/compute/graphicssoft/library /weekly/aa080499p2.htm
A page with short, but good instructions on how to use the offset command and clone to produce seamless tiles.

Eye texture tutorial
http://www.en.com/users/kimo/tutorials.html
Tutorial on how to create the texture of a realistic eye, by Kim Oravecz.

Rocky Effects
http://www.deepspaceweb.com/tips/special-rocktexture.ht m
How to create rocky dimensional textures using Photoshop's Lighting effects.

Realistic Bricks
http://www.webinfractions.com/~defender/tutorials/tutor5 /
Very interesting step-by-step tutorial on how to create realistic bricks with Photoshop from scratch.

From Vector to Graphics
http://www.fantasycamera.com/learn/vector1/ap003001.ht m
Useful tutorial on how to convert paths to selections. Excellent for creating well defined shapes without having to draw by hand.

Creating shapes with rounded edges
http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/r_edge. htm
A simple and easy way to create rounded-edged shapes using Photoshop.

Stitched leather
http://www.wastedyouth.org/tutorials/leather.htm
Interesting tutorial on how to create stitched leather using Photoshop.

Fireball
http://www.wastedyouth.org/tutorials/fireball.htm
How to make a comet-looking fireball using only Photoshop.

Brushed metal
http://www.fantasycamera.com/learn/metal1/ap004001.ht m
Simple and quick tutorial on how to create the effect of brushed metal.

Erosion effect texture tutorial
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/TexturesL 1/
A neat way to produce an erosion map using Photoshop.

Using Gradient tool to create a fun pattern
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/Dec/gradi ent/default.htm
An interesting but simple way to use gradient tool in Photoshop to produce a pattern.

Creating a repeating pattern from a scan
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/June00/Cu stomTiling_tut/default.htm
Interesting tutorial on how to create repeting patterns out of scanned imagery.

Glass texture effect
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/TexturesL 3/default.htm
Interesting tutorial on how to create a rugged glass texture effect using Photosohp.

Creating a border in Photoshop
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/tutorial1/Creatin g_%20A_%20Beautiful_%20Border.htm
Interesting tutorial on how to create a dimensional-looking square border using Photoshop.

Creating gold text in Photoshop
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/GoldTextP S/default.htm
An interesting tutorial on how to create metallic gold text in Photoshop, that can be easily adapted to other shapes for texture work.

Creating chrome text in Photoshop
http://www.the-internet-eye.com/HOWTO/2000/ChromeTu t/default.htm
An interesting tutorial on how to create chrome text in Photoshop, that can be easily adapted to other shapes for texture work.

GFX^TM - General Photoshop tips and tutorals
http://user.fundy.net/morris/redirect.html?photoshop.shtml
Some good and all-purpose tutorials in Photoshop.

These are links for your pleasure, inspiration and reference.

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