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Texture Related software

Texture Workshop
http://www.metaworkshop.com/texture.asp
Stand-alone that converts images to seamless textures. Has a 10 day free trial period, after which costs $19 to register.

Reptile 2
http://www.sausagetools.com/supertoolz/reptile2.html
Stand-alone software that creates seamless textures from scratch. Freeware.

Tesselation from Flamingo Pear
http://www.flamingpear.com/download.html
Good plugin from Photoshop that converts images into seamless textures. Installed as filter. Available both for Mac and PC.

Seamless software and tutorials at About.com
http://graphicssoft.about.com/compute/graphicssoft/library/ weekly/aa080499.htm
and
http://graphicssoft.about.com/compute/graphicssoft/cs/tilet exturepc/index.htm
Tutorials and a comprehensive list of softwares, plugins and Photoshop actions available to make seamless textures. Includes detailed tutorial on the "offset" method.

Simple Filters
http://www.btinternet.com/~cateran/simple/
A collection of simple filters for Photoshop that help you make seamless textures, free.

Texporter for Max
http://www.cuneytozdas.com/software/max/texporter/
A must have plugin for Max which unwraps the UV mapping coordinates, allowing easier custom painting.

Texture Layer, TLUnwrap and Quick UVW by Mankua
http://www.mankua.com/
Excellent plugins for 3D Studio Max: TLUnwrap unwraps the mapping coordinates of any object, allowing for easy painting (free); Texture Layer allows more sophisticated mapping coordinates not available in Max.