Mebantiza Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) I am looking for a fine grained sand\beach type texture 2k or 4k even, 2k preferred with normal's optimized for SSE. I have 2 currently, but both are only 512 and 1k and while they are not terrible by any means, they are a little on the low-res side if you look closely. I have poked through all the Classic skyrim mods, and most of the mods that did have what I was looking for, were of course, all 1k or less even. HD textures landscapes do exist of course for SSE, good ones, but all those are geared toward the pseudo-Scandinavian landscape that Skyrim is meant to emulate. The look I am after, is along the lines of your typical tropical paradise beach with flawless pristine, (or near) looking sand. Edited April 17, 2019 by Mebantiza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbincubation Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Would you be able to do something with sandy gravel? You might be able to turn it into a brush, create a very large (4096x4096) texture, then shrink it back down to 2k and fiddle with the colors and contrast a bit. http://www.photos-public-domain.com/2017/06/22/sandy-gravel-texture/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbincubation Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I just found this one on a different public domain site. http://absfreepic.com/free-photos/download/sand-texture-5760x3840_19308.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebantiza Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) Thanks that looks good. I do not have much experience creating textures from scratch, but Im sure Ill figure it out. I tested the sandy one and its looks pretty good, but it tiles and it needs a normal made up for it. etc. Thank you. No one seems to have produced a proper 2k or 4k fine grain sand texture for skyrim, even for the mods that use them. Edited April 17, 2019 by Mebantiza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbincubation Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Yeah, I think what you have to do (mind you I've never done it) is to crop it down to a perfect square, then make it seamless. I don't remember whether brushes or patterns tile, or whether you have to set it not to, but whatever graphics editor you're using, you will probably have luck with googling (name) + how + custom + brush. That should point you toward tutorials. It's been a while since I used photoshop, but I think it was a matter of a few settings, and suddenly your picture of chainmail is a seamless wall of chainmail, wherever your brush goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbincubation Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 If you use GIMP, here's a nice video tutorial on making normal maps with specular maps. Not sure about photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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