Lynda - Creating Textures: Formed Concrete

Used in everything from the Pantheon to modern

buildings like the Salk Institute, concrete is all

around us, which means it makes its way into many

architectural designs and 3D scenes. If you need to generate

objects made of concrete for your next 3D project, start here

This course takes you through all the steps for creating

concrete textures, beginning in Photoshop, where Adam Crespi

shows how to create form ties and scoring patterns, generate

bubble holes and voids, and add variation and wear using

custom brushes. Then he explains how to create normal and

occlusion maps, and brings the concrete texture into Maya

where he links it to a poured concrete material and maps the

concrete to flow around the walls of a structure

Interested in creating other kinds of textures, such as wood

grain or metal? Check out other courses in our Creating

Textures series

Topics include:

* Laying out form ties and joints

* Painting the base color and variation

* Adding bubble holes and voids

* Adding color variation using custom brushes

* Drawing exposed aggregate sections

* Creating a poured concrete material

* Mapping the concrete to flow around walls