Textures from around the world

[Chrisp-3DT]

We have a future texture CD/s coming out and the topics are 'textures from around the world'. So we thought this could provide some fun oportunaties for artists to get snapping and make some extra cash at the same time.

We require photos of textures from every corner of the globe that are specific and unique to your region. So if you have a good eye for photography and have a good digital camera, we are offering US$4 per photo (unedited) that we choose. We will be selective with your photos but we are aiming to get around 600 textures that will be used to make CDs. So the best idea is for you to take a large range if possible so we may choose the ones we want. Remember we just want the raw photos so you dont have to do any post work at all, just take good photos! We are going to do all the seaming, bumping, balancing etc.

When taking photos:

1. Photos should have no hard shadows we find bright overcast days are best.
2. Individual textures need to cover a certain area for example, bricks, tiles, slates etc would need to cover at least 10 bricks wide by 10 bricks tall, what we are saying here is close-ups are no good as they do not repeat as well when tiles.
3. Photos of cobbled roads or walk ways need to be taken with enough surface area as possible
4. Image size should be 2048x1536 (3 million pixels)
5. Photos need to be in perfect focus, blurred ones are no good
6. When taking photos you need to keep in mind ‘Will this tile well’ for example if there is very strong detail in just one area it would repeat badly and not tile well , same goes for very uneven lighting and colours.
7. Photos should also have no specular highlights on them if at all possible.
click here for examples (http://www.3dtotal.com/forum/ttex_job/ttex_job.asp) Make sure you click the images to see the full picture so to understand what we mean.
8. You need to be as close to 90 degrees to the surface as possible (this means photograph it straight on rather at any angle)

So no matter where you live, if you are interested please get in touch and email me at chrisp@3dtotal.com and tell me who you are, where you live and the sorts of type of texures you think you can capture for us from your area!

[Argalius]

*Darn, why didn't I ask that digital camera for my birthday *
:grr:
;)

[TheOne]

Hey, great.
Sadly I dont have a very good digi-cam. :( It has only 2.1 million pixels.

Tell me if this size would be ok... I would be really glad if I could do some photos. :)

[Digby]

If you want unedited photos, but want them at 2048x1536, should larger ones be cropped?

[Fusion]

Sweet Deal!!

But isn't there a theme to this? Usually you have certain textures on a CD (last one was all cars) so are you looking for anything specific this time?

[Profane]

cool...very nice idea indeed.
I can't wait to go out tomorrow and take lots of photo....(for once living in italy might help me!!!)

[Tom-3DT]

TheOne - sorry have to say no for now and see what other response we get, if it isnt much then we will get back to you.

Fusion - themes we may have are just 'continents' they came from, so there isnt any retrictions, but something like a plain concrete wall for example is no good as it could have come from anywhere. Surfaces which are either natural or manmade but are more specific to your area are what we want. For example we recently went to spain and photographed some lovely tiles, walls and roof slates that had a definate 'spanish' look to them. Just to contradict myslef though, if you can capture some excellent surfaces that really are beautiful textures, like an old weathered hand made fence just for an example, we will still consider buying it from you even though it could of come from any region as we have some other texture projects on the go too!

Many thanks

Tom

[Profane]

so...would it be ok to have textures from the wall of this house?(This is my town ):o

[Profane]

or some sort of concrete texture from this red rocks (always in my town)

[tattarn]

ok, now i'm gonna have to move to italy!
but first im gonna take some photos of sweden.

[BlackSeer]

Originally posted by tattarn
ok, now i'm gonna have to move to italy!
but first im gonna take some photos of sweden.

Where in sweden? Funny thing I just got the same idea :p

Guess this is the perfect reason to learn to use my new camera, even if I will be taking pics in 3.2 mil

[Profane]

:roll: ....nothing is what it seems...but yes...my country is freaking beautiful...:o :o
weird...i'd like to move to sweden!what a werid world?!:p

[tattarn]

Profane: :D it sure is!

BlackSeer: yeah :) Umeå, and you?

[BlackSeer]

Stockholm, suspect there are a few buildings in old town, and at the royal castle that can provide good spots for pictures. :D

[tattarn]

ok, I belive Stockholm would be a better place to live in this situation, you have alot of cool buildings down there.. we dont :grr:

[Tom-3DT]

Profane - yes those surfaces look good :)

[UnsteadyTeddy]

Just want to clarify on something, do you want scenery shots? or close up wall type shots?

I don't have a decent digi cam so i won't be able to help, but maybe my question is on the minds of some others :)

[Tom-3DT]

No scenery or close ups thanks (we explain why we dont want close ups in the opening post of this thread)

Thanks

Tom

[Dill]

how do we get the images to you guys?

i am really interested in doing this

is there a time frame we should work to?

[ludenhud]

Im in, and I come from sweden.

[Orkron]

Originally posted by Dill
how do we get the images to you guys?

i am really interested in doing this

is there a time frame we should work to?

Just like he says in the opening post email him for more info man...
Hope you photograph better than you read! :) jsut joshing you.

[Dill]

:(

yeah i posted that before i read the post again

email has been sent!

and yeah i take a much better phone then how i read lol

[3dGator]

Guys, I'd love to join in, but my digicam is like TheOne's, only 2.1 million pixels... In case you lower your requirements a bit:D tell me, and I'll be happy to send you some photos!

[jamesgc]

interesting proposition, you 3dtotal guys are fresh.

i'll be sending some in from Gods Country. (that being yorkshire, uk)

;)

best
james.


http://www.jamesgc.com

[Chrisp-3DT]

the only reason why we have put down 3mill pix is, that is what we use here in the studio sometime even higher and we find that setting gives a better quality and a larger image to work with, but yeah send in a few examples please

[Rinne]

Hey, I think I'll find something good here:)

Now it's just my camera skills bothering me, but I got it just for 3d, so I'll need to learn it earlier, or later.

I think I may send in a testphoto when I've done one, don't I? (Currently raining here, so it's not good, yet:D )

[gbr]

there are some textures in my website, yes i know it's not as good as the 3dtotal tex cds. but i'm not pro

i hope you like it! link (http://gbr.design21.hu/textures.htm)

[Serial Killer]

this sounds good and no mexican yet...
I live in a port so sand and ocean are all over as well as some nice textures to picture.
One question you say you want raw fotos you mean raw format? I can take'em in that format but is that right?

[Chrisp-3DT]

hi serial

the format of the textures should be jpg, the reason we have said unedited is that we just need the photos from you and we seam them and make the bump maps

[duce]

What about This.

I got around 100Pictures that i can make Tilable and make DIF and Bump map and durt maps.

http://home.publishnet.nl/~pvermaas/wood1_prom.jpg

i got lots of wood and stones and walls also got some good ref material for Japanisch/chinees Old Buildings. and stone walls. iam working on getting more metal skins. but i need to find time to go to the Scrap heap

if you want to hear more from me about this textures Mail me at

j_vermaas@hccnet.nl

[Tom-3DT]

Rinne - yes send in a test

gbr - nice textures but dont really sing out they are region specific, also there are a couple of problems we mentioned before, sunlight/shadows on one of them, not enough surface area (stand back a bit from the subject) and i noticed an occaional blur creeping in on some (maybe a tripod would help this)

duce - I think you have missed the point a little, we want to do all the editing, we are just after raw unedited photos of region specific textures.

Everyone else - Glad to hear from you we are looking forward to seeing your shots!

[Chrisp-3DT]

We are in the process of sorting out server space for the chosen images to be uploaded to which will be a lot easier than sending them by post but thats up to you.

For us to choose your photos you need to send me compressed examples which should be around 640px by 480px or samller but they have to be big enough for us to see detail (no cropped images please) via email or by giving me a link to where i can view them, but if you wish to send them to us on cd, email me and i will send you our address

If you have any more questions please email me or put up a post.

Thanks again

Chrisp

[duce]

Originally posted by Tom-3DT

duce - I think you have missed the point a little, we want to do all the editing, we are just after raw unedited photos of region specific textures.

maybe you also missed my point i also have the Original pictures On my pc. still if this textures dont come in handy you can still have over 50+ pictures that might help out (dont want any money for them cause i also use them for personal use.)

[Luc@s]

I´m in Argentina, i think i can take nice pictures here. Do you have a dead line or something like that ?

[Tom-3DT]

duce - ok yeah sorry, if you have any region specific ones that meet the standard thn please send them in

Luc@s - I dont think Chris has set a deadline yet, but I imagine we will want them within 2 weeks,hope you get to snap up some good stuff in Argentina should be some interesting surfaces there!

Tom

[Chrisp-3DT]

Hi just a quick update

the deadline as so many people have been asking is set for 2 weeks so we need to have images sent to us by the 12th september which is a sunday. If you can send in your images a described in my earlier post
here a quick reminder of my post -

We are in the process of sorting out server space for the chosen images to be uploaded to which will be a lot easier than sending them by post but thats up to you.

For us to choose your photos you need to send me compressed examples which should be around 640px by 480px or samller but they have to be big enough for us to see detail (no cropped images please) via email or by giving me a link to where i can view them, but if you wish to send them to us on cd, email me and i will send you our address.

as always any questions please email me or put up a reply

[DMSR]

I would make a photo suggestion: snow. I think it's quite region specific. Anyone in snowy region should give it a try. It's pretty hard to get a good snow photo, especially whitout too much shadow in it. I'd give it a try myself, but 1) I dont have a good digicam and 2) it's not winter yet where I live :(

[Staffan Norling]

Nice....looks like i'll be going out on a tour, trying to capture Sweden in textures aswell. :)

[Profane]

12 th septemeber is so damn close!...I wanted to go to Rome to take a couple of photos of Sanit Paul Cathedral and all the ancient roman side of the city....never mind...
now a question that springs to my mind:Should we specify the sources of our photos?eg. this photo was taken at XXX. from the Church of Saint yyy....I think it would be right to identify where the photos were taken.. (just my idea)

[Tom-3DT]

Profane - 2 weeks isnt a deffinate deadline, this project will run for quite a while longer, just wanted to get people moving! I really think you should make that trip! We will wait :)

Thanks

Tom

[Profane]

you know....italians are more relaxed than any other people....we need to take our time :p :p

[3dGator]

Originally posted by Profane
you know....italians are more relaxed than any other people....we need to take our time :p :p

hahaha!!:haha: :haha:
Like in all latin countries, I guess! lol
Where in Italy are you from? I've been in the Alpine region of Italy twice, but I really want to visit the whole country seriously, though. As in, go see Rome, Milan, Venice...
I agree with your idea: maybe we should all add a text or something explaining where each pic was taken from.

[Profane]

Originally posted by 3dGator
hahaha!!:haha: :haha:
Like in all latin countries, I guess! lol
Where in Italy are you from? I've been in the Alpine region of Italy twice, but I really want to visit the whole country seriously, though. As in, go see Rome, Milan, Venice...
I agree with your idea: maybe we should all add a text or something explaining where each pic was taken from.
...so you'll be my portoguese cousin!lol!:D :D
anyaway,I live right in the middle of italy,(UMBRIA....just type 'Assisi' or 'Spello' into google toolbar and you''ll see what i'm talkin' about) two hour far from rome....two hour far from Florence.(Both my favoutie cities)
My region (the darker one) is quite famous for its religiuos places,for its red wine ,for its food...and sadly for its tragic earthquakes...:(

[Luc@s]

im curius in what kind of picture y prefer, the thing is thats there are millons of posibilitys so maybe a guide of things that you want to include in the cd can help, for example stones, wood,backrounds, this things are common so i don´t know. Maybe you want something different, something special. I´m waiting for my new camera, it´s only 4 mp so i hope can help with the size, i don´t remember de limit of the picture size. Sorry if my enlish is not so good..... so i´m just waiting here in Buenos Aires to go and take lot of pictures.

[Chrisp-3DT]

Hi

There isnt any retrictions to the textures, but something like a plain concrete wall for example is no good as it could have come from anywhere. Surfaces which are either natural or manmade but are more specific to your area are what we want. For example we recently went to spain and photographed some lovely tiles, walls and roof slates that had a definate 'spanish' look to them. Just to contradict myslef though, if you can capture some excellent surfaces that really are beautiful textures, like an old weathered hand made fence just for an example, we will still consider buying it from you even though it could of come from any region as we have some other texture projects on the go too!

If you need anything else please contact me.

Thanks again

Chris Perrins
www.3dtotal.com

[Vitor]

I'll get my new digital camera tomorrow, an Olympus C-8080WZ (8 million pixels) and as i live in an old historical village I may try to get some nice textures =)

[Tom-3DT]

That sounds great Vitor

Tom

[Ecleposs]

well ...
i made this textures by my self from old islamic cairo,Egypt
here is the link
the link (4MB) (http://www.arabcg.com/files/arabic/interviews/ecleposs/textures.rar)
right click and save as(its a win rar (http://www.win-rar.com/) file)

its just a sample ...i f you like it i can do more specialy for you
i can also do the pharoh temples and styff...you know..am in Egypt

my e-mail (if needed) isecle_poss@yahoo.com
thanks

[Tom-3DT]

Your textures look really good Ecleposs. If you could take some similar ones following the guidlines then we would buy them from you. In particular the image size needs to be a lot bigger (see initial post for details) and also we want them unedited as we have specific techniques for doing the balancing and seems ourselves, but the subjects look great :)

Thanks

Tom Greenway

[Ecleposs]

cool...ill start working now
i just want to know if threre is any kind of deadline
to recive the photos?

[Profane]

12 th of september

[Profane]

...Chris P 3DT I have sent you some stuff....

[Ecleposs]

i just came home from a long day shooting textures for the textures from around the world project

i have about 60 great photos all of them 2048x1536
and follow the 8 rules on the initial post exactly

now...do i send you the link directly to the high res. images?
or you want a small size for them to choose from?

[Chrisp-3DT]

hi email me them in a reduced size around 640 x 480 so that i can chose which ones we would like

[Ecleposs]

hi Chrisp
i send you the reduced size as you requested at the email in the initial post...
i f you got them..let me know ..couse if not ..ill send them again

[Chris-3DT]

lovely, i'm in, provided i have the time :)

covering some of Germany's most..er...beautiful parts: The Ruhr Valley. :D