Luke Ahearn

3D Game Textures

Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Revised to take new technology into account, this new edition is an ideal hands-on resource for creating textures, shaders, and materials. It contains expanded coverage of shader nodes, and its companion website has been updated to include video tutorials as well as updated samples.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 4 ed
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 888g
• ISBN-13: 9781138920064
• ISBN-10: 1138920061
• Artikelnr.: 44706820

Autorenporträt

Luke Ahearn has over 20 years of experience in professional game development. He has served in lead positions such as designer, producer, and art director on over 15 published game titles, including Dead Reckoning and America's Army. He has also worked as a background artist at Electronic Arts. He is currently working as an animatronic prop artist at MasterWerx Studios. He has written nine books on game development.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The Basics of Art. The Basics of Computer Graphic Technology. Introduction to Shaders and Materials. Preparing for Texture Creation. Sci-Fi Hallway
Basic Shaders: Diffuse
Illumination
and Opacity. The Urban Setting: Low-Polygon
High-Texture Detail. The Fantasy Setting: High-Polygon
High-Texture Detail. Exteriors. Game Effects. Normal Maps and Multipass Shaders.