TUTORIALS for textures

[ElChristou]

Hello, everybody

I want to do a list of good tutorials (at first, a compilation of url from the forum).

This sticky (thread) is NOT for posting.

If someone want to add an url in the list, please PM me; I will check it and then enter it by editing the post below. New entries are welcome.

Tx.

PS: Please report broken link by PM me. Tx.

[ElChristou]

Blending modes and Layer styles:

http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7145&highlight=


How to eliminate the PINCH effect at poles:

http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7013&highlight=


Cloudsmap with PaintShop Pro (by Spaceman Spiff)

http://www.shatters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7650


About planets and cloudsmap:

http://www.solarvoyager.com/tutorials.asp

A good source for clouds:

http://xplanet.sourceforge.net/clouds.php

About rings:

http://www.mmedia.is/~bjj/data/s_rings/index.html

http://www.deviantart.com/view/9266496/

http://www.solarvoyager.com/images/tutorials/planetrings/planetrings.htm


Some Gimp tutorials:

beginner:
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http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Bezier_Selections/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Quickmask/


Intermediate:
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http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Changing_Background_Color_1/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Changing_Background_Color_2/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Tileable_Textures/


Photo Editing:
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http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Reducing_CCD_Noise/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Selective_Gaussian_Blur/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Blur_Overlays/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Blending_Exposures/

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Smart_Sharpening/


Some Photoshop tutorials:

http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/

[ElChristou]

Not completely related to image manipulation from an artistic point of view, but indeed related to textures generation via official datas from Nasa and others, you can find here some usefull steps by Bob to use Fridger's tools:

http://forum.celestialmatters.org/viewtopic.php?t=217