Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

[JeffR]

"Spamming" isn't exactly the correct term though, is it?

Self-marketing is challenging, so it's no surprise he posts around several forums, but "spam" is unwanted, or irrelevent messages. Not legitimate and useful content that's topical like his stuff.

Yes, I was joking a bit. I was asking, if it is worth the efford.

Regarding the textures I would not recommend to edit them, if you are not a professional game designer or artist, since then the edited image would rather decrease the quality than increase it. From what I saw so far, the seamelss versions were pretty amateurish, but he is getting better. It takes me somewhere from 15 minutes up to 3 hours to make a good gameready texture and most of the time is spend in the engine testing them in different setups, correcting them, load again etc for each layer and they are still only optimized for Torque3D, so to make general purpose game ready textures you need quite some experience and even then they will mostly be special case use.

 

True, there is an aspect of specialization when it comes to art assets, but the PBR workflow is designed to reduce that as much as possible - and substance's tools are pretty excellent to avoid quality degregation, while still outputting the supporting PBR maps. It's the huge advantage of the PBR workflow. But even within that, there are some engine-peculiarities within that, so that is a fair point.

Still, if he thinks he could pull it off, I think it'd be a worthwhile thing to look into for the future.

[Eric Matyas]

Thanks for the feedback...I will definitely look into it!

In the meantime...

50 or so new metal textures are ready, both seamless and standard, on my TXR - METAL page. You can find them here:

http://soundimage.org/txr-metal/

Still working on carpet / fur / etc.

Have a good week!

[Eric Matyas]

I've opened a fur textures page and uploaded about 70 images, both seamless and standard, to get it started. Some of them might be useful for other things, like carpets, rugs, etc. Some also have funky weaves so I included them for fun.

You'll find them here:

http://soundimage.org/txr-fur/

[Duion]

Do you use some software to generate those seamless versions automatically? It looks similar to what I get when I run a resynthesizer on images.

[Eric Matyas]

Do you use some software to generate those seamless versions automatically? It looks similar to what I get when I run a resynthesizer on images.

 

I work with PixPlant. Not all images lend themselves to being seamless, though, so it's very much a trial and error kind of thing. :-)

I've added about 50 new paper textures derived mostly from old book covers, but there are also some distressed blank pages. They are on my TXR - Paper page:

http://soundimage.org/txr-paper/

Hope some of them are helpful!

[Duion]

@Eric Matyas

It is a nice software, but I prefer to make seamless versions by hand, as you got much more control. Some of the seamless versions you made look good, but on the other hand some are also very bad. So for me those are not very useful, as it does not take that much time to make them by hand.

You got feedback of people finding them useful?

[Eric Matyas]

@Eric Matyas

It is a nice software, but I prefer to make seamless versions by hand, as you got much more control. Some of the seamless versions you made look good, but on the other hand some are also very bad. So for me those are not very useful, as it does not take that much time to make them by hand.

You got feedback of people finding them useful?

 

Yeah, I'm beginning to see some of my images used in games. They are really meant to be a starting point so please feel free to edit as needed. :-)

Anyhow...

I just uploaded about 40 new stone texture images, both standard and seamless, on my new TXR - Rock/Stone 2 page.

http://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-2/

Enjoy!

[Duion]

I can't use your textures anyway, since the license is not compatible with my project, I'm just making general suggestions.

[Eric Matyas]

A bunch of new wood texture images are ready, both standard and seamless, on my TXR - Wood page.

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

I hope some of them are helpful. :-)

[Eric Matyas]

I've uploaded a bunch of new texture images. They are on my TXR-WOOD page and at the bottom of my TXR-FABRIC page, under "General Textiles."

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

http://soundimage.org/txr-fabric/

Have a good weekend! :-)

[Eric Matyas]

Happy Saturday!

I've added some new fantasy textures on the following pages:

TXR - BRICK

http://soundimage.org/txr-brick/

TXR - ROCK/STONE

http://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone/

Have a good weekend! :-)

[Jason Campbell]

Looks great. Thank you.

[Eric Matyas]

Looks great. Thank you.

 

You're very welcome! :-)

Hi everyone,

I've added new images on this page:

TXR - CONCRETE/PAVEMENT

http://soundimage.org/txr-concrete/

And started a new page:

TXR - STUCCO

http://soundimage.org/txr-stucco/

As always, feel free to edit as needed.

Have a good weekend! :-)

[Eric Matyas]

Hey guys,

I've added a bunch new images on this page:

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

As always, feel free to edit / mash / use parts / combine with other things / etc. as needed.

Enjoy!

[Eric Matyas]

Hey guys,

I've added about 60 new images to the following pages:

TXR - CONCRETE / PAVEMENT

http://soundimage.org/txr-concrete/

TXR - GLASS (new page)

http://soundimage.org/txr-glass/

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

I hope some of them are helpful!

[Eric Matyas]

Greetings!

I've added a bunch of new images to the following page:

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

I hope some of them are helpful!

[Eric Matyas]

Greetings and Happy Holidays!

I've added a bunch of new images:

On the TXR-PAPER page, some really cool covers from journals. Might work for maps, old books, etc.

http://soundimage.org/txr-paper/

On the TXR - WOOD, some new distressed wood.

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

I've also opened a new page, TXR - WICKER.

http://soundimage.org/txr-wicker/

Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season!

[Eric Matyas]

Happy New Year Everyone!

In case you haven't already noticed, I've tried to improve navigation on my site by creating a categorized menu of links to all my pages on the right-hand side of each page. (If you don't immediately see it, scroll down a bit.) I hope it's helpful!

That said, I've uploaded about 40 new free images on the following pages:

TXR - GROUND

http://soundimage.org/txr-ground/

TXR - ROCK/STONE 2

http://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-2/

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

Have a good week!

[Eric Matyas]

Hey everyone,

I've uploaded a bunch of cool new metal images here:

TXR - METAL

http://soundimage.org/txr-metal/

Don't forget to check out the new categorized menu of links to all of my pages on the right-hand side of each page (if you haven't already.) If you don't immediately see it, scroll down a bit. I hope it's helpful!

[Eric Matyas]

Greetings!

New images are ready here:

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

Have a great week!

[Eric Matyas]

Hi everyone,

I have new images for you on the following pages:

TXR - ROCK/STONE 2

http://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-2/

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

I'm also starting to receive requests for "real-world" images (mostly for reference) so if anyone has any requests, just let me know.

Have a good week!

[Eric Matyas]

Hi everyone,

I'm getting requests for "real world" images, so I've begun a new page for those:

TXR - BACKGROUNDS

http://soundimage.org/txr-backgrounds/

I've also added new images to the following pages:

TXR - BARK

http://soundimage.org/txr-bark/

TXR - GROUND

http://soundimage.org/txr-ground/

TXR - ROCK/STONE 2

http://soundimage.org/txr-rockstone-2/

TXR - WOOD

http://soundimage.org/txr-wood/

Enjoy...and have a good week!

[Eric Matyas]

Hey Folks,

Last week was pretty hectic, but I managed to shoot some new backgrounds over the weekend. You'll find them here:

TXR - BACKGROUNDS

http://soundimage.org/txr-backgrounds

Enjoy!

[Steve_Yorkshire]

Those are pretty :)

[Eric Matyas]

Those are pretty :)

 

Thanks, Steve, I appreciate it!

A bunch of new images are ready on the following pages:

TXR - BACKGROUNDS

http://soundimage.org/txr-backgrounds

TXR - CONCRETE/PAVEMENT

http://soundimage.org/txr-concrete/

Hope you're having a good week!