Please post all tutorials related to Source Texturing in this thread. Please include a short description of what the tutorial is about along with the link.

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Does this include Weapon Skinning/Play skinning tutorials?

Yup. Anything relating to texturing.

http://www.sourceblog.net/page.php?file=/tuts/skin/skin
Has Almost everything you need to start texturing in Photoshop.

http://www.entityshift.org/tuts/uvtut.htm
Preparing a Uv, will soon be hosted on sourceblog.net

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/bladekiller/hairtut.htm
Skinning Hair

http://www.planetquake.com/skindom/tutorials/
Some very old Quake skinning tutorials that some might find useful

http://st.burst.cc/tutorials.htm
Has a lot of tutorials, but most of them are already on Sourceblog.net

http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/cottages/qbranch/tutorials.shtml
A good tutorial on how to skin cloth

could someone post up how to extract the DoD Source weapon textures, and then re-import them?

thanks

Originally posted by Sabor_Wolf
could someone post up how to extract the DoD Source weapon textures, and then re-import them?

thanks
Yeah that's what i wanna know.

1) Download GCFScape (google it)
2) Use it to view the DoD files in C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\Day of Defeat.gcf
3) Extract the relevant VTF file
4) Use Photoshop with the VTF plugin (again, google) to edit the skin and save.
5) Put your edited skin in the relevant folder (if you're unsure look at the file path within the GCF file and create the relevant folders)

Hope that helps. Sorry if the explanation is a bit sketchy, I'm about to rush out somewhere heh

I have a problem, I can get the original skins but I can't open custom .vtf files. I intended to do some "skinhacking" and put together different legs, helm, torso etc. When I try to open a custom .vtf file Photoshop just says I dont have enough ram. Is there some kind of remedy to this problem or am I stuck with other peoples skins? :)

Thanks in advance /Rollo

Originally posted by Rollo
I have a problem, I can get the original skins but I can't open custom .vtf files. I intended to do some "skinhacking" and put together different legs, helm, torso etc. When I try to open a custom .vtf file Photoshop just says I dont have enough ram. Is there some kind of remedy to this problem or am I stuck with other peoples skins? :)

Thanks in advance /Rollo

Photoshop can be a bit quirky with RAM especially with the larger VTF files. The VTF plug-in is fine, its just that the way the plug-in system uses memory isn't the best.

Anyway, one solution many have found is to go into Photoshops preferences and increase the ammount of system RAM that photoshop uses. If you have 512MB RAM you should find setting it to 80% or higher solves the problem.

Photoshop can be a bit quirky with RAM especially with the larger VTF files. The VTF plug-in is fine, its just that the way the plug-in system uses memory isn't the best.

Anyway, one solution many have found is to go into Photoshops preferences and increase the ammount of system RAM that photoshop uses. If you have 512MB RAM you should find setting it to 80% or higher solves the problem.

I set the Preference amount of ram to be used to 99% and it's still not working. I can open custom sleeve .vtf's now but thats it. I have 1024MB RAM btw. :confused: well, Thanks for the help anyways Jed. I appreciate it.

Well, the problem seemed to have solved itself :) thanks for the help Trp. Jed :D

this is how it turned out (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=11/32310584322.jpg&s=x12)

I am going to jump right in and see about editing alphas and normals as soon as I get home, but just incase anyone has any pointers for me before them, anyone got advice?

Hey, can i get some working links to some skinning tuts? Me and a buddy of mine are gonna make some skins and maybe models for our clan, but can't figure out everything. Such as editing world models, the .vtx files and whatnot. Any tuts/help would be awesome! THANKS!

Originally posted by Big Pappa
Hey, can i get some working links to some skinning tuts? Me and a buddy of mine are gonna make some skins and maybe models for our clan, but can't figure out everything. Such as editing world models, the .vtx files and whatnot. Any tuts/help would be awesome! THANKS!

Best place to start would be the Source Wiki: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/