How to begin working on textures
You now have this program in front of you and
don't know what to do with it. How to create those nice textures which
are seen all over the internet. TTM has a very complex and, on the first
look, a confusing interface. That's because it is very powerful and has
a really great amount of functions which have to be available in a quick
way. All those buttons and you don't know which to press first. Don't worry.
Test all the buttons and look what happens, you can't damage anything.
You will get familiar to the program and then
find it easy to handle. Power takes time to be controlled.
First steps
Here are some steps which you can do first.
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-Choose a color by clicking on the CHOOSE
COLOR button.
-Press the PLASMA button to get a base for your texture. |
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-Choose the circle function at
the draw operations located in the TreeView on the right side and
press the + button.
-Choose the blending DROP and add it, too. |
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-Run a horizontal wave at the distortion
tools by clicking on the UP button after you have chosen
it.
-Also run a vertical wave the same way. |
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-Click on the MAKE TEXTURE SEAMLESS button
which is blinking after a operation.
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Congratulation, you created your first texture.
There are many function in TTM, which you can
select in the TreeView. You will also get a picture of what the Operation
does. Just press the i key next to this picture
and you will get further information.