Creating Custom Skins/Textures in Virt-A-Mate - Beginner Tutorial, Part 1

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Patreon: Syrinxo

Outline:
1) Rundown of texture types
2) Where to start when creating a new skin
3) The two major challenges - seams and color matching
4) Demo: Using frequency separation in GIMP to color match a new feature:
    - Duplicate layer
    - Gaussian blur the duplicate until all desired details are lost
    - Set blurred layer mode to Grain Extract
    - Create New Layer from Visible; set that new layer to Grain Merge mode,
      and return the blurred duplicate mode to Normal

There's so much to know about texture creation that I didn't include here -
file management; how to best use FaceGen; how to create spec, gloss, and normal maps with GIMP or Photoshop; choosing reference materials; what edits turn a photo into a good texture in VAM; 3D/2D editing workflow... the list goes on. Keep an eye out for Part 2 next to cover some of these more in-depth topics.

Software used or mentioned in this video:
Virt-A-Mate (Patreon: posts)
FaceGen (https://facegen.com/artist.htm -- Free version puts blue letters on the character's forehead.)
GIMP (https://www.gimp.org/ -- free)
Substance Painter (https://store.steampowered.com/app/14... -- The Adobe site has a free trial but it's $30/mo to subscribe to access. Or, drop $150 on it once on Steam. )
ZBrush
Photoshop
Blender