3D Game Textures : Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop (Paperback, 3 Rev ed)

Introduction

Textures

                Art Theory

                Breaking the world down visually

                Recreating the world visually in Photoshop

                Art as applied to CG applications

Shaders and Materials

                Shader vs. Material

                What is a material system

                Nodes

                Node Input

                Node types and functions

Material Examples

                Diffuse

                Specular

                Ambient

                Reflection real and faked

                Refraction

                Transparency

                Bump/ Displacement/ Normal mapping

                Specialized Materials; Skin etc.

Creating Complex Materials

                Metals

                Glass

                Wood

                Compound Materials