3D Game Textures: Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop - 2nd Edition

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Год: 2009
Автор: Luke Ahearn
Жанр: CG Game Development
Издательство: Focal Press
ISBN: 978-0-240-81148-2
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF
Качество: Отсканированные страницы + слой распознанного текста
Интерактивное оглавление: Да
Количество страниц: 533
Описание: Welcome to the second edition of this book. Game development is still booming! Many more books have been written, even more information is available on the Internet, and many more colleges are offering courses, or even degrees, in game development—and many use this book. Thanks to all the students and instructors who emailed me with suggestions and corrections. I loved the praise, but really appreciate the feedback and corrections the most. You have made this a better book. Yet still I find that of all the numerous topics that fall under the large umbrella of game development, texture creation is still not getting thorough treatment. People still trumpet the virtues of the Offset Filter in Photoshop—hence the need for this second edition. I wrote this book after having held many positions on various game projects from president and art director to in-the-trenches artist working through crunch times. I worked with many artists on numerous projects, and no matter what their education or background, their knowledge of game development came largely from actually doing it. No one school or book can adequately train you for an industry that changes so fast and requires a rather large set of skills to function in. Even an experienced game developer must face a learning curve quite frequently. The reality is that most game projects are one-time, unique ventures that are never to be done the same way twice. Things change too fast: the technology, the processes, the marketplace. And the industry is still a bit transitory, so you may find yourself in a new town, at a new company, at work on a new genre of game, with tools that you have never used before. You would think that writing a book about something that is so constantly changing and affected by so many variables would be impossible. But given all the change and evolution in our industry, there are some core skills and practices that don't change from year to year. My goal with this book is not only to show you how to create textures, but also to give you a basis for understanding the larger picture of game development as it pertains to texture creation. The difference between a good artist and a good artist who can function as a member of a highperformance game development team is the ability to do good work fast and efficiently—and to contribute to the forward momentum of the project. I approached each of the projects in the book with all of this mind and tried to give you a feel for the various situations in which you may find yourself as a game artist.