i was woundering what you guys use to put ruts on your textures i used the burn tool but it doesnt look up to par.
What program are you using? I use Paint Shop Pro but I have found that the burn tool in PSP is not as good as the burn tool in Photo Shop. I have done them several ways but the way that I have used for the last several years are:
1. Using Photo Shop I just use the burn tool. I work on my textures at twice the size that I end up using (1920x1920. I just draw away on the actual rendered texture. I actually work on a copy of it. When I'm done I just resize to 960x960.
2. Using Paint Shop Pro which I use if I want to make my burn marks and keep them over several renders (you could do this in Photo Shop also). I work at 1920x1920. I create a layer for the burn marks. I just draw black lines one pixel wide. When I'm done I make a copy of the layer and then tweak it some by blurring slightly. I then just adjust's it's opacity until it looks the way I want.
I've been meaning to try having Terragen generate them for me, but I haven't done it yet.
I also would be interested in hearing how others do it.
Bruce
in photoshop add a new layer all white set the layer blending mode to multply and use the burn tool set to highlights at 50% and use a 1 pixle brush.
Ian.