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MaPZone 2.6 - Introduction + Lesson 1 : Blending - Texture of Dirty Grass
Requirement : MaPZone 2.6 (the newest version for now)
Visits MaPZone Homepage to download the tool or get more information.
Content
0 Introduction
0.1 Installing
Lessons :
1 Blending - Make a texture for grass
1.1 Create A New One
1.2 Linking and Colorizing
A powerful and free texturing tool, it must be MaPZone 2.6 ! MaPZone is one of the best texturing program. You cannot draw with MaPZone but you can mix up the presets to make the awesome textures for your favourites. Okay, let us try to do something simple with it
Download the MaPZone and install it. After you installed MaPZone, you may be prompted to set the directory of Library of MaPZone. Then you just need to set it to : C:\Program Files (x86)\MaPZone 2.6\Library (this is the path in my comp, yay, it's just an example)
Launch it now and follow the steps to make a simple texture !
[IMAGE : 1]
Only Colorize and Colorize [Blending Mode] functions will be used in this lesson. Do not look down at them, these two functions are enough to create enough stunning texture There're many ways to create a stunning texture, for me, these two are enough.
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-Click on the arrow of first preset and then link to the Colorize Map.
-Click on the arrow of second preset and then link to the Colorize Map [Blending Mode].
-Click on the colored arrow of the Colorize Map and link to Colorize Map [Blending Mode].
After the linking process, double-click on the Colorize Map and then click "Options" and select "Load preset". The gradient color is hard to be produced so we will use the done presets gradient.
[IMAGE : 3]
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Requirement : MaPZone 2.6 (the newest version for now)
Visits MaPZone Homepage to download the tool or get more information.
Content
0 Introduction
0.1 Installing
Lessons :
1 Blending - Make a texture for grass
1.1 Create A New One
1.2 Linking and Colorizing
A powerful and free texturing tool, it must be MaPZone 2.6 ! MaPZone is one of the best texturing program. You cannot draw with MaPZone but you can mix up the presets to make the awesome textures for your favourites. Okay, let us try to do something simple with it
0.1 Installing
Download the MaPZone and install it. After you installed MaPZone, you may be prompted to set the directory of Library of MaPZone. Then you just need to set it to : C:\Program Files (x86)\MaPZone 2.6\Library (this is the path in my comp, yay, it's just an example)
Launch it now and follow the steps to make a simple texture !
[IMAGE : 1]
Only Colorize and Colorize [Blending Mode] functions will be used in this lesson. Do not look down at them, these two functions are enough to create enough stunning texture
There're many ways to create a stunning texture, for me, these two are enough.ColorizeBasically, it will be like this...
Colorize Map = For the color of Dirt
Colorize Map [Blending Mode] = For the color of Grass
Product : Dirty Grass
1.1 Create A New One
To create a new image, click the New folder select New. After you clicked it, you will see the presets at the left side. Now, drag any two of them you love to the middle side. Then right-click on the background, select New Filter -> Colorize Map. Right-click on the background again but select New Filter -> Colorize Map [Blending Mode] this time.[IMAGE : 2]
1.2 Linking and Colorizing
When the Colorize Map and Colorize Map [Blending Mode] were created, do this :-Click on the arrow of first preset and then link to the Colorize Map.
-Click on the arrow of second preset and then link to the Colorize Map [Blending Mode].
-Click on the colored arrow of the Colorize Map and link to Colorize Map [Blending Mode].
After the linking process, double-click on the Colorize Map and then click "Options" and select "Load preset". The gradient color is hard to be produced so we will use the done presets gradient.
[IMAGE : 3]
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Tips for Versions/Variations : Make a grass texture and name it as Grass. After that, you can change Grass to Dirty Grass, Sandy Grass, Short Grass, Dark Grass or other grass types by applying some changes on it. Do not forget that MaPZone is the powerful texturing tool, especially the blending effect. Done easier than said actually 
- I like the way I writing my tutorials, novels and other things. Sorry if you think it was too long, too complicated, and included too many unnecessary parts. However, you are pleased to correct my grammar mistakes
- In my opinion, there is no unnecessary credits in the world so you should give credits to MaPZone if you have used it because it was free of charges and very helpful.
- Here are my works that made with MapZone.
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