Breaking in my digital camera (for textures)

Here is one of around 60 pictures I took at work today, this one however has already been put though the photoshop texture factory and tiles 100%, didn't even take that long.

I'm also working with some other techniques utilizing my scanner :heee: .

What do you guys think?   Thats about as real as you can get.

 

The picture was taken around noon so the sun is having full impact on the surface, looks like it could use some color alterations.

Up the resolution or detail it manually, it's terribly blurry up close.

Yea, my camera isn't crappy but at the same time it ain't great.   There is more work for sure.   I just thought it was cool that it tiled so easily.

Edit: Almost forgot to note that most of the blurryness is due to a lower quality jpeg setting, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to post it.   The source image is 1600 X 1200

Here is another picture I took at work yesterday in Alameda (Don't look down )

 

Here is a few more, might as well post em :smile: .   (my job can be hell at times, this perticular time I didn't even get any help)





 

 

And thats the last time I voluntarily think about work at home (I'm getting worn out just looking at these pictures, trust me that wire is VERY heavy)

 

 

 

 

 

/looks down, throws up...  :puke:

Pic seems fine, not sure about the colour saturation tho' as HL always seems to render texs differently.

ttfn

Blimey, you can see that wire is heavy just by looking at the huge spool on which it's stored.

Hope that you get good use out of the camera.  Amongst other things, it will be a great tool for making textures.  You already have the knowledge of image manipulation, so you should be able to make better use of the camera for source images.

Makes me jealous :wink:   Go forth and create gorgeous art!

i took a bunch of random shots today with my cheapy digi-camera.. how high a quality does one need to get/make a decent texture with?

no i have no interest in making any myself, but i think if all of us post some random images, some may make a few great textures..

i will upload the ones i have today and post a link to the folder so anyone can see them, but i am just curious to know.. what is the minimum image quality we are talking about?

a few odd pics i took.. digicrap

 

i think, we all whom have digi-cameras should upload some pics.. if 5 out or 100 are good enuff, then all we have wasted is a few minutes.. which we use anyways while here :smile:

I have a Konica 5 mill. pixels 3x zoom. Maybe ill take some pics some day. Doh! I cant upload to my pit!! WHYYY!!!????

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/digipics/HQ25.JPG

Is this your cat Orpheus? Did you run over it?

Bruce said:
http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/digipics/HQ25.JPG

Is this your cat Orpheus? Did you run over it?

I have NO IDEA how to use that as a texture!!! (among other pics) :eek:

Bruce said:
http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/digipics/HQ25.JPG

Is this your cat Orpheus? Did you run over it?

   its a close-up of my mare.. i figured what the hell, someone might need fur for somethin :smile:

You need a very high resolution to get rid of speckles/compression when you resize.

[EDIT] Alameda?! s**t Grim... ever been to/heard of Orinda (In Contra Costa County)?

Cassius said:
You need a very high resolution to get rid of speckles/compression when you resize.

my pics are unaltered, so... that means my pics are prolly substandard..

thanx cass, thats good to know :smile:

is there no program that can take a low res shot and make it look better?

still it was only a thought, i have a camera, i was willing to donate it for anyone who needed it :smile:

CRAP, I had a long post and explorer crashed on me :sad: .

Orpheus I checked out your pictures and the easiest ones to alter into textures would be HQ20 and HQ21, parts of most of the other textures can be sampled and resampled to paint together textures.

The shots you took at an angle wouldn't work well with out a lot of editing, if you do decide you want to start taking more pictures shoot them as dead on and strait as posable, that way you maintain an angle that will look good in 2-D.

(cassius)

Yea, I know where that is, I used to live just south on I-5 / 99 near Modesto.   My brother used to live in Contra Costa county, so I've been there a bunch of times.   Now I live just South of San Jose.

(Gollumn)

Thanks for the encouragement, if you ever want to see what the ground looks like 40 feet in the air let me know :biggrin:

s**t, lost another one to Southern California.

anyone else interested in making textures, but are lacking in a good paint program.. holler at me PM

il get a digi camera one day, Once I can find a job that doesnt include breaking my back & various other limbs for pointless pay.

Orpheus said:
a few odd pics i took.. digicrap

 

i think, we all whom have digi-cameras should upload some pics.. if 5 out or 100 are good enuff, then all we have wasted is a few minutes.. which we use anyways while here :smile:

btw orph, I may use 4 of the textures in there at some point. Hope you dont mind.

all those shots are public domain bud... you can use anything you wish..

grimlock enlightened me on angles of shots so i will definitely bare it in mind when i post more..

the way i see it, if only 1% of everything we post gets used, at the end of a very short time, we could end up with quite a wad file ( or whatever HL2 uses as format )

my camera is a cheapy (640x480 max res) but with the guru's we have here, something i take might be of use..

i have a s**tload of construction currently in progress right out my front door, and 2 train yards within walking distance, not to mention i live in an industrial/farming zone..

those plants with the deep green leaves, are soy beans.. and i can get more straight angle shots if anyone would like them..

i suggest we all take some real-life shots and see if we can accumulate some HL2 worthy stuff :smile:

one more time, if you need a good paint program to help with this.. PM me

I just took over 100 1600 X 1200 pictures in an old abandoned Naval hospital in Alameda.   I'd say half are crap for various reasons but that still leaves 50% that might work well as textures.   My camera tends to blur under low lighting situations, I found that out the hard way today.

I still belive constructing your own textures is better, photos however work for 2 purposes 1) potential texture 2) reference material.

I have a lot of things to do tonight but if I have time I'll post some of the pictures I took in the hospital otherwise I'll post them next week when I get back from L.A.

GrimlocK said:
 My camera tends to blur under low lighting situations, I found that out the hard way today.

Basicly the only way to get clear photos in dim light is to use a tripod. the long shutter speed required to acheive the requsite cumulitive intensity on the CCD sensor is always going to blur your shots if the camera is hand held.

Tracer Bullet said:

GrimlocK said:
 My camera tends to blur under low lighting situations, I found that out the hard way today.

Basicly the only way to get clear photos in dim light is to use a tripod. the long shutter speed required to acheive the requsite cumulitive intensity on the CCD sensor is always going to blur your shots if the camera is hand held.

i concur i guess, i have found that the pulse in you hand will be more than enuff to blur a dim light shot if not braced properly.. my camera is cheap, but it will take a good picture in an almost dark room.. as far as it goes, it is a very nice camera, about the size of a normal deck of cards, and considering its almost 3 years old, it was fairly advanced back then..

it also doubles as a webcam via usb port :smile:

i just google searched my camera.. here is three sites with some info..

http://www.photo.net/ezshop/product?product_id=2371

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004ZCNE/102-0214206-4920127?v=glance

http://www.dealtimeshopping.com/digital_cameras2/kodak_ez_200.htm

as i said its small, but it was very cool 3 years ago (still is IMO ) :biggrin:

Orph, Do you have any rusty / dirty pipes near you?

KoRnFlakes said:
Orph, Do you have any rusty / dirty pipes near you?

i did, they are building a bridge right outside, lemme look around today.. i will get back to you on it..

took a few more pics today..

some might be useful..

have fun.

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/digipics/2/[url]http://[color=#ffff00]http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/orpheus/digipics/2/[/color]</A>[/url]

 

:smile: n1 - took about 5 of those. gj.