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Post by PeteB on Nov 3, 2018 21:45:41 GMT
When it comes to textures, one of my most used label is Miscellaneous  Pete, I am curious. Would you please elaborate on this? What kind of textures do use this label for? My corresponding label is Other.Hi Sepiana I do not have many textures and some I can easily identify (such as grunge, colored paper, etc.). Those that I have a problem describing, I group together and think of them as miscellaneous. In my post, I was making light of my situation. |
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Post by Sydney on Nov 3, 2018 22:42:16 GMT
I have the same concerns. One thing that I try to do that hasn't been mentioned is to delete textures from sets that I know I would never use. Invariably, every set I have seems to include textures that I know would never work for the kind of look that appeals to me. I also have a folder with my favorites. Makes good sense, Helen, especially about creating a favourites folder. How many do you typically include in your favs? |
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Post by Sydney on Nov 3, 2018 22:44:02 GMT
Locate a site that offers textures ( inspirationfeed.com/free-photoshop-textures/) and check out what titles they give to their textures and groupings. I’m sure you will find bokeh, grunge, abstract, paper, cracks and a host of others. Great site! Thanks for the link Pete  |
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Post by BuckSkin on Nov 3, 2018 23:00:10 GMT
I hesitated to nose into this discussion; but, I have to ask; I may be missing out on something; what are you guys using these textures for ?
Textures are images of just that, no subject or other features beyond the texture itself. They are combined with an ordinary image to add, well, texture, to give it an arty look.
I had a tutorial that was a good intro to texturing an image but can't find it now. This one is a pretty good quick&dirty intro: linkSort of like what Helen did with the Whippett's greyhound picture ? Thanks for the link. |
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Post by hmca on Nov 4, 2018 0:15:38 GMT
Makes good sense, Helen, especially about creating a favourites folder. How many do you typically include in your favs? Probably about 30, Sydney. |
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Post by Bailey on Nov 4, 2018 1:50:37 GMT
I have the same concerns. One thing that I try to do that hasn't been mentioned is to delete textures from sets that I know I would never use. Invariably, every set I have seems to include textures that I know would never work for the kind of look that appeals to me. I also have a folder with my favorites.
I'm not sure what you mean by sets. If each texture in a set is a discrete image file, then you should be able to delete it from your hdd or if you have to keep it for some reason you can just not include it in your catalogue.
Images can have more than one category assigned to them as I mentioned previously. So if you have favourites you could just create an extra keyword category in the Organiser and assign it to your texture image files already in your catalogue. If you just want to display your favourite textures in the Organiser when looking for suitable textures, just click the Favourites category and the Organiser will display just the textures tagged as Favourites.
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Post by hmca on Nov 4, 2018 2:13:29 GMT
Bailey, what I meant is that when I first purchase or download a free set of textures, I immediately delete textures that I don't like. They are stored in dropbox. I store my favorites on icloud on my mac.....it's the only thing I use it for. If I need one of my favorite textures I just click it and they are all visible to me. Probably not the most efficient way to use icloud but it works for me.
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Post by blackmutt on Nov 4, 2018 2:18:24 GMT
Bailey, textures are usually offered in sets (a group of textures). Some of the textures in the set are not always as nice as others. You may find a set of textures where there are 6 and 5 are in the blues you like for example and one that is green and you have no use for green. And as Helen said she deletes the texture she knows she will never use. Just like deleting a photo you know you will not use. Frees up space and no need to scroll by it.
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Post by ritage on Nov 4, 2018 2:19:14 GMT
Reading about all this good sense and organization, I took a thorough look at my Textures Folder which I keep with my Resource pictures folders and realized what a freak I must be.
It occupies 3.90GB (yes that's a G) on my hard drive and contains 30 sub-folders named by Type or Material or Creator. Plus about 200 individual Files, many of which I have made myself.
When I want to use a texture I just look at them, which I actually like doing because many are quite beautiful, and always prefer using one that I never used before. That seems to make it more interesting. I also realized that I mostly use them as backgrounds rather than for actual texturizing.
This is probably of no help to anybody 
Rita |
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Post by blackmutt on Nov 4, 2018 2:22:59 GMT
It would appear we are all on the edge of hoarding issues! Now if I could find a way to get my fabric collection under control!!
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Post by Bailey on Nov 4, 2018 2:28:00 GMT
Thank you hmca and blackmutt ,
If I understand you correctly, each texture is still an individual image file and a set is just a group of image files.
So if my understanding is correct, the way you catalogue and view them now in Dropbox, iCloud or wherever, can be replicated in the Organiser as well.
Anyway, I am sure Andy will be able to sort out all the information in his thread here to come up with a solution that works best for his workflow.
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 4, 2018 3:11:21 GMT
Pete, I am curious. Would you please elaborate on this? What kind of textures do use this label for? My corresponding label is Other.Hi Sepiana I do not have many textures and some I can easily identify (such as grunge, colored paper, etc.). Those that I have a problem describing, I group together and think of them as miscellaneous. In my post, I was making light of my situation. Pete, thanks for the clarification! That's what I do as well. I place the textures I don't know how to categorize in my Other folder.
BTW, I owe you a big one! I followed the suggestion you posted earlier and was able to get many textures out of that folder.
You could try the following to help with useable keywords and/or titles for sub-categories. Locate a site that offers textures . . . and check out what titles they give to their textures and groupings. |
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