Programs to do texturing?

[JewelShisen]

I need a good program to do part textures in without spending much (read: I don't have two pennies to rub together).

Any suggestions?

[tygoo7]

GIMP is a very useful tool that is free.

[ximrm]

Gimp,Photoshop. Today there's no difference...only in price. Go with the free ones first and stick to those your most comfortable with. A skilled artist doesnn't need extra fancy software.

As for me, I prefer to create textures,especially for planets as a combination of shaders and bake them. 2D postprocessing later.

But that depends on what you want to create.

[StarVision]

I use Paint.net, although I usually start with baking first. GIMP is also a very powerful tool. basically a free photoshop.

[blackheart612]

I use Photoshop CS6 and sometimes, GIMP and I tell you, GIMP is pretty worth it for a free software. But I still use Photoshop.... because it's bought. Would be a shame if I didn't

[NoMrBond]

NMap (for GIMP) and xNormal are both free and useful for extending GIMP's capabilities and generating various texture maps respectively.

[ximrm]

I almost forgot Crazybump and Pixplant.Both are cheap and useful if you want to make height/bump/disp,normal and spec maps quickly. you can also polish the diff. texture. There is also Photoshop plugins(from nvidia if i remember correctly) that do the same.(i think there may be more)

Ndo2 looks to be a fine tool.(no experience with that)

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[CaptainKipard]

If you're into procedural textures then MaPZone is absolutely brilliant.