though you do have to read the fine print.

so the larger the area a jpeg alpha covers the more obvious the problems are going to be especially if you are using it for displacement.Īs u/Rum-And-Noodles points out there are tons of royalty free and free liscense alphas out there to chose from and artists that sell alpha/texture packs *(at least indie ones) tend to sell them for a few $ so they can be had for cheap if you are honest, I've even seen some that can be downloaded for free for students and amateurs with a fair-use provision that gives you the option to pay later if you decide to sell your work when its done. Use a boolean modifier with an object that has the shape of your text. I would also add that you should probibly use quality alphas in the rite lossless formats because just using or converting a JPEG over to PNG is going to cause artifacts depending on the use case. Theyre cheap and easy to use without loosing much detail You can: Use a Displacement texture (similar to a bump map but this one actually moves your geometry). This update provides enhancements that will help you explore new workflows, including the ability to create high quality renders with the integration of Redshift. however if you are planning to sell your work in any form pulling resources from the internet will have to be liscensed (*i.e for uses such as printing or when the final product is used in a rendering or game asset) ZBrush is the leading industry standard digital sculpting software.

For the average user who doesn't monitize their work its fine.

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