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<p class="Hint">A listing of various image and texture resource sites in alphabetical order.</p>
 
<p class="Hint">A listing of various image and texture resource sites in alphabetical order.</p>
*[http://www.textureworld.com/ 3D Texture Libraries and Backgrounds from TextureWorld]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080702135359/www.textureworld.com/Texture_Libraries/Store/ 3D Texture Libraries and Backgrounds from TextureWorld]
 
:<p>Thousands of professional, high-quality, photorealisitc seamless textures for game developers and architects and more.</p>
 
:<p>Thousands of professional, high-quality, photorealisitc seamless textures for game developers and architects and more.</p>
  
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:<p>The One-Stop Spot for Free Online Graphics, Tips, Tools & Resources. Seemless tilable textures available from the Downloads link.</p>
 
:<p>The One-Stop Spot for Free Online Graphics, Tips, Tools & Resources. Seemless tilable textures available from the Downloads link.</p>
  
*[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form Area Map Search Form]
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*[http://geonames.usgs.gov/ Area Map Search Form]
 
:<p>USGS Mapping Information</p>
 
:<p>USGS Mapping Information</p>
  
*[http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Astronomical Data Center]
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*[http://www.astro.umd.edu/ Astronomical Data Center]
 
:<p>Catalog of Star charts and all things star related</p>
 
:<p>Catalog of Star charts and all things star related</p>
  
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:<p>Tiled textures</p>
 
:<p>Tiled textures</p>
  
*[http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1658/earth.html Download Planet Earth]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071020020017/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/1658/earth.html Download Planet Earth]
 
:<p>Site contains links to DEM (digital elevation maps) of the entire globe in various resolutions.</p>
 
:<p>Site contains links to DEM (digital elevation maps) of the entire globe in various resolutions.</p>
  
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:<p>Small collection but good</p>
 
:<p>Small collection but good</p>
  
*[http://www.ecn.net.au/~iain/htextures/intro.html Iain's Textures]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080504160112/http://www.ecn.net.au/~iain/htextures/intro.html Iain's Textures]
 
:<p>A series of tiled images</p>
 
:<p>A series of tiled images</p>
  
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:<p>Italian sculpters links</p>
 
:<p>Italian sculpters links</p>
  
*[http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/twn/top.html Nebulae Page]
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*[http://astro.nineplanets.org/twn/ Nebulae Page]
 
:<p>Offers pictures of Nebula for background applications</p>
 
:<p>Offers pictures of Nebula for background applications</p>
 
*[http://www.fortunecity.de/wolkenkratzer/dreid/658/index.html NTMY's Digital Home]
 
:<p>Some images, made with Povray 3.0. Mostly Starships and things of that kind . A small number of textures can be downloaded.</p>
 
  
 
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~phillean/wood/wood.htm Phillean Wood Textures]
 
*[http://thor.prohosting.com/~phillean/wood/wood.htm Phillean Wood Textures]
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:<p>Evil Dr Ganymede's planetary maps site where you can download maps of other planets for use in 3D raytracing software such as POVRay, Lightwave, and 3DStudio. There's also a dowloadable model of the voyager space craft and other POV-Ray stuff.</p>
 
:<p>Evil Dr Ganymede's planetary maps site where you can download maps of other planets for use in 3D raytracing software such as POVRay, Lightwave, and 3DStudio. There's also a dowloadable model of the voyager space craft and other POV-Ray stuff.</p>
  
*[http://www.art.net/~jeremy/photo/public_texture_frameset.html Public Textures]
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*[http://www.photographyblog.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=1065 Public Textures]
 
:<p>Photographic images that may be used as 3D textures in your scenes. All high resolution. 350+ images.</p>
 
:<p>Photographic images that may be used as 3D textures in your scenes. All high resolution. 350+ images.</p>
  
*[http://www.ofoto.com/ Put your 3D images on photographic prints]
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*[http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/welcome.jsp Put your 3D images on photographic prints]
:<p>This site is geared towards 'developing' digital images or photos.  But what can be done is to submit your 3D rendered scene as a JPEG file and they will print it on photographic quality 4x6 prints.  If you sign up soon, the first 100 4X6 prints are free.</p>
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:<p>Submit your 3D rendered scene as a JPEG file and they will print it on photographic quality 4x6 prints.</p>
  
 
*[http://www.renfield-imaging.50megs.com/ Renfield Imaging]
 
*[http://www.renfield-imaging.50megs.com/ Renfield Imaging]
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:<p>Abnormal Textures</p>
 
:<p>Abnormal Textures</p>
  
*[http://sunhe.jinr.dubna.su/textbin/normal/textures.pl Texture Land !]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060823000947/http://sunhe.jinr.dubna.su/textbin/normal/textures.pl Texture Land !]
 
:<p>Normal Textures</p>
 
:<p>Normal Textures</p>
  
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:<p>Here is a site of free lo-res and high-res manmade and natural textures.</p>
 
:<p>Here is a site of free lo-res and high-res manmade and natural textures.</p>
  
*[http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/abbey/78/texindex.html Texture Shoppe]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060403010210/http://fortunecity.com/victorian/abbey/78/texindex.html Texture Shoppe]
:<p>About a dozen textures</p>
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:<p>About a dozen textures, requires [http://www.programmersheaven.com/download/2006/download.aspx Texture Magic]</p>
  
 
*[http://www.nepthys.com/textures/ Texture Station]
 
*[http://www.nepthys.com/textures/ Texture Station]
 
:<p>Tiling backgrounds, textures, desktop wallpaper</p>
 
:<p>Tiling backgrounds, textures, desktop wallpaper</p>
 
*[http://www.planethalflife.com/studio/ Texture Studio]
 
:<p>Free textures. Just give credit. 19.1 Mb zipped. Bmp mostly and some jpg + tutorial to make textures with photoshop. All high quality textures with some very interesting patterns.</p>
 
  
 
*[ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/sci/virtual-reality/graphics/texture/ Textures]
 
*[ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/sci/virtual-reality/graphics/texture/ Textures]
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:<p>Texture, Maps, Materials, Bumps (skin)</p>
 
:<p>Texture, Maps, Materials, Bumps (skin)</p>
  
*[http://www.dreamsandmagic.com/textures.htm Textures]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20030622175051/dreamsandmagic.com/cd2.htm Textures]
:<p>General Collection - some good</p>
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:<p>Meshcraft Treasure Chest CD - some free samples</p>
  
 
*[http://www.afterlife.de/ Textures]
 
*[http://www.afterlife.de/ Textures]
 
:<p>Human and Monster textures</p>
 
:<p>Human and Monster textures</p>
  
*[http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/ Textures Archive]
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*[http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour/ Textures Archive]
 
:<p>A large collection of Textures catagorized for easy selection.</p>
 
:<p>A large collection of Textures catagorized for easy selection.</p>
  
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:<p>342 free photographic textures.</p>
 
:<p>342 free photographic textures.</p>
  
*[http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/dem.html USGS us .DEM maps]
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*[http://eros.usgs.gov/#/Find_Data/Products_and_Data_Available/DEMs USGS us .DEM maps]
 
:<p>Dem maps scaled at  1:1,000,000</p>
 
:<p>Dem maps scaled at  1:1,000,000</p>
 
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Revision as of 23:10, 18 March 2010

A listing of various image and texture resource sites in alphabetical order.

Thousands of professional, high-quality, photorealisitc seamless textures for game developers and architects and more.

Free and pay-for resources for 3D artists

Online Magazine with 3D Articles and tutorials

2800+ Free Tiling Background Textures

The One-Stop Spot for Free Online Graphics, Tips, Tools & Resources. Seemless tilable textures available from the Downloads link.

USGS Mapping Information

Catalog of Star charts and all things star related

Human Anatomy Pictures for Artists.

Everything castle related, including images of castles.

Answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" about Gamma and Color in video, computer graphics, and print.

Site contains a list of several software programs specifically for tiling images.

Tiled textures

Site contains links to DEM (digital elevation maps) of the entire globe in various resolutions.

Small collection but good

A series of tiled images

From:3D Photorealism Toolkit - Images designed to tile.

Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.

Many catagories including Raytracing

Welcome to the solar system surface map database, a NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos. Select your planetary system of choice and download maps, or browse the surface features of your favorite planet or satellite!

Professional CDs$of seamless textures and lots of free samples.

Italian sculpters links

Offers pictures of Nebula for background applications

A great collection of wood texture maps.

Images of Pollen, Plant Pics, Photos, and Flowers. This is a very comprehensive photo data base and well worth the time exploring.

Evil Dr Ganymede's planetary maps site where you can download maps of other planets for use in 3D raytracing software such as POVRay, Lightwave, and 3DStudio. There's also a dowloadable model of the voyager space craft and other POV-Ray stuff.

Photographic images that may be used as 3D textures in your scenes. All high resolution. 350+ images.

Submit your 3D rendered scene as a JPEG file and they will print it on photographic quality 4x6 prints.

A growing gallery of the Web's most intriguing seamless textures. All images free for download. New images monthly.

Some images of rock

Tiles and stone vendor with an incredible library of textures (marble, granite etc.)

Commercial Images for Topo maps/HF's Samples only

Abnormal Textures

Normal Textures

POV-Ray v3.0-Textures

Here is a site of free lo-res and high-res manmade and natural textures.

About a dozen textures, requires Texture Magic

Tiling backgrounds, textures, desktop wallpaper

University collection - Many stones and brick textures

Texture, Maps, Materials, Bumps (skin)

Meshcraft Treasure Chest CD - some free samples

Human and Monster textures

A large collection of Textures catagorized for easy selection.

Free - These are poorly identified but sampling showed nice surprises

These pages contain specifications for various graphics file formats; along with a number of relevant graphics utilities, information, and URLs.

The Internet Ray Tracing Competition is an open competition. Deadline for still image submission is every two months, for animations, every three months. Participants may use any 3D rendering program they choose. If you want to see the best there is in 3D rendering and raytracing this is the place to go.

342 free photographic textures.

Dem maps scaled at 1:1,000,000

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