: How do I make custom textures for overlays? I have a physical object that has a really nice, unique texture and I would like to duplicate that texture digitally for overlays (2D or 3D).

@Gonzalez368

The Photoshop CS5 solution:
1. Take a photograph.
2. Edit the picture, making selections and filling them using the "Content-Aware" to make it seamless.
3. Use Filter/Other/Offset and set the offset to whatever is 50% of height and width (ex. +50, +50).
4. Use Clone Tool to take away all seems.
5. Use Offset once again, this time with negative digits, -50, -50 to reset the texture.

Edges should now be seamless and the texture ready to apply. Use bigger images to make patterns less noticeable.

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