Planning & Creating Trim Sheets For Games - Trim Texture Tutorial Part 1

Welcome to the ultimate trim texture creation series. In part 1 we plan out our trim sheet for maximum re-use and success.

[stylusmonkeydarrenyeow]

This is such bad ass knowledge thanks so much for putting this out into the world.

Btw, if anyone is watching this series, I bought the trim sheet and geometry from Gumroad to really understanding what is going on, and I'd highly highly recommend it - at like $5 it's an absolute steal for the amount of knowledge jammed into it! it's one thing to watch someone else doing it, but to have it in front of you opened in your own software and being able to study its usage in detail is absolutely invaluable and puts everything Tim is saying in perspective and helps to really accelerate and solidify the learning. To not only take a concept I'd only heard of recently and to make me understand just how crucial it is as a technique in a couple of hours is a huge accomplishment.

Tim, do you think you'll ever do a series on how you've blended trim sheet use with tiling texture use and vertex painting for maximum impact in large enviros? The last time I'd touched that stuff hands-on (as I'm a concept artist making forays into production now) was probably 15 years ago, a lot has probably changes since then :D

[sekkerk]

I am just achieved my gradutation and my professors never explained that. my mind exploded when i have seen this tutorial... Absolutely fantastic and helpful. Like and subscribed.

[PrimordialStrange]

Right here... Is some Pure Gold Content. It's rare to see this much knowledge not hidden behind a paywall. Thank you, sir! You are awesome.

[namesurname]

This is exactly what I was looking for, a lot of people skip over the theory of planning and etc.
Thank you so much :)

[harrysanders]

I come back here every now and then and rewatch the construction part. It still excites me and blows my mind how practical it is to standardize your trim layout. Thats so golden. It also makes this technqiue more approachable. I was always intimidated by all those complex and extravagant layouts, it's so nice to kow now that it is about simplicity and reusablity at this point, just to have the tehnicalities layed out in the most practical way, instead of getting creative at this point for no reason and thinking of inserting variations that only will make your life harder. Those come later when using the trim sheet, not during the layout. So great to still learn from this video. I always freak out now when I exchange a texture in my game project and it simply just swaps wihtout any hassle. And with this typ of sectioning, it somehow always falls into place and just fits as long as you are working with a power of two also with your geometry. But even when you diverge a bit. It's really powerful.

[donpham]

I only just found out about this channel recently and while I'm late to the party, I found it has been tremendously helpful and I'm super grateful for it! Actually one of the easiest videos to follow and understand that I've seen in awhile.

[sassuskrassus]

Hello Tim,
Im a Junior 3D Artist and this was the first time I ever used Trim Sheets. That Video is really helpfull

I made a Modular Castle with this Texture and Im quite happy with the results of this Trimsheet
keep up the great work with these Tutorials 👍

[equinox]

The part I always feared with trim sheets is knowing how exactly do you split that thing up. Some leave a blank trim space beneath, others blend it with decals in one corner.. Having it standardized really allows you to dive into the thing right in. Less thinking more working ! Thanks for the gold knowledge !

[denisvoloshyn]

you are one of the best 3d tutorials creator on this platform, thanks a lot!

[arthurtasquin]

Texel density could be a great subject for one of your next tutorial! Man everything you say is so interesting, you're like the real teacher we never got. Keep it up and thank you so much for doing these videos!

[vn]

Really like your approach to teaching, almost every sentence you say has a new nugget of information that has a high and smart impact on the workflow. You also motivate me to learn the environment design properly. Thanks so much!

[gergelyradai]

Tim, my man. I have been looking for something like this for a while. I figured out more or less the same workflow based on your previous videos (trim sheets were a new concept for me back then). It is really cool to get reasurance, plus optimisation of my makeshift workflow. Your content is really amazing and platform independant. I could adapt everything you showcase in max into blender as a poly modelling tool.
All I'm trying to say is your contet is really helpful and really outstandingly awesome. It helped me grow a lot! Thank you brother.

[Chauxz]

Really nice video, exactly what I was looking for. There are not that many tutorials about trim sheets on YouTube. Cheers

[novicetd]

Dear Polygon Academy,

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and experience via this incredible Trim masterclass series. This is by far the best quality content I've ever seen on Trim setups, be proud of yourself and thank you very much for giving a such a great learning content to the community. You are awesome!

[rav_bar]

This is obscenly useful, just starting my 3rd Year Game Art course and all the help i can get is worth so much, thanks!

[jaysekkyoku]

Argh, thank you!! This could not have come at a better time for my 3rd year uni project aha!
You are great at what you do and thank you giving us great insight into industry practice :)

[kattywhite]

i watched all your videos for trim sheets. I appreciate these videos because i am in art school and my professor didnt show me in depth how to create a trim sheet for UV mapping. I didnt use the program that you used for modeling but it was easy to understand and just worked in Maya

[Spyro_]

I cannot thank you enough for the tutorials you put out!

[bucciarati]

Omg I was struggling with a trim sheet this week and how to plan it out ! You are the best🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[VladysLove_d]

Awesome! You are back :D I was looking for a good trim sheet tutorial so long. Thank you, Tim.