CG textures is now called Textures

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The change isn’t just the name also the ui… which I don’t like but I can’t point out why…

Changes in the way you pay for stuff has become more akin to a website I can’t really recall the name of

Basically you have free credits and Premium credits
no more quotas

While it’s fair…

It does make Episcura seem more attractive since they have a very generous offer that allows you to download anything as long as it’s under 15 mb, and add on top of that a bandwidth free zone…
While I appreciate Episcura generosity… It seems a bit too generous…

So what do you guys think?

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I don’t know what you’re on about, the updated more modern UI is much for fitting than what they had before.

And with Episcura, a single or a couple large textures will exceed 15mb, so not THAT good.

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I think the real question is how does the new credit system work? Is it more or less generous than before? Or about the same?

I think we can just about all agree the design overhaul was much needed. I welcome it.

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The report on CGTalk is that you will now have to pay up to several times more for the same level of service (since they’re going from being a site for general users to a site for studios and high-end users).

Basically, hobbyists are now priced out of the site (which comprises a good chunk of the userbase here on BA). However, you can pay by the month if you just need a handful of textures every now and then.

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I don’t see that much difference in the ui, and it appears the old site still works?

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It did a couple days ago but I can’t get onto it anymore.

The UI is fine, but the first thing I disliked is that I can’t find a free 2k texture. I don’t care about the credit system, but the texture size limit for free users made me immediately toddle off to Episcura.

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bing lets you image search by license, free, size, etc…and you are going to probably get more off the internet than a single site. with private sites it is their site their rules, thats fair. but that does not mean you cant use other sources if a private site does not provide what you need.

if the users who need free textures get together they could start their own image / texture shareing site. every cell phone has a camera, just start snapping pictures of textures as you go about your day. the photography buffs can use real cameras. it shouldn’t take long to build up a decent collection with multiple people. and then it would be your textures, your site, your rules. you can do it how ever does fit your needs.