Alpha Blending
In the alpha blending project you'll learn how to create a
seamless texture
out of three these three textures to produce the photorealstic hand shown
below.

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Learn how to turn this "Boring" hand into this photorealistic
one.
Some of the steps shown in this example:
What sort of an alpha channel is used to create blending of this type.
How the three textures are blended together to create the illusion of one
continous one.
How to use predefined texture supports to speed up texturing of an object.
How to adjust the underlying material so that it blends with the hand texture
to give you a more realistic skin tone.
and more....