Hey everyone, i love this website, and i really appreciate everyones work here
I'm new here so i need some of little help, if anyone is willing to help me
I've come to ask if anyone could help me make my own HD textures for games like (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Witcher 1, Dragon Age Origins, Dark Messiah, Battlefield 3, GTA IV, GTA San Andreas etc.... BTW, these are the games i use ), so i was wondering could somebody give me some basic tips on creating a HD texture that look similar to the Vanilla texture of the game, but more HD, and what programs to use.Oh, and also i know somebody will tell me to download texture packs for these games that i have, but the thing is, i want to make my own HD Textures
Also, can somebody tell me how to make Normal, Specular and Parallax maps that are required for textures.

Thanks

Get the full versions of the following programs to get started:

CrazyBump ( usefull to make all kinds of mappings )
http://www.crazybump.com/

Spiral Graphics ( usefull to make all kinds of texture tile maps )
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/

DDS Converter v2.1 ( usefull to convert most common texture types into DDS and back )
http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/8698

I hope these programs get you started.