Should I study photoshop and other 3D drawing along with learning openGL?
Hello. I’m thinking about learning to program in openGL (I have some C programming experience). I want to make computer games. My question is this: Can I do everything in openGL (make all the objects i want, shades and such) or do I have to go study photoshop and other programs like that to use openGL better?
Also, can you make good graphics in openGL without being able to draw good? I mean, can you “program” the graphics, or do you really need to be able to draw well?
Hope you can understand my questions 
I’m not an expert, so do some research.
But as far as I know, many objects in a game are actually modeled using another program like Maya, Blender or 3D Studio max.
I guess what you should study depends on what you want to focus on. If you want to be more heavily involved in design, I’d study more graphics packages and modeling software. If you are more tech minded, focus on openGL and C programming.
Lucky for you that many (if not all) of the tools you need are available for free. (Blender, GIMP, openGL and C compilers).
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