Serious Modeler supports many 3D object formats: Lightwave 3D's .lwo files, 3DS Max via .3ds files, Alias WaveFront trough .obj and many others. Tehniques described in this tutorial can apply in any 3D application (with minor differences). Any Application capable of saving uncompressed 24 and 32bit TGA images (like Photoshop, PaintShopPor etc..) is suitable for creating texture files.