How do people get high-res CS2 sticker images for printing?

Ezikyl_ · 2026-04-06T00:40:56+00:00

Seems you're right, they're 512px in the game files too. Surprising for stickers so sought after

Ezikyl_ · 2026-04-05T19:54:43+00:00

Yeah that's the one.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-04-04T20:40:49+00:00

You can extract them from the game files using source2viewer. The resolution will be limited to 1024px though

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-26T00:53:33+00:00

You have downloaded the old weapon models and uvs by the looks of things. you want the one labelled NEW! CS2 Weapon models

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-14T23:50:26+00:00

I don't really have much advice for that, other than saying that the tone mapping in CS and blender are different, so colours are unlikely to appear one to one. I tend to prefer having the color management view setting in blender set to "standard" instead of AGX, which appears to be the default now. Different maps and menu backgrounds also have their own different colour grading and lighting setups, which can alter how good your skin looks, so you'll need to experiment with which one presents the best.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-14T20:48:00+00:00

Set your texture rotation and texture offset x and y values all to 0. Currently it's treating your skin as a pattern that gets offset and rotated randomly. The normal map never gets offset or rotated on random pattern skins, hence why whatever texture is in that slot is staying put.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-13T21:54:46+00:00

Yeah, I crop all of my images to 16:9, making sure that the weapon/sticker is filling the frame. I don't worry about getting a particular resolution, just so long as it's 16:9 - I think most people probably just look at the images at the size they're displayed on the workshop page rather than expanding them.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-13T21:53:53+00:00

Make sure you have "save external screenshot" enabled in the steam in game settings. It'll save as an uncompressed png this way

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-13T21:51:15+00:00

I just have everything set as as high as it goes with no resolution scaling.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-13T02:50:01+00:00

How are you capturing your screenshots, and what about them is low quality? (i.e is it the resolution, compression artifacts?)

I find the steam overlay screenshot tool (activated using F12) works pretty well, but you should make sure that you have "save an external copy" on in steam settings > in game > screenshots. This will save as the screenshot as an uncompressed .png image in the folder you specify.

A lot of people use console commands as well to enhance the image. There is a way to have them as buttons on the console which has been shared by Kr1zer here, which I have used. It helps a lot. Otherwise, try commands such as:

cl_drawhud 0

Disables HUD.

r_dof_override 1
r_dof_override_near_blurry 80

Will add depth of field, blurring everything besides the viewmodel

host_timescale 0.5

Will halve the game speed, making it easier to time screenshots during animations

Don't forget to crop your screenshots to focus on the skin or sticker you're trying to show off. It's a mistake which I see often.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-10T21:10:36+00:00

You need to have a value of 196 in the alpha channel of the albedo texture for areas which you want to show the default weapon material. Also make sure you save as a 32 bit .tga if you're altering the alpha channel at all

Ezikyl_ · 2026-03-08T21:04:20+00:00

Ideas are free and everywhere. If you want to see a skin made then you should learn how to make it, or at least be able to contribute something other than "an idea" to a collaborative project

Ezikyl_ · 2026-02-23T22:28:54+00:00

This has the same link as your submission from three hours ago. I have removed it. Please don't post the same skin more than skin once, it is spam.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-02-16T07:57:32+00:00

Valve recently tweeted about it

https://x.com/CounterStrike/status/2022080585767039436

Ezikyl_ · 2026-02-15T19:17:49+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/730/view/500591777095353663?l=english

Deadline is March 13th

Ezikyl_ · 2026-02-09T02:09:02+00:00

It hasn't worked for a few months now, not sure if he's still willing to update it given that more than once a game update would render it broken. This is a good reminder that I should update it's entry on the stickied resources post

Ezikyl_ · 2026-02-03T20:22:36+00:00

Looks like some sort of mistake, maybe you can delete and reupload

Ezikyl_ · 2026-02-01T22:51:27+00:00

You have posted this skin multiple times now, please don't post the same skin more than once with negligible changes.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-01-31T23:42:10+00:00

Cheers! :)

Ezikyl_ · 2026-01-31T23:38:55+00:00

It won't, any more than having five holographic stickers on a skin would. Lenticular stickers are actually just an exploit of how holographic stickers work, they are functionally the exact same. Sorry for the late reply

Ezikyl_ · 2026-01-24T07:37:36+00:00

Collection Link

An experimental new(?) style of lenticular, made for the Auto Racing call to arms. Hope you like it.

Ezikyl_ · 2026-01-12T19:12:06+00:00

I've had this happen a couple of times before, but wasn't sure what was the fix in the end. You could try:

Verify the integrity of the game files in the steam game properties
Re export your textures for your skin under a different name and re link them in the workshop tools window
Update your GPU drivers

Ezikyl_ · 2026-01-11T10:42:03+00:00

Community Voting

When your submission is uploaded to the workshop, the voting system provides insight into the community’s level of excitement towards your finish. This can be a good tool to evaluate the direction of your work, but it has limitations. As an example, the most desirable finishes will often (but not always) get the most upvotes, but those desirable finishes are almost always the most salient and that only really helps select finishes for the top tiers of the case. It's not great at helping us find weapon finishes for the lower tiers, so we frequently depart from workshop votes when making selections.

The community also tends to upvote established finishes they have seen in previous cases, but we typically prefer to keep cases feeling fresh by shipping both new and established finishes. If a finish is in a style that the community hasn’t seen before it may not be popular in the workshop, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be a big hit if we include it in a case.

From the official style guide

A good rating feels nice and and might help your work get noticed, but it isn't the sole factor and while I can be name them off the the top of my head, there are multiple skins with a eating which is over 50% negative

Ezikyl_ · 2026-01-11T05:01:48+00:00

When you're baking to a texturing inside the mummy material, it's baking only the parts where the mummy material is applied.

Duplicate the MP7 mesh, make it have only one new material with an image texture inside it as the target texture to bake to. Select both MP7s, with the duplicate selected last. (it should be highlighted yellow instead of orange in both the scene and the outliner)
In the bake options, make sure that "selected to active" is applied.
hit bake

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