Hi Everyone,
I have been surfing the net trying to find a place like this... finally I found Turbo Squid. 
I am new to the world of texturing, and for the last year or so I have only been using photographs to texture my 3D work.  Lately, I've decided to up my skills and start creating these textures from scratch.  I use photoshop cs3 and I make all my models in 3D Max 9. 
My first question is simple.  When I make my own textures I've noticed they don't seem to be as crisp on my model as they are in photoshop... they almost seem blurry at times.  I would really like to know how I go about fixing that. 
Should I be making my textures in 300dpi?
Thanks for your time, and help.