PBR Colour Swotch

StormyBA

Is there a definitive selection of PBR colour swotch images/reference that people tend to use for creating PBR materials.

I've managed to find one or two quite basic images that have a selection of the "most used materials" wood, metal's etc but looking to fill up my PBR references folder as much as possible.

Thanks

AdvisableRobin

Don't get too caught up in charts. Use them for finding base specular reflectance values for metals. The albedo of a dielectric generally is what you might expect it to be. Roughness is your map to do what you want with.

Use your best judgement.
This thread has loads of info and the encyclopedia has most of the charts available on the internet.

ZacD

Also for dielectric materials, albedo becomes very important when doing things that are very light or very dark, like "white" and "black" materials.

JedTheKrampus

For dielectrics you can also reference the Megascans pre-alpha textures that come with Toolbag 2. Basically, if you're putting a rock texture together (e.g.) put your rock texture together as usual, then check if the albedo map is sane by trying to match the histogram of your rock texture to the one in Toolbag 2. This helps make sure that you have the right overall value, and the right variance in value to successfully represent a material. (Of course, you'll need good taste too, but that's a given.)

almighty_gir

U SWOTCH M8?!

StormyBA

Thanks for the replys - will look into all of these!