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Strange Normals using a Material Instance
ok so i'm getting this really strange result when trying to use a normal map in a material instance: the material on the right is just the normal map plugged into the normal slot as usual and works fine. the one of the left is a 2d parameter plugged into the normal and then uses the same normal map. the weird lighting is… -
Unreal 4 Material Editor Tutorials
So I recently wrote up some introductory Material Editor tutorials for Unreal 4: http://www.tharlevfx.com/unreal-4-material-editor-math/ http://www.tharlevfx.com/unreal-4-uv-tricks/ http://www.tharlevfx.com/unreal-4-material-vectors/ http://www.tharlevfx.com/unreal-4-world-position-offset/ Nothing super complex but… -
Alembic Materials Always Named "Default"
Currently, material groups always import into Toolbag as "Default". I do understand that Alembic does not store material information, but it does store material group names at the very least. I have tried this with several different programs (Blender, Lightwave, Maya), and they all produce the same result. Does anyone else… -
IN PROGRESS: DDO materials in 3ds Max
Hi! I'm using Quixel DDO for few weeks and I wonder which way is the most correct for exporting the materials from DDO and importing them in 3ds Max? I'm using Mental Ray renderer and arch&design materials. I'm put DDO maps to gloss/diffuse/bump slots (I don't know where exactly should I put the specular map) but every… -
Mental ray material not compatible with render passes?
So in continuation from my original post below I discovered that car paint isn't compatible with render elements. I was able to get some success by using the specific element shader node and plugging the car paint shader into the special colour options of an arch and design but not really usable. So I answered my own… -
Answered: Incorrect display of smart materials from the library
Hello!The problem with the materials from the library, when I add the material, it looks completely different from the preview, there are no glares or reflections, what's wrong?Where, one year ago, I did not have such problems, the material from the library looked in the 3D window just like on the preview, what could… -
Generic Material For Procedural & Modular Workflows
UE4 Generic Material For Procedural & Modular Workflows Current Version: 1.5.1 Generic shader for usage on mostly procedural & modular workflows. Designed to demonstrate popular general processes and stages. Almost every single varible has a bool so it only calculates what is used. It has generic processes like intensity,… -
Substance Alchemist to Painter, material looks different
So I'm working on this material in Alchemist, and I want to import it into Painter, just so I can export it with custom preset. But material and maps look different. Height map is adding to normal, and height map itself looks completely different exported from Alchemist, compared to 2D view from first picture. If I disable… -
Vray : Combining normal maps in one material
Hello Tech friends. I have a quick Vray material question that I was hoping to get some help with. Ultimately I want to combine 2 or more normal maps with in one material so I can have a sort of detail normal map layered on top of my normal map that holds all of the surface detail. I am using Vray 2.0 Not sure if this is… -
Maya how to make instances share material assignment?
So I made a model, instanced it a bunch of times in the same scene. I wanted to then update the main model and apply a different material to it, but the material only gets applied to that one instance of the model. Any way to make an instance and have it look to the parent for the material as well?
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