Creating PBR Materials with Blender & Quixel

Physically based rendering (PBR) textures are the newest form of photorealistic game-based materials. Blender and PBR make an exciting combination, and when you add Quixel’s suite of texture painting and normal mapping tools to the mix, you get more interesting, life-like textures. In this training course, Christian Bradley shows how to take a model completed in Blender (or any other 3D software) and import the maps into Quixel for texturing. The tutorials will teach artists how to control the NDO toolset, make various PBR-based materials, apply the materials, control masking parameters in DDO, use NDO to make original normal maps, and more.

By the end of the course, you should be excited about and more comfortable with the Quixel Suite and the Blender import and export system. This workflow is suitable for game assets, models destined for animation, visual effects, and more.

What is PBR?

Exporting a mesh from Blender

Loading maps in Quixel DDO

Making textures with DDO

Setting up lighting in 3DO

Flattening materials

Using NDO

Sculpting and painting normal maps

Finishing materials with dust, dirt, and patina

00. Introduction 01 – Welcome 02 – What is PBR 03 – What youll need to create PBR-based textures

01. Load Your Model into Quixel 04 – Create the ID and ambient occlusion map 05 – Export your mesh from Blender 06 – Load maps in DDO 07 – Lower preview resolution in DDO 08 – View and select color IDs in 3DO

02. Make Textures with DDO 09 – Add and delete maps 10 – Add a metal smart material 11 – Adjust materials in DDO 12 – Set up lighting in 3DO 13 – Flatten and unflatten materials 14 – Materials and Dynamask 15 – Make a wood texture in DDO

03. Use NDO and Add Details to Normal Maps 16 – NDO overview 17 – Export a UV template 18 – Sculpt layers 19 – Finish the cannon materials 20 – Paint normal maps

04. Finish the Materials 21 – Add materials to a second mesh 22 – Add dust and rust to the entire model 23 – Add dirt to the model 24 – Paint a patina on the final materials

05. Render the Final Project in 3DO 25 – Render the final project in 3DO 26 – Goodbye

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