It's a powerful little program. I spent the whole night yesterday playing with it, and like you say it's really tricky when you got an image which has varying tones.
Nice presentation as ever... The frequencies referred to in the EQ panel are in the *space* of the image. High frequency components will be edges, fine details... low frequency, smoothly changing areas of tone. (In whichever channel you happen to be looking at). It's actually more intuitive than you might think: we use the same language to describe frequencies in sound and image: for example.. a 'crisp' sound, a 'crisp' image.. both referring to high frequencies. Just as any sound can be represented as / built from the sum of a set of simple sinusoidal waves of varying phase, amplitude, and frequency, so can any image, but in 2D. Search terms would include: 'image processing', 'Fourier transform' 'frequency domain'. I tried looking up a nice snappy illustration for you, but everything I've come across so far dives straight into the maths :(
Your answer is spot on. I being a photographer would suggest searching for frequency separation in portrait image post processing just to get the idea clear.
This video taught me more about creating and understanding texture maps then going to 4+ years of college for game design! Thank you!!! Also I love this tool! its kind of insane that its free
Very helpful, thank you for sharing. Would love to see a layering approach to this, like for example making multiple textures on this software and layering them in blender. Substance alchemy style
I just recently found your channel, but I'm just getting more and more impressed. Then, today, I go looking for some in-depth stuff on Materialize, and wouldn't you know it... It's you. :) Thank you. If I wasn't already subscribed, I'd subscribe now. :)
Nice video I like it. I just dont understand why so many people in the comments are requesting a video to show how to upload the textures in blender. There are like a million of videos already on TH-cam explaining how.
About to take my Cube to a whole new level. ( Tried to do this using GIMP , forget THAT ! ) Now if I can figure how to apply maps in Blender 2.81 But THANK YOU SO MUCH Grant for the insight !!!
@@AndreaFromTokyo haha don't take it hard on me. XD I love unity for small projects but if you want to make race game or kart game don't try it in Unity go unreal.
I'm trying to open an texture and doesn't happen anything. Nothing shows up. In the image Open window some of the thumbnails appears, and almost all appears as a "?" icon. Is there a fix for this? Or a specifc image type (size, resolution, etc) that Materialize accepts?
So the smoothness map is a glossyness map. But to use it in Blender you would load the smoothness map and then use a color invert node and plug it into the roughness of the Principled Shader?
I can't figure out how to save a project. When I try to there is no option to save only 'select', like selecting a folder location. Is anyone else having this problem?
I was sure this must be a paid program. Very nice. Seems there is only a Windows version at this time, and no versions for Mac or Linux. The final result (pre-crazy bump map) was better than I expected, but it seems there are still issues with reversing whites and blacks. I would have expected that to be a feature of each node. Is there a way to take, say the height map for instance, into Photoshop for some editing, then load it into Materialize with the original diffuse in order to calculate the Normal map from there, or does it only allow you to use a height map generated by the software? If that were the case I suppose you could start a new project with an edited height map as your diffuse, make no changes in the Height node and then generate a normal map, reflection map, or whichever other you're having difficulty in creating with the sliders.
I feel like getting the normal map from the height map is causing you some issues. That normal map looks far too blurry, even with the increase in contrast. Which I get you would want for a height map, but you definitely don't want that for a normal map
I know this is 4 years ago but you could work around it by creating a first height map with as much detail as you'd want the normal map to have, set it, set the normal map up how you want, clear the height map and make that blury and it won't effect the normal map at all
@@grabbitt i watch all your tutorials . very very good .. but.. im little stupid .. actualy .. i i have a movie , and i need to migrate a 3D object into my footage . i need to create a real statue in Blender . i mean a realistic big stone statue. and i use after effects to composed it .. so please do a full tutorial about that for me ( beginner ). PLEAAAAAAASE MASTER ( you can JUST USE BLENDER NO AFTER EFFECTS )
personally I would sculpt the statue in the same way i did with my spartan warrior series. The only thing i would do differently is the texturing for that i would use a marble type PBR material so check out the tutorials on that and combine htem together :)
@@grabbitt i watch all your tutorials .. im just .. my english so so bad .. and you do many videos in fast .. and im so beginner in blender , and blender has change in 2.80 ... so that so hard for me :( ... im 29 years old .. but ) anyway i wish to do a small toturial to realistic statue .. and i watch your tutorials about matirialize software .. but .. : .. ok.. i wish to do a tutorial for me . if you don't. ok. i will always watch your videos and give u likes ..
Thanks for the guide! Helped me a lot to decide which software to use for texture maps. Now I don't even know why I used CrazyBump, this should be more popular - such a good control over textures and pretty nice UI and preview of material as well AND for FREE! This is great!
do you know how to use the unreal "shader pack" with the materialize software? on the materialize site there is an unreal and a unity shader pack fro the software, but I can't find any instructions.
Need some assistance. I think there is a bug or I'm doing something wrong here. I am working on a 3D human model. I worked about an hour on the settings to get the skin looking just perfect. Went to save the maps in the chosen directory and the Select button remained grayed out. I even gave up and closed the program, loosing all my precious work and tried again with just less settings. NOPE, still grayed out Select button to save out the maps and project. SO this is no good to me. I watched the end of your video a couple more times, checked what I was doing but I'm doing everything correctly from what I know. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!
@@grabbitt Thanks for the reply! I appreciate it. I guess I'll have to hope that my request for help from the team that made it will come through! I like the program but if I can't save out my maps doesn't do allot of good! LOL
Great video. Is there any good tutorials on how to use this along with Substance Painter? I purchased it from steam as a stand alone because but I didn’t want to purchase Substance Alchemist through Adobe’s Substance Suite.
Great tutorial! I seem to encounter a really funky problem when launching Materialize: it opens just fine all the controls and settings are there and can be messed with, but I can't bring any light in. Meaning my panel stays completely black when I launch the programm, I can see my diffuse map in small preview and on the black panel, but in 'show full material' it is all black. I have tried the rotate light control option but to no success. I am a bit lost here and have not found anyone with this particular problem so far. Any ideas? Thank you so much in advance!
Hello, can you please tell me how to use this with Blender 2.80 for making a model? Or using it in Blender to apply to cover a model in Blender? I tried to install into Blender the zip file but it won't load into the software is it a separate software? I thought it was an addon? Please advise me soonest.
For some reason when I do it on a sphere it looks great on the program but it doesn´t work once I use the texture on another software like C4D or Blender. It´s not seamless anymore, :( Any ideas?
As part of a Game PBR ground texture creation requirement (ie; trainz 2019) I need to add the height map into the alpha channel of the normal map. How can I do this?
@@grabbitt I am doing this in GIMP, but it is a bit tedious. I am hoping the author will consider making the "Alpha Channel" available for use in the "Property Map" section of the Materialize app with the same selection choices as the other channels. That would be a simple solution as some game programs like Trainz 2019 require that the Normal map have the Height Map in the Alpha Channel. Being able to access the Alpha Channel would make this great program even better.
Does anybody know how to fix the no loading image problem? Reinstalled Visual C++ 2013, but didn't help. Got all the versions of C++ but yet images don't load
@@grabbitt yes cinema 4D R19 and up use PBR Materials. The even bigger question is "Will these materials work with octane render"? Thats my current rendering engine.
Just tried it. Seems to work. I use them in Unreal Engine for Project size reasons. I need just one ARM file instead of importing an AO, Roughnes and Metallic textures.
It's difficult to know all the controls of every programme but like I said at the beginning knowing the final result you are trying to achieve is the most important. But I do understand your point.
Fair enough, and sorry for me being grumpy. I get frustrated when the answer to "what a control does" is "play around with it and see what happens"... That being said, I do appreciate what you do! In my ideal scenario I would have gotten the definition of the control *and* the intuitive explanation. But one of those is better than none! Cheers and sorry.
@@korvmakak7727 no problem. I appreciate the feedback. It's important to know how people feel about the things I produce that's how we all improve. 😃Thanks for your time.
It's a powerful little program. I spent the whole night yesterday playing with it, and like you say it's really tricky when you got an image which has varying tones.
indeed :)
Nice presentation as ever... The frequencies referred to in the EQ panel are in the *space* of the image. High frequency components will be edges, fine details... low frequency, smoothly changing areas of tone. (In whichever channel you happen to be looking at). It's actually more intuitive than you might think: we use the same language to describe frequencies in sound and image: for example.. a 'crisp' sound, a 'crisp' image.. both referring to high frequencies. Just as any sound can be represented as / built from the sum of a set of simple sinusoidal waves of varying phase, amplitude, and frequency, so can any image, but in 2D. Search terms would include: 'image processing', 'Fourier transform' 'frequency domain'. I tried looking up a nice snappy illustration for you, but everything I've come across so far dives straight into the maths :(
That is very very useful thanks very much :)
Your answer is spot on. I being a photographer would suggest searching for frequency separation in portrait image post processing just to get the idea clear.
This video taught me more about creating and understanding texture maps then going to 4+ years of college for game design! Thank you!!! Also I love this tool! its kind of insane that its free
Another great Tutorial! You always get it to the Point and it is very relaxing listen to your voice. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks :)
Very helpful, thank you for sharing. Would love to see a layering approach to this, like for example making multiple textures on this software and layering them in blender. Substance alchemy style
Yes maybe blender will go that way in the future :)
I just recently found your channel, but I'm just getting more and more impressed. Then, today, I go looking for some in-depth stuff on Materialize, and wouldn't you know it... It's you. :)
Thank you. If I wasn't already subscribed, I'd subscribe now. :)
Thanks :)
Nice video I like it. I just dont understand why so many people in the comments are requesting a video to show how to upload the textures in blender. There are like a million of videos already on TH-cam explaining how.
Yes there is even one on my channel :) sometimes it's hard to find if you dont know the search terms or your a bit new to it though :)
@Charlie George yes I will do that at some point 😃
Your tutorial is great. Thank you!!
About to take my Cube to a whole new level. ( Tried to do this using GIMP , forget THAT ! ) Now if I can figure how to apply maps in Blender 2.81 But THANK YOU SO MUCH Grant for the insight !!!
Thanks 😃
This was awesome! Realistic bricks and wood here I come.
That's an amazing software ! Thank you for the tip, dude ;)
This is very useful for me, thanks a lot!
Thanks for sharing this knowledge!
Great ,I was waiting for it 😀
just found out you can also start with a normal map and convert it to a height map, so useful!
I did not realise that 😃👍thanks
How exactly? :)
Prima video! thanks!
Materialize + Blender + Unity = Endless opportunities!
You spelled "Unreal Engine 4" wrong!
:D
@@AndreaFromTokyo haha don't take it hard on me. XD I love unity for small projects but if you want to make race game or kart game don't try it in Unity go unreal.
but how to load all those map in blender ... I only know how to load defuse,metalic,normal and height map but what about other three maps
How i can make the material bigger so i can avoid the repeating issue? Repond please and i hope you get my piont
Look up seamless texture s
Thank you for this!
😃
Thx 4 that gr8 tut ;)
Never heard of this software....but should check it out!
:)
This is the coolest program ever!;)
Yes it's good fun
I'm trying to open an texture and doesn't happen anything. Nothing shows up. In the image Open window some of the thumbnails appears, and almost all appears as a "?" icon. Is there a fix for this? Or a specifc image type (size, resolution, etc) that Materialize accepts?
great tutorial really helpful! can we do this in image sequences?
i dont think it has that functionality
Thank you so much for this video...!!!
Thanks
Nice one thank you. What about the Specular / Roughness and Bump maps? Can those be made with materialise?
Not really
So grateful you went to all the effort of making this - thank you! Enormously helpful. Cheers. :}
Thanks :)
@@grabbitt have you thought of showing people how to use these in Blender? I can't seem to get them to work properly
You are amazing for doing this.
Thanks :)
So the smoothness map is a glossyness map. But to use it in Blender you would load the smoothness map and then use a color invert node and plug it into the roughness of the Principled Shader?
Thank you!
I can't figure out how to save a project. When I try to there is no option to save only 'select', like selecting a folder location. Is anyone else having this problem?
Great, free app. Hope they add the option to choose bit depth on output.
yes indeed :)
nice.....great......
Smoothness For Sketchup and D5?
I was sure this must be a paid program. Very nice. Seems there is only a Windows version at this time, and no versions for Mac or Linux. The final result (pre-crazy bump map) was better than I expected, but it seems there are still issues with reversing whites and blacks. I would have expected that to be a feature of each node. Is there a way to take, say the height map for instance, into Photoshop for some editing, then load it into Materialize with the original diffuse in order to calculate the Normal map from there, or does it only allow you to use a height map generated by the software? If that were the case I suppose you could start a new project with an edited height map as your diffuse, make no changes in the Height node and then generate a normal map, reflection map, or whichever other you're having difficulty in creating with the sliders.
Great stuff
Thanks :)
Next video you should show how to set it up on blender
Merry Crispness!
indeed
tips for flesh with leathery armor?
New version not show up the image when open the image in diffuse tab just black sceen.
@grant Is Materialize still your go-to for creating bump-maps, ordo you have any new tips for 2022?
I find the are so many free pbr packs now that I use it much less
Thank you! But can you show how how to connect this on the shader? newb here thanks
Check out node school playlist
i cant understand how you set size 1024 for your texture or how can i set any other size for texture in this program?
I feel like getting the normal map from the height map is causing you some issues. That normal map looks far too blurry, even with the increase in contrast. Which I get you would want for a height map, but you definitely don't want that for a normal map
Yes it is a shortcoming of the programme in my opinion
I know this is 4 years ago but you could work around it by creating a first height map with as much detail as you'd want the normal map to have, set it, set the normal map up how you want, clear the height map and make that blury and it won't effect the normal map at all
how we can add this all maps to blender 2.80 ???? PLEASE ANSWER!!
I'll try and sort a tutorial soon but if you follow my pbr materials setup tutorial for 2.7 it is the same setup in the shader editor
@@grabbitt i watch all your tutorials . very very good .. but.. im little stupid ..
actualy .. i i have a movie , and i need to migrate a 3D object into my footage . i need to create a real statue in Blender . i mean a realistic big stone statue. and i use after effects to composed it .. so please do a full tutorial about that for me ( beginner ). PLEAAAAAAASE MASTER ( you can JUST USE BLENDER NO AFTER EFFECTS )
personally I would sculpt the statue in the same way i did with my spartan warrior series. The only thing i would do differently is the texturing for that i would use a marble type PBR material so check out the tutorials on that and combine htem together :)
@@grabbitt i watch all your tutorials .. im just .. my english so so bad .. and you do many videos in fast .. and im so beginner in blender , and blender has change in 2.80 ... so that so hard for me :( ... im 29 years old .. but ) anyway i wish to do a small toturial to realistic statue .. and i watch your tutorials about matirialize software .. but .. : .. ok.. i wish to do a tutorial for me . if you don't. ok. i will always watch your videos and give u likes ..
@@RedaHaskouri thanks. I may get around to it in the near future 😃
what does the "p" button do? in the main interface area...
How do you export all the maps to use in something like Blender?
thanks
Thanks :)
Thanks for the guide! Helped me a lot to decide which software to use for texture maps. Now I don't even know why I used CrazyBump, this should be more popular - such a good control over textures and pretty nice UI and preview of material as well AND for FREE! This is great!
do you know how to use the unreal "shader pack" with the materialize software?
on the materialize site there is an unreal and a unity shader pack fro the software, but I can't find any instructions.
very cool
:)
Need some assistance. I think there is a bug or I'm doing something wrong here. I am working on a 3D human model. I worked about an hour on the settings to get the skin looking just perfect. Went to save the maps in the chosen directory and the Select button remained grayed out. I even gave up and closed the program, loosing all my precious work and tried again with just less settings. NOPE, still grayed out Select button to save out the maps and project. SO this is no good to me. I watched the end of your video a couple more times, checked what I was doing but I'm doing everything correctly from what I know. Any suggestions? Thanks so much!
sorry its been so long since i used the programme
@@grabbitt Thanks for the reply! I appreciate it. I guess I'll have to hope that my request for help from the team that made it will come through! I like the program but if I can't save out my maps doesn't do allot of good! LOL
Great video. Is there any good tutorials on how to use this along with Substance Painter? I purchased it from steam as a stand alone because but I didn’t want to purchase Substance Alchemist through Adobe’s Substance Suite.
not sure sorry
@@grabbitt Okay, thanks.
is there a specific shader to get the exact same looking mat on UNITY, i know it's built on unity but when import it still doesn't look the same
Autodesk
@@grabbitt so? only possilbe with HDRP?
the images refuse to open no matter what image i choose it just refuses to let me work with it
Run as Administrator.
Great tutorial! I seem to encounter a really funky problem when launching Materialize: it opens just fine all the controls and settings are there and can be messed with, but I can't bring any light in. Meaning my panel stays completely black when I launch the programm, I can see my diffuse map in small preview and on the black panel, but in 'show full material' it is all black. I have tried the rotate light control option but to no success. I am a bit lost here and have not found anyone with this particular problem so far. Any ideas? Thank you so much in advance!
unfortunately many people are having these sorts of problems
Hi,
I try to download the Materialize from your link, but it give me an error 404.
Do you have any idea what is it about?
No sorry
missing specularity map and Roughness?
what instead can to use like a specular and Roughness in blender and unity from Materialize?
you can sometimes use the bump or displacement
Can this be used in Photoshop CS6 Extended an Lightwave 3D version 2018? How would I transfer the material for me to use/make as a 3D image?
I have not use either i'm afraid
Is it possible to make roughness maps with materialize, for non-metallic textures an things like that?
Yes if it's related to the height map otherwise not really
Thank you dude!
Is it possible to make shaders with internal python script in the blender to do procedural texture? without external programs ...
Would be good i imagine someone will get onto that soon :)
Hello! can you make a tutorial on how to import materials from blender to unreal engine?
Unfortunately i dont use unreal engine :(
Can you do workflow for other renderers like vray and redshift . Is it only game engine textures ?
I've not used either of those
Por que no puedo guardarlo . No me da la opción de save
On each Box you have Buttons with letters. The S button is for save.
Where do u find this software?
link in description I think
Hello, can you please tell me how to use this with Blender 2.80 for making a model? Or using it in Blender to apply to cover a model in Blender? I tried to install into Blender the zip file but it won't load into the software is it a separate software? I thought it was an addon? Please advise me soonest.
It's a separate programme
@@grabbitt Okay thanks am so new to Blender I get confused what is separate an intended to be used in the software.
I want to solve the problem, please
I have a problem that he does not recognize the pictures and does not import them
it could be the format of picture you could try converting it otherwise i'm not sure what this could be sorry :)
is the smoothness map and roughness map the same?
Yes
why does the color change,tho?
perhaps the compression
I can't get this thing to open nothing. Why?
Try starting it as Admin. I remember having the same problem and it's also noted somewhere, docs or website..
A secure program?
dont know
For some reason when I do it on a sphere it looks great on the program but it doesn´t work once I use the texture on another software like C4D or Blender. It´s not seamless anymore, :( Any ideas?
its probably the mapping method you are using perhaps
@@grabbitt I tried so far every single way I thought of, but will keep trying! Thanks so much for your response, :)
As part of a Game PBR ground texture creation requirement (ie; trainz 2019) I need to add the height map into the alpha channel of the normal map. How can I do this?
interesting question. I think the only way would be in a programme like Photoshop or gimp. Creating a new channel and placing it in there
@@grabbitt I am doing this in GIMP, but it is a bit tedious. I am hoping the author will consider making the "Alpha Channel" available for use in the "Property Map" section of the Materialize app with the same selection choices as the other channels. That would be a simple solution as some game programs like Trainz 2019 require that the Normal map have the Height Map in the Alpha Channel. Being able to access the Alpha Channel would make this great program even better.
@@r.a.dalton8807 yes that would be useful :)
How do i get a displacement map from it?
you can use the basic bump if i remember rightly
Where do you set up the edge map in the pbr in blender?
Blender does not need one. It's more for games
@@grabbitt Thanks. Awesome tutorial by the way!
Does anybody know how to fix the no loading image problem? Reinstalled Visual C++ 2013, but didn't help. Got all the versions of C++ but yet images don't load
sorry I've not had that problem
No problem. Thanks anyway
@@Junior-jg5nl I Have the same problem. :(
Could you fix it? It's been a year ago
Good job. Thank you. The app still has some bugs which should be fixed.
Thanks. Are you involved in the creation? Sorry I could not find the creators details.
@@grabbitt Yes, I'm the developer, but not of this app. I just tried it for about a month ago and found some problems.
@@max_nadolny cool
how to load all that maps on blender?
I have a video about that search on my channel - pbr setup in blender :)
Sirf how to apply these maps in blender
Links in the description
Can you use these materials in Cinema 4D?
I don't know about cinema 4d. Can it take pbr materials? Most modern 3d programmes can
@@grabbitt yes cinema 4D R19 and up use PBR Materials. The even bigger question is "Will these materials work with octane render"? Thats my current rendering engine.
no idea on that one either I'm afraid :(
Materialize make material for Cinema 4d ?
probably but i dont use c4d to know
Yes, the process and required files are similar. This program should give you what you need.
Noob questions.. how to export these files lol can't find the simple button
It's been a while I'm afraid
@@grabbitt thanks Grant.. i ended up using Shadermap software free edition
Hey, Mr. Abbitt. One question. The property Map is pretty much the same as an ARM map, right?
I'm not sure actually. I don't use them
Just tried it. Seems to work. I use them in Unreal Engine for Project size reasons. I need just one ARM file instead of importing an AO, Roughnes and Metallic textures.
Hi awesome vid, can materialize make an image seamless or do you make the texture seamless in other software and then import to materialize?
Thanks!!
It must be a seamless texture already
@@grabbitt thanks grant I appreciate that. Can't wait to see your next vid bro. Stay well
8:10
Y in 360 p?
If you watch it early it only shows in 360p
@@grabbitt lol that's new :p
would be great if you completed the guide in Blender :D
Search my channel PBR texture in blender and displacement textures in blender :)
Is it really a guide when the author does not know what the controls does?
It's difficult to know all the controls of every programme but like I said at the beginning knowing the final result you are trying to achieve is the most important. But I do understand your point.
Fair enough, and sorry for me being grumpy. I get frustrated when the answer to "what a control does" is "play around with it and see what happens"... That being said, I do appreciate what you do! In my ideal scenario I would have gotten the definition of the control *and* the intuitive explanation. But one of those is better than none! Cheers and sorry.
@@korvmakak7727 no problem. I appreciate the feedback. It's important to know how people feel about the things I produce that's how we all improve. 😃Thanks for your time.
Not for Mac users!!!
my name is oliver hill
my name is grant abbitt
@@grabbitt :)
How do you make the font bigger in Materialize?
Next video you should show how to set it up on blender
Use node wrangler . Ctrl+shit+t
Indeed
What do you guys do with the edge map? I can't seem to find much if any info on the subject
not really used in blender