How to Use the WAVE TEXTURE Node - Blender Texture Node Tutorial

In this video, learn how to use the wave texture node in Blender to quickly create procedural textures with waves, distortion, multiple colors, and more!
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0:00 - Introduction
0:14 - What is the wave texture node?
0:34 - Adding a wave texture node to a material
1:08 - Setting the type of texture (Bands or Rings)
1:35 - Setting the Direction of the texture (X/Y/Z or diagonal/rings)
1:48 - Texture coordinate and mapping setup to move the rings around
2:27 - Setting the profile settings of the wave texture (Sine/Saw/Triangle)
3:14 - Wave texture node settings and what they do
4:51 - Using the Color ramp node to create colored rings
5:35 - Combining the Wave Texture Node with other nodes for more results
6:00 - Other Blender Texture Node tutorials