Material Tests

[JOSHnigga]

We all need a folder somewhere to dump all of these mats into so that some poor bugger can sort them into categories and post them for all to download.

Send yours to Aurorae, or something, cause he offered:
andrew.charlton@ntlwolrld.com


Here are a few of mine...

...D

[neo_mosher_zion]

that is a very disterbing face dmxdxl
lets hope this isnt a example of your own self image.

very disterbing indeed(nice work but still...) that picture is going to stic for a while. damn visual memory!!:hmm:

[whitewolf2759]

Just normal brazil glass, with a few color changes. But this shows the cool effect that you can get, even with simple models. I really like the look of this:p(BTW i've only had brazil for a few days)

[3dsMaxer]

Cool mats Mormegil especially the one on the bottom left!
How did you get the fuzzy stuff on it?
Could you post a material tree?

[JOSHnigga]

...D

[JOSHnigga]

...D

[DESPISTADO]

HI THIS IS MY CONTRIBUTION OF MATERIAL:halo:

[dmxdxl]

simple matirial i made in like 5 mins...

[novoAlias]

nice mats dmxdxl but how long did it take 2 render wit dof? well heres some fun with falloffs my fav is the top right but it looks better in the mat editor...

[dmxdxl]

took liek 2 mins to render, using scanline..and DOF was done in photoshop...;)

[Riiop]

THIS THREAD IS SO AWESOME!!! :D

[Radarhead]

Tumurous growths...

[sarN]

nasty
:P
im trying to do something... but god is blocking me from making anything cool
lol
keep it up, awesome materials guys :D

[mastern00b]

Was playing around with materials and came up with this. It was just to pretty to throw away.. :)

http://www.rserv.com/images/purdy1-web.jpg

[sarN]

RARRRR
some kinda fleshy stuff... maybe

[eternicus]

Here's some lava I did myself. All Max procedurals with scanline renderer.

[eternicus]

Here's something else I did...kinda resembles a sun. All Max procedurals again.

[dmxdxl]

i made a sub-surface scattering matirial, with frensel reflections..check it out...

[sarN]

basically all i have... lol
the HDRI map makes them look weird =/

[Torlok2002]

radar, how did you do those tumerous things?


Is that just a regular sphere or have you edited a sphere? I see no way to make a amaterial change the shape of and objects that much. Of course there are bumps, but....

[mastern00b]

My guess is.... hmm.. lets see.

Sphere with a LOT of segments. Give it a displace modifier and use the same bump map as he uses in the material.

[nathan 3d]

Hey Radarhead, Could you please post atleast one of your more complex materials for download? I have been playing around with materials for months now and only have a few decent ones whitch were formed I think more by luck. I would like to see how you set up the maps.

I would post my mats but my computer is almost compleetly striped with everything on CD's. I just bought Max 5 and I want to reformat before I install : ) Mabey if I remember after I get all situated. You can see a little on my site. But I have learned so much more in the past months my site is really out dated.

Radarhead, I will host the file if you want.

[Torlok2002]

Originally posted by mastern00b
My guess is.... hmm.. lets see.

Sphere with a LOT of segments. Give it a displace modifier and use the same bump map as he uses in the material.


I'm aware of displacement modifier, although it is impractical is many situations.

[Nima_3dman]

finally here is some of my materials too..

[Nima_3dman]

and again me...

[Nexus-uk]

For want of anything particular, here's a material with varying fresnel effects applied to transparancy / specular colour etc.

[Ch4s3r]

can we get some Tutorials PLEASE!:eek: :)

[pluMmet]

I hope this thread lasts a while...i'm working 12hrs/day 7day/week and it will take me time to do stuff (to give a little props to Final Render Stage-1 (I see so much Brazil stuff here))

well here's a big image i did for my Moms birthday, just galss stuff but I'll get more soon.

http://members.cox.net/plummet/GlassForMomSigned.jpg

[lockdown2000]

How is that package of all the materials coming along? I would really like to d/l it :)

[DESPISTADO]

THIS IS MY WAX MATERIAL

[DESPISTADO]

TORLOK2002 IN MATERIAL EDITOR UNDER MAPS AND DISPLACEMENT MAP YOU CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE OBJECT IN A IRREGULAR FORM

[DESPISTADO]

A GLASS MATERIAL

[DESPISTADO]

CHECK THIS

[Torlok2002]

Originally posted by DESPISTADO
TORLOK2002 IN MATERIAL EDITOR UNDER MAPS AND DISPLACEMENT MAP YOU CAN CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE OBJECT IN A IRREGULAR FORM



Does this reqire a high amount of polys?


Ok, I can get it to show the displacement in the tex editor but not in render... any help??


[edit again] Ok, i figure it out, you have to convert what you are rendering to an editable mesh, nurbs, or bezier patch. Just for anyone that doesnt know. And the mesh density does effect the render, it is very similar to a displace modifer, it does edit the geometry but does not display in the viewport. [/edit again]

[DESPISTADO]

without name

[Radarhead]

This Max 5 files is available on the entry page of my website if anyone wants it. I will add to the file when I get time to make more mats.

Edit: I forgot... these are Max materials.

[Downup]

Hmm how does this work.. IS it ust texture? :D

Well i tried.. but this is standard :D:p

http://w1.345.telia.com/~u34503875/texture.jpg

I like the stuff in here HUrray

Dont "lol" my stuff :halo:

[DESPISTADO]

HI TOLROK2002 HERE I ATTACH AN IMAGE OF HOW CHANGE THE SHAPE FROM DE MATERIAL EDITOR WITHOUT HIGH AMOUNT OF POLYS

[Paturai]

was Just tryin to figure out how to make a material that looks more like pen and ink or engraving or something like that. it needs to be roughed up a bit but pretty good so far me thinks.

Oh Yeah: forgot to mention: Max Scanline Renderer, no Plugins, no scripts... just Max toon shader with some falloff maps and gradient ramps

[Downup]

THis game was.. FUN

here is my other "standard texture test" ;D Man i am so bad

http://w1.345.telia.com/~u34503875/texture2.jpg :roll:

[3dsMaxer]

Can you post the settings because max keeps on telling me that i have missing dll's :( Does it have anything to do with the fact that I have Max 4?

[novoAlias]

i think we will have 2 sort these into categories like brazil and max 4 and maya kind of thing... nice cartoon shader thing 2, howd ya do it?

[novoAlias]

Brazil toonz
learnin a lot here, sry if a few of these look familiar;)

[JOSHnigga]

Originally posted by IDownupI
THis game was.. FUN

here is my other "standard texture test" ;D Man i am so bad

http://w1.345.telia.com/~u34503875/texture2.jpg :roll:

Downup, is that ball texture a procedural? Jeese it is good for a procedural...I want it. LOL

...D

[master_amante]

here are some of my fav materials I came up with... All done in max 4.2 and with standard stuff (no plugins, no textures)

[Aerics]

master_amante, can you plz tell me the settigs of your last texture, the water plz.

[duccio]

Here's something of my own:

[Downup]

hmm JOSHnigga

what do you mean with procedural =/

my english is sooooooooooooooooooooo BAD:p

[cbaristo]

my little contribution.
(vray render, vray material)

[JOSHnigga]

Originally posted by IDownupI
hmm JOSHnigga

what do you mean with procedural =/

my english is sooooooooooooooooooooo BAD:p

He he. By Procedural I mean like "noise" or "cellular". A Computer Generated texture or pattern. This Material test area is nearly all procedural mapping.

Oh, and cbaristo, if you want that to look like cloth, then try bumping down the specular quite a bit to make it look more fabric like...

...D

PS, this thread may beat My cars Faster... I luv the mats on here.

[Aurorae]

Unfortunately I have only recieved one email actually containing a material. They have even suggested on www.3dtotal.com that we compile them, and I will, I have no problems whatsoever with doing it, I just need the mats to start off with. ANY contribution is very welcome, but it would be greatly appreciated if some of the more interesting materials were shared.
Remember, it andrew.charlton@ntlworld.com

I'm getting the feeling that people are a bit reluctant to share there stuff :roll:

[novoAlias]

well 2 things, one im sorry but im not sure i saved that file with thos last textures so sry :o . and 2 what files do you want? .mat i guess if so ill send a few... is it just me or was threedy offline most of today?

[master_amante]

Someone asked how i did my sea material

---==++ MY SEA MATERIAL ++==---


Material: Standard
Diffuse : Smoke [See Below]
Specular Level : 88
Glossiness : 44
Bump : Smoke [See Below]
Reflection : Raytrace [See Below]

************************************************** *****************

DIFFUSE SMOKE SETTINGS:
Size 40
Iterations 5
Colour 1
R: 67 G: 110 B: 164
Colour 2
R: 0 G: 111 B: 102

Modify tiling and size as desired

************************************************** *****************

BUMP SMOKE SETTINGS:
Leave everything default except
Size 10 (Use a very small number so you get a grainy reflection)

************************************************** *****************

REFLECTION RAYTRACE SETTINGS:
Everything is left to default

************************************************** *****************

[Brin]

Im Having mad trouble accessing the site :(

Just thought I would drop a message to Mr Radarhead:
Once again another selfless post, Thank you for the material file!

The Typhoid material looks so real, where did you get that from? hehe

The corroded copper is excellent as well, It helps being able to look through the tree and see how it was put together.

Thanks again Ed. (It took me 58 seconds to render the perspective view.)

cbaristo: I think that material looks like a rubber pond lining or some sort of acoustic insulation. well done :)


-----EDIT-----

master_amante, I will be trying your water settings on my Bismarck scene, Thanks.

[Aerics]

Thx master_amante, i want to test it in the evening.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

I really like all the materials. So I have made also one. All procedural materials and rendered with the standard scanline render and one light

[cbaristo]

JOSHnigga,

:D I were not trying to make a cloth material, i really dont know what i were doing with this material at all. This is some kain of new material from the NASA I think...

Some kain of metal mesh... I dont know...

[DUALVORTEX]

Hi!!

Nice thread!!

thanks
:D

[DUALVORTEX]

another 3dsmax mat.

LOL! buaj

[DUALVORTEX]

Yes it is!!

gore saher #3. (...the last one, .. LOL!)

[Goj]

Nice Brain you got there DualVortex. Great Mat, or is it supposed to me something else. :hmm:

I've spent some time away form the computer and 3d and stuff. (Its nice to take a vacation from your hobby, because when you get back, your more motivated)

So hows the MatLib going Aurorae? Anything coming in? I'll send a few when i get time to make some killer ones.

[mastern00b]

Ummmm.. yeah.... uhhhh.. hmmm.... just look.. lol



http://www.rserv.com/images/strangemat-web.jpg

[novoAlias]

lol away from the gruesome sticky stuff already! heres a beginners attempt at a toon shader using default max scanline and textures. any suggestions?

[master_amante]

Bleh dualvortex... you're gonna give me nightmares now LOFL Nice dog

[Yeah, I'm having trouble accessing too... i thought it was the connection]

Brin: Bismark... nice :eek: :)

// EDIT \\

Blackwolf... change your lighting shadow type to Raytraced not shadowmap... you'll get more sharp shadows :) It'll match the cel shading better

[novoAlias]

ok thanx looks much better now...

[Aurorae]

Okay, I got 3 more emails, regarding people who wanted me to send the mat lib. Unfortuntely, ONE person has sent in there materials, no one else. I cant send it out if it is not done. Please, anybody who has contributed to this thread it would be great if you could share your materials. Remember also, Tom-3DT said that we could compile them (doing that), and possibly have it for download on the www.3dtotal.com homepage. (probably under free stuff and such) but I'm sure we'd be able to have a list of members who contributed to it.

Radarhead: Could we include the ones from your home page?

[master_amante]

I don't know how to save a material in max 4.2... somebody help?

[Is that even possible?]

[xeltestic]

radarhead, my man, pls...can u make a max4 file of your mats for download.
i would really apreciate it:)
or some other way i could get them to work in max 4.
thx x

[JOSHnigga]

Originally posted by master_amante
I don't know how to save a material in max 4.2... somebody help?

[Is that even possible?]

First ya put your mat to your library, then ya finds the mat in thah library and select it. Then you click "save as" and Robert is ya fathers brother...

Hope my clear as mud instructions aRE HELPFUL master_amante , AND i HAVE LEFT CAPS ON SO i MUST GO AND EAT CHEESE...

...D

[neo_mosher_zion]

YES!!!!! CHEESE!!!!

go JOSHnigga


sorry all about this completely uneed'd post that is also completely off topic unless you consider cheese a form of art.

[Aurorae]

Thanks BlackWolf!

Keep em coming :)

its andrew.charlton@ntlworld.com

Only send me an email if you have mats to send.

[[nEo]]

could u guyz plzz help me out in materialiNg rear and front headlights and brake lights of a car how would u nowmally go abt it and if u have any tutes or anythin plzz could u like Share thanx for readin tc

[Fajula]

cool thread. awsome shaders. my contribution

[Fajula]

thought this looked kinda cool to

[garridus]

v-ray
scratch plug-in
:xyz:

[Goj]

A wierd Cel-Shaded one, and a basic out-line.

[MarceloSouza]

Veeery nice Tread. :)

I am new on this forum, but old visitor of 3DTotal. Tim, have one of the Worlds Best 3D Foruns here. I like it very much. Unfortunatelly i don´t have much spare time to participate more, on this forum. And my english is not so good too. :)

So...I just love Shading, materials, Shaders, and textures/procedurals.
I like to study ways to use Procedurals combining then on many layers. It´s not a inteligent or "the right thing to do" all the time. I like to do it for study, and to apply on my job too. But procedurals are not the final solution for everything. We need to balance it´s use combining with the good and old BitMap textures to archieve the look we are searching for.

I like to treat each job, and each case, as a isolated parte. I can do 10 animations using metals (iron), and for each animation i will do ALL the shaders from the scratch. I just don´t like to use Libraries.

It´s because i like to try something new each time i can do a new shader. This way i can open my mind to try or to discover something new creating each material. This is a good way to improove your Shader Tweaking Skills. :)

I have some pics, i´ve made just to study procedural materials in Max 4 and 5. I will post some of then here, and try to trade some usefull information with the people here. :)

This is an old Pic. I thinks it´s the first time i have used for study, procedurals shaders on and entire scene. Even for the "model deformation". I´ve inspired from the well know image of the MASTER, Neil Blevins... :)

http://www.chamaleonlovers.com/~marcelosouza/images/hi/microcosmo.jpg

These are other tests using just procedurals on all the shaders :

http://www.chamaleonlovers.com/~marcelosouza/images/hi/bolts.jpg

Another one...This time i tried to made a kind of Chinese Food, i don´t know the right name in english, but in portuguese we call it "Pastel" :

http://www.chamaleonlovers.com/~marcelosouza/images/hi/food.jpg

This is a BlackPower Hair Shader...rsrs...Just some strokes as a tileable texture and many planes uses on on Scatter over a Sphere. The render is a bit slow... :)

http://www.chamaleonlovers.com/~marcelosouza/images/hi/blackpowerpixaim.jpg

I did i Snow/Cloud Shader one day too...It´s simple bu nice to use in Cartoon Clouds, or with some adjustment as Cartoon Snow. :)

These Pics are alreay a bit old. I need to have my life back (too much work here...rsrs), to restart my study and tests again. :)

[Torlok2002]

i love those first 2 marcelo!

[MarceloSouza]

Ops...Btw...I said, that i don´t like to use the libraries directly on my projects, but it´s a totally personal choice. I am sure that libraries are A LOT usefull to study. One of the best way to learn materials and Stuff in 3D, is to catch the source file of the project and study it. So you can copy everything if you just want to have fun, or you ca try try to replicate all the materials and the process using you own skills. And checking the source for study only.

I prefer the second choice. ;)

[Woody]

OOoooo, I love the second one. All the images are great, but that metalic texture is awesome. I had seen it long time ago.

Why don't you show us how you did that material?? I always have problems with my metalic textures.

[LittleJohn]

Here`s a metal material, with anisotropic reflections (all max procedurals)...

[LittleJohn]

I forgot to post my settings for the silk material i posted before...So here it is...Pretty simple, just a fallof on diffuse and gradient ramp on specular...

[JaiMak]

Originally posted by insect666
Hey, some of these look really nice. :)

Though I have no idea of where the max's translucency shader might be applied. It never works the way it should... :dunno:

Here are a couple of mine:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/insect666/spikything_006.jpghttp://members.lycos.co.uk/insect666/spikything_002.jpg


Almost forgot to add: max's default scanline renderer and no extra plugins/scripts...

Sounds like this thread should be pretty fun if more people join in. :)

How does one achieve the "specular bloom" or highlight glow in the max scanline without the use of plugins? Or is this using lens effects glow or something after the fact?

[neo_mosher_zion]

someone wanna help me out with cell shading??

[MarceloSouza]

I need to start to do some (many) tests with Anisotropic maps. Their behavior looks strange to me at the first sign, but i archieved some good results just using the logic. Mas i don´t know how to use the direction maps, to control the "scratch" direction.

I never needed to double the Anisotropic look, so, i never put more focus on this study. But, i need to do it. :) Last week i received a task to model a Radio, like that old Big Radios, called BoomBox (GuethoBlaster), so, the material of theses pieces are a bit difficult to recreate, some parts are shinny, glossy, and the buttons (like the volume dial), need to have that Perfect Example of Anisotropic Specular....rsrsrs...
When the radio is Done, i will send a render to here. The shader of the buttons, with 3DSMAx anisotropic shader, works nice, but i don´t know how to control it well right now. Need some study on it. :)

[MarceloSouza]

I need to start to do some (many) tests with Anisotropic maps. Their behavior looks strange to me at the first sign, but i archieved some good results just using the logic. Mas i don´t know how to use the direction maps, to control the "scratch" direction.

I never needed to double the Anisotropic look, so, i never put more focus on this study. But, i need to do it. :) Last week i received a task to model a Radio, like that old Big Radios, called BoomBox (GuethoBlaster), so, the material of theses pieces are a bit difficult to recreate, some parts are shinny, glossy, and the buttons (like the volume dial), need to have that Perfect Example of Anisotropic Specular....rsrsrs...
When the radio is Done, i will send a render to here. The shader of the buttons, with 3DSMAx anisotropic shader, works nice, but i don´t know how to control it well right now. Need some study on it. :)

[snowMAN]

LittleJohn please post settings for anisitropic metal pleaseeeeee.

[LordChris]

Originally posted by JaiMak
How does one achieve the "specular bloom" or highlight glow in the max scanline without the use of plugins? Or is this using lens effects glow or something after the fact?

It's fairly simple... you just go to Render -> Effects, select Add -> Blur, and at the effect's options, you go to the 'Pixel Selections' tab, deselect 'Whole Image' and select 'Luminance'... After that you play around with the settings to get the desired effect... I just love this effect! :D

[garridus]

:xyz:

[lockdown2000]

garridus Ultra cool, can you save that as a .mat so I can d/l it ?

[garridus]

:xyz:

my metal material (http://pablo.garrido.com/3d/plomo.zip)

:o :xyz:

[DESPISTADO]

HI, WOWW MARCELO SOUZA IN THE FORUM THATS GREAT I SAW THE SCREW IMAGE IN THE IMAGE FOLDER OF 3DS MAX AND WOWW THATS COOL I´VE BEEN TRIED TO REPRODUCE YOUR METAL SCREW TEXTURE BUT I I DONT HAVE IDEA HOW DO YOU MAKE IT AND THIS IS MY METAL TEXTURE BUT I USED HDRI MAP, ARE YOU USE HDRI MAP IN SCREW TEXTURE CAN YOU TELL HOW YOU CREATE THE TEXTURE PLEASE, HERE I PUT MY METAL TEXTURE.

[Tempest811]

garridus, very cool.
despistado, u may wanna start with the color lol... urs is more of a brass color..screws arent made of brass

[Tempest811]

heres my contribution to this fun little thing....

VIVA LA PHOTONS

[LordChris]

Here's my version of a metal... it's actually a brushed chrome.

[snowMAN]

Found a few textures on the web changed them up a bit and there ya go. Other than the standard cellular procedurals on the far right.

[DESPISTADO]

LOL I CAN CREATE THIS KIND OF MATERIAL Tempest811
BUT I DONT KNOW HOW MARCELO CREATE YOURS =) I LIKE THAT TEXTURE

[Brin]

snowMAN: Wow that sponge material is so good!! Please send that to Aurorae to add that one to the material library!

Is it a standard max mat?

[Aurorae]

grr, still hardly any materials. COME ON PEOPLE!

Take just 5 minutes to put them in a library! I bet it wont even take you that, and even less to email (most are less than 40kb) to andrew.charlton@ntlworld.com.
Dont forget, I will include a readme or something in the final one, so your name and hard work will not go unnoticed.

I have 4 at the minute, and considering the amount of people posted in this thread, If I presume you guys actually want to do this, which I certainly do then get your ass emailing them mats :p

I wont put it up for download until we reach, say, 30 participants maybe a bit less but thats what I am aiming for.

[snowMAN]

will be sent, how do you want them sent

[the_imploding_v]

I have been trying for a few hours now to make a material that disintegrates over time, it's not the case of a simple blend material because i want a sort of buffy type burning effect which is similar to the lava effect created here...http://www.3dm-mc.com/tutorials/ps/ the problem is you can make it look like it's burning and moving around the object by using the phase but i'm stuck as to how to make it transparent where the bright lava has been, if you know what i mean. I know that most of these type of effects are done in compositors with procedural mattes but there must be a way of doing it in max. p.s i'm using version 5 of max

[neo_mosher_zion]

strange alien skin/scale tests.(no plugins)

[neo_mosher_zion]

UPDATE :D MI HAVIN FUN

[munkY]

nothing special really


http://landspeed.mine.nu/3d/wip/hdri/test04.jpg

[neo_mosher_zion]

im not actually going to send the textures i made unless you guys actualy want them
there just different variations of the cellular, mix, bumps, etc
nothing very big and high tech.

[mastern00b]

the_imploding_v:

The way I would think to do that material is as follows. Whatever map you are using as a mix map, copy it to the opacity slot. That way, over time as your map changes phase, as will the opacity.

[sarN]

i sent mine aurorae... the hardest one was teh one named Brazil Default Material :D
keep up the good work everyone, theyre all wicked cool

[lockdown2000]

COME ON PEOPLE!!!! Aurorae NEEDS TO COMPILE YOUR MATS! It isnt hard to SAVE THEM! Just save eveyrone you make and email to him, the result can only bring about GOOD! LETS DO THIS THING!!!!


And garridus Thanks for the texture.

[Aurorae]

exellent, 2 more, thank you :)

and to anyone who thinks that theres isnt good enough/nobody will want it, YOUR WRONG :p

Its a library, there will be books in a library that you dont like, but other people will. Its the same here.
I think we may have got the ball rolling on this one, so keep em coming in :)

[HatChan]

I just joined the forum and will hopefully get a material or two on here for you guys.

[HatChan]

I just joined the forum and will hopefully get a material or two on here for you guys.

[HatChan]

I just joined the forum and will hopefully get a material or two on here for you guys.

[Goj]

I'll send a bunch in 2-3 days, or whenever I have time to finish them. I have 2 cels. (improved a little) and planning to add some more misc stuff.

[Bandito]

A simple plaster material. Made in Max 4.25, rendered in Brazil.
:max:

[DeathGoth]

hey.... I actually found this site on accident... not to bad you people... its a good post... not alot of people do this kinda thing these days... anyway the sharing the maters are a good idea... like Bandito there that is a really cool plaster mat.. I have been looking for something like that to texture my room... on my site.. anyway guys really cool work... I will try and add something in a few days...

[dark-elf]

just wondering when the first installment of the library would be uploaded?

[ptacnik]

Thought i might throw in a shader ...... oh Max 5 by the way

[fashionapple]

Well i made this a while a ago, i know its not that great as compared to you guys but i jsut thought this thread is really appropriate to post my PODS

no plugin used on 3ds max 4 procedural texturing :)

http://images.deviantart.com/large/designs/d3d/Cocoons.jpg

[zbobo]

i saw all kinds of cool mats in this thread, from fire to glass to metal and so on. But, not a single ICE ! realistic ice or a cartoony look kinda ice, i think it can be an important "book" to add to the library, like aurorae said... so let`s try and make ice ! i`ll get right on it, you guys should try too

[Zytrex]

:drool: OMG... Amazing work guys. Seriously. Like. OMG. So this material compilation happened on cgtalk? Where do we find that library?

[Neox]

Originally posted by dmxdxl
Brazil subsurface scattering, and a painted texture, obviously not mapped right but take a look,..

well didn't I unwrap him right? can't remember it anymore, but cool to see what you've done with him :)
next time i'm unwrapping my stuff before doing another modelpack, so you can test your textures :)

[Aurorae]

cool, 2 more mats, it seems people have finally get round to it, although now I receiving huge amounts of spam email, probably due to posting it here, so it had better be worth it :roll: :D

[mastern00b]

Aurorae:

I sent four mat's to you last night.. :)

[Aurorae]

In two emails, hence I thought two mats :p

Thanks though, all I ask is keep them coming!

[garridus]

Is not the best but work

;)

[DeathGoth]

Originally posted by Aurorae
cool, 2 more mats, it seems people have finally get round to it, although now I receiving huge amounts of spam email, probably due to posting it here, so it had better be worth it :roll: :D

use ur hotmail account... i do that alot when i dont need to spam my real addy

[LittleJohn]

At previous page, someone asked for an icecube material...
As ``glass`` materials, an ice material looks good and realistic only if the surrounding enviromment is good...

Here`s an icecube material, without any enviromment around it.
That`s why it doesnt look realistic...
I will post a render with the same material (within an enviromment) later on, to see the difference in realism...

[ptacnik]

so is this going to be a downloadable lib?

[Zytrex]

That's the idea. :)

[Aurorae]

But it will only be worthwhile doing if enough people contribute ;)

[ptacnik]

were should we send in our mat?

[NoJo]

feeling a bit noob now since everyone has posted so good materials... anyway here comes mine, done in max and rendered in Brazil :)

[DeathGoth]

well here is my contribution.. but i am going to define it more and then give it to Aurorae... its suppost to be water.. but the coloring is odded out... not worried about the coloring.. just worring about how good it looks to water.. as in a river or in a rough ocean..

http://www.deathgoth.com/pics/dg/000mt-0005.jpg
http://www.deathgoth.com/pics/dg/000mt-0006.jpg

and someone tell me why the images arent working..

[neo_mosher_zion]

both look nice DeathGoth

but the problem with the 2nd there on water and the last time i checked teapots dont float like that if they float at all. lol

ive been workin on projects right now but when im done ill make and post a bunch more materials.:cool:

[DESPISTADO]

HERE A MATERIAL CHROME WITH GLASS AND CHROME WITH BUMPS

[Zytrex]

The email address is still andrew.charlton@ntlworld.com :)

[Torlok2002]

Ill send my Max 5 tex's for car paint and glass, although i know everybodies got those, but you can never have too many textures! ok maybe you can (especially if you have a small HD but.....)


Ill try to remember in the morning before i leave for the weekend, if not ill have to do it on monday.

[DeathGoth]

This is my final I will email Aurorae the mat tommow.. but i want to see if people on the forum i have are going to do anything 1st... anyway here it is....

http://www.deathgoth.com/pics/dg/000mt-0012b.jpg

[saby]

WOW this is a great thread!:drool: People are creating magic with max shader.
Great going guys.

I don’t have Brazil r/s. I search the net for a demo one, but couldn’t find it. So can any one help me out?

I am looking forward to download the mat lib. Plz hurry.

Thank you.

[Aurorae]

Originally posted by saby
WOW this is a great thread!:drool: People are creating magic with max shader.
Great going guys.

I don’t have Brazil r/s. I search the net for a demo one, but couldn’t find it. So can any one help me out?

I am looking forward to download the mat lib. Plz hurry.

Thank you.


Its not me that has to hurry up, its the people who are sending the files in :p
Im currently compiling them, and planning to do a nice render to show which ones I have got so far.

[instinct]

just a quick damaged copper effect :)

http://www.open3d.co.uk/damagedcopper.jpg

[Zytrex]

Actually, I don't have those Torlok. I know, weird...

[Thewiruz]

just messing around and i got this

[Torlok2002]

how about a good wood texture for the outside of a tree, anyone up for that one, lets say .... an oak tree (most hardwood trees have similar looking bark.)

Remember bark, not the inner wood grain that a table looks like.

[Wass]

Just a quick one... Ignore the background

[novoAlias]

these double posts are starting to get really wierd... ignore the blade, old pic ;) maybe ill add bump if i still have the file

[JOSHnigga]

Originally posted by Wass
Just a quick one... Ignore the background

how the hell did you make that tree texture???

I must know arggg...

...D

[master_amante]

Ok this is a cool effect with fall-off and smoke and mixes in the opacity, I came up with ... the object is rendered hollow in the middle then as it goes to the 'outside' it gets a smokey opacity, then at the border it's fully visible (opacity 0)

it's cool if you need to render a cool ghost


BDW: I have a large mat library but none of it except 4 are mine... how can i delete the others? Or will i have to tell him (the guy we post the libraries to) which are mine and he'll sort them out?

[master_amante]

sorry for the double post but my browser said it couldn't find the site or something....... and i reposted

[LordChris]

Cool! I can't believe that wass' tree texture is procedural... (And I don't) But if it is, than congrats man! :D
The other tree texture clearly has a bitmap in the diffuse slot....

[novoAlias]

sure thing :D . actually i dont know why i posted that. that falloff map looks pretty kewl master_amante, if you r using max then you can delete the other textures in the mat editor by making a grey tex in one box then dragging that to copy over the ones you dont want. //edit//: *points down* or you could do that :halo: im useless today.

[Brin]

master_amante: you can open the material library, then click "save as" and name it something else. The open mat.lib will be the new named one (It will say the name at the top of the window) Then click on each material in turn and press the cross button at the top that will delete the selected material from the library.

[Zytrex]

Wass.... you ARE going to be emailing that material to Aurorae, RIGHT? :D

[TyKeiL]

thanks to all the people who have posted the versions of there software, and what, if any, plugins they have used

this is using max 4 standard materials

[JOSHnigga]

I WANT THAT MATERIAL TyKeiL , please please pleas. Is it procedural?

I will trade something for it...

...D

[TyKeiL]

ok well i may write a tut for it

i was quite happy when i came up with it myself :)

i will post the material in a moment

[TyKeiL]

here you go josh, i hope you enjoy and mabe learn how i did it, i refrain from writing a tutorial because i dont understand all the reasons for my numbers,, all it would be is a work down of the attributes and you can get that from my file, so enjoy

[DeathGoth]

well i got lazy and decided to forget to email that dude so here is my mat... they are vray materials...

[nathan 3d]

here is mine. It took me a while to get around to it.

[neo_mosher_zion]

thats some sweet pill nathan 3d (like the red pill from the matrix even bigger plus i loved that movie) anyway i would like to see how ya made it if ya'd like to tell

[DESPISTADO]

HI I DONT THINK THIS TEXTURE ITS GOOD BUT THIS IS MY VERSION TEXTURE OF THE RADARHEAD, LIKE THE RADARHEAD MARBLE THE LIGHT PASS THROUGH INSIDE OF THE GLASS BUT THIS ONE JUST HAVE ONE BALL I PUT SMOKE INSIDE OF THE BALL NOT OUTSIDE I DONT USE PLUGINS ONLY MAX DEFAULT, I KNOW THE SHADOW ITS VERY POOR BUT BECAUSE ALL ITS IN ONE STEP

[DESPISTADO]

JUST ANOTHER ONE

[DESPISTADO]

ANOTHER

[amerex]

here are my little materials, they're not much but give me a break, im using max 2.5

[amerex]

here are my little materials, they're not much but give me a break, im using max 2.5

[DESPISTADO]

THIS IS OTHER SHOT WITH THE SAME TECNIQUE

[DESPISTADO]

SORRY I PUT THE WRONG IMAGE, THIS ONE ITS THE RIGHT

[nathan 3d]

Originally posted by neo_mosher_zion
thats some sweet pill nathan 3d (like the red pill from the matrix even bigger plus i loved that movie) anyway i would like to see how ya made it if ya'd like to tell

Actualy, I have started a tutorial. I have to wait and reformat MY pc (I am using my parents) before I can finish it though. I'll let you know when its done.

[Dire Wolf]

Dont think I saw it in this thread, if anyone has a good tire rubber material could you please share it.

Thanks.

[nathan 3d]

a tire material is easy. You can use just a regular default blin material, hardly any if not none glossiness and a low Specular level. The trick to making them look real is lighting. There is a tire modeling tutorial here;

http://www.danielbuck.net/

from the tutorial;
http://www.danielbuck.net/tire_tut/tiretut15.jpg

[DESPISTADO]

JUST RUBBER

[JOSHnigga]

Thanx vvvvery much TyKeiL , your a legend.

...D

[JOSHnigga]

here is another phun thingo.

...D

[KingSomething]

heres my second contribution the first one seems not to work anymore for some reason (the intetigne one) but anyway heres the new pic



direct link (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matty.sibley/mattest.jpg)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matty.sibley/mattest.jpg

[KingSomething]

heres my second contribution the first one seems not to work anymore for some reason (the intetigne one) but anyway heres the new pic



direct link (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matty.sibley/mattest.jpg)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matty.sibley/mattest.jpg

[Mav88]

Heres my contribution, but max doesnt seem to like the max file now, so ill have to make the materials again, sorry folks, bladdy thing. Just standard 4.2 max, brazil and HDR in the env slot, for the reflections (kitchen map).

[neo_mosher_zion]

Originally posted by nathan 3d
Actualy, I have started a tutorial. I have to wait and reformat MY pc (I am using my parents) before I can finish it though. I'll let you know when its done.

thanks ill definatly do it when your done. but what program will it be for i use max most of these post's have been with brazil?

[Mav88]

I KNEW I had posted twice, grr im annoyed now. 56k is so bad for your health, sorry guys and gals, if more appear ill kick the PC on behalf of all of u :O

[nathan 3d]

its all standard Max. I have 5.1

and incase you don't know. Brazil is just a rendering system. It plugs into max. Its not realy its own program. But it does have a crap load of features!

[Mav88]

well oh err. I only mentioned it just to say what i used, coz i used some of the base shaders from the brazil system which some people might not have access to. As u say "a crap load of features"

[FireJin3]

pretty cool materials going around hre.

[FireJin3]

pretty cool materials going around hre.

[FireJin3]

pretty cool materials going around hre.

[nathan 3d]

yep, yep, yep

[neo_mosher_zion]

using smoke as opacity map is kinda neat. the rest is simply bump and dent tests( the metal one is going to be used on a ship i might make.

[Zeridox]

Guys this is some awesome materials. I really hope you can work togheter to create 1 material libary because this is more than anyone need =))..

I wish i knew how to create stuff like that, i can create simliar sometime but that is like the lottery, you never know what you get or what you press on.

=)) Keep up the frigging good job.

*makes a home simpsons drewl*

[nathan 3d]

Originally posted by Zeridox
Guys this is some awesome materials. I really hope you can work togheter to create 1 material libary because this is more than anyone need =))..

If you guys wanted to send me your materials, I would compile them into a .mat (I could only take standard max stuff) I will also add some of mine. And I will add the name of the creator to the material name. And I will host it on my site. Just email them to me if you would like to share.

[nathan 3d]

Originally posted by Zeridox
Guys this is some awesome materials. I really hope you can work togheter to create 1 material libary because this is more than anyone need =))..

If you guys wanted to send me your materials, I would compile them into a .mat (I could only take standard max stuff) I will also add some of mine. And I will add the name of the creator to the material name. And I will host it on my site. Just email them to me if you would like to share.

[nathan 3d]

??? thats a strange double post! I swear I only clicked it once.

[ch13f]

hi.
here is my contribution.
i have sent these two in.

[Radarhead]

Brazil Wax SSS + Indirect Illumination.

[Zeridox]

nathan3d i would love that =)...

[ch13f]

Originally posted by Zeridox
nathan3d i would love that =)...

to clear things up:

--collecting .mats and compile them to one large library--

aurorae suggested and started to do so already.
perhaps you guys should read the entire thread :p

[TyKeiL]

woohoo i got 56 downloads for my material on page 33/11 depending on your prefreances

at least i think its page 33, i know its page 11 for me because i changes my number of posts viewd per page,..

well anyway im happy that i could help those people

[lockdown2000]

ch13f It would be great if you could upload a mat of your neat bumby cellular material. Not the red one, but the black one.

[DESPISTADO]

HELLO EVERYBODY, some people they have asked to me for some of my materials and until today i read it because i did know how to =P lol so dont worry ill put the materials =)

[ch13f]

Originally posted by lockdown2000
ch13f It would be great if you could upload a mat of your neat bumby cellular material. Not the red one, but the black one.

i mailed these two to aurorae, who was so kind to collect all the .mat files in order to compile them to one large library.
finally you'll have to wait for that :p

and: the more people send their matlibs to him, the faster the library will be available to download.

[Johny]

PPL; all who posted those shaders here !!! PLEASE compile them all, somebody told me that and im begging that you make it 3ds max 4.2 COMPATIBLE !!!!


PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE:halo:

[DESPISTADO]

ENJOY IT

[DESPISTADO]

ESTE ES EL VIDRIO NUBLADO DISFRUTALO =) AND IF ANYBODY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE MATERIAL JUST LET ME KNOW, WAX AND CLOUDY GLASS MATERIAL THEY ARE FOR 3DS MAX 5

[DESPISTADO]

IM SORRRY FOR MY ENGLISH =), THIS IS AN FX WITH MATERIAL I THINK ITS PRETTY GOOD WHAT DO YOU THINK??

[DESPISTADO]

=)

[Johny]

hey man, the wax mterial doesnt work :( it says something about missing Dll`s and a error message comes :( could you make it 3D s max 4.2 compatible plz ?

[DESPISTADO]

ok i dont have installed max 4.2 and max 4.0 with raytrace material dont have shading with anisotropic, i dit it with raytraced and anisotropic shading but i think you can make it with raytraced without anisotropic, i dont remember if max 4.2 have raytrace with anisotropic shading so here i put the config material, you can study and create it.

lets beging:

this config its for raytraced with anisotropic shading


1_) material raytraced with shanding anisotropic (or phong)

2_) difuse: R 255, G 82, B 82

3_) specular color: R 201, G 75, B 65

specular level: 250

glossiness: 12

anisotropi: 12 (if max 4.2 have it) i dont remember

soften: 10

4_) ESTENDED PARAMETER:

translucency: R 180, G 51, B 0

5_) bump amount: 10

material for bump: noise (leave it by default just change noise parameters to fractal and size to 10)


thats all, maybe you can lost quality without max 5 but you can chage the parameters for use in max 4.2 =) so enjoy it =D

[Johny]

when i get my PC fixed, ill try that mate :D

[Aurorae]

Just to let you guys know, ive been away for a week, so sorry for not posting updates. Its nice to see that a lot of pople are contributing to the compilation, and its going really well.


Radarhead, can we use your materials?

[Zeridox]

Hmm, when i try to open a .mat or merge one, it pops up a bunch of missing DLLs, anyone know how to fix it, i use max5.1.

[Zeridox]

and then the material doesnt show, just the base color, no mapås or anything =(

[DESPISTADO]

I MIX THE MATERIAL WITH OTHER MATERIAL SORRY, IN JUST A MINUTE ILL FIX IT

[DESPISTADO]

IM VERY VERY SORRY I WAS SAVE THE MATERIAL WITH OTHER MATERIALS WITH PLUGINS IM VERY DUMMY BUT NOW I ATTACHED THE TWO MATERIALS ONLY YOU DONT HAVE MORE TROUBLE WITH BUT ANYWAY TELL ME IF YOU DONT HAVE PROBLEMS PLEASE

[Johny]

agh, the same DLL error appears on Max 4.2 :( plz try make it R4.2 maxed , lol, i really need that wax material plz :(

[Carl Ahearne]

Hi guys, just stumbled onto this post and there are some really cool materials here. So when will they be available for download then? Aurorae, you're doing a great job compiling the mat lib, so cheers for diong that; i'm sure a lot of people will be greatful for your time and effort.

I've just started a new job, so I don't have too much tme to post, but i'll try to post some og my own materials when i get a chance.

Anyway, keep the materials rolling in guys..

Carl Ahearne

[Aurorae]

lol thanks, it isnt no problem, thank the people who have contributed :D

I'm going to wait until we have just a few more...

[nurbs]

hope this thread is still working .....but i went throught a couple of posts in here..but there are too many....till what i followd...i just saw sample and no help to how accomplish or learn em?...ne post in here which does tht?
and what abbout the sample library of max file which is to be made so we can study it?>

[DESPISTADO]

hi again, geez this is a trouble make compatibility for old version of max but this one its for my friend starwax lol sorry its starwar =D its a joke, ok this one its for max 4.2 dont look like the version for max 5.1 but i think its pretty close max 4.2 dont have anisoropic shading in raytrace so that its shame so as an advice update to a newer version of max because when the library its finish youll got a lot of problem when you try to open, for those people who download the version for max 5 they dont need download this material this one its for starwar.



P.D. someone in a post say need brazil demo maybe i can help just send me a pm

[Goj]

I'm going to mail mine soon.

[Johny]

thanks mate :)

[DeathGoth]

hey Aurorae


are u going to sort these mats out say like... default, brazil, and vray only mats or are you going to slap them together as 1.. I am wondering cause some people might have issues wit default max renderers and vray renderers if they dont ahve them....

[Goj]

Here is some screenshots. I was reworking the materials, and decided that they are done.

[Goj]

some other stuff, including Cel Shaded Chrome. :D


Note:The quality is bad, so its a smaller file size.
Note2:This isn't my model, it came with Max5 under InkNPaint examples. The mats are mine though.

[Goj]

Some other mats. Including the cel gem.

[sarN]

haha i really like that one Goj :D
send your mats to aurorae everyone! i brwose through this thread like every day but dont post lol
all of them are wicked awesome
BAH i said wicked.... thats probably the only thing characteristic to massachusetts

[ptacnik]

a simple blend mat, marble for mask and planet for 2nd mat

[neo_mosher_zion]

so will the final completed colection of all these textures going to be put up here... if not where? cause i certanly want some of these they look asome good work guys

[The Crow]

what do you think of this one ..

[Aurorae]

Of course Ill put them up here, if you want to check how its going just PM me or email me.
Dont forget, send your materials to andrew.charlton@ntlworld.com

And when Its finished, dont be surprised as most of the mats in this thread arent there, simply because people dont havnt ben bothered to send them in :roll:

PLEASE I encourage you guys to just send any and all you have. All are welcome, no matter whether good or bad, but p-l-e-a-s-e people who have contributed good materials to this thread please dont be afraid to send them off it takes 5 minutes, if that, of your time.

Once again thanks to all those people who have sent them in :D

[lockdown2000]

Aurorae have you recieved any of those orgainc/cellular ones? Cause I want those ones the most :-d

[DESPISTADO]

HI, THIS IS A FX OF MATERIALS IN THE LEFT SPHERE I PUT TWO MATERIALS DEFAULT GLASS AND CHROME IN ONLY ONE SPHERE MM HOW CAN PUT BOTH IN ONE SPHERE?? AND THE RIGHT BALL HAVE 5 MATERIALS LIKE METAL GRAY, METAL DIRT, CHROME RED, REFLECTIVE OUTSIDE, AND METAL GRAY PLAIN I THINK ITS LOOK SIMPLE BUT ITS INTERESTING PUT 5 MATERIAL IN ONE SIMPLE SPHERE ONLY ITS LOOK PRETTY =D

[Andree]

Hi.
I have a question about scenes for making thes materials.
well....i want to ask that ,what are u using as an environment in scene to show the best look of this materials.
I don't know how to discribe this, i mean hdri,light and others.
:)

Ps. Sorry for my english,i'm still learning :)

[Mav88]

Depending on the scene i normally use a combination on lights and HDR. HDR in my opionion makes a scene complete and far more realistic. Got to choose the right light probe for it tho to get the scene right

dave

[Andree]

:)
and what about "ground"?
Do u use any, or none?

Thx 4 answer :)

[Mav88]

I use a CSG ground plane (thats in brazil), it puts a plane all over the ground in essence. I normally set it to white, unless i have to change it to something else. Heres a pic i did today to test caustics, hdr and u will c the CSG floor as well :D

[Mav88]

U could just use a massive plane on the ground, that would create the same effect. Its nice to test new materials so this is keeping on topic i think, hehe. I never like to c the environment either, personal preference, just because i find it messy, and i like this look there best !!

[lockdown2000]

Mav88...nooooo!!!!...and yes...:) A plane is a "physical" object on your working space, 1) cumbersome, 2) real-time, it takes processing power. Yes it would create the same/similar effect but not as nice.

What a CSG plane in brazil does, is on RENDER, creates an illusionary plane that streches to Infinity. So you dont have to deal with a the plane OBJECT.

[cthulhu]

Hello. Someone posted a link to this thread in the Caligari forums for trueSpace. I thought it was interesting, and thought I'd share some of the shaders I've come up with a tS plugin called ShaderMagic. tS isn't very powerfull in the shading and rendering department, so I and a handfull of others have been making shaders to supply what tS lacks. Here's a link to my own shader-in-progress thread and my download page. This thread has been inspirational. Keep up the great work all. :)

http://forum.caligari.com/discus/messages/1585/8614.html?1061996969

http://www.geocities.com/herbie_west/shaders.html)

[Johny]

ehy dwd, i saw ur shader works, at ur website and downloaded the firsst of the list :9 my question is : how do i use those shaders in 3ds max 4.2 ?!? there are some really handy for me....try to explain as detailed as possible :(

[Mav88]

Hey listen to lockdown2000 he seems to know what he's on about. hehe. Thats what i meant but didnt write it as well as u, good man. I was half right with my explanation, but u have 2000+ posts i have 21 yay hehe

Keep up the good work all, and take this as a lesson. ALWAYS have a second opionion, coz the first is normally wrong, hehe

dave

[DESPISTADO]

HI aurorae i was wonder how do you do for compile max mat for 5.1 to older version ?? geez thats gonna take you some time or youre gonna split the library in max version??

[lockdown2000]

Mav88: Ha..Thanks..I think :)
Starwars: Those are truespace shaders I believe, they work in truespace. Do you have truespace? lol

[Johny]

i think im a material addicted:(

[duccio]

Here's my swamp water

[cthulhu]

Oops. Sorry Starwars. Yes, those shaders are only for trueSpace. I'm not sure how hard it would be to translate them to MAX materials, as I've never used 3DS MAX. I'd like to upgrade my 3D software someday, though, as I'm really into this whole shading thing. Can anyone recommend a good program that has a good, powerful shader creation interface?

[FrodoBaggins]

First to all of you I would like to say that you made some fantastic materials!

Second: Eey, first water material here. That reminds me. I have one also, made with some help of a tutorial...
This one. (http://www.the3dstudio.com/(pgsk0w555jeyxd45benyet55)/tutorials.aspx?id_tutorial=35)

[maali]

http://www21.brinkster.com/maali/stone-ice.jpg

stone and ice sculptures :)

[zbobo]

damn! the link dosen`t work! and i sure wanna see that ice mat...

[FrodoBaggins]

Go to http://www21.brinkster.com/maali/, after that add the stone-ice.jpg in the adress bar and hit enter, that way it works.

[Andree]

And this is my water,done some time ago :)

[Goj]

Really nice waters guys. I think it would be great to have tons of different versions of cetain things, because we want a cetain look, and all theses are the same, but have a slight difference that makes them unique.

[neo_mosher_zion]

well if it actualy helps anyone in a week ill be going to my office and ill make more textures and then ill post all then send all.

it will probably help some noob like me. im trying to learn thats the important thing:D :D

[sarN]

heyguys... i havent done any 3d lately... due to problems with friends just chillin with friends etc.... but the textures do look really nice around here
im definitely going to dl this library once its done :D some of the coolest looking shaders ive seen are on this thread