Beginner Blender 4.0 Tutorial - Part 5: Shading

[@blenderguru]

We've since updated our texture formats and names to be more industry standard. So COL is now called BaseColor and NRM is now called Normal. For this tutorial you won't need to use the files ending with Displacement, ORM, AmbientOcclussion or Metallic. If you're curious, you can learn more about what each PBR texture map does here: help.poliigon.com/en/articles/9612755-texture-specifications

[@GlowStyx]

Thank you, sir! I was doing this the day before yesterday and was looking in the comments to confirm my suspicions.

[@dionzollicoffer9007]

I can't seem to find the texture I downloaded on blender. They are in my downloads, but I can't select downloads in blender. Also I didn't get the option to unzip anything. I think I need a more detailed explanation on how to get these textures from your site to my program. Till then, my donut sits on a plain in wait

[@alex_itsme]

oh i saw this after i figured it out myself but thanks

[@easyrider2384]

I applied the Roughness, Normal, and Base color maps following you precisely. The base color works but the other maps don't seem to do anything. In yours, the scratches, bumps and blemishes in the surface appear obvious. Mine does not seem to have those. I did change the Roughness and Normal maps from sRBG to Non-Color and I added the Normal modifier node in line with the Normal Map and Principled BSDF as well. I can't figure out if it's something I'm doing wrong, or if the textures on your website have changed.

[@GlowStyx]

@@easyrider2384 Have you got the Viewport Shading set to render display preview? (Top right of the preview viewport.) I think that's what Andrew has it on. I was having the same issue.

[@misrule74]

That was the cleverest "subscribe" tactic I've ever seen. I instantly did. As brilliant as this entire series. Thanks, mate.

[@PalashRBX]

me too

[@adnanasif5434]

same. I instantly subscribed.

[@PalashRBX]

@@adnanasif5434 if u ever need other tutorials search up polyjford

[@toesformouth]

Also same

[@xc3n]

I particularly like the name of the object "Subscribe you flithy casual"

[@banujifernando9767]

2:25 If your donut is also getting bigger while you're scaling the plane, remember to turn off snapping and proportional editing! Caught me off guard for a sec haha.

[@cheetohtheraccoon5796]

thank you so much lol

[@BigFatLird]

lol thanks! wasnt sure if i was just imagining things as I was sure i was doing everything correctly.

[@srikrishna7749]

Thanks Bro

[@mustafahussein2892]

Thanks i was about to give up

[@erickmorfin1420]

Thanks, I had that issue and you helped me solve it. 😆

[@howlinggearsdesigns-world384]

every two years or so , i come back and make one of these all over again , if you've come this far along just know you are actually farther along then 80% of people who think about trying 3D art. Keep going

[@EDJK]

7 days in and I’ve been constantly doing the donut model before I even start this video because I want to make sure I can do it with out tutorial videos

[@EDJK]

@MagicianofBlackChaos or it’s called taking my time cuz I have more time then the person who made this video to actually practice and learn the tools etc im on part 7 now so im almost done ✅

[@03Luka03]

@@EDJK keep doing what you're doing. I do something similar. every time i open blender delete cube, and make donut. I'm a lot more comfortable with the base hotkeys than what I was. I can almost make models from reference images... but that is a bit out of my reach atm. but i test and practice every day start of this month so far so good.

[@silverdirtgamer3390]

@@EDJKdont listen to dude practice makes perfect. Sometimes its good to tighten fundamentals

[@EDJK]

@@03Luka03 mando 🙏🏿

[@Trebinhas]

Bro I love blender tutorials, because it’s always “oh don’t worry about this thing, it’s actually super simple, look” *PROCEEDS TO BEGIN A 40 STEP COMPLICATED PROCESS*

[@kraken2844]

You know over the years I've had friends, colleagues and even family watch your donut tutorials when they want to learn how to blend. You're a staple, the first step to 3D in my mind. Appreciate your work man.

[@bluewolfofl7424]

For the people who joined the wrong windows together: On the top-left corner, "Right under "File" and left to "Object mode", there's a grid button, click it, a pop down menu pops, select "3D Viewport".

[@lizaganakova4934]

I had a complete problem with windows and couldn't find a solution. It turns out you can simply re-add the shading window (on top after scripting by clicking on the plus sign) and everything will be in its default form

[@lorenplays3548]

Now i onle see the donut, please help?

[@bluewolfofl7424]

@@lorenplays3548 They view port window is a square with a rounded edge, look for that edge, click on it with your mouse and drag it, it'll open a new window. You can also hover your mouse on the edge of your window, hit "Right Click" and choose "Vertical split" and a line will pop up, click anywhere on the view port to split it.

[@Donphomatic]

been trying to figure this our for hours! Thank you!!

[@yozekai]

you have to be under the "shading" tab and then its not a grid button, but a "files button" @@lorenplays3548

[@sekmekci]

If you don't have a forward slash on your keyboard, you can enter isolated mode using "Shift+H" and exit using "Alt+H"

[@presidualist4587]

I literally just typed this and found u thank u bro

[@sandermartinsen7167]

thankuuu

[@miss0metz]

Thank you - I was looking for that :)

[@cerensarboyac9959]

Oh thank youuu

[@smec8067]

thank you you saved my live

[@NULUSIOS]

3:29 BE CAREFUL not to have proportional editing enabled! If you do, moving the group of two objects will have an interesting effect as the icing will... fly further than the donut itself!

[@rashidmahmood2211]

Thanks Mate

[@Robonator14]

I noticed this happening and it crashed my blender lmao

[@squishington42]

had exactly this, thanks!

[@WildC47]

lifesaver!!! tysm!

[@Gelatin223]

Thank you, I would have probably wasted like ten minutes if you didn't leave this comment!

[@manny27392]

FOR THOSE WHOSE BRUSH IS MALFUNCTIONING : When you are in "Texture Paint" mode press "N" in the window with your image. This will open a side menu with the sections "Tool", "Image", and "View". Click on "Tool" then in the "Brush" section click on the "X" to DELETE your current malfunctioning brush. You should then see a "New" button, click on it to get a new functioning brush.

[@lucianardelean7223]

thanks mate 🍻

[@XRay_Eagle]

OMG, Thanks mate 50 minutes stuck on this 😅

[@Durv-bruh]

Thank you man

[@fairchild3087]

Absolute legend

[@prana.artist3730]

Thanks man ❤

[@billwatkins276]

NOTE: I couldn't get the Material colors to appear on my gray donut as shown in the video. I finally figured out that when the video starts, Andrew's Viewport mode (icon row below "Scenes" in upper right of window) was set to "Solid", and this was the same Viewport mode my file was in at the start of this tutorial. When he went to show the flashing red "Subscribe" button in the middle, Andrew first switched the Viewport mode to the next icon over, "Material Preview" without mentioning it, and then left it there when he removed the button. When I switched my Viewport mode to Material Preview, the material colors started showing.

[@Ishaq0409]

thanks broo

[@Pribumi1]

thank you!

[@prodbyboyzclub]

clutch

[@clairelmao]

YES THANK YOU THIS HAS BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY I COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG

[@asyrof2221]

thank youu soo muuchhh bro

[@themalcontent100]

If you don't see the object changing colour but you can see it in render mode it is because you don't have viewpoint shading on. it is the globe on the top right hand side next to the drop down box. it is right above options. took me a few minutes to figure that out

[@jolintoon7865]

thank you so much!

[@ioshinigami2165]

thank you!

[@_Cotton]

thank

[@priscillaamofa3065]

Thanks man!

[@bird9350]

bro, you're a king

[@hazeremric]

I began learning Blender four months ago but gave up. The 4.0 update and your tutorials motivated me to try again. I've just completed Part 5, even though I had already finished the doughnut tutorial. It's a refreshing experience, and I recommend revisiting this tutorial for anyone facing challenges. I felt a bit ashamed when I noticed I hadn't subscribed yet, but consider me a new member of the Secret Doughnut Society. Thank you, Andrew!

[@baconwithglassesb]

For these ones, who don't have time to watch a whole video: 0:49 - Giving material to icing and donut 2:05 - Shift + A, adding plate 2:44 - Parent object (Hold Shift, after Ctrl + P, object keep transform or F3) - 4:11 - Texturing plate (P O L I G O N) 7:02 - Put image that with COL in 7:39 - Shading 8:23 - ... 10:09 - Drag and release and add image with ROUGHNESS in 11:05 - Select Non-color 11:57 - Drag on normal and same process (Select NRM) 12:47 - Normal map (Ctrl + Space) - 15:24 - Texture paint 15:54 - Making an image and naming it 16:43 - If image doesn't appearing 17:15 - Tab + A - 19:00 - Save your image

[@Gab-2619]

how do you know everyone problems... thanks

[@UmitsLani]

If your donut is not showing color then press Z on your keyboard and switch to material view!

[@malakmalakmal88]

bro i almost gave up, thank you btw

[@kaylatherien9524]

Thank you for this :)

[@medinafidiantika8418]

Thank u so much!!

[@nudel8476]

I Pressed "use nodes" and worked too

[@AbdenourOuerdane]

Thank u so much 👍

[@guka121]

5:23 the reason why I recommend Polligon? Because it's mine. Best moment

[@iamstevenhayes]

I waited for that part 😂

[@LuisSierra42]

based

[@owoo6]

At least he was honest!

[@danielk9316]

my opinion: self advertisment is the most legit advertisment in whole youtube, especially if the portal is that high quality.

[@Cy-by]

only issue i have is i need to make a account :/ gonna use a throw away email

[@benc1449]

Who has been using blender for years, but still watch Andrew because he is enjoyable and nostalgic?

[@maxkappely]

Yes

[@rimspee]

fr, I still learn things from him though

[@viveksuryanarendrula]

just came here to text the same hahah

[@ramiths8171]

KZbin recommends any new video I just click it, did my first donut 5 years ago and still watch it. It is like homecoming for me

[@blacksheepfilmz9960]

Not me. But I’m kearning

[@romanyefimets454]

If you started moving your donut on the Z axis after adding a plane, and it began sliding along the x or y axis instead of moving up, make sure you have snapping turned off (from the last tutorial )

[@stardusty]

THANK YOU

[@wistle_tag2360]

ty soooooooo much@@stardusty

[@smelykneegrow9107]

Thank you so muchhhhhh

[@Tochunnel]

Thank you!!!!

[@brightness5695]

Thank you!

[@justinrantonw9jwr885]

I've been a designer for ~20 years, got started in graphic design then went to web & digital, then UX for the last 10 years, but decided I wanted to learn 3d. I've taken several courses to learn different things over the years, and have relied heavily on UGC and places like Udemy for probably the last 8-10 years. You're one of the best teachers I've come across, Kudos.

[@compilationsweb]

hey buddies, my computer can't handle it from here! It was indeed a nice journey! I hope you guys can keep with the work! Great work by the way, Blender Guru! I mean... Master! :)

[@mememachine269]

oh rip, hope you get a better pc/laptop

[@naianimator]

i think you should use 3.6 blender cuz my laptop cant handle 4.0+ versions of blender where when i go to the shaders it just crashes. but if it really cant handle it then hope you get a better pc or laptop Plot twist: im actually learning 3d just to upgrade my potato laptop lol

[@compilationsweb]

@@naianimator I'm gonna try! I wasn't so worried cause this is just a hobby for me...

[@naianimator]

@@compilationsweb oh ok

[@compilationsweb]

@@naianimator I see you don't post anything on KZbin anymore, hope you invest in that...

[@Jez1963UK]

Great stuff - I'm a veteran 3DS Max user (been using it since the mid-90's and am 60 years old) - I still love 3D to this day and am learning Blender, thanks to you! (also, Blender has become a lot more user friendly than when I first dabbled with it a few years ago). Thank you so much!

[@just_archan]

Ngl. I was using blender since 2.54. and improvement is massive.

[@PaulNaas]

Completely agree. This version of Blender is MUCH easier to use than early ones (my first attempt was in 1996...)

[@rviswanathan]

😊 Same here. Though I started with 3DStudio (DOS 3.3) all the way to 3DS MAX all the versions. Looking at 3D after nearly 20 years. Just learning Blender. Great stuff & great tuts.

[@sebastiancortez781]

Honestly, the timing for this tutorial series couldn’t be more perfect. I just bought a new computer to use for blender a few days ago, and I downloaded blender yesterday, and then I noticed that Andrew just updated his tutorial series and I was really happy because it meant I could get started right away.

[@Taha-x3b]

haha me too, caught with the timing just bought a laptop.

[@sheridanlugo8967]

TBH I get such an immense sense of satisfaction when I move onto the next video in this series and see the viewer count drop. It's somehow MORE motivating for me to get to the end of these tutorials

[@2thepoint910]

so true!! i feel the same way!!

[@sirbachelorboredmen1314]

bruh, felt like squid game

[@luckgerfalcon]

@@sirbachelorboredmen1314 😂

[@Doomblick]

13:24 *To Anyone having issues with the texture having pixelated reflections at this point* As of the date of me writing this, The website *Defaults* the texture file to 2k and jpg. You *must* change the "download settings" On Poligon's site to 8k and *png* to avoid artifacting. You might not get the same scratches and dents like in the video, and the file names were changed at this point, but you shouldn't have any artifacting if u get the PNG version.

[@swirlychaos]

thank you so so much!

[@Doomblick]

@@swirlychaos YW! Had someone assist me with this

[@hellolello1010]

Should i replace every single jpg with png in the download settings? that seems like a lot

[@lolotnihil]

@@hellolello1010 dont be lazy

[@Doomblick]

@@hellolello1010 You do it one time and it remembers your settings. It's worth it so you don't have those artifacts

[@GDK000]

17:14 for those confused, the left texture gains all the information from edit mode when he selects all the vertices and edges, which can be done by pressing 'L' after selecting a vertex. I was pretty lost at how he got those to appear.

[@StephenJordan-uk9yv]

thank u

[@gefen314]

life saver thx

[@paulsinda9543]

Thanks so much

[@Auraphel_Art]

For those having problems when texture painting, such as the brush strokes painting on the back of the selected face, be sure that your normals are on the correct side, to recalculate them select the model (in this case, the base of the donut), go into edit mode (with Tab), select all vertices (with A), then select the voice "Mesh" under the workspaces bar, then from the menu that opens after clicking it, search and find the voice "Normals" (also opened with the shortcut Alt+N), from the menu that further opens after clicking the Normal voice select "Recalculate Outside" (also done with Shift+N). After doing all of this you can resume with the texture painting, if you still have the problem, try flipping the Normals (also done in the same menu that you went to recalculate the outside normals - Alt + N), another tip that I discovered while fixing my normals, is that they are on the correct side when, while painting on the image texture, a grid appears just like in the video of Andrew. Keep going brothers and sisters, for this is just a pebble in your path. P.s. Sorry for eventual grammar errors, english isn't my first language.

[@jimmyjakes1823]

Just to add to that, under the overlay options you can check the 'overlay orientation' box and it will tell you which way the mesh face is pointed. If it's blue that means it's facing outside, and if it's red that means it's facing inside.

[@nrbeast6000]

Nothing happens when i paint lol

[@MIKE-RADA]

@@nrbeast6000 did you figure it out? :D i repeat tutorial few times to better remember ,, first time i did it .. i paint a texture... but now :D whatever I do nothin paint :D

[@revolutionaryfrog]

WOW, I didn't realize how much of an entrepreneur you were! Congratz on the website and the KZbin channel success. I'm a C.S. student entering my bachelor's program and I'm learning blender in my free time to complement my programming skills. Thank you so much for all of this free content!

[@hannahvancan8819]

Probably my first comment on a KZbin video. Your videos are really fun and easy to watch. Was just watching it on the couch and my boyfriend who works in sales (nothing to do with design) stayed through 2 whole videos and super engaged hahah thank you for this serie!

[@emanuelgreco1568]

Newbie here! I subscribed from day one. I just got my 3D printer, and of course I want to make my own models. I don't have CAD experience at all but your video has made it super fun for me. And thanks to everyone else with encouragement, sometimes this is all over whelming but I read some of comments and remember im not supposed to learn this all in a day. But thank you Blender Guru for the content, it truly is appreciated by the ones that want to add this skill to there knowledge.

[@CGRednaz]

Recently switched from 3ds max (after 7 years) and now learning Blender. Amazed by all the tools that ive found so far, and incredible helpful series!

[@kingvsa8430]

0:12 thanks for the reminder, creative efforts like this actually remind me instead of some almost invisible watermark or mention of it.

[@lovemejawaad]

Hello I'm just trying blender for the first time though the donut tutorial and I want to thank not only you, your amazing skills and all the passion and hardwork you're putting in this tutorial, but also thanks to the amazing community I'm finding here in the comments; each time something doesn't wanna work in my pc, each time I have a problem I find someone here helping and sharing useful tips, that's so great and thoughtful, thanks to everybody

[@peteroconnor8687]

Subscribed when I started the intro tutorial (my first intro to 3d of any kind) but 0:12 was hilarious! What a great series and channel, thanks Andrew!

[@christianhaugboelle]

Bless you, Andrew :'D I did your 3.0 version two years ago, but came back now to have a brush up about Blender. And I just love how obvious it is that you love doing these tutorials. Laughed my ass off with the 'Subscribe' thing in the beginning! Thank you a lot for the work you do!

[@JaredOwen]

I'm here that Australian accent😀 Thanks for the great videos Andrew

[@Amr--fs6ns]

🤣

[@PoggersFloppa]

me australian

[@Mark_Rober]

I love your videos!

[@duoqian-Gemos]

I’m so thrilled! Transitioning from Maya to Blender, I was initially unable to get started with the shortcuts. However, your video is incredibly detailed, which I really appreciate. Darn it, you’re so talented!🥰

[@Butters-ly3hq]

Why though??

[@beya_ba3]

@@Butters-ly3hq idk it could be budget problems or its hard to understand or something to do with their job, Could be anything. Though Maya is a better option

[@alezio299]

@@beya_ba3 why is maya a better option? i am actually curious

[@weeee1]

@@alezio299a lot of jobs use maya, so that could be why

[@armoredweasel]

Gawd, this is so good. It's not just covering Blender, but touching so many essential 3D topics in general. Thanks a lot! Also, since I'm diabetic now (benefits of growing older in too good living standards) this is the closest I'll ever get to enjoying a donut again.

[@AviationExplorer38]

As a 10 year old, your videos are amazing and easy to follow. I made a few mistakes but moved on. For those people who are on this video, congrats on learning 3d art!

[@BrosVG]

daaaaamn bro you 10 years old?!?, kinda crazy man

[@taphanthuyanh]

@@BrosVG the same for me 😭

[@lkbox7192]

Go out and play with your friends 🥲

[@Wasted_dreamer]

@@lkbox7192at least he’s learning something useful I guess

[@AviationExplorer38]

@@lkbox7192 Go out and find your dad

[@mwparker1969]

Straight forward. Very informative. I did watch the video through five times. No problems following along. My donut is looking great!

[@goblin553]

gotta admit. this was the first time a subscribe button being shown in the video actually got me to subscribe. u made me laugh, funny blender man, and for that i thank u. also my donut is lookin sick so far

[@Vader-oy2dq]

I didn't finish my donut in your last series of making it, but now I'm giving it another go and things went pretty well. thanks, bro.

[@p.nevitt3769]

Just thought I'd drop a note to let you know someone else has made it this far. It is taking me longer and longer to go through each section because I am now watching each section in its entirety before I attempt anything (after rewinding) and it definitely helped. I am not sure if I will be doing anything as hyper-realistic as what you are doing, just cartoon-style game art for now, but you never know what the future holds. Anyway, thanks for the tutorials; they have been fun and challenging.

[@bukzibaby]

If you had problems like I did for hours at 17:00 coz the strokes werent showing.... here is a solution which helped me Go to Texture Paint Mode: Click on the mode dropdown in the top left corner of the 3D Viewport and select Texture Paint. Find the Brush Settings: On the right side of the screen, look for the Active Tool tab (it looks like a brush icon). If you can't see it, you can also find these settings in the top bar where the brush options are located when you're in Texture Paint mode. Turn Off the Mask or Stencil: Look for the section that says Texture or Texture Mask. If there's a picture or texture shown there, click the little X button to remove it. This will make sure nothing is blocking your paint strokes.

[@ChezzyRL]

Hey Blender Guru, been watching your videos for 5 years now, love ur content bro, it helped me so much, I know how to model basically anything now❤

[@just_archan]

I was into blender since 2.54, last few years I was hard focused on hardtopo. I never followed full tutorial, rn I wanna make full one for stuff outside my comfort zone.

[@cophezzeslangin2794]

Made it half way through the last series before 4.0 dropped. Started fresh today. Thanks for doing this, I am totally new. You are very helpful.

[@mitsuri4119]

Had Blender 2 days, already done 1 course and doing this tutorial, having fun, light work.

[@justanotheryoutubeviewer7808]

Only 23% remain at this point glad to be in the 23% of tutorial takers who did the tutorial

[@annemarieschar6987]

This is incredibly well done. I have been "using" Blender for about 5 years following step by steps from friends to complete specific tasks. I cannot say how much this tutorial has fleshed out my minimal understanding already. Teacher to teacher - Exceptional.

[@LewisCarrera]

hahaha laughed out loud with the subscribe hidden easter egg, great work Andrew, thanks for making learning blender a pleasure.

[@yps8149]

7:10 If your material from poligon isnt working its because blender 4.2 is not compatible! took me hours to work out, go download version 4.1 and it should work

[@dauyszihndseudz]

Neither with 4.3 :(

[@Mrtoast-o9m]

How do you download different versions

[@andrewguitarnoob8440]

They work just fine with 4.3. You have to read his pinned comment - names of the images are different now.

[@あきら-g9m]

Oh...

[@あきら-g9m]

@@andrewguitarnoob8440 They still don't work for me though

[@clamarped]

To isolate press shift+h (14:45)

[@Doudda-1]

you saved me thanks

[@Smeeshty]

Lessgo!!

[@law0fsurprise868]

I love you

[@SGUDevs]

or /

[@SarahBalmer-x1e]

thanks bro

[@HarryPotterFan1307]

Bro I just gotta say, I was a teacher for five years and the way you explain things is world class. If ever Blender ceases to exist, you could be a teacher overnight 😂

[@hitchellmopkins803]

Gonna keep it a buck, I was watching just real quick to get the intro level stuff outta the way but the subscribe bit at the beginning gave me a chuckle. Here's your damn subscription, like and a comment, you earned it.

[@FBX_Editz]

I am 15 year old and i want to make my parents feel proud i started learning blender and I Just Subscribed!! I JUST LOVE YOUR WAY OF TEACHING. FOLLOWING YOU! AND THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[@probably_yj]

For beginners, this part is mostly the reason why guys leave learning blender cause of the complexity of nodes and all that stuff going around. Last year too I tried to learn blender, but due to personal work and reasons I couldn't make past this section due to the more complex elements in this part. I hope this year I will overcome this part and successfully make a donut in Blender.

[@Jotaro-o]

Yeah nodes are also the hardest part for me too. What makes nodes less scary to me is thinking of the nodes as solutions to problems. Like for example if I want to rotate an object then the solution would be to find a node that can do rotation. Then keep building the nodes by finding the solution to the next problem you have. The tricky part is to learn which node does what. Ehh might be a bit confusing but this is how I think of it.

[@emceh]

Awesome tutorial, you made me try blender again after many years 😄

[@Davi-lq2bf]

Peak content as always! It's unbeliabable stuff like that is for free out here.

[@jonathancarroll8213]

nice job on the polygon efforts - thanks

[@johubify]

So there are a couple of errors happening in the new versions of blender when you go to texture paint 1) Alot of people said their donut was pink. This is because for some reason blender automatically takes the image texture as the Poliigon normal stone texture. I dont know why but just go to the drop down and change it to the Donut Base texture. 2) In the newest update of Blender, paint hard is set as default. To fix this, in the 2nd split screen where your donut is visible, look at the top left. There will be a "paint hard only" dropdown. Select it and choose paint soft in that menu. 3)In the textures, if you cant find the COL texture, its because its now known as the "COLOUR" texture. Lastly, dont forget to turn off snapping and proportional editing before this tutorial.

[@si7148]

I was having trouble with downloading the quartzite material. The solution was to download the blender addon and download the material in blender for anyone having the same issue

[@bikelifewithalex120]

0:13 is a must for all people watching that are learning so much from your videos. Blender has tons of videos but not all are easy to follow and simplistic as yours. Thanks

[@ryderjackadventures8304]

I love the subscribe button in the donut at the start :)

[@NEEAAZ]

edit > preferences > add ons > search node wrangler > click the box next to: Node: Node Wrangler until in turn into checkmark > click the hamburger bar icon in down left corner > save preferences > close preferences > shading > click principled bsdf > tap ctrl + shift + t > pick all the texture/pbr > click big blue button in down right corner

[@MisterNewYear]

solution for invisible texture paint strokes copied from blender 3.0 donut video: If anyone is having issues with no strokes being visible when attempting to paint, check under the Tex Draw properties tab on the far right. Under texture, there should be a checkerboard pattern. If a black square is there instead, delete that texture. The checkerboard should now be visible, as should your strokes when you begin to paint.

[@RADISH_APPROVED]

OMG thank you brother i was frustrated for more than 30 minutes now

[@soloreading]

Been stuck for a day now and was extremely frustrated. You saved my life, thank you!

[@billwatkins276]

Thanks for the tip, but that's still not doing it for me. Somehow, Andrew ended up with the grid pattern on the left view, and I lost that somewhere. Also on the right view, next to the Material icon on the rop row for that view, I'm seeing "Texture Slots" instead of donut base. When I try to paint I get "Missing texture (or linked) detected"

[@11234sh]

when i try adding material it isnot visible.please help

[@MisterNewYear]

@@11234sh unfortunately i'm just as new in blender, I just had this problem and was able to find the solution on the blender 3.0 vid, maybe you can dig through the comments there

[@Mr.C_the_Artist]

here for part 5, i havent given up and i hope i can finish it

[@luna-futures]

From someone who went through the last version of this tutorial, best of luck to you!

[@Mr.C_the_Artist]

@@luna-futures thanks man, i didn't get to finish though the last one because i gave up, I'm gonna try my best to not give up here

[@filthygarbage]

@@Mr.C_the_Artist never give up

[@biahiby]

I'm the absolute worse when it comes to learning new software and programs, but my sir, I tip my hat to you- you have been a joy to learn from, and I'm actually having a lot of fun learning Blender! You are witty and also very easy to follow along! Thank you so much for making such an acessicable way to learn Blender!

[@guymross]

Thanks!

[@JuanPabloDestefanis]

NOTE: If your normals are looking pixelated, in my case it was because I was using JPG textures. It was fixed when I changed to the PNG ones.

[@faydimbleby]

Thank you!!! Mine was looking so gross with JPG, but switching completely fixed it.

[@sunteem369]

OMG!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@constantingrimmfilm1612]

Thank you. Downloading the Roughness and Normal as PNG fixed the pixels. Buuut i think my roughness is still not working. I miss the shiney scretches. It looks like the reflexions have the same texture like the basecolor.

[@PepitoCreisi]

OMG i almost made my way through the entire comment section hoping that someone had ran into the same issue, thank you so much!!

[@daiquimm]

YOU'RE A LEGEENDDD PIN THIS

[@LivingAva]

I just accidentally closed without saving 😢

[@GLaDimCHAZ]

You can recover it

[@Pixelpulse_visuals]

You can recover it by clicking File>Recover>Auto save

[@火蝴蝶]

@@Pixelpulse_visualsyou just saved me

[@iniyavainaangu5246]

U can restore iy

[@itsmuaaj7541]

You deserve it😅😂😂😂😂

[@iamhuld]

If you're following this tutorial but your object goes black when you turn on Material Preview/ Viewport Shading instead of showing the colour of the material, here's what helped me, found in a KZbin video: Go to Render Properties in the column of icons to the right. Looks like the back of a DSLR camera. Make sure Render Engine is set to EEVEE, then enable Raytracing and set Max Roughness to 1. I don't understand why this works, but it seems to. I worry that enabling Raytracing is going to make it slow with more complicated scenes, so if anyone has a different solution, please let me know! I'm on Blender 4.2.3 for reference.

[@wizencoyote78]

This didnt work for some reason for me, maybe my laptop is too weak (i3 5005u), I switched off rt and put the eevee to workbench and now I can colour it in, thank you for the tip though because I wouldnt have even gotten to try the mode I did Edit: It might have been because my laptop couldnt handle 4.3, if you have the problem like I did then I would suggest you delete 4.3 and download blender again but version 4.1, workbench will stop you from doing the rest of the stuff that he shows later on

[@valami6054]

@wizencoyote78 Thanks! I could also fix it with this method!

[@wizencoyote78]

@valami6054 I didnt remember to edit my comment, but if you had the exact same thing happen to you as me then you should try downloading 4.1, when I searched more I found out my laptop is too old/weak for 4.2 and 4.3, later on in the tutorial youll become stuck because of it, so if you are on 4.3 delete it and then download 4.1 (cant remember exactly how you find older versions on blender's site but there are videos and stuff to show you), you can carry on with 4.3 but 4.1 will allow you to do all the things he shows in cycles and stuff, and then when you get a new pc/laptop you can try 4.3 or higher

[@valami6054]

@wizencoyote78 Thank you so much!! I was just getting ready to find out how to fix this!

[@user-si4dx3xl3i]

this is my 3th day on blender, I've watched a different video about how to make a easy sword with a picture, and after 1 day I completed it without watching the video anymore. this is day 3 and im stil following with the video so far and its getting more fun. thank you Blender Guru

[@CryinOverSpilledTea]

Just a tip I found for making the "line" going around the donut. Smear is actually much more true to photo examples. Just use a small radius and gently smear across the middle over and over and eventually you end up with something that looks pretty realistic to reference images. Great tutorial! I always felt so intimidated by blender and decided to go for it. You make it real easy to continue tackling it head on as your tutorials are concise and thorough.

[@lilysmiles1123]

I’ve been using this to learn blender!! My real goal is actually to go against realism but this helps me understand things first ^^ I want to make low poly models !!

[@Smeeshty]

12:59 for some reason my marble doesn’t look as good as his 🤔 I’m using the same texture as him, and I’ve followed all the steps. (There are less bumps, no smears, and the bumps that are there are all pixelated.)

[@mannycanplaymc]

Same here

[@Roseghart]

Hi a person already made a comment about this so im just copy it here @Doomblick hace 1 mes (editado) 13:24 To Anyone having issues with the texture having pixelated reflections at this point As of the date of me writing this, The website Defaults the texture file to 2k and jpg. You must change the "download settings" to 8k and png to avoid artifacting. You might not get the same scratches and dents like in the video, and the file names were changed at this point, but you shouldn't have any artifacting if u get the PNG version.

[@Smeeshty]

@@Roseghart thanks! To bad I already started rendering the final animation 😂😅

[@Roseghart]

@@Smeeshty lmao! np, atleast now you know. Also its nice to know that you made it alive to the render animation step. Im still on the geometry nodes part and im already stressing out haha

[@Smeeshty]

@@Roseghart now all I have to do is sit back and relax for the next week so my 1060 frames can render! 😂 Good luck on your nodes soldier 😌👌

[@DeadSkinSuit]

Bro whipped out the cleanest cta anyone has ever seen

[@canvaskedesign]

Button clicked. So far i had ao any problem with this tutorial, and this is my first meet with Blender. Thank you Sir:)

[@GrahamOwen-j9v]

If you're reading this you might be having trouble finding the right files for the texture of the coutnertop. Download the addon and everything works!

[@GrahamOwen-j9v]

@@pyropian8640 With the addon you should be able to open it using the hotkey "n" (you will have to select the poligon tab) then select your texture and hit apply on the object.

[@almondcows]

thank you so much for this, i was really struggling for a minute xD

[@maximilian8329]

thx man, if only i knew he is gonna show it in few minutes XD

[@MrSoapi-333]

ATTENTION! ⚠⚠⚠ If you are having trouble moving objects, make sure you have snapping and proportional editing off!!

[@CGamePro]

TSYM, i am a pretty experianced blender creator but i forgot about that... i was asking my self why it was happening but this comment saved me time lol

[@MrSoapi-333]

@@CGamePro no prob glad I could help

[@bartjongeling8264]

Nope. I ‘m losing it with parenting. The plane keeps clueing to the donut.

[@MaeParsons-p9f]

How do you get the grid view of the colour block in the texture paint section? 17:19 - uv unwrapping

[@denisinsulare]

Middle Click + A, i had this problem too and i went back to the second video to find it xD

[@TheBlarg]

@@denisinsulare this did not get the grid on the left side of the screen back for me

[@CptShampoo]

Here’s what worked for me: Go back to Layout Mode, select the Donut Base, and then return to Texture Paint Mode.

[@ChristopherDepta]

One of the smoothest CTAs i have ever seen

[@jaredmallard9986]

This series has been great so far! Thanks for putting in so much effort to produce quality content it is seriously appreciated.

[@Velocity_Exyl]

6:59 , i dont have the COL picture thing. can anyone help me?

[@bradwilliams3795]

same here

[@Vestrevv]

Any update?

[@bradwilliams3795]

@@Vestrevv I just used their plug in, does it all for you

[@CJ5C]

@@bradwilliams3795one of the files after you extract it has the word “color” at the end. I used that one and it worked

[@forgotten_puppet]

​@@bradwilliams3795What plug in?

[@ThatTrendHouse]

8:05 what to do if you joined it to the wrong side? Control z doesn’t work

[@lapfyr]

I have the same problem right now, if you found the answer somehow, please tell me, thanks!

[@kaidochevroy4272]

You have to make a new shading tab. Next to the Scripting one there should be a plus icon, click on that go to general and add shading

[@kancaseyma]

Thank youu ​@@kaidochevroy4272

[@SarahBalmer-x1e]

@@kaidochevroy4272 THANKS😭🙏

[@nineteensixtyniine]

i follow every step but cannot see this gloss and scratches. why?

[@Tecfixdirect]

Have to say im impressed by your level of professionalism, and brilliant tutorial. hope you have more other then just for donuts :) Well done.

[@maxxdapp]

I've just graduated from learning 2D animation and wanted to start learning some 3D to help me with concept art and environments. I know I'm a fair few steps away from that point, but I just wanted to say thank you for making such a simple tutorial! I'm really enjoying it so far and hoping to learn more

[@Atori_Studio]

I'm loving the tutorial, but how do u show the unwarp grid on the texture paint? i got lost there

[@aserro_II]

The marble Polligon texture is no longer available. Please fix!

[@CheriArt]

I am in the same boat

[@Falbrav00]

Same

[@C_Davo]

Just use a different free texture ya bean

[@universlion]

​big bean @@C_Davo

[@Nulsyun]

@@C_Davo💀🙏🏿

[@GamingMasterMind3000]

HEEELLLPPP I opened my donut and there was a weird moving red button in it that said subscribe... WHERE DID IT COME FROM, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

[@explode128]

I am so happy that bro made a whole website to make 3d easier. Imagine how hard 3d would be without that website.

[@TvHandy68]

Started this series this morning after downloading blender last night. I was quite intimidated but now I’m starting to get the idea! I’m a 2D artist and have always wanted to 3D model. Thank you! Hopefully by the end it’s not too ugly 😂😂😂

[@branjcarter2014]

Whenever I'm trying to paint onto my donut, I keep getting the Missing UVs error icon and the texture paint doesn't show up on my object. Can someone help?

[@s.m_wanderii]

am i downloading the wrong files cause no reflection is showing on my texture

[@rossrankin309]

If your donut is moving strangely when you're trying to put it on the table, you still have snapping turned on.

[@jcml30121995]

true xD

[@باطل-د5ت]

thanks pal

[@betranova]

This is my second time trying to complete this tutorial. I tried the last year but my mom got cancer and die, so this is my therapy. Thank so much for your tutorial!

[@collinkim9839]

this series is the best out of all of them i think you finally perfected the balnace between explanations and time seaving.

[@macmaccourt]

7:00 Filename has changed to Poliigon_StoneQuartzite_8060_BaseColor.jpg

[@Samuel_McGraw]

Do you have to download it in 8k?

[@macmaccourt]

@@Samuel_McGraw - I don't think so. Try both.

[@DavidGonzalez-pc1ki]

Thank you!

[@arnieXD]

the marble download is not available anymore

[@666Eidolon666]

At 10:58 sRGB has all the scratches and smudges, and when I change it to Non-Color that all disappears. It seems to be the exact opposite for me as explained in the video.

[@sunni_suns]

try changing the viewing mode to Rendering? mine didn't show up until i switched it and I was really confused before I did that bc it didnt look textured

[@ledusko]

same for me, I'm in render mode and when I switch my roughness map to "non-color" the marble become all grey

[@CookieTheYeep]

thanks i the begining i didnt realize i had a note saying that you are great and i love your tutorials inside of my Donut