Brick Material in Substance Designer | Beginner Tutorial

In this tutorial, we create our own brick material from scratch! We cover using the brick generator node to make the base pattern for our material, and then proceed to destroy them for another hour. Just like any other Get Learnt video, really.
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00:00 Intro
01:49 Material Start
15:22 Brick Deterioration
19:10 Brushing Irregularities
22:07 Air Pockets
28:46 CRACKS!
39:46 Blending Heights
47:47 Normal Output
56:47 Metallic Output
58:33 Roughness Output
01:02:21 Ambient Occlusion Output
01:05:18 Albedo Output
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[@themathias7014]

Hey, thanks for the tutorial man, very new in the program but your guidance helped quite a bit. However i watched this back a second time and realized my material ended up with this really weird arched grout, the contrast between the highlights and lowlights was simply to huge, i found a way to change this up. Instead of using the fluid node, i used a Cells 1 and clouds 2 connected to a directional warp, and this came out with a much clean look without, losing the organic feel of the grout. I hope this can help someone else out in the same spot as i was. Anyways thanks for the tutorial, was really helpful getting the basic grasp of the program. :)

[@GetLearnt]

Hey Mathias, glad this helped you out! Thank you for checking out the video, and for leaving us a technique you've found as well. If you ever need to de-contrast values, take a look at running it through a Histogram Range node. That should help you find the results you are looking for. :)

[@themathias7014]

@@GetLearnt I will make sure to remember this, thanks again :)

[@jonasvirsila4179]

How did you connected with Cells 1, Clouds 2 and Directional Warp? Did you connected them with Height Blend? Cells 1 and Clouds 2 + Warp Directional + Height Blend?

[@jonasvirsila4179]

41:50 the part when you drag the Height Blend to Normal, it doesn't allow me to connect with it but from Normal to Blend Height allows it. Is that okay for the new version of Sub Designer?

[@matbroomfield]

@@jonasvirsila4179 Yeah I have the same problem Jonas.

[@justine127]

I don’t know how to thank you. I’ll watch this tutorial again and again until I get the hang of it. The way you explain things is really easy to understand, Thanks a lot, really appreciate it.

[@GetLearnt]

Your comment is more than enough! My pleasure, that makes me very happy to hear. I'm optimistic that after a couple more watches that you will get the hang of it. Also make sure to watch my other videos to get a broader range of techniques once you are confident enough, and I'm always happy to answer questions if you have any. :)

[@justine127]

@@GetLearnt Surely I will watch more of your videos, your channel was a great find.

[@alexhu5696]

Very useful tutorial ! Thank you !!!!!!!

[@lukasallenbaugh4728]

This is the first time Substance designer has really made sense to me. Thank you for all the time you put into making your tutorials clear and user friendly.

[@GetLearnt]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. :)

[@markedwards4787]

Really well presented and paced. Top job!

[@danielc.6644]

Thank you so much for the tutorials man!

[@GetLearnt]

No problem friend! I'm more than happy to upload these. :) Thanks for watching!

[@bubr69]

Thank you for a great tutorial!

[@GetLearnt]

Gladly! Thanks for watching. :)

[@QubaMichalski]

Incredible tutorial - thank you very much for taking the time to record it. Substance Designer is a fascinating piece of software I am currently thinking of getting into, and it's content like yours that makes a really good case for it!

[@GetLearnt]

That makes me so glad to hear! It certainly gives you a leg-up as a texture artist, so I hope you finally make the jump. Always feel free to suggest content you'd like to see on this channel as well! :D

[@BigHeavyLove]

again, thanks man these videos are a blessing. i'll support your patreon in 2019 when i get a job hah.

[@GetLearnt]

That's kind of you to say, friend! I also appreciate your current support here on KZbin! :D

[@sokaynet]

Thanks for the tutorial, it helped a lot!

[@GetLearnt]

No worries, friend! Thanks for watching. :)

[@PafOfDestruction]

Great tutorial, I was able to follow everything perfectly. Learning Designer real fast thanks to you :)

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy there were no hiccups! It's a great software, I'm excited to be a part of the learning process. :D

[@marty_yyz490]

This is the best substance designer starter tutorial!!! been keeping up with it all the way and hope I'd create something on my own. Thanks a lot!!!!

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy you think so, Marty! I'm definitely hoping to expand my repertoire shortly so hopefully you will stick around for that!

[@jamesbrady1930]

great tutorials man. straight forward and approachable. Easy to understand. You explain very clearly and simple. I look forward to watching more of your videos and relearn some of the designer. It's been many moons since I hunkered down. :) thank you for your hard work on these videos.

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks James, it's much appreciated! Im more than happy to help out, and I appreciate the feedback. Looking forward to hearing from you in the future tutorials! :)

[@aaronjablonski]

Learned a lot, really great tutorial. Thank you!

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you for checking it out, glad it's been so helpful! :)

[@BharathidasanNatarajan]

amazing tutorial! very helpfull and learned a lot from you. thanks a ton!

[@GetLearnt]

Im glad to help out! :)

[@marlo3d288]

This is a realy nice tutorial. Thank you!

[@GetLearnt]

Happy to help! Thanks for watching! :)

[@1080pAdrenalinGaming]

Thanks so much for the tutorial!

[@GetLearnt]

Glad to help out, Robert! :)

[@nodesofnature603]

Ive been trying to learn SD with the allegorithmic tutorials, I got some basics. But im learning way too much from ur tutorials! Thank you man!

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you for checking them out, and for such a compliment as well! Always feel free to shoot me a question, hopefully I'll be able to help. :D

[@artmaknev3738]

This is a really good tutorial! Thanks!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks for watching! Happy you liked it. :)

[@beyondaveragemotion]

This is great!!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend!

[@kylebugden4013]

Awesome tutorial, everything explained was clear and concise. Really appreciate you taking the time to create these tutorials, thanks!

[@GetLearnt]

Hey Kyle, I'm glad it has been so helpful for you! Thank you for watching them, I'm always happy to help out. :)

[@gnome3d750]

Honestly, THANK YOU! This is the best substance tutorial channel our there. You are truly amazing!

[@GetLearnt]

Aw shucks, you're pretty amazing yourself. Thanks for checking out the video, I'm glad to help you out anyway I can. :D

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend! Hopefully you stick around and see what tutorials the future holds! If you ever have any suggestions for tutorials, feel free to let me know! :D

[@TheDoctorKavok]

Best Tutorial i've seen so far. Thanks a lot!

[@GetLearnt]

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out. :)

[@kankrivantas7897]

awesome tutorial dude loved how you went into detail with stuff its hard to fid tutorials that actually teach you as you go along instead of just showing you how t make the one thing

[@GetLearnt]

I do try to make these "tutorials" a little broader in the sense that they educate and demonstrate simultaneously. Thanks for watching, and I appreciate your kind words friend! All the best, I hope you continue to watch as I put out more tuts. :)

[@ronaldoloiseau3216]

Thanks for this great tutorial man, i'm new in designer (have just begun last week) and this hlp a lot. Gonna subscribe to learn more.

[@GetLearnt]

Im happy to hear it, Ronaldo! Looking forward to having you around. :)

[@fu_films1479]

thank you, this tutorial is well paced and you explain everything clearly. far better than the official tutorials.

[@GetLearnt]

I'm glad you think so, friend! Thanks for watching. :)

[@lxkor]

Great tutorial !!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend!

[@Samyboy03]

Thank you so much, i did learn a lot!

[@GetLearnt]

Im glad to hear it, Samy! Thanks for watching and dropping a comment. :)

[@user-ef3ej4pq4f]

Your channel really deserve much more views... These tutorials are so helpful..

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you! I'm more focused on being able to help out people to make cool stuff. The views will follow, as long as you keep watching! :D

[@mobamenace3591]

The crack segment is priceless ❤️

[@GetLearnt]

Cracks make everything instantly more realistic! :)

[@Docelita]

Parabéns pelo excelente vídeo e por compartilhar sua experiencia com as pessoas !

[@GetLearnt]

Estou mais do que feliz em ajudar, amigo. Obrigado por deixar um comentário tão gentil! :)

[@BrunoTicianelli]

Awesome tutorial! Thanks a lot

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you for checking it out, I hope it was helpful! :)

[@denkozlov4220]

Thank you so much. I wish I could give this video more likes, cuz i was catching myself over and over again that I gotta do that. Thanks really!

[@GetLearnt]

Glad to help out! :D

[@samudranilsen7989]

Thanks a lot, very useful and very well explained in detail. Subscribed!!

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for watching, glad to help out. :)

[@sams_3d_stuff]

You're amazing, thanks!

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you, I appreciate that! :D

[@yolkarch8500]

I suggest adding the Brick Detail to the base color, as it makes the bricks look more realistic. Also, for those porting the texture over to the Source Engine, I'd suggest multiplying the Ambient Occlusion with the base color.

[@fredmo3d242]

Very Great Tuto , thank you !

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks for checking it out! :)

[@lenstobrush7266]

I have just completed this tutorial and I am really happy with the results. I have done a few courses now and I must say I enjoyed (and learned) the most from yours. Thank you very much for making a difficult learning curve just that little bit easier!

[@GetLearnt]

I am humbled! Thank you for checking out the tutorial as well, I'm happy I was able to help you out. SD can be a beast to learn, but after a few materials it starts to make sense. Make sure to check out some other materials on the channel, and make sure to leave any questions you have in the comments! I try to be active in the comments, even on old videos. :)

[@weezy4094]

absolutely incredible, helped me sooo much with my university project!! gonna watch more!

[@GetLearnt]

Happy to help out! :D

[@KazikliBeyLAN-UAQ-FI]

You're the best! thank yoyu for you amazing tutorial! It helped me a lot! :)

[@GetLearnt]

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out. :)

[@siddharthpaul6539]

thanks a lot sir...loved the way you made us understand this tut....THANKS 🙏🙇💕

[@GetLearnt]

No problem, thank you for the support! I'm thrilled you found it easy to understand! 😊

[@EngHag]

Thanks for a great tutorial, this helped me a lot with a completely different material, but using a similare technique.

[@GetLearnt]

Awesome! That's what I love about SD, super flexible. :)

[@amkris]

An underrated channel! Your explanation is very clear and detailed, I learned a lot of new things. Thank you for your hard work making videos, I hope your channel can grow bigger.

[@GetLearnt]

Wow, thanks Kris! Means a lot. I'm looking forward to getting many more helpful videos out, maybe one day this channel can rule the world. :D In the meantime, thanks for checking out the video and your kind praise! 🙏

[@otium8]

SUPREME tutorial, thank you so much Mister. Subscribe button strongly clicked.

[@GetLearnt]

You're SUPREMELY welcome, friend. :D I'm glad to be of help, and thanks for subscribing!

[@gioberianidze2756]

Best tutorial. Good luck.

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend!

[@sasaha8389]

outstanding great tutorial!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks for watching! I'm happy to help out. :)

[@zachcampbell9402]

I'm pretty new to this software but you made it very clear and were a big help! Thank you very much!

[@GetLearnt]

I'm stoked to hear it, Zach! More than happy to answer any questions you have a long the way as well! :)

[@42earthling]

Thank you for this clear and thorough explained tutorial. :) I've learned a lot from you!

[@GetLearnt]

My pleasure! That makes me very happy to hear, thank you for watching and leaving such a nice comment. 🤗

[@petrkontner9056]

Thank you for your video. Helped me a lot!

[@GetLearnt]

Happy to be of help! Thanks for checking it out. :)

[@StudioNicomedia]

Thats not just a tutorial. You make people teach to think. Thank you..

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend, I'm happy to help out! There's no better way to learn than from you doing the work, so I'm glad you like the approach I take to these vids. :)

[@user-vp3hy2zc8n]

Cool tutorial man!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks! :)

[@Lynkk]

That was great thank you very much!

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you for watching! :D

[@nabeeliqbal9504]

Nice tutorial

[@traplord9000]

Holy COW!! Thank you so much :)

[@GetLearnt]

Holy MOLY!! Thanks for watching, friend :D

[@traplord9000]

@@GetLearnt

[@alf8151]

This is so helpful you explain things really well. Also your voice is very calm.

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy to hear it, Sam! I find these tuts to be therapeutic, I hope it comes across. Thanks for watching, friend. :)

[@bd_dev]

This should be the go-to tutorial for brick in SD. Clear and concise explanation! Great job +1

[@GetLearnt]

I'm glad you think so! I appreciate reading that, thanks for watching and always feel free to drop a question when u have one, I try to answer as many as I can! :)

[@fredv.1497]

Thank you it was very helpful for me !

[@GetLearnt]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for stopping by and dropping a comment, hope to see you in future tutorials! :D

[@Tattoo-rt2rq]

This is even better than allegorithmics tutorials!

[@GetLearnt]

I'm glad you think so, Eduardo! That is a very high honour to have. :)

[@AngeloValentimMerlo]

ty... great tutorial!!!

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks Angelo, glad you liked it! If you ever have any suggestions for tutorials, feel free to let me know! :)

[@putnikroad4172]

Thx man! Y awesome dude.

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks friend! Im super glad to help out!

[@zyord8159]

Thank you for making these tutorials. Allegorithmic should seriously consider hiring you as one of their official tutors.

[@GetLearnt]

I'm more than happy to! Thank you for watching. Getting hired to make these would be the dream. :D Until then, I'll make them for free!

[@confligerene]

Best tutorial! Thank you

[@GetLearnt]

"Best" is definitely a large honour. Thanks for watching! :D

[@confligerene]

​@@GetLearnt No but really.. I wanted to learn Designer for so long.. I've tried several other tutorials but got lost quickly :D but this one is easy to follow and with great result :)

[@GetLearnt]

I'm sorry it's been a challenge to get into it, but I'm stoked to be able to help you start! :D I hope you stick around.

[@anton__r]

this is straight gold, thanks for sharing knowledge

[@GetLearnt]

Happy to help, thanks for checking it out! :)

[@anton__r]

@@GetLearnt just worked trough the whole in one go. You're a very clear speaker and on top of that its very didactic as u go into depth with what ur doing in the moment. All the best and I hope you'll be able to keep it up

[@GetLearnt]

@@anton__r Oh wow, that's some mental fortitude, these aren't short videos! Thanks for such kind words, I'm thrilled the video was so helpful! Looking forward to getting more content out, I have a new little series in the works right now that I'm excited to get out soon. 🤗

[@AntonSavoderov]

Praise to GOOGLE! ^) Ok. Beginners. If you cannot follow this tutorial you should KNOW some things. 1. Base material node lives in the Material Filters-PBR utilities-Base Material. It's not in Right Click menu. 2. Search Node panel on Space Bar. I think you should say this to BEGINNERS. ^) 3. Make nodes connected instantly - Select Node - hit space bar - choose node - new Node will connect to previous instantly. BEGINNER tutorial, hehe. ok. nice tutorial, btw. Like.

[@GetLearnt]

Hey Anton, thanks for the feedback! I should begin to mention in my videos that while the video is geared towards beginners, there is some background knowledge required on how to navigate the software. I hope it wasn't too confusing for you and your notes will hopefully clear any confusion up for future tutorial-seekers! :)

[@fusiongg10]

thank you for the tutorial. Now i know, what need to create textures for my game. Good programm and your tutorial. Sorry for my inglish 😃

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy to hear that! Thanks for watching, I hope you stay around to watch some more! 😊

[@Prathmesh25]

thank you learned many things.

[@GetLearnt]

Happy to help! Thanks for checking it out. :)

[@amir00740]

Hi thanks for this Tutorial :)

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy to help, Amir! :D

[@rshiyamohammadi7723]

thanks alot

[@jackbarnhart4661]

I don't often comment but I have to stop and say thank you. This was the first tutorial I watched after downloading and opening Designer and it was exactly what I needed: Informative, well paced and engaging. Thank you for making this!

[@GetLearnt]

Wowza, thanks for such a nice comment, Jack! I'm thrilled you've found it so enjoyable, I hope you decide to stick around and watch some others I've done to give you a couple more projects to tackle. SD is definitely a beast, so one project at a time! Always feel free to leave any questions, even if the videos are old I try to answer comments when I see them. :)

[@jackbarnhart4661]

@@GetLearnt You're welcome! I definitely will be coming back here frequently on this journey to learn the Substance Suite.

[@user-xd9cb6sg9d]

Super awesome

[@GetLearnt]

Super thanks! :D

[@hristoborisov3713]

thank god for the video time stamps!

[@GetLearnt]

Haha, it's a little long, eh? :D

[@tafraoutaboubakr5453]

awesome tuto ... thank you so much ... keep up

[@GetLearnt]

Thanks for watching! If you ever have any suggestions for things you'd like to see, feel free to let me know! :D

[@tafraoutaboubakr5453]

I hope it will be in the future a tutorial About realistic lava With animation .... Thanks again sir

[@GetLearnt]

I have added it to my list, hopefully I will have something for you in the future!

[@sasho3d]

ur awesome, thanks

[@GetLearnt]

And thank you for watching! :)

[@Mayatrix]

wow that is excellent tutorial and for newbie like me it was very easy to understand and follow , on top of that you took the time to actually explain why you use each node etc something that is missing from the majority of tutorials out there . you got a new subscriber and you deserve many more ill check you on patreon as well. thanks

[@GetLearnt]

I wanna thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave a comment! I'm glad you were able to learn something and hopefully able to tolerate my dorkiness! Thanks so much! I look forward to hearing from you again. :D

[@Mayatrix]

i would like to ask you if you are planning to make any cobblestone tutorial i saw couple around but they are kinda messy , sometimes they have bad editing and nodes are appearing here and there without any explanation whatsoever.II am working on my new 3d modelling demo reel and decided to texture everything with SD and SP that i bought recently while the SP is quite easy to learn , SD is more complicated and easy to follow tutorials are a must for me. Regarding Patreon do you have maybe Monthly based donations? I do not have that much of a disposable income at the moment and that will help me regulate my spending .It appears that is only by asset , so i do not know how to work this out.

[@GetLearnt]

Alrightie, I've got cobblestone added to the list! I will make sure to have that video out for ya in the next little while. :) And you've made a good investment in these software, they are wonderful once you get the hang of them. As for Patreon, I have it set to Per Asset because I myself am still a student and can't post regularly. I would feel pretty bad charging people for a month where I may not have posted anything, thus why I have it set to its current setting. After each tutorial creating a new material, I also include that material's Substance files and textures where I have in-graph documentation explaining some choices in its construction, as well as some "extras" I didn't show in the tutorial as a thank you. Being a student, I can appreciate where you're coming from. For the summer I am only uploading a maximum of two assets per month, so I am fairly consistent with the paid posts. I might post more extra things on there, but they are all free tidbits. You can always pledge $1 to test the waters and see if it works for you. Patreon has the flexibility to withdraw from pledges if it isn't working, and during that time you get to reap all the perks! I hope that helps answer a few things for you, and always feel free to shoot me a message on Facebook as well (which you can find in my "About" section here on KZbin). :D

[@Mayatrix]

ah thanks a lot for the reply and the detailed explanation , appreciated !

[@vetor1982]

awesome tks

[@GetLearnt]

Happy to help! :)

[@osamaarchitecte8255]

Thanks

[@TheCrimson147]

Let's play a game. Take a shot everytime we use a levels node! Thanks for tutorial, it's awesome.

[@GetLearnt]

Ive got you beat, I make these drunk. :D Let me know how well you do, Im curious to know how many times I say it!

[@wongliangzer1572]

You weren't kidding when you named this video "The Ultimate Brick Material".

[@GetLearnt]

I certainly wasn't trying to! :D I hope it helped you out!

[@yOoPrE]

Awesome tutorial, thanks a lot! For anyone struggling with Height Blend - try pulling the "noodle" from whatever node you put after it. Backwards seems to be the only way it works.

[@GetLearnt]

My pleasure! And I've later discovered that the reason this happens is because I've accidently swapped my connection mode. If you look at the top bar in your Graph view, you will be able to change how you connect nodes. You'll want it to be on single connection mode, otherwise it will try to connect everything through internally named input and outout socket variables, which results in you not being able to connect the output to where you are attempting to most of the time!

[@yOoPrE]

@@GetLearnt Oooh, that explains a lot! Very helpful, thank you!

[@coltonstarck8683]

Just started using Designer and this tutorial was really helpful and at a great pace, too bad my designer crashed before I saved the final result...

[@GetLearnt]

Oh no! Well this tutorial will always be up for when you're feeling up to doing it again. I'm happy to help out, thank you for watching! :)

[@Pac0Master]

What's the trick to avoid the texture pattern to visibly repeats too often? I assume we need fewer contrasting details but anything else?

[@GetLearnt]

For me, it really depends on where I intend to use this material. For something like a brick wall, chances are you aren't going to be seeing incredibly up close and it'll likely just blend into the background. So what would standout the most in that scenario is the colour, and then the shape. I would focus on trying to make sure that the colour of each brick is relatively close so that you don't see one really orange brick repeat among your material. As for the details, as long as they are relatively similar in their scale, there shouldn't really be too much of an issue as that'll be a little bit more difficult to see. But definitely take a look at the Albedo for your material, as that'd be a dead giveaway that it is repeating. :)

[@timothyj67]

Im looking to create a worn metal with this same texture ..how would I bypass the bricks and do it?

[@safaabdus8364]

How would i get rotation in the individual bricks, like how you would rotate a tile in the tile generator node

[@GetLearnt]

Unfortunately I don't think you will be able to do this within the Brick Generator node. If you are familiar with how to use the Tile Generator/Sampler nodes, I would recommend using those instead to get the control of the bricks' rotation. This is one drawback to the Brick Generator node, as far as I can see. :(

[@neoviva]

thank for your tutorial for me, so easy to understand .Do you work in the game company?

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy it helped you out! :) And I currently do work in the games industry.

[@neoviva]

on 55:40 that should be hold " ctrl key and left mouse key move the input .not be hold shift

[@GetLearnt]

Good point, if you use the "Shift" option you will end up removing the connection from the previous node. Oops! :D

[@MysteryKar]

thank you jesse pinkman

[@GetLearnt]

Substance, bitch! :D

[@KendallORH]

This tutorial is just what I needed! For some reason though, I can't plug my blended height into my normal output. Do you know why that might be happening?

[@GetLearnt]

Hey I'm glad to hear it! And I've actually had that issue in the past, however I do not remember how I fixed it. Make sure you don't have the input of the height blend stemming from the output of the normal, and if worse comes to worse, try turning it off and on again. Let me know how it goes!

[@KendallORH]

Thank you for the quick reply and it would seem restarting substance designer was all it took

[@GetLearnt]

Ya, I seem to vaguely remember that working for me as well. I think most issues can be solved by that method. :D

[@mlasch3764]

Hey i just want to ask u if u can make about custom parameters and functions that would be awsom P.S. Great videos man keep it up :)

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you a ton! And thank you for the suggestion, I've been toying around with the idea of a couple different videos, this one has actually crossed my mind. Likely some shorter format videos that talk about different things, so keep on the lookout in the near future! :D

[@fractaltutors]

thank you dude dope soul you have! how you add nodes on keyboard (shortcut)?

[@GetLearnt]

Thank you a ton! And it's super simple, you can normally hear me slamming my spacebar when I am adding a node. Spacebar is definitely a timesaver for you in SD! :D

[@fractaltutors]

LOL you are right that's my fault, on 55:23 you said 'shift' but it is ctrl :D

[@GetLearnt]

Ooooooooooh maaaaaaaan. I did catch that in editing but I forgot to correct it. Thanks for correcting me, you out here. :D

[@ilovemaging7]

you do a better job than my professors!

[@GetLearnt]

I'm happy to help out! Seems very few educators have a really strong grasp of this type of workflow, sadly.

[@ilovemaging7]

@@GetLearnt 100% I’m going to be watching basically every tutorial you have!

[@GetLearnt]

@Jumsum Awesome! If you have any questions as you're watching, please leave a comment! I try to answer every one I see. :)

[@ilovemaging7]

@@GetLearnt funny you should ask right now I'm at about 59 minutes in and when I went to view my outputs in 3d my nice bricks turned to a black cube any suggestions?

[@ilovemaging7]

I think i got it just kept pushing through and added the ambient occlusion and all is well!

[@oraculodeportivo]

Chapters are no showing try to remove the dash after the time.

[@GetLearnt]

Updated, thanks for the reminder. :)

[@ivannguyen3740]

Hi. thanks for this tutorial. really helpul, but there is a question: Height blend can't be pluged into normal. what's an issue?

[@GetLearnt]

I often have this issue with Height Blend! My best guess right now is to simply exit Designer and start it up again. That normally fixes it. :) If not, come back and we can try to figure it out.

[@ivannguyen3740]

i've already solved this issue by pluging normal into height blend :D just did it the other way around. thanks!

[@GetLearnt]

Glad to hear it! :)

[@matbroomfield]

Thanks for your great tutorial but I ran into a problem. At 41:53 you plug the blended height output of your height blend node into the height socket of your base material and the input of the normal node. When I attempt to do that, I get the dotted line that I assume means it's the wrong data type for those inputs. I thought I had copied your tutorial to the letter, and my node screen looks identical to yours. Can you tell me what might be the problem please? Thanks in advance.

[@GetLearnt]

Interesting. So you've made sure that you are plugging the output from your Height Blend into the other grey sockets right? Because like you said, if you try plugging a grey socket into a yellow socket, you will be trying to connect nodes working in two separate colour modes without proper conversion.

[@matbroomfield]

@@GetLearnt Thank you for your speedy response. Several people have reported this same issue at this same point in the comments section so I don't think it's me. Although the two input nodes (normal mode and base material are grey) and the height blend output is grey, they cannot accept its outputs (although they WILL accept its height mask output).

[@GetLearnt]

@@matbroomfield It could very likely just be that bug with the Height Blend node where it doesn't let you connect it to anything then. In that case, what has worked for me and what I believe I've said to those other comments is simply quitting and starting it up again. I don't know why it happens, but often times that fixes it for some reason...

[@matbroomfield]

@@GetLearnt Thanks for the advice. I've reloaded numerous times, but VERY reluctant to do the entire tutorial again. Disheartened to hear such a bug exists. Is there an alternate way to achieve the same result please?

[@GetLearnt]

@@matbroomfield Hmm, so it's not even worked after some restarts, eh? One way you could mimic this node is to simply use a regular Blend, plugging the "grout" height into the top socket and the "bricks" into the background socket. Then, for your opacity I would find/create a black and white node based off of the bricks where the grout areas are white and the bricks are black. This will be used as your mask which will allow you to see the grout height solely in the areas between your bricks. From there, it should be a matter of playing around with the blending mode and opacity slider of your Blend node and you can get basically similar results. I hope that helps, this bug has been an issue for me as well for nearly two year!

[@CherylynnLima]

i'm following the exact same steps in the current substance, but it doesn't look like mine goes nearly as deep as yours at 10:19..

[@GetLearnt]

I'm gonna just drop this here, hope it helps! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJLcmGt3hL5qhsU

[@CherylynnLima]

@@GetLearnt you're a lifesaver! One more question, with the new adobe designer, the ambient occlusion is very different than how you did it. How do i get those same settings (height adjustment etc) with the ambient occlusion node that already comes in the scene?

[@GetLearnt]

@@CherylynnLima My pleasure! You aren't the first to ask that question, haha. Unfortunately I'm still using the 2019 version so I'm truthfully not too sure what the newest AO node offers. What options does it provide you?

[@PandaWithThineGuns]

So when I plug the height blend into the height map, I get this weird effect where it pushes the height data further out, causing stretching in the grout and crack areas. Any idea why that's happening?

[@GetLearnt]

This might be just how the Height Blend is trying to combine both of your heights. I'd recommend trying to playing around with the levels of each map right before it is plugged into your Height Blend, and see if that helps anything. Let me know if the problem still persists! :D

[@PandaWithThineGuns]

Okay, thanks!

[@igromad]

Great tutorial, thanks! But, for some reason, the orange from the bricks is getting to the grout, even though I did the same thing you did in 1:08:35. Can you help me?

[@GetLearnt]

It very well could be that the greyscale image you are putting in to your Gradient Map node has areas on the grout that are as white as areas of your brick. This can be a problem when you are using a Gradient Map node, as it is very dependent on the actual greyscale levels you have in your material. One way to help correct this is by making sure the grout is a darker greyscale value than your bricks. This will make the grout appear as though it is sinking into your material, falling behind the bricks. Another way, (I would do it this way now myself, personally) is to separate the bricks and the grout by using a mask. You can likely find the last area that you have affected your bricks before you've added the grout. Here, I would take a Levels node and plug your height into it, off to the side so you are not plugging the Levels node into anything. You can then tighten up the black and white values so you are getting a more binary/high contrasted map. I would plug this into the Opacity input of a Blend node, using two different Uniform Colour nodes as my Background and Foreground inputs to give colour information to my bricks and grout. Hopefully that wasn't too confusing for you, let me know how it goes and I can try to readjust my directions! :)

[@igromad]

@@GetLearnt Thank you very much, sir. But the problem now is that I reopened the file and there is no height at all. It show as if the bricks and grout were just a image, completely flat. Do you know how to fix this?

[@GetLearnt]

@@igromad Yup, no worries! So like you did at the beginning of the file the last time you had it open, you will need to go to your 3D view and click Material>Default>Edit and then go over to your Properties tab where you will see a slider with the Header "Height". Slide that all the way up and you will start to see your Height information. As far as I know, you will have to do that every time you open up your files.

[@cboweagle4620]

I dont have flood fill node in libary. can somebody help me?

[@GetLearnt]

Flood Fill is definitely a difficult one to replicate using different nodes. The gist of that section is isolating each individual brick so we can randomize the crack pattern. With that in mind, we can try and isolate the bricks by using the Levels node like I did in the video, since that pretty much did the job. You could also add an Edge Detect node afterwards to be certain. I would then use the same node we plugged into our Levels node to plug into a separate Histogram Scan node, and blend the Histogram and Levels/Edge Detect, using your Histogram Scan to mask off random bricks. A bit of a rough way to do it, but it may yield results!

[@sgagnon2283]

i came for the tutorial, I came back for the intro music. ggwp

[@GetLearnt]

Ha, KZbin studio music for the win. Song is called Splashing Around I believe, can't remember the artist off the top of my head. :D

[@MrRomanHumphrey]

Hi mate, i was following your tutorial through and after deleting the base material preset you have done, and added the normal+height map over to the outputs, i went to view outputs in 3D and it just came up totally jet black even if I try adding colours. Total beginner here so not sure, could you run through some potential problems that may be causing this?

[@GetLearnt]

Interesting. Do you have an Ambient Occlusion Output? Because if that doesnt have anything going into it, nothing will show up because the entire material at that point is "technically" a shadow. :)

[@MrRomanHumphrey]

I do have an ambient occlusion output and ive just put something in it and it has worked. Thanks for getting back to me, your tutorials are great!

[@GetLearnt]

I had a feeling. :D Glad it wasn't anything too bad! Thanks for watching, hope to hear from ya in future tutorials!

[@MrRomanHumphrey]

@@GetLearnt you will most likely be hearing from me again soon as ill probably go through mamy of them! :) thanks again!

[@ninjavivy]

Hello again :) Is there a substitute for "flood fill" node? I have to stop the tutorial because my SD version doesn't have flood fill..... I saw some on substance share but different versions of flood fill and even that I don't know how to put the node package into my library...

[@GetLearnt]

Hi friend! :D As far as I know, there really isn't any good work around for it and if there was, it would likely take quite a bit of trial and error. That's not to say it's impossible, however likely more trouble than you would want. Is there any reason you are holding off from upgrading your version? :)

[@ninjavivy]

Hello :) I'm using the older version of indie package, realized a lot of nodes have better parameters in the newer version aside from missing new nodes... I guess I'll upgrade next month for good. Also I found a substitute for flood fill... I used Randomize Mask instead, this is the link where I found it: www.artstation.com/artwork/1alxX I'm making notes for easy access and put both options just in case: imgur.com/a/qbG1anv

[@GetLearnt]

While they do have some handier parameters in some of their nodes, they're also taking away some nodes I use in tutorials (which makes the tutorials harder to follow!). I swear they do it to spite me. :D Thanks for sharing and documenting that tho! I'm going to take a look and see what kind of work around they have going on. I hope you're still able to get your material looking like you want it!