Create Grungy Tiles in Mixer: 5 minute tutorial

[@lyndachan4829]

Hello! Like all of us I'm scared of what Adobe did to Allegorithmic. I'm looking forward to see how Mixer becomes not only material creation software but also a complete 3D painting software (seems that aligns with your plans). I'm proud to be part of Mixer beta! Keep up good work!

[@volker2714]

I would love that, the app looks really promising. And please Quixel, stay away from the 'Adobe family' if you can help it, you are our only hope out there...

[@mosog8829]

It's free only with the beta version

[@leonardo42266]

Epic

[@1Robertwaterworth]

I've been working in the VFX industry for over 20 years. But I have never been so blown away by a software app like I am right now! You guys have re-kindled my love for CGI work again. I mean it. Bloody awesome! I mean it looks like we will be modeling with textures from now on, something I never thought would ever happen, not at this high quality anyway. Keep it up, Dudes!

[@psy237]

i'm sorry but in what way is it better than substance??? and this is not modeling with textures, this is simple texture painting and adding height information. You sure you're from the VFX industry?

[@denkozlov4220]

wow you wanna make me cry, this is so beautiful what you do, it's SOOOO much easier than working within Substance Designer! "The only limit - is your creativity" - i loved that phrase!

[@theblowupdollsmusic]

This was a really good demonstration. Thank you! I love the ability to do height painting in mixer.

[@DreyzieArt]

I could never get into the node graph workflow of Substance Designer, but I love how this is essentially a Photoshop workflow but for materials. Really interested to see where this goes and I'm hoping it picks up more steam.

[@docentericardoalzateh.3152]

Although Quixel Mix can be used perfectly with images external to megascans, I consider that its great potential lies in the use of the library. Otherwise, its native procedural tools are very good but sustance is much more comprehensive for now.

[@georgesfredericgubert3236]

Just discovered this software! Outstanding, being able to import the PBR materials that I made and mix them as i wish in a very natural workflow! Thanks for this great piece of easy to use software

[@10minuteartist87]

""The only limit is your creativity""🙏

[@dockduck6911]

This is fantastic. If you reworked quixel (ndo/ddo) to be standalone (without CS) I would totally switch from substance.

[@PauloSamurai]

This is incredible! no way... I have to learn this!

[@Pr3DaToR15]

Amazing. You guys made a great decision to go standalone!

[@dimitardimitrov7950]

nice i replicated it from video six hours total :D i am new to Quixel Mix so i am I get it now mix by mix :D thank you for the tutorial cheers

[@EnzoLuka21]

hey, how did you change the mask inversion in the 1:56 min?

[@dimitardimitrov7950]

@@EnzoLuka21 By changing the brush color to black or white adding or removing mask. and you can invert the mask by clicking in the mask for the layer and go to the paint mask panel on the right and invert. BTW>The order of the layers is important and i made sure to click clear mask to be sure no white or black color is there by default. I hope this helped you it was a long time ago when I was working on it.

[@EnzoLuka21]

@@dimitardimitrov7950 Thanks, I will try again.

[@GD15555]

You should add a tile randomizer. Basically this texture, I guess, is tillable but you can see a pattern. Anyway your system can use this as a reference and then infinite tile it with different pattern of missing tiles, bumps etc.

[@_skiel]

these tutorials are really great wiktor ! thank you !

[@fl260]

Simply magic. Dream tool.

[@EnzoLuka21]

HI, this looks like a great tutorial but the masking operations are not very clear, any chance to share the shortcuts or explain how did you make the paint masks? Thanks

[@BenJamin-mq8eb]

Can you create a tutorial that shows how you can avoid tiling on large plane surfaces? like 50m x 50m ?

[@manollobango]

Isn't it possible to blend in another material by using something like a noise texture as a factor? This way you can avoid visible tiling issues.

[@drevfx_]

@@manollobango yeppp use a noise texture to mask different tiling densities of the same material to create each distinct material layer before blending different materials layers with more noise textures

[@RetepOdaged]

Looks awesome!

[@MeshmenStudio]

Awesome will come in handy for my upcoming material series megascan to Mari

[@Sev07Sniper.]

I wish there was updated versions of all this stuff. Idk if im dumb or if stuff just changed

[@eshan309]

**sees intro** "That must be difficult and complex." **sees full video** "Thats easy!"

[@EnergyBreakCrew]

just and simply WOW!

[@cuihong4795]

Let me explain the paint mask's problem. I've tried several times and have got the final result as in the tutorial. In the Paint Mask, the white value area means that you can paint on it and the black value area means you can't do so. In the tutorial, the artist painted BOTH black value and white value on EVERY marble layer. Unfortunately, he made a cut of doing this part. BTW, if you want to block a tile on the lasted layer( the white layer in the tutorial), you need to paint a black mask on each of the following layers.

[@judithdoppler2202]

THANKS A LOT!!!!

[@cuihong4795]

@@judithdoppler2202 My pleasure:D

[@sontranhoai3134]

Thank a lot bro. I got it 😍

[@АлександрСергеевич-с4х]

Very cool!

[@vipermjs]

this program is badass. im gonna learn it

[@oner_oncer]

HOLY COW!!!

[@almeida5548]

FANTASTIC!

[@nirmalendukhan5392]

This is impossible, still I can't believe it.

[@yoyoz333]

what exactly is a "paint layer"? is that just for masking? i didnt see how you would change the direction of the displacement from up to down.

[@myxsys]

I think this workflow beats substance designer hands down. Being able to create textures like this also saves a lot of time that would have been spent on other techniques like sculpting to create the same texture.

[@Andreas-gr2qu]

But you need a Megascan subscription to create this type of materials. In Substance Designer you can create a procedural material from scratch. I like Mixer, but i also use the Substance tools. Mixer is very limited on procedural generation possibilities. You can compare Mixer with Substance Alchemist. It is a other way of creating materials.

[@gambello1195]

But when you tile it you can easily spot the repetitiveness. Is there a way to make it more procedural?

[@zinetx]

more procedural = more VRAM usage.

[@perky_rain8241]

Hello, the latest version of Quixel Mixer has been updated. I watched your video to learn, but the final result is very poor, the whole picture looks like 2D. Especially in the last part of the video, the effect of the raised wall tiles really amazes me. Can you reset a tutorial with a new version of the software?

[@BelluSanus]

incredible!

[@carbonx95.08]

I just found out about this mind blowing software. Can some one please link me some high quality Beginner tutorials that I can use to master my skills?

[@ty1978]

2024 and a lot of this stuff isn't in Mixer (at least I'm not seeing it) don't have any options for blending such as 'from below' the tactile tiles you used aren't online, there's no gloss value to alter, not sure what's going on but this 5 year old version of Mixer seems so much better

[@RV-bc9yi]

Hello, thank for your vidéo. I can't find the same Concrete Rough can you tell me which one you use please.

[@Harsh_Trip]

1:56 how did you do this? the paint mask icon was inverted from white background to black with white stripes and also I'm not sure how to erase or mask to the layer beneath the tiles to show the concrete(remove tiles)

[@michelr1928]

I ask myself the same question

[@EnzoLuka21]

hey, did you find out how to do it? same issue and I haven't been able to find the way, hope you know, thanks

[@itotallyagreewithyou3451]

if someone still has issues, i got it to work by painting the whole layer white(then just paint with black to remove the tiles). and if you press X, it switches the brush color from white to black, or black to white. Its also supposed to have a shortcut for inverting the mask (CTRL+I) but doesnt work for me and i dont have it in my shortcut list, so might've been removed.

[@HAJJ101]

Okay why is the resolution so high in your viewport? I don’t understand why in mine it looks very low resolution and I have the texture resolution at 4K and my monitor is 4K too. Working resolution is 4K too.

[@sanuthnicholas3012]

Why arent those surfaces not avaiilable on latest versions of mixer ?

[@nomstudios1]

Very awesome!

[@abhijit3d627]

Anyone can tell me short cut of line painting of stripes (time : 1.38 ) ??

[@Nova-ul3vv]

This is really awesome technology! I just have a noob question, if it comes to using a texture like this in a game or just a scene, for instance as a ground material. Does it not get to repetitive? This texture has very special noticeable features, do you just add different objects to hide this fact that you use the same texture over and over again?

[@PrinceMandal]

for that case I would suggest you to work on bigger tiles (more than 6m x 6m) on mixer itself.

[@misterdrum]

How did u paint in mask? i can only add paint layer above my texture, but cant paint in mask.

[@abilalp9104]

i have same problem

[@MassimilianoMelato]

@@abilalp9104 Select the layer, press N to create a paintable mask for that layer, then paint it. Use 'X' to switch between black and white masking.

[@Remembadaname55]

Can Quixel Mixer expose parameters like substance designer can? Im making a procedural environment and want to have some values randomizied

[@Andreas-gr2qu]

You can compare Mixer with Substance Alchemist. It is a tool to mix materials in a very easy and fast way. But for procedural material creation Designer is the best tool.

[@impheris]

i can not do this tutorial with free elements, so is kind of frustrating.

[@rachithjain1772]

Can Anyone tell me how to get that Reflectance option in latest version of Mixer software?

[@TheSaOk]

Incredible awesomeness :)

[@londonjavitas7304]

wow

[@DanielGreen0]

popping out the tiles at the end doesn't work for me. For some reason, it does not displace it like that. It just turns out as a faint tile that's ever so slightly raised but that's it. I don't understand.

[@mrlightwriter]

Unbelievable!

[@ALSAHAFI13]

Is there a way to avoid repetition in the texture when applied to a large surface, such as a building's facade for instance?

[@izvarzone]

vertex paint and layered shader, stochastic shader, decals. Combination of these.

[@kiariancoohill1679]

1:55 painting either white or black on a transparent mask - 1:56 same layers but painting either white or black on an inversed mask?! Bit confused, how are you removing the tile information to show the foundation concrete underneath?

[@izvarzone]

??? white = show layer, black = no show layer

[@kiariancoohill1679]

@@izvarzone I'm aware of masking, for some reason it just wasn't working, or it may have been a bit late in the day!

[@charlytutors]

Awesome!

[@slightlywetbaby830]

Is there documentation on how masks can be used?

[@Zapflyer428]

Are you doing those nice renders in Quixel?

[@1Robertwaterworth]

Any chance for a nodal graph view like the Hypershade or Nuke in the future? Stacks are great but when the stack gets complicated it is always nice to be able to switch over to work with a nodal view.

[@XFX4JOHN]

Outstanding

[@booktrailers9598]

Hi there - How did you draw the straight line from left to right please?

[@teddybergsman5358]

Simply hold shift while painting!

[@modamor127]

@@teddybergsman5358 thanks!

[@psy237]

if only it ran natively on linux... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... how can you not create a linux version :S and then it doesn't even support map baking like curvature, ao, etc... i mean i can do that in blender with no problem.why not in mixer which is the software that's actually designed for stuff like that?

[@FUFUWO]

How is the final render done to showcase the material ? Like the ball with the enviorment spinning?? Anyone can't point me to a tutorial video? Thanks!

[@miguelmoralesnavas]

When a genius do something you only can watch and learn

[@stevenls9781]

Maybe an obvious question but you are not allowed to sell textures created in this way right?

[@flukve3574]

Amazing

[@michabednarski5555]

why didnt you show how to enter to mask painting mode? Is it only for advanced users?

[@DwarfOG]

Right click on the Material and select paint mask Brush color should be set to black and that should work. They have updated the program since the video

[@mahen9394]

Nice tutorial, Just wondering what's your computer config. I have like 128GB ram, Inter Xeon silver, GPU Nvidia Geforce RTX2080 TI, I couldn't work the way you doing things its so fast , including brush paint strokes. 2021.13 quixel is soo laggy, can't even paint the stroke I have like 7 shaders low poly geo 4k view, I tried optimizing 1k and more setting no luck. My geo has Udims and its 10 UDIMs. Any help appreciated.

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

How do I stack up a pyre in Mixer for all the black magic you just practiced?

[@beanbox6724]

Круто!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@csmemarketing]

sick.

[@olegromanovsky8368]

Охренительно!

[@aaronsbot]

WOW!

[@SenEmChannel]

I dont understand any value of this app. I just follow but i dont understand

[@rddepartment8338]

Looks awesome but srsly Quixel, a Linux version would be fantastic

[@nurrahman4159]

yeah :D

[@afrosymphony8207]

absolute fucking sorcery

[@mateuszwodarski4073]

pls do fabric

[@feedee4706]

how to import in 3dmax?

[@luciano9747]

Impossible to follow the process

[@khayyamal9207]

Wow nice job Oh yeah yeah

[@けいご-b9n]

チュートリアル動画でカット編集を入れるって・・・ｗ

[@IlonaBoyer]

Mask out did not work for me .

[@8dison]

Holy mama

[@IstyManame]

How to paint mask, you just skipped those moment where you creating mask

[@bluegizmo1983]

Damn... I'm using Mixer all wrong and apparently I don't know what I'm doing 😂

[@magneticanimalism7419]

This is possibly one of the worst tutorials I have ever tried. I'm a new user of mixer and right from the start it is incredibly vague, "Add this rough concrete" there are only a few concrete textures pre-installed none of which look remotely like what he is choosing. I go online and there are hundreds of them all under the subject of "Rough concrete" so I try the closest one and move on. He then "Wraps to base".... There is no wrap to base slider. I'm guessing this tutorial is wildly out of date at this point as the nearest slider to the description is "Wrap to underlying". At this point I totally give up on this tutorial. Thumbs down.

[@theoctopusman6983]

Yep, it's fuckin trash isn't it.

[@feedee4706]

10 min tutorial

[@Beast_citizen-os9vj]

it really feels like they just nerfed their software in 2020 for no reason, half of the options he is showing int there

[@foxmulderqqs]

How use on unrealengine

[@biiiiioshock]

Stupid question. Use Google...

[@AlexiosLair]

@@foxmulderqqs learn english first, please. They have videos on UE4. Google.

[@foxmulderqqs]

@@AlexiosLair kafam almiyor vrdani

[@marcapouli7805]

Me after 3 days of trying to understand why it does a completely gross result, unlike the video : "5 minutes, really?"

[@TransposeScanning]

Substance and Quixel could be so much more if they just allowed users to create in the software. Why no clone tools? Why no selection tools, paste tools, why not allow importation of actual scans and baking based on custom selections. Give me a job as a creative director, and I'll show you how to make this software usable for every possible problem one could encounter.

[@teddybergsman5358]

Hi! The simple answer is time :D Mixer was originally built by a really small team from the ground up, but in the recent months the team size has grown significantly. You will soon see the pace of new features being added pick up (and hopefully over time covering most of the things you suggested, seeing as most of it is already on the road map!) :)

[@TransposeScanning]

@@teddybergsman5358 Those are the features that should have been started with. Allegorithmic and Artomatix I spoke with almost 2 years ago about this. If I had a team, and the funding, I would immediately begin on selection, cloning, and pasting features. The bedrock of making things go quickly

[@teddybergsman5358]

@@TransposeScanning Important for sure, and high up on the list, but gotta take one step at a time :) Before any of those features, a solid layer system, masking system and painting system have needed to be developed from scratch. But I hear you!

[@TransposeScanning]

@@teddybergsman5358 I hope you're in a hurry. I'll buy and promote with my datasets to the company who does it right.

[@Bunglay]

theres no way that was a 5 min video

[@michabednarski5555]

useless tut for beginners :( very frustrating especially when I dont know how to use masks and you make a cut

[@williamlacrosse9389]

Bye bye substance designer. Hi mixer!