Creating an obsidian material in Mixer

[@EkanshMathnikar]

Waow, man this is my first video and can instantly feel that it is super powerful and flexible and super easy to use mannnnn, downloading it right now

[@gdavis3d]

Nice!!

[@ro-animation]

Guys one good idea for Quixel Mixer. Just allow artists to create really great materials and sell them after that on your platform, make a new section. And you can charge for the material used and also give a small fee to the artist that created the combined texture. The whole point here is that we as buyers can get fast really beautiful materials and you can sell more stuff (inside the seller projects) Anyway, Quixel Mixer artists are already selling their final texture on Art Station, but that is baked...

[@CGFUN829]

free mixers hell yeah.

[@mattbella6014]

Not getting the same results in any way...is it because of the newer version?

[@PeterLeban]

I see you're developing a real beast! Yeah!!

[@jvebarnes]

What about a SSS filter to bring out more translucence? Also in Bridge is their a way to sub-categorize items acquired rather than have them all in one category.

[@sr1488]

Amazing! Now don't let Adobe steal your soul!

[@TonicEnergy]

YES! PLEASE! DO NOT SELLOUT TO ADOBE LIKE ALLEGORITHMIC!

[@RazsterTW]

Everyone has a price.

[@ItsXDaniC]

Or autodesk

[@EricWilliamsCG]

Quixel doesn't have to be owned by Adobe, Quixel Suite is figuratively chained to Adobe Photoshop. You have to subscribe to Adobe to legally use Quixel Suite. I wish Allegorithmic didn't sell to Adobe... It would be nice if Quixel would create their own paint/image editing software and break away from Adobe because in a year or so when Allegorithmic goes full subscription, locked out if you aren't paying Adobe, I'll be looking for something new. Seriously hate subscription based services, I mean, it's great for the companies as it gives them predictable income but for us it doesn't matter if the next version is garbage or not, to continue to use any version with Adobe you have to be subscribed. I suppose at least some subscription services will allow you to use the version up to the point your subscription runs out but those are basically saas in name alone as you can just buy once then cancel until you want the next update.

[@catklyst]

@@EricWilliamsCG mixer is standalone and doesnt require ps

[@NicolasRouelle]

it's super cool, i would love to see some procedural blood veines or organic cells structures exemples for medical texturing

[@noidea91]

Very nice

Great looking result! however this is not possible to recreate in the current beta 2018.2.4.0. Hopefully you guys will drop this latest 2019.0.0.4 beta on us shortly. :)

[@aaronv2photography]

I just downloaded the new beta and can't even follow the first step making the proper mask deformation. I wish this was more of a walkthrough than a showing off layers while saying "nice" every 2 minutes.

Thank you! this videos helps a lot.

[@gdavis3d]

Thanks for checking it out!!

[@FlorzinhaDraw]

Man! I'm every moment more and more addicted to this program! I've been using it in almost all of my projects and I'm getting to the point of really cogitate to abandon Substance Designer. The learning curve of Mixer is so easy and the whole program is so more friendly and you feel such of a freedom, is easiest to open Mixer with an idea and plan what you'll need to Do to bring that idea to life than in substance where you need to memorize the main effect of tons of nodes to than start to think in what combinations can probably give you the results you want to finally try out if will function what some times take a lot of tries.

[@thealiplayer8736]

All I want is Quixel Mixer Linux support from you guys. I want this software so much.

[@JohnSmith-rn3vl]

After downloading the beta today and testing for a bit this does look pretty awesome for procedural textures. But not being able to import a mesh and paint onto it is a pity. It also crashed a lot. Will come back in 6 months and see how it has developed. So far very interesting, great user interface too.

[@jimmwagner]

Would love to see materials made and then applied to 3ds max and vray.

[@adnanulhaq3349]

Can we make emerald material with inclusions inside

[@DIVINCH]

@quixel why are there no tutorials on how to import surface materials into UE4 with displacement? The textures are flat and the displacement feature doesn't work.

[@AnonymoudKid]

When can we expect this version to be live? this is such a tease

[@gdavis3d]

SOON!! I promise : ))

[@MightyBOBcnc]

Video presentation critique: For future breakdown videos instead of telling us that the sliders do things using just your words, show us by dragging them and then return the slider to your desired value before continuing. Same with the dropdowns (particularly the noise dropdowns in this case; briefly cycle through a couple of them before returning to the one you desire). It will make your demonstration stronger. I'd also do the narration in post. It can be difficult to come up with a script on the fly which makes the presentation weaker. Love the material, though. (I have a weak spot for crystals.) Also I'd love to see a breakdown of how Wiktor did his Alien Spider Eggs material. www.artstation.com/artwork/1KZoq

[@gdavis3d]

Noted!! Will definitely incorporate this feedback for future vids : ))

[@knessing7681]

@@gdavis3d like MightyBoBcnc said, it'll be great to see the before and after effects of a slider before moving on or committing to a setting, great for slow learners like me. thanks quixel : )

[@sicfxmusic]

Mixer in 3 words: Basically. Laterally. Easily.

[@Scultronic]

Why dont you guys make a standalone version of Quixel DDO? Just like Quixel Mixer, that would be great ^_^.

[@jvebarnes]

This still does not work even with the latest version of mixer Edit: As of the latest 2019.2 version there is a lot more control in achieving these results

[@cfryantofficial]

Can you give us a rundown? I keep coming back to this tutorial and I have yet to figure out how to do it. Really frustrating.

[@jvebarnes]

@@cfryantofficial It has possibly changed since this was posted. It applied to a version of 2019.4 which hadn't been released when it was made and now it's at 2021.2 so a lot of features may have changed. On top of which the guy doing the tute tended to skip some steps expecting people to find somethings for themself. Also helps if you make sure it is running full screen otherwise the mask buttons don't show up at the bottom.

[@sharoozasghar4956]

I am wondering how different is this to designer? Is it a procedural process from scratch or do I have to have a quixel megascans library access to be able to have some base materials

[@DarkaniaWorks]

I asked myself too. Mixer free comes with only three scans and no fancy brushes. If you want to create more spectacular stuff you have to go to megascans and get some stuff from there. Or you can doo it with the base resources but i guess you have to be a genius to pull out something cool.

[@theadnart1]

Hi Sharooz! Adnan here, nice to see you around :D Mixer combines both scan-based and procedural techniques in one, layer-based texturing workflow. You can use Megascans textures or create your own textures from scratch then use them in Mixer to blend them. Soon you'll also be able to use Mixer's procedural mask stack to create textures from scratch without relying on any textures, although we do recommend that people use both scans and noises/patterns as Mixer really is made to combine both.

[@gdavis3d]

@@DarkaniaWorks Hey there!! We've recently expanded our free offering on the site to 50 assets. Be sure to take a look over there as well. quixel.com/megascans/library/free

[@sharoozasghar4956]

theadnart1 heyyy adnan :D yea this looks definitely promising and I see some uses for some projects I am working on. I enjoyed megascans texture blending back when I used it (free month for quixel users). It has come a long way and it seems so much nicer. I will definitely give this a shot

[@zimnelredoran9985]

@@gdavis3d When I try to download those, your system asks me to subscribe to a paid plan or get the 30 days free trial. Is this correct?

[@vMixMasterJayv]

When will this become available? I wanna play with it now >< Hahaha This is great ive been making masks in in Neo Texture to bring into Mixer but if you can do that sort of procedural stuff inside mixer i can finally move to a better system. Is there a public feature tracker/road map for quixel overall? 3Do and Ddo are needing love and id be interested hearing about any updates coming in a video :D

[@damian8051]

Please see Jim Barnes comment about adding categories to Bridge, I need to organise my materials based on levels in UE4, this feature would be hugely appreciated.

[@MrCshx]

Can't find this mask feature (

[@theadnart1]

Hi Nikita! The mask stack is not available yet, we'll be releasing it very soon! :) this video was more of a sneak peek into Mixer's future workflows and how artists are already creating materials with it.

[@MrCshx]

Great feature anyway. Thanks for reply P.S. "Btw -1. Do you plan the abillity to change HDRi by user? 2. And the hotkey to change brush size on the fly?"

[@theadnart1]

@@MrCshx 1 - Yes that is definitely planned :) 2 - Brush size can already be dynamically changed, just hold S + left mouse button and move your cursor left or right.

[@Crompwell]

@@theadnart1 I have been sitting here for the last fifteen minutes trying to figure out how to add components to masks. I think it would be more helpful if this video indicated that the material was made on a private beta/"sneak peak" version of Mixer that is currently not available. I am very much looking forward to the procedural capabilities of Mixer. Also, the S + LMB for dynamic brush size change doesn't work for me in the current version of Mixer. Is this also a sneak peak feature? Edit: it appears that S + MMB does the dynamic brush size change. :)

[@jvebarnes]

I have downloaded the latest version and I cannot find the "New Tab" add component. It also does not have the three buttons on the top left only two for preview displacement and preview tiling. So instead of starting half way through after you have already added masks etc, how about starting from no layers. And also use the version that can be downloaded for free.

[@matteograssi5898]

Now you can make a portal

[@ravnOne65]

Using 2019.1.0.0 beta, but still not able to replicate what you do in the video.

[@pannonianknight]

marketing :D

[@RazsterTW]

The download link is for Quixel_Mixer_2018.2.4.0_Beta.

[@RazsterTW]

Oh I see, this is a sneak peak.

[@matruxas]

Great move, insta downloaded! Will play! Where's how to add a component? I can't find anywhere... Please include file with these premade breakdowns in the future if possible. Or perhaps consider doing step by step tutorials? Thanks for the tips :)

[@AlexiosLair]

It is not released yet

[@theadnart1]

Yep as Sanek said this is not out in the wild yet, but you can expect a release preeetty soon ;)

[@timkoe7023]

When does the mask stack feature release??

[@necronomicon1472]

Nice material, even though I'm not sure if obsidian geodes are actually a thing.

[@gdavis3d]

Necronomicon we’ll call it obsidian-ish ;)

[@priamgivord469]

Hi, this is cool, I have downloaded Mixer, tried a few things but have 1 big block doing your tutorial: how do you "Add Component" exactly, I cannot see that in my mask option which is only an image mask option, any clues? BTW I have tried for 1 hour all around and cannot find out. All the best P

[@jonathanxdoe]

How do I add a component? the version of mixer you linked is 2018, not 2019...

[@gdavis3d]

John Doe this build will be available next week!!

[@ressbill]

Why i dont have this add component and mask stack?

[@UnrealZii]

Did you ever figure out the problem? I can't find how to add the noise layer

[@SirShadeSquamous]

how do you do this in the newer versions? the layout and functions are much different.

[@talhazulqarnain4427]

is it possible to make a material with just an image ?

[@Impaczus43]

can we get 3do, Ddo, and Ndo functionality in Mixer soon?

[@izvarzone]

bevel node = pretty much ndo.

[@everydayhero3610]

The link in the description is broken. At least for me

[@theadnart1]

Thanks for the report! Fixed the link

[@knessing7681]

This (Mixer) is way, way more easier to use, *cleaner* and more intuitive to use than Substance Designer ... specially when compare to the Node Tree in Designer, it can get super huge, messy, and confusing.

[@GiskardRevenlov]

Wait but, how did he make the sphere?????

[@gdavis3d]

Magic.

[@TheEDOTONY]

Normally mixer is one buy only or a monthly payment?

[@theadnart1]

Right now Mixer is available for free, and once we're past the beta stage (in about a year) you'll be able to purchase it with a perpetual license model :) Otherwise you can also just subscribe to Megascans and get tons of assets, Bridge and Mixer all under a 19$/month subscription.

[@pawnswizard1]

@@theadnart1 That is so great to hear. I love collecting 3D software. So far this program looks super capable and beautiful, I am admiring it. I will subscribe to Megascans if I can also own the core tools, which is something Adobe doesn't allow (that's why a lot of artists are switching to Affinity).

[@1Poxxxx]

will Mixer replace Ndo and Ddo? or will it exist along side them?

[@theadnart1]

The long-term goal is to have the best of dDo and nDo within Mixer yes :) Mixer is a standalone material authoring software that'll be steadily growing over the coming months to get all the features you guys liked about Quixel Suite, and also become much, much more than that.

[@1Poxxxx]

@@theadnart1 Awesome!! Im super excited to hear that!!!!

[@ryanbrunette3870]

That mic though.

[@JonathanDunlap]

Please add Linux support as I'd love to give it a spin!

[@rohansandhan3585]

It doesn't work.

[@shawnastrom]

How do we get this version to test?

[@gdavis3d]

Shawn Astrom it’ll be available next week!!

[@Jaybiiird]

make a tree, that'd be awesome

[@segerselopurwana4629]

How you learning that ? And the file is free or pay ??

[@segerselopurwana4629]

@Manuel Camelo ok thanks bro 👍👍👍

[@AnonymoudKid]

Mixer is also free right now too. (the program in the video)

[@ravnOne65]

@Manuel Camelo I don't like materialize, shader map is much better

[@EdLrandom]

no Linux version? wtf?

[@mattbella6014]

Just say that this is no longer applicable. A bunch of unnecessary frustration and lost time...

[@ravnOne65]

It is very hard to follow a "tutorial" or a showoff for what you can make inside mixer, when you use a newer version and the user have a older version. The beta that is available for free is 2018.2.4.0 while you use 2019.0.0.4

[@luismmolinamx1]

Yes, that was kind of disappointing

[@peter486]

the link dosent work. bit.ly/2Dx72r "Sorry. The page you're looking for either no longer exists or has moved." Quixel you have someting here. keep adding more stuff to this program, i think you should move this program into the best tool there is for "visual" texture creation, I would love to see more fetures like adding 3d model´s and projection , might even be abel to go towards painting in the future?. this is gold i wish you the best.. ps fix the upload link asap :) btw does this "free version" work with bridge / unreal?.

[@WinExploder]

I appreciate the tutorials but it would really be easier to follow if there was a script. You use a lot of filler words and unclear language.

[@Koniotaur]

If only you could create materials on your own, not using scanned ones ;_;

[@ravnOne65]

Who say you cant ? Go to Local Library Import custom surface

[@lunaruzz7639]

i have so fuckin much problems with this mixer -.- here is not ONE tutorial for how to set it up .. set the paths .. load the local libarys and all that stuff.. i have only problems over problems... nothing is working -.- that is so frustrading

[@gdavis3d]

Hey there!! Have you checked out the Primer video here? kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrJc6J6g8ull5I We did a full breakdown of the setup. This is a slightly older build, but it should address a lot of the issues you are having!!

[@pannonianknight]

Don't waste your time trying to replicate this - at least i will not :)!

[@MKx86dhd]

Why? it wasnt hard, they have changed a few things but you can still figure it out and make this. It was only my second time ever using mixer too!

[@pannonianknight]

@@MKx86dhd good point :), edited!

[@qwetry-j2u]

Some magic here, then some magic there.. The video doesn't explain anything. It is absolutely unclear what this software is really capable of. The demonstrated material can be a result of some happy accidents, but what about real flexibility? Can I make, for example, these shapes more rounded? Can I change the size of individual pieces? Can I change the type of the bevel effect to something different? Please don't be offended. I'm here not for criticizing you. I'm interested in this new software product, but for now it doesn't look convincing enough, sorry. I would appreciate if you clarify how all this works.

[@theadnart1]

Hi Qwerty! Mixer's procedural mask stack is quite flexible, has modifiers like bevel, edge detect, radial scatter, frequency to change the density of the crystals, etc... So you can really do anything you want with it so long as you create a proper layer stack, which is a subject we'll be covering in a tutorial :) This video is just a breakdown that gives people some insight into the creation process of a mix, more detailed tutorials are definitely coming very, very soon! Thanks a ton for the feedback!

[@SoraNashimi]

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