Learn the BASICS of Material Shading in BLENDER (Part 1)

Blender Material Texture Shading Introduction Tutorial:
Blender material nodes are used for material shading. They can be confusing, so this is a basic Blender materials tutorial for absolute beginners. We will cover adding materials to objects, the Principled BSDF shader, the Color Ramp, mix shaders, transparent materials and more. I have some Blender shading tips at the end of the video that will save you time. In part two, I'm going to cover PBR materials in Blender which are photorealistic texture materials you can add to objects.
Materials are what make an object in Blender look the way they do. Blender materials have three channels: surface, volume and displacement. Using a variety of nodes, you can mix and match textures and map your materials to your object. Before you start watching other Blender tutorials on material shading, watch this so you understand the basics. THANK YOU!
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Timestamps:
0:35 Basics of Adding Materials in Blender
3:51 Nodes in the Blender Shader Editor
9:09 Principled BSDF Shader in Blender
12:56 Mix Shader in Blender
14:32 Color Ramp Node in Blender
15:33 Texture Nodes in Blender
18:35 Mix RGB Node inn Blender
19:55 Mapping Textures in Blender
21:39 Math Node in Blender
22:05 Transparency Shading in Blender
22:56 Volume Shading in Blender
25:43 Shading Tips in Blender
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[@Brandon-3D]

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[@teropiispala2576]

Unfortunatelu it didn't help. Even after I enabled the addon, I can't get the viewer node visible. I have a blender 3.6

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[@1223santigato]

You have no Idea how comprehensive you have turned ths thing into. But here is the right way to watch this series: watch the first video without trying to understand it too much, then move to the second video and watch it slowly, in the end come back to the first and watch it slowly then it all will click. But sir I cannot stress the fact that you have masticate it to a point the the undestanding is fantastic, you have made click in my brain. I studied this through a book but I was very confused, with you is now very clear almost perfectly clear beacuse the only thing to do is to practice. you have gained an admirer my friend.

[@cut-no-one4082]

the irony of telling someone "you have no idea" regarding his being comprehensive 😀

[@ouyangzian7283]

Definitely the best initial tutorial of shading in blender. 30 minutes video contains the whole world, explained everything plainly and clearly with a clean voice.

[@Brandon-3D]

Man, thank you so much for the kind words!! Very much appreciate the support!!

[@Brandon-3D]

I am really hoping this tutorial helps beginners. Before you jump into “how to make this material” tutorials, I think an overview of the basics is good. Hope you enjoy and I love hearing your thoughts in the comments!

[@thephilosopher7173]

I've shopped around for tutorials, but this one is by FAR the cleanest, simple, straightforward I've seen yet. Easy to follow and your pacing helps to keep anyone watching engaged. Great tut!

[@Brandon-3D]

@@thephilosopher7173 man, thank you so much!!

[@muhammadislahuddin]

I am very very love it

[@E.T.S.]

Absolutely. Thank you very much.

[@superbadmofo1]

U do NOT have to hope...It is doing exactly what it is intended for...Thanks so much...Im a lil new to blender and wow this vid is eye opening.

[@caninecloth5682]

Oh my god your style is PERFECT for me. I’m a pretty hyper person with a low attention span, and many of these tutorials scare me away bc I usually get bored fast and click off, but you explain everything you need to know at a great pace and cut right to the chase of each feature🙏

[@themalcontent100]

I am probably going to be rewatching this multiple times

[@IPv6Freely]

Oh my god, this is the best tutorial ever made for this subject. I'm VERY new to Blender and have avoided these nodes since day one because they seemed so confusing. I always just applied my materials in Unity after I export the FBX because it "seemed" easier.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you 🙏 That’s awesome to hear, glad it helped!

[@tineitinay909]

I totally agree!

[@Brandon-3D]

@@tineitinay909 Thank You!!! 🙏

[@doughbag2951]

Thank you, and huge thanks to everyone on the Tubes that make tutorials like this that help lower the barrier of entry for newcomers to Blender. Y'all are awesome.

[@renzesparza6281]

Great tutorial. Been modeling with blender for about 4 years and as of last night decided to finally overcome my fear of nodes and stuff like this has seriously helped. Going in depth while keeping it basic, without holding my hand is very nice.

[@Brandon-3D]

Happy I was able to help! Keep learning!

[@ZephG]

Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial!! This finally broke down nodes in a way that wasn't as intimidating as it has always been for me. I highly appreciate your attention to speaking slowly, clearly, with good diction that makes the audio easy to follow, and your use of zoom to focus in on areas of the window that you're working with directly. I'm definitely subscribing for more in the future, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

[@jinanks]

Your tutorials are absolutely fantastic! Your clear explanations and step-by-step guidance have been invaluable to me. Thank you for sharing your expertise in such an engaging and easy-to-understand way. Keep up the great work!

[@texasFilmLock2]

I've been wanting this exact level of explanation to learn how to use the shading features within Blender. Thank you! I'm hoping once I learn this material in Blender it will carry over to other DCC software packages.

[@lala2189]

Amazing video, really wanted to get through these basics for a better understanding :)

[@pilotdawn1661]

Appreciate the added depth to explaining the details. For example the clear description of the meaning of Socket Color. Been learning Blender for the last 10 weeks and just now learned this detail from you! And that example is just one of many. _Subscribed_ Thanks so much.

[@CSAATechArts]

Brandon, thanks so much for these videos on Blender materials. As a newbie, I've been putting this topic off -- frankly because I was afraid of the deluge of info from such a complex topic. But your videos provided a good on-ramp. Very clear and concise; great audio-video production as well. I've subscribed and look forward to your feed. Cheers!

[@tanhaislam4255]

Thank you so much! It is super helpful. Always wanted a video like this, explaining every single thing and then proceeding to provide examples.

Ok, this is definitely the best basic node tutorial I've ever seen, even since Blender 2.7! It's really well explained, I'm finally understanding the basic concepts of working with nodes in Blender. Thanks a lot for this video!!

[@mikenice6613]

Amazing, straight forward and easy (enough) to understand information Brandon. Thank you.

[@whynotanyting]

This tutorial has really helped me get out of a rut. The pacing was excellent and explained just enough to allow for experimentation. Glad I found it!

[@alberto_o9897]

Great tutorial. Very impressed how you introduce Blender's texture nodes. Really wonderful and clear information!

[@blenderleague4124]

FANTASTIC!!!! Just what I needed!

[@joe_fabricator]

This is an amazing reference Brandon, thank you. Now to watch part 2

[@Walthanar]

Now THIS is what I'm talking about! This is the tutorial we needed, very clear, takes the right time, explains the fundamental things that we can understand and extrapolate, amazing and I'm surely liking and subscribing as SUBTLY hinted in the video!

[@EIendir]

Great tutorial and tips many thanks.

[@fullmoonsculpturescom-ej4bt]

Thank you for speaking slowly and clearly! A huge help!

[@ManosSevastos]

Your tutorials and explanation videos are incredibly helpful and amazing. Keep up the fantastic work, and a big thank you for providing such valuable free content. ✊🏼

[@parkerbelholland1037]

Dude, you explained more about material shading in < 1 hr than I learned in > 1 yr of watching videos that use nodes. So great to see all of this explained in 1 vid. This def going into my index, thanks!

[@jaydez_]

Amazing tutorial! Love the way you explain everything. Thanks!

[@rickwalters8553]

Absolutely amazing, thanks. Obviously there's a long way to go after this, but this is the one that brought me from "not getting it" to "getting it"

[@VIMES_]

Thank you for summarizing all of this. Very useful. Moving to part 2.

[@jackmwangi6754]

I have really looked around, and no one explains texturing the way you do. Thanks so much Brandon!!

[@wallyanimations]

Thank you so much for this clear and fundamental overview of the basics. Really, thanks.

[@jeffreysimpson3109]

my goodness, you operate at 100% efficiency when it comes to teaching. thank you so so much.

[@jbsougandh8018]

ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS ON THE NET TO LEARN NODES

[@ilyalead4blade897]

thank you so much! awesome tutorial

[@nevanks]

If you look around, I really dont think there is a better tutorial out there regarding texturing. Thank you so much for such great content for free.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you! That is a huge compliment and it’s so much appreciated!!! Thank you!

[@naveenprabhu_Vlogs]

Mind Blowing, Best blender tutorial, have subscribed

[@tejtuladhar2658]

Best blender tutorial of all time

[@Brandon-3D]

That’s a HUGE compliment. 🙏 Thank you!!!

[@jt-kv3mn]

Ich stimme dir zu 100% zu. Super gutes Tutorial, besser als alles was ich bis jetzt gefunden habe. Sehr talentierter lehrer.

[@com.zootub.HuyAC.1]

Thank you so much, i only know how to use the default material node before, now i'm know how to adding more shader correctly way !

[@skonig6542]

The way you’ve structured this video is brilliant! Thanks man 🙏

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the kind words. Take care!

[@geezer_nerd]

Wonderful tutorial, entirely lucid, well presented, and very useful to a noob like me. The Shader nodes make so much more sense now.

[@jugibur2117]

You're such a good teacher, well explained, thanks for your effort!

[@goldchimera5369]

This video is EXTREMELY helpful! You just got a sub.

[@synthbendati]

Thank you so much for these 2 part most detailed tutorial that made me understand the material making procedure so much easy in the most simple way, I also recommended and sent it to my newly started blender artists and they really appreciate your tutorial 🙏🙏

[@LeoNV20]

To the point yet very explanatory. Thanks!

[@craftycurate]

This is extremely helpful thanks! Your style is highly concise and easy to follow. Just what i need as I set out to learn Blender 😀

[@thenotorious8382]

this is very helpful, im studying the basics all over again and lots of stuff i have missed are here. Thank you sir.

[@phamthohongduong]

I couldn't find a single video on YT explain this topic so well as this video. Still watching, great work!

[@imanqoly]

So perfect tutorial

[@asimali3898]

You deserve a million of likes. Thank you for explaining every detail in shading 👍

[@steffsamtoy3310]

Thank you, very helpful !

[@creativojavier]

Thank you so much for making this so clear

[@N_ei_L]

Thank you so much. My college professors really are just half assing their way through teaching us Blender. This is extremely helpful!

[@flamet]

I've been looking for a tutorial like this, many thanks!

[@NewYorkeez]

Sir, you nailed it, big thank you

[@GinnyGibbs]

Thank you, gracias, arigato gozaimasu! My fear of nodes and Cycles stopped me dead in my tracks years ago. This clear and well-organized explanation has helped me more than you know.

[@masonleblanc6726]

Thank you! This was SO needed. I feel so confident now.😄

[@arthurwilson1966]

Really enjoyed watching this and feel it makes it so much easier to grasp the essentials without getting lost in complexity.Thanks Brandon, this is so helpful.

[@Brandon-3D]

Hey Arthur, I’m really glad it was helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave the comment!

[@kamilkowalski2259]

Great work!

[@nadinen.9363]

Just wanted to express how helpful your videos are!! you are extrely good at explaining tNice tutorialngs in-depth but still at a basic level for

[@o5m67]

Awesome, Brandon, ty so much !

[@miketaulbut7568]

I struggled with this in maya 3d animation school....concepts are hard to teach and you did a great job, ty

[@finnhollenbeck280]

Thanks for the Tutorial!!

[@Layth71]

Great Tutorial, helpful. Thank you!

[@brzicastar]

Thank you so much, I tried it the other day and it worked a treat. Running so smoothly. :)

[@fpatrocinio]

Great overview of the shading nodes, it was very informative and well explained. Thank you for sharing.

[@CarlosMonjor]

One of the best tutorials ive ever seen!! thanks a lot

[@vshvydak]

Thank you soo much!! Youre videos have answered for all of my questions!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@phoneixfmg]

I havent started shading menues yet as i planned to learn layout and modeling well enough before i go furture menues but i wilp come back later and watch for more as like how its explained slowely. Loved the explanation

[@blendr64]

Awesome intro and review for anyone interested in Blender materials. Essential details, tips, & techniques. I wish I would have had this like 2 years ago. Much appreciated.

[@Brandon-3D]

Thanks a ton! Really glad people are finding it useful!

[@mat5844]

This is so useful! Thanks 😊

[@AD-Dom]

Wow, learned some stuff I maybe didn’t understand before. Thanks for the concise explanation.

[@designproductwithbing]

I'm just starting to learn blender rendering replacing the keyshot, thanks so much for this tutorial.

[@imertron]

The best shader nodes tutorial I’ve ever seen. Thank you and great job!

[@Brandon-3D]

That is so awesome if you to say. Thank you!!

[@oheybom]

thank you for this tutorial, couldnt have understood nodes before watching this

[@Sh_Pe]

Excellent work with so many different languages for subtitles!!

[@user-mn7eh4bm9w]

awesome very well explain thank you sir hats off

[@NN-wc7dl]

Great tutorial! Learned a bunch!

[@jeanclaudedelaronde]

Dude!...You rock man! This will come in so handy. I was mentioning just last week to a colleague that there must be some kind of a "Recipe Cookbook" where they explain what does what. Boooom! I found this today. Awesome! Thanks for doing this, Brandon. 🤘😎🤘

[@ciritopanita7829]

Man, you explain incredible, I hope it's going well for you xoxo

[@SamandarSaidkhujaev]

Thank u so much for description

[@Aldebaran80]

great video! all clear and direct.

[@nonamech14]

Very detailed tutorial thanks for sharing the knowledge

[@orcanimal]

This is an amazingly informative video. Really grateful for this!

[@Ger.bogado]

this is the series I was looking for! great video, I can't wait to part 2. keep it up man!

[@Brandon-3D]

That is so awesome to hear that you like it, I’m working on part two now! Thank you!

[@Brandon-3D]

Hey there! Part 2 was just published this morning...a day ahead of schedule!

[@asmith7812]

Fantastic tutorial!!

[@Brandon-3D]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@xcessiveO_o]

i cant state how helpful this is, explained in detail, thank you!!

[@Brandon-3D]

That's great to hear, thank you for taking the time to leave the comment. I really appreciate that! Part 2 was just released this morning!

[@user-nj3rw9it2t]

Thank you so much for a well-put tutorial series. As a confused beginner this video helped me a lot to directly learn about shading. I hope you keep making awesome videos for this awesome community :)

[@Brandon-3D]

Great to hear, thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@openlink9958]

this is legit the most useful tutorial on nodes I have seen until now

[@Brandon-3D]

That's very kind. Thank you for the positive feedback and taking the time to comment. Means a lot!

[@freddymazenge1462]

Yooooo where the hack was this video all along...this is the first shading video that actually explains what are nodes doing..thank you a lot

[@playnouniverso6865]

Thank you for the Playlist. At least I have lessons being learned in order. Focus guaranteed. Thankyou. Great work Sir. Michael.

[@fasaiza2009]

very clear for a beginner, thank you ka 🥰🥰

[@jhonaped9483]

good work king, love you

[@C0llinsW0rth.]

hands down, the best video I've seen about shaders. thank you for such a thorough and easy to understand tutorial

[@Brandon-3D]

Man, that is very nice to hear. I’m glad it was useful and I sincerely appreciate the kind words and support. Thank you!!

[@curiosity6581]

Thanks man..this is really helpful..please keep posting such awesome tutorials

[@DesignsbyMIP]

Amazing tutorial! Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@Brandon-3D]

Absolutely! Thank you for watching!!!

[@controlr7490]

Great material, thank you very much!!!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you so much!!!

[@afraz84]

By far the best and most clear explanation of material shading in Blender!

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you! Very kind of you to take the time to comment and it’s totally appreciated!! Thanks!

[@l0nelypixel]

What a great tutorial. Thank you!!! 😉

[@prettypenny112]

Been using nodes using mostly tutorials for months now. I learned a couple things for sure, you explain it really well

[@Brandon-3D]

Thank you!!