Mixer 2020: Introducing 3D Texturing

[@arthurlefevre7706]

I'm crying tears of joy rn

[@pawnswizard1]

from now on I'm going to start mentioning on artstation that, "this artwork is 100% Adobe free".

[@xewi60]

@@KintaroTakanori they don't evolve, they are not generous like Epic

[@emeraldeelentertainment8988]

@@KintaroTakanori Adobe charges unaffordable prices that trouble indies, not to mention their aquisition of Allegorithmic and their softwares means you now don't own Substance programs when you subscribe. Adobe is known to buy software and put it down, like they did with Mixamo.

[@eblgraphics]

With Adobe it was extremely unstable.

[@Van-yo2xr]

Gala xy surprising that After effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator still have no real competition if Adobe doesn’t evolve. Hell, XD is starting to take on sketch these days. Affinity just isn’t full enough for any intense raster workflow.

[@pawnswizard1]

@@Van-yo2xr Affinity is awesome for just about everything. I've never run into a job it couldn't do. I consider it to be absolutely better than Photoshop in every way.

[@callumaustin9567]

The love 3D artists have for scratched metal never seems to fade.

[@erzajumeidi]

Well, mostly use to add realism.

[@erzajumeidi]

@@callumaustin9567 Suit yourself

[@spacep0d]

@@callumaustin9567 It's a public comment section, so a bit of context may be informative to some.

[@mohitrahaman]

They be like "Oh this piece of model looks too pristine. Lets add some C H A R A C T E R to it."

[@mohdnohhussin6793]

@@mohitrahaman lol

[@eviv8010]

Video: "too dense to use in a game engine" UE5: hold my billion triangles per frame.

[@RuthwikRao]

Literally dropped everything to watch this and I haven't even started!

[@RuthwikRao]

Okay now that I finished watching it, a few thoughts, having not yet downloaded it myself: 1. I really like the clean and simple UI, it seems very non-intrusive and intuitive. (Edit: Having now used it, I hate how I have to compromise the viewport to access the material library which takes over the viewport, make it so that both can be visible at the same time, and allow for maximum viewport real estate.) 2. I hope to see baking support added to this, needing an external baker like Marmoset, xNormal, etc is cool but seems to make the process more convoluted (I'm sure Quixel must be used to Substance Painter comparisons by now because it's the major competing tool, and that tool has pretty good baking support already which is an advantage right now) and I didn't see it being mentioned in the roadmap alongside mirrored UVs and multiple texture sets. 3. I see megascans being mentioned a lot in this preview and I admit just how amazing a service it is for Unreal users to have access to such a vast library, but I hope we have universal access to a limited amount of materials, alphas, masks, imperfections, smart materials, etc without needing to eventually use Unreal or have an active Megascans subscription. (EDIT: Thank you, the blog entry answered this - "With over one hundred Smart Materials and Megascans assets now available in Mixer for free, plus direct access to the entire Megascans library for free within Mixer for all UE4 users, Mixer now offers you a best-in-class system for building your Smart Material library." ) Godspeed, Quixel and Epic, thanks for all your beautiful work and support on this, it truly means a lot!

[@h3ftymouse]

SUBSTANCE IS DEAD GO SUCK IT ADOBE

[@dasnico13]

@@h3ftymouse are you telling me that this is ready to compete with painter? no man

[@h3ftymouse]

@@dasnico13 No, it will probably never be as good as painter, but it's cheaper as you get tons of assets too.

[@AriseWorks]

When channel packing, put Roughness in the Green channel - it's going to be compressed with less quality loss in game engines. RGB goes for MRO (Metalness / Roughness / Occlusion). Also, we need a way to paint normal data. Currently only option to make a mask-stamp is with displacement enabled, but not normal data, which is... very odd. Looking forward to further development. Great job team Quixel.

[@dyotoorion1835]

Good points - 100% agree Arise! ;)

[@Reltdeats]

But doesnt it depend from the compression method used in the final engine ur are using for?

[@gambikules]

you cant paint normal data in substance painter so why here ?

[@eskey6772]

@@gambikules Because this is not Substance Painter

[@tyler_puryear]

Glad to see everyone is excited for this release! The team worked very hard to bring this to fruition! Let’s get mixing!!!

[@daemoncel]

OMG, I have never been so excited for a programs release!

[@RausanSinha]

me too 😭☺️

[@fernandosouza9607]

Omg.. I'm literally crying now... That's absolutely fantastic! Epic! Thank you Quixel team for putting together such an amazing tool for us!

[@StylizedStation]

Oh wow! Can't wait to do some tutorials for this.

[@mrfeathers3938]

Can’t wait bro

[@quixeltools]

Can't wait to see what you come up with! :D

[@darioquizhpi7221]

I'll be waiting 😍

[@juliuscagara]

THANK YOU EPIC GAMES! THANK YOU QUIXEL

[@foist101]

Quixel Suite was my favorite tool that allowed me the most freedom to get the best texture results I've made. When it was retired I reluctantly switched to Painter, and am hopeful to be able to switch back to Quixel. Cant wait to try it out.

[@ericramberg7782]

foist you stayed frosty, and it payed off!

[@ahmadajmal8029]

OMG!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you sooo much ....!! literally crying with joy tears

[@AlexiosLair]

Also, guys, spread the word, this is a future standard!

[@GlebAlexandrov]

wow that's actually bombastic!

[@lordpengz16]

Oh hello there

[@gwynbleidd9000]

@Sycka Fruck General Kenobi

[@mdesignanimationsricardomo513]

Years waiting for this moment. Thanks guys!! now to work it ...

[@spacep0d]

I'm a Substance Painter fan, but it's nice to see Quixel with a proper visual interface with Mixer. The Photoshop-based solution never appealed to me, and felt too much like the olden days painting blind. Here are some ideas to make Quixel an essential tool, even for die-hard Substance users who would still find lots of reasons to add Mixer to their arsenal; 1. Artists need a way to paint using multiple texture sets on various objects which share one UV map. Utilize multiple texture sets (when available), paint model, and export back to one or more texture sets that either we define or are based on the unique UV sets in-use. The reasons for doing this are part of best-practices; reducing materials, saving VRAM, fewer draw calls, better FPS,, etc. This would be a HUGE feature and a major selling point, even for existing Substance Painter users like me. 2. Give us scene flexibility. Painter isn't all that flexible. If you need to add one component, you have to reimport the entire object where the painting is recreated on the existing items with the new component added. However, I would prefer to be able to add new objects, one at a time. Same with replacing objects. If for some reason I need to change UVs on an object or break an object in to its own UV set, let me do that with surgical precision on that one object. If I want to add a new component to a ship, let me add just that component without disturbing existing work. 3. Baking in program should be supported. As a first release, it makes sense to offload baking to other programs (some of which are free), but this should be included soon. 4. Create a series of export presets for various engines and renderers, e.g., UE4/5, Unity, VRAY, Octane, PlayCanvas (regular and GMAO), etc. 5. Create a show/hide toggle for individual meshes (and sub-objects) if possible. Any plans for in-app rendering such as IRay, aside from the PBR viewport? P.S. I like the spaceship! :)

[@JonathanWinbush]

Oh hell yea been waiting for this one 👊🏿

[@PolygonAcademy]

oh yes oh yes :) looks like its time to dive into this and get back on the ol' tutorial train baby! wooooooo!

[@RuthwikRao]

Please do, we're gonna be waiting super hard! This tool shall be invaluable for Unreal workflow, can't wait to see what you do with it :)

[@izaya65]

My good man Simpson, we have waited patiently for this hour to draw near. We thank you.

[@KUBE.archvis]

Yay!!! I miss your tutorials!

[@coxitaboy]

Thank you Quixel for an alternative to Adobe!

[@slweek]

Incredible update, downloaded it right away and I`m so happy about the new features that weren't present in 2019 version, now that it's possible to paint 3d assets is just crazy, thank you to the whole quixel team

[@EvilReFlex]

After Adobe bought Substance Painter (and I *** hate Adobe) I hoped for a new similar tool... and this is awesome! Many Thanks!

[@Cryunreal]

Just use 3d coat. If you what to see a cool result from 3d coat, look at Metro Exodus =)

[@AlessiaLorenziALEL]

me too!

[@eth7928]

Amazing. But you should add a baking functionality really soon.

[@PrefoX]

ya because ToolBag is not for free so the whole "its free" talk is bs, as long 1 program in the chain is still costly.

[@grimmx]

@@PrefoX right, you know the other free program they mentioned does bake, kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqOQlHqgi7Cpfdk

[@eth7928]

@@PrefoX You could still bake textures in blender. But it's a painful process.

[@xewi60]

X-normals bakes are very nice

[@sicktennis]

Bake in substance then export to mixer :)

[@twosox_x]

His first minute of explaining how to prepare a model - explained more to me then 90% of "model a spaceship" tutorials on youtube...

[@jack84699]

Fantastic, waiting for this moment for a long time, thanks quixel.

[@ZalkDrives]

This is literally the #1 thing I wanted from this program, long live Quixel!

[@NovaXP]

Outcome 1: Mixer 2020 forces Adobe to remain competitive with Substance and not screw over its users, making both programs good options. Outcome 2: Adobe screws over their Substance users, but people can just switch to Mixer for free. Seems like a win-win to me.

[@lassebauer]

Outcome 3: Adobe buys Quixel😂

[@zinetx]

@@lassebauer cannot and will not. Epic is the type of buy and hold, they won't give Quixel that easy.

[@hungryconfidence1562]

@@lassebauer LMAO

[@mosog8829]

@17:32 Bridge, Blender and Mixer being free. Indeed. There is no excuse for creating mediocre 3D art anymore. I have been waiting for this release for so long. Thanks to the Quixel theme for such a good software.

[@VitorGuerreiroVideos]

Thank you for this! it looks awesome! Can't wait to play with it! Awesome work!

[@mrplassonxxx]

Now it would be great a serious playlist of detailed (and progressive, from beginner to master of the universe) tutorials to discover all the great functionality of this amazing software. Good job, Quixel!

[@jellsart]

You guys are ROCKSTARS ! You gave us so much ! I can't tell how much we love you !

[@NiteshKumar-cs4wo]

You guys do very great things for artist. God bless you

[@vicbelwerty]

This is looking really promising, once you add multiple texture sets support and hopefully UDIMs support it wold be really hard not to switch from Painter to Mixer, Keep up the great work guys!

[@paulcolose9844]

I'm not cancelling my Substance subscription yet, but I am definitely going to jump into the Mixer workflow. Hopefully it will replace my Substance workflow when it's on par. Thank you Quixel and Epic!

[@michaelolasanya4135]

I guess I am late to the party but see this video, my heart just ran away with joy... I have really waited for this day and Quixel is the best....

[@vectonaut1503]

This was exactly what I was hoping for. Great job!

[@lillyalillya]

Congratulations on the launch! Still gonna test it soon, but from what I've seen I think Mixer will become my new main texturing program! :)

[@alainpires9082]

Hell, It's about time !

[@TimTylor]

Working through this with the current version, 2021. This one doesn't use Base Layers, so at 3:20 you import the maps with the Texture Sets Editor (under Window in the menu bar) and at 6:00 I think you need to select Base Map rather than Layer Map. It's more or less the same otherwise.

[@jma3038]

Thanks man, appreciate the help. You're the only comment I found who addressed this issue. :)

[@sadmannaqueeb7450]

Mixer is improving at a rapid speed. Just give it a few years and it will be more if not as powerful as Substance. Most importantly, it's FREE. Megascans Library, Mixer , Bridge, Twinmotion and monthly free assets from Unreal Marketplace. Let's take a moment to give a huge thanks to Epic Games. Quixel is rocking it when it comes to quickly implementing new features ( 3D Painting, Smart Materials and such) . Thanks a ton you guys!

[@powerofthec5908]

Megascans Library is hella expensive.

[@sadmannaqueeb7450]

@@powerofthec5908 It's free for Unreal Engine users.

[@highdefinist9697]

As a programmer, this seems like a far more accessible tool than many of the other art tools I have seen. Rather than only having some large-scale but simplistic transformations available, and some specific but microscale transformations (like drawing paint at some location), this tool seems to bridge the gap by offering some "intermediate scale"-transformations: Each individual transformation is relatively simple by itself, but they can be combined to create a unique, complex look. This is not unlike how, in software development, different abstract algorithms and libraries are combined to solve specific problems. Or in other words, this tool seems to bridge the gap between "Draw some circles" and "draw the rest of the f*cking owl".

[@ertyuopguwertyuopgu7455]

This is the easiest and one of the most advanced program for modelling and texturing. And free for everyone! That's just awesome.

[@fancyline6734]

Quixel Mixer needs these features baking maps and UV unwrapping to be all in one

[@MrBmxerFTW]

I've been waiting for this for months now ever since the announcement, been using the beta for months now fantastic piece of software

[@lw4570]

Its awesome to see another software that seems to be on par with Substance Painter and FREE. Always have loved Quixel, but you keep finding ways to win my heart.

[@muratklcoglu3793]

My eyes fill with tears. Thank you for this amazing tools Quixel!!

[@jvora1120]

We've come full circle. Amazing work!

[@zjnever2079]

多么巨大的进步，把一个几乎淘汰的软件整合进来在mixer，想出这个主意的人一定是个天才 What a huge progress, integrating an almost obsolete software into the mixer, the person who came up with the idea must be a genius

[@AnkitKumar-tt5hs]

Packing up Quixel suite in the mixer That's great only 3d painting was missing from mixer thanks quixel

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

It doesn't support multiple texture maps yet. For me it has yet to replace Suite.

[@jintarokensei3308]

Thank you guys. I got so sad when Adobe bought Substance, but now? I'm very excited. Excellent stuff, can't thank you enough!

[@Ege-h6u]

thank you guys! YOU ARE TRULY AWESOME!!!!

[@sams_3d_stuff]

For mixer 2021, go to setup tab and edit texture sets to add the base textures in the beginning!! Otherwise the textures will look like noise.

[@mae2309]

Did humanity did something right, to deserve such an amazing softwares. Great job lads

[@turalmemmedov3648]

Thank you very much. I really would love to see the tutorial series like substance painter. The dedicated videos for each feauture. It really helps to learn an understand the program in depth.

[@ThatElfNerd]

Thank you KZbin Gods for recommending this to me. I didn't want to be reliant on Substance Painter after graduating class, so this is a welcome addition to being completely free from paid software.

[@shimmentakezo1196]

I've never been able to create anyting with substance, so glad that Quixel came out with this treasure, it seems much easier and connected with the library , possibilities seem endless

[@siraniks]

yey for the new Quixel SUITE Thank you Quixel

[@robertmarquez6084]

yeaaaaahhh the wait is over the holly grail of texturing is finally here SP here we come

[@OnigoroshiZero]

WOW, just WOW. This is amazing, I love you guys.

[@emiliobuono]

Incredible stuff - anything from Quixel is borderline workflow magic...

[@ThinkingREED999]

I wasn't prepared lol. Thank you Quixel Team I'm trying this tomorrow can't wait

[@pkeod]

Thank you to Quixel and thank you to Tim Sweeney 💖💛✨

[@abdullahsajid65536]

Looking forward to use this. Its definitely gonna make my workflow a million times better.

[@Samantha_d2]

This software is unbelievably powerful...thank you so much for this...

[@Ro3D_DigitalInsights]

Stunning! Would be great to have a baking system just inside here in Quixel Mixer!

[@massivetree7937]

You do plan on adding your own bakers yes? Baking in toolbag or other app is..... cumbersome.

[@Hatris2000]

I really hope so... Curvature baking was in in the Suite

[@teddybergsman5358]

Stefan Pahor Curvature baking (as well as position gradients and object space normals) is available in Mixer too-but this time, they’re actually being baked in real-time. We have plans on expanding on this.

[@Hatris2000]

@@teddybergsman5358 Thank you. Still need to dig into it :) It looks fantastic and exciting!

[@PrefoX]

@@teddybergsman5358 and why is he using MTB then? there must be a reason for ^_^

[@alexandrabecker9033]

Thank you for offering us this gem ♥

[@MucanDesignStudios]

You guys are amazing. thank you for what you are doing in the industry.

[@ЕгорБ-в6ц]

wooow, can't wait to try it! Well done quixel!

[@skyegibbs4955]

Josh Powers is the most badass name I've heard in a while

[@harrysanders818]

Lol, true !

[@MILOSHOBILICHH]

Love you guys!!! Keep this sublime job!!!!

[@hannahcrawford9198]

This is a game changer, thanks so much guys!

[@ThiagoDuarte-uz3et]

this is insane (& free)!

[@keinavara]

YEEEEAH!!! AT LAST!!!

[@Entropicnin]

You guys are killing it! I hope the Epic partnership is as good for you guys as it has been for us lately!

[@teddybergsman5358]

Niminion Epic have been absolutely amazing to us, and we hope we can bring more and more value as we are integrating with the greater team. It’s such an exciting new time.

[@eternalsnows6071]

Very exciting! Are there any plans to include projection painting?

[@andyp123456]

The mixer download on the Quixel page still downloads 2019.4, which needs to be installed before you can download 2020. Hopefully this gets updated soon. Anyway, thanks for making this awesome tool free for all!

[@teddybergsman5358]

Andrew Palmer Thank you for bringing this to our attention Andrew. Will address!

[@starscream2092]

Thank god for 4k videos !!

[@mushroomcrepes4780]

what a time to be alive

[@TheKillerey]

This saves my day thank you very much

[@digimaks]

Seeing THIS, one thinks - "boy, how antique and outdated the texturing tools in 3DsMax".... Having texturing tools with layering, with masking and seeing real time how it looks on the model is what we needed for decades!!!

[@balkerzshuffle767]

Yes finally! So excited 😁 thank you Quixel

[@syamalseth4782]

Man congrats.. Soon many will switch from Substance to Mixer...

[@smillerfx]

True

[@PrefoX]

why would they? no baker, no UDIM sup, no renderer, I like Mixer so far but its a couple of years behind SP. you can use photoshop brushes in SP too, so its way better AT THE MOMENT. lets hope thats going to change

[@smillerfx]

@@PrefoX True 😂😂😂

[@smillerfx]

@@PrefoX I use both of them and no one can deny that two of this piece of software is used in a different workflow, I mean so far but in the future many artists may migrate to Mixer cuz of its huge Megascans library, that's the main reason. I used Mixer to create Hi quality textures and imported those mats into SP and masked, painted etc. Then I hoped that "if Quixel adds some features that can handle custom 3D models and paint right inside of Mixer, it would be amazing job" and finally Mixer 2020 version is born, BOOM my dreams came true😁🕺 Anyways I really appreciate Quixel guys, it's a huge benefit and game-changer cool stuff, the BIG plus one is it's FREE, thanks Quixel & Epic developers, 🤗 keep it up

[@RevolverLee]

@@PrefoX agree still missing texture baking and udims

[@Iriarte93]

Praise be!🙌🏻 * Matthew McConaughey crying Gif from Interstellar *

[@arashi8876]

KZbin should give an option for GIFs !

[@alekjwrgnwekfgn]

By the time Adobe stop supporting my Substance Painter indie perpetual licence- I hope they are old news.

[@BananaLegalFun]

Thank you very much, now Substance has a worthy competitor)

[@UncleFeedle]

Interesting how yesterday's high-poly models are today's low-poly models!

[@charlytutors]

Thank you, thank you. thank you!!! This is awesome gift for my birthday =) YEah!

[@Toskyval]

Regarding future releases: - We'll be able to bake source textures using Quixel? - We'll be able to bridge meshes and textures between Blender and Mixer? - Painting across UDIM tiles will be possible? - To constantly use Mixer we are forced to have an internet connection? - An option that triangulate the imported mesh and to export it? - A bevel/chamfer shader for sharp angles?

[@williambell4591]

PROPS, Guys! I can’t wait to play with this over the weekend! ...Time to, ahem shed a subscription! (Also hella glad I already have a Toolbag license!)

[@souldeboers5459]

What is this witchcraft?!? Quixel is honestly becoming the company for the people.

[@SebastianLarsen]

What do you think their business model is?

[@arashi8876]

Epic Game is the Wizard.

[@urbantwilight]

Arashi for it to be free, yes, but the development has to be credited to the Quixel team (most of this release will have been done by the time they were acquired).

[@arashi8876]

@@urbantwilight Yea, not denying that. Its True.

[@loveshork77]

This is huge!

[@loveshork77]

My jaw dropped

[@gcharb2d]

This is so cool, and the maps loads automatically in Blender, which is even cooler! Painter/Adobe no more, thanks for the great work Quixel, can't wait to see what will come next!

[@HeinousAnusOG]

Please give us a Blender plugin for coloring the mesh pieces! :D PLEASEEE!!!!!

[@3dfer383]

it's really weird this video does not have millions of views.

[@petertremblay3725]

I am so glad i don't have to suffer the troll voice of the substance designer tutorial guy!

[@williamhickerson4316]

TAKE MY MONEY!!!! TAKE IT ALL! THIS IS AMAAAAAAZING!!!!!!!

[@MrlegendOr]

No need it's Freee!!!!🤣

[@AlexiosLair]

Now I can with all responsibility say goodbye to Substance!

[@philbertmill2]

where will you do the baking?

[@RAYROD]

@@philbertmill2 Marmoset

[@Yacine3Dz]

@@philbertmill2 xNornal or blender.

[@AlexiosLair]

@@philbertmill2 lol, there're plenty of software for it.

[@arashi8876]

@@philbertmill2 know what? Bake in Substance Painter and then work in Mixer xD

[@jujuboohoo]

Blender just got UDIMS and I look forward for Mixer to support it as well as the ability to paint across multiple tiles. :D

[@Soulify]

Gamers: Ew, it’s Epic Games. Artist: *scream of joy*