Procedural Carbon Fiber Shader - Part 1 (Cycles & Eevee Compatible)

The Blender Encyclopedia is finally out! See more about it here - cgmasters.com/the-blender-enc...
This is part 1 of a step by step project from our new course, The Blender Encyclopedia. This course is a comprehensive reference guide for the software and includes step by step projects for all skill levels.
Part 1 covers creating a shader that's compatible with both Eevee and Cycles.
Check out Part 2 here, where we go over adding anisotrophy in Cycles for a more realistic reflection effect for the carbon fiber - • Blender 2.8 Tutorial -...
In this free lecture from the course we'll be building a fully procedural carbon fiber shader from start to finish. This shader will include a height map for the fibers that we'll convert into a normal map. It'll also include customizable options such as shadowing for the fibers, a brushed metal texture finish, clearcoat, and the ability to switch between 2 different weave patterns.
Check out cgmasters.com for more courses and tutorials.
Like the tutorial and want to leave a tip?
PayPal - www.paypal.me/cgmasterscom
Bitcoin - bc1qh2cx8kz4wjj855cruk2sfwftl69vmmuau94w9v
Ethereum - 0xfb2D6886347434Eb2DACde22C6b96889dDAE6255
XRP - r4A4bxQ5wK8R1rEhecgvTy1wSXoCfoE42b
Dogecoin - DLDZ8fngi4KJkNnHQafV4vxDwaPzZ7e92W

[@A.R.C.Productions]

We need like a million more of these procedural material tutorials.

[@blengine]

Got any specific requests? I've got a few ideas in mind for more of these, but always looking to add to the to-do list. -Chris

[@rodrigoalexandrealves8564]

@@blengine The Classic Metalic CarPaint (EEVEE).

[@Keyr969]

@@blengine I think thats a neat idea, however, a more indepth tutorial to understanding how to create patterns, which is the key to most procedural materials, would be better I believe as a first step. But back to the specific request - Brick material and or Woodbark :D then a tutorial on how to combine such procedural materials would be amazing too, for example let's take a brickwall and combine it with a procedural meshwire ontop on some parts, to hold loose parts together (often used in plastering) as an example on how to combine 2 whole different patterns to work together. Thank you for your tutorial!

[@blengine]

​@@rodrigoalexandrealves8564 A more realistic car paint(for both engines) is something I've already been working on to make training for. After this course is released I'll probably get back to working on that.

[@blengine]

@@Keyr969 The pattern tutorial is actually already on my wish list! After creating this weave pattern I started making plans for a tutorial just on patterns. Brick and bark are great ideas too. Brick alone could be quite the project depending on the detail, and I like your layering idea too. That one's got me thinking...

[@premainteractive]

Nice!!! Waiting (in)patiently for the course to be released :)

[@fertuffo1187]

Please keep on sharing your knowledge! Procedural textures are amazing

[@razeezar]

There are so many tools and skills packed into this one lesson. So much potential. It's really enjoyable to play around with each step in the node path and have those "Aha!" moments. Excellent stuff.

[@kobutorstudio1605]

A masterpiece of a procedural tutorial if there ever was one! Thank you very much for this.

[@bDwS27]

This was fantastic tutorial! Lots of useful information efficiently layed out!

[@BarrettSmithBB]

The anisotropy effect is awesome! I'll have to try that in my next project.

[@kingsridge]

Great vid! Just getting into the power of procedural and this is just what I needed to continue rounding out my understanding! Thanks

[@startjamming]

That was just "the" perfect tutorial! Amazing way to explain, thank you

[@Shieverski]

Cool tutorial man, and you are doing a great job explaining everything so we can follow you all the way and learning new things, thanks a lot!

[@Sham_Fl]

This is VERY powerfull Dealing with procedural textures is still difficult for me but you make it look very easy !

[@DmitrysGarage]

Amazing tutorial, just what I was looking for when modeling a CF splitter for my car. Thanks!

[@felixniaou]

This tutorial was amazing!

[@icedoc09]

Outstanding! Great explanation. As well as good for later review and reference.

[@kryptik8860]

As someone completely new to the program, this was really cool to see and follow - Thanks for the great content!

[@Tramwithacam]

Super helpful and easy to follow for someone like me who's only just started to play around with nodes.

[@TheCheapPhilosophy]

This is amazing and perfectly explained! Thank you.

[@loicdallaire1714]

That is sooooooooo sick didnt know making materials could be this cool

[@BlenderDaily]

awesome material, great job!

[@lifipp]

This is a pretty darn well explained tutorial for such a complex procedural texture, thank you!

[@DarshanaAbraham]

The way you explain things is impressive. You are a great teacher! Thank you so much!

[@randallroberts431]

I really enjoyed this tutorial; great instruction and the detailed explanations are very much appreciated! Thank you for creating and sharing this!!

[@anonymouschinchilla8050]

This is mind-blowing, thanks for enlightening me.

[@shayandehghan2889]

U r so perfect at teaching man U just explain every single move that u do Im so excited

[@S3b1Guitar]

this is insanely good, thank you!

[@dama1472]

Thanks for this amazing procedural texture. I added a connection between the Bump Normal output into the Clearcoat Normal connection on the Principled BSDF shader and got similar results as you were trying to achieve in part 2. Thanks again for sharing this video.

[@blengine]

Nice, and glad you liked the tutorial =)

[@psifis]

Excellent, brilliant! I found all my answers to mask and nodes at this tutorial. A big thanks! to you my friend. Thank you! Thank you!!!!!!!!!

[@spotsnap]

I had no idea it can be done procedurally. Thanks!

[@jidhneshkhandalkar5122]

Thank you so much for this amazing texture

[@bastian6173]

You're the man Chris. I am happy to apply this shader to some of my Corvette body parts soon :))

[@blengine]

Glad you like it! This is definitely a handy shader to have.

[@kyoto5780]

This is absolutely incredible work, thanku for sharing your knowledge!

[@RussDnB]

Wonderful tutorial, and perfectly explained. Thank you.

[@ericmatthews9894]

Best materials tutorial ever. Thanks

[@jeanclaudethedarklord6205]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It helps me so much with understanding texturing workflow. Thank you!

[@MrMarshallMan3]

This was amazing, thank you! I have a bit of a faster workflow but you've just added to it with some helpful tricks I didn't know. Very fun tutorial, thanks!

[@jonasrenz3216]

AMAZING! Great tutorial

[@ahmadhamada1641]

What is that that easy U are a good teacher abd this deserves 1M more veiws I hope to see more tutorials like that

[@EnfvntTerrible]

i know this is an old video but thank you so much for making these, the way you explain things and how they work after is so helpful and actually develops an understanding of the process a lot more than those videos that just tell you what to do.

[@blengine]

Thank you for the compliments! Glad you liked it. I'm trying to get some newer stuff on here, but tons of distractions right now, hopefully soon though.

[@oak-a-kola6630]

It works with the newest version (3.5), it looks amazing! Nice work and thank you

[@BlocKBric]

Bro, thats incredible, awesome texture, thanks a lot❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vstreet7583]

What a great tutorial! What a great technique! Brilliant! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Thank you. Dg

[@sebastianherzovich7354]

I love it! really Thanks!

[@ReaZaaa]

just perfect. Thank you very much! :D

[@666gargi]

this is a bloody masterclass, unbelieveable... you made like 4 different highly useful textures in different stages of this video and the level of technical explanations you are a great man, thank you

[@blengine]

Thanks glad you liked it! -Chris

[@6TheBACH]

Great tool, thanks man

[@OmeedNOuhadi]

Awesome!!!

[@amritbanerjee]

That really is one of the Nicest Blender Tutorial I have seen in a while. the 4 people Disliking the Video work for 3ds Max xD

[@5m4r27]

nice! im going to use this alot

[@mozaic]

This tutorial was very impressive and easy to follow. I love how you shared your thought process and logic behind every value and how it can affect the material, really helpful for learning how to make shaders on your own. Thank you

[@blengine]

Thank you and glad you liked it so much!

[@niemanickurwa]

Excellent tutorial. Top class.

[@norm_olsen]

Just stumbled upon this! Very neat video! You are clear, concise and methodical! The results turned out great :) Thanks for sharing!

[@blengine]

Thanks glad you liked it!

[@arrtemfly]

wow! now i know how to recreate the flooring i have! thanks

[@ForeignPixel]

Just brilliant !!!

[@ThadeousM]

Thanks homie this was actually really fun to follow and looks tony tiger great!

[@LordoftheFleas]

Really nice! I think in real carbon fiber material, the apparent difference in color of the different strands is an anisotropy phenomenon: the color changes depending on the viewing angle. It can be easily be reproduced in cycles by using the anisotropic setting together with a metallic material and the anisotropic rotation depending on the black-and-white mask you created.

[@blengine]

Ah yeah someone mentioned this and luckily with that zig zag mask it shouldn't be too much work to add in that anisotropic effect as you pointed out. And in the end the color options are still in place for more customizing (I have actually seen 2 distinct colored bands on custom carbon fiber when looking things up). i'm still surprised how strong the anisotropic effect is in real life that the bands look so distinct, very cool. -Chris

[@jefflaclair62]

Bro SO SO Cool, thank you a ton. I just purchased your course to support you and your time Thanks Again

[@blengine]

Thanks for the support Jeff I appreciate that! Hope you like the course too =)

[@aeonnight1012]

This is next level stuff i feel like ive just jumped 10 years in college lol. Thank you so much

[@jenovaizquierdo]

Wow fabulous tutorial as always CG Masters, 🤩🤩 looking forward to buy your course. Thank so much for those tips in the Node Shading, 😂🤣😂 it is funny you always have new tips anything relative to blender that is why I love your tutorials always so helpful.

[@blengine]

Thanks man! And thanks for all the support =) Happy to hear how much you learn from our tutorials. -Chris

[@jenovaizquierdo]

CG Masters thank for replying back. Is a pleasure, you guys deserve it because all of you make high quality video tutorials. I always learn new things. Your courses are really helpful. God bless everyone at CG Masters wishing you the beat to come 🤩🤩.

[@logikal3d]

Phenomenal tutorial.

[@user-mn6tt4bf4q]

Amazing!!! Thank you.

[@UmeshSharma-zh5xr]

Really Really awesome. Thanks Really easy and no need to pay. A huge thank for this 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@maxleveladventures]

Thanks for this! Sweet tip: You can hold shift + right click, then drag over any number of connecting lines in the node editor. Blender will automatically create a reroute node that combines all the lines into one--or add a node to a single line.

[@blengine]

Hey, thanks for that. Some others mentioned this as well and I've gone far too long without using it, very very handy hot key! -Chris

[@cazalpine]

Thank you !

[@hermesjunior0]

Thank you very much!

[@riccardorinaldi9078]

You guys are the best

[@jmc8728]

Dude, welcome back!

[@blengine]

Thank you sir! It's been a long 15 months studying 2.8 and recording for this new course. But now we're going to be unleashing tons of 2.8/2.9 content this year =)

[@jmc8728]

@@blengine "Cry 'Havoc!,' and let slip the dogs of war."

[@tiesflippo5342]

Literally was making a drone with carbon fiber material 3 days ago. Material was a pain to create myself, and now this shows up hahaha. What a coincidence

[@tysonmoore5909]

Ties Flippo “if only there was a tutorial.... oooooh what do we have here?”

[@shadow122121]

Very intersting technique and informative tutorial, thanks a lot! I'm sure someone told you this already, but you can hold Shift and Drag Right Click over node connections to group them under the same re-route node automatically. Just another neat shortcut from that wonderful add-on.

[@blengine]

Super useful hotkey thanks! I really need to spend some time memorizing these hot keys better.

[@shadow122121]

@@blengine They really do seem to be endless haha. I didn't even know there was one for adding a Mix Shader before watching this tutorial.

[@blengine]

Thanks for the comments about the missing anistrophy guys! So we'll consider this to be the Eevee-compatible version then, since anisotrophy is not compatible with Eevee. Here's Part 2 of the tutorial where I add the anisotropic effect in for Cycles in just a few minutes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGbIiIWaptydhbs -Chris

[@nanta18]

Really nice and educational video. I subscribed.

[@mohanpugaz]

Omg. You are awesome.!

[@GaelFonvieille-eb4cq]

Thanks a lot 👍. I had only a problem putting this shader on my piece, i couldn't see it properly. So i had to go to menu "UV" and select "Cube projection" and all is fine now.

[@mezzotint4274]

That's so great crazy. And it really works. I don't know, how someone can figure out something like that.

[@xevinkk]

Thank you

[@lazyartist6985]

amazing

[@dhirajrathod505]

this tutorial isss sooooo awesomeee

[@maradon._.]

WOW! The like rate says everything!

[@Cyber_Kriss]

Absofuckinglutely gorgeous carbon fiber.

[@FinalDriveGame]

Okay, that's cool.

[@mathieuvisnjevec9275]

thanks!

[@DanielSilva-nb6uo]

I did it once and it didn't work, I probably did something wrong, it just didn't work in cycles (everything was black), but now it worked perfectly, thank you very much, best yt tutorial

[@gavindownes2213]

that is amazing

[@williamlacrosse9389]

Just wow! Dude you're should make nodevember! Thanks

[@ronneke4life]

You Sir...are a node wizzard!

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

This was fantastic! Thank you! Even though you stated that this was a more intermediate project you still made sure to go through every step without assuming people would know what to do at any given step. Very much appreciated. What's your approximate timeline for the course release? Thanks!

[@blengine]

Glad you liked it! We aren't sure of an exact release date yet. We're pretty much done but we're doing one last review and editing pass then submitting to Udemy for review. -Chris

[@carlopaccanoni8791]

I name you lord of the nodes😂 thx for the great content

[@danielpool2039]

So, to add a reroute node with a shortcut: Shift+left mouse drag across the noodle(s) coming out of the node. No digging through menus. Great tutorial, though. You’re really good at teaching. And that trick using the Voronoi node to add gradients to the checker pattern was sick.

[@blengine]

Man I just need to spend a week memorizing shader editor (and node wrangler) hot keys. Though I think it's shift+right click drag in this case after having tested it out. Super useful though, thank you. -Chris

[@Drums712]

Yo! How you been bud? Great tut! Love it. Looking forward to the new stuff! Thank you!

[@blengine]

Hey Jimmy! Glad you liked it =D I've been good, just looking forward to a mini vacation after getting this course out after 15 months of working on it nonstop 0_0. How've you been?

[@Drums712]

@@blengine Chris! Good my friend, good! Man I am looking forward to what you are producing. I'm sure you are toast doing all of this. Hope you guys are well!

[@blengine]

​@@Drums712 I am totally toast, but it's all been worth it. I'm looking forward to getting this all out there =D

[@BNR86.]

TYSM

[@PrashanSubasinghe]

Chris!! it's good to hear from you! I am SO digging into this!

[@blengine]

Hey Prashan! Good to be back =) Tons of 2.8/2.9 content coming this year. We spent the last 15 months studying 2.8 and recording for the new course, so it's going to be so freeing to publish that and move on. -Chris

[@zeeshanmurtza4709]

Thanks a lot my dear very nice highly appreciated💖💖💖💖💖

[@YuriKruglov]

Genious!

[@ShadeAKAhayate]

A very nice and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you for spreading Blender knowledge. To deepen it, I would suggest explaining the big steps some more before proceeding. Like, at 2:11 it would be beneficial to explain that you are going to convert Checker texture into brand-like, subdivide it spacially with more brands and offset it using texture coordinates to create the mask displayed. Perhaps a simple breakdown in stages would be beneficial as well -- this way most people will understand what are they doing at each step without rewinding the video, which is a key to understanding the principles.

[@blengine]

Thanks! And you're right, there were a few parts that I thought could've used a little more foreshadowing. It's sometimes hard to find the right balance between being concise and also being comprehensive enough, but I'll try to do better. Thanks for the feedback! -Chris

[@Adonis_MF]

Good video

[@kingreinhold9905]

I already knew all of this... But 23:55 was worth every second!!!

[@catafest]

You can link the value of scale with the bump node with a divide math function.

[@blengine]

Thanks for that. Someone else mentioned it too and it's a good idea. I might create a follow-up to this tutorial where I create a node group with all the important customizable options, and I'll for sure be including the divide function to keep things consistent with scale. -Chris

[@Coffer80]

I agree with others - this is perhaps the best set of tutorials I've ever stumbled upon for Blender. I do have one question though - I need to scale the pattern since it is simply to large for my object but I can't figure out how to scale it. I'd love some hints on this. :)

[@Coffer80]

Never mind my own stupidity... at the end of this tutorial you added that scaling I was looking for. Thumbs up for the best tutorials I've seen in ages for Blender. :)

[@blengine]

Thanks Kristofer, glad you liked it!

[@JOELwindows7]

This is your daily dose of Recommendation Carbon fibre shader but it's Procedural in Blender

[@yuwish6320]

I did this in 2.79. Took a few adjustments, since the Mapping node in 2.79 doesn't have the same inputs as 2.8 onwards. After the Mapping node use a Vector Math node set to Add.

[@RW_CreativeMedia]

*_WOW...!_*