REALISTIC VRAY MATERIALS with Displacement and Normal Maps - Vray for SketchUp Tutorial

In this video, learn to use displacement and normal maps to make your flat textures in Vray look REAL. These maps help you fake realistic geometry and shadows without having to adjust your geometry in SketchUp!
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[@jewel00717]

"Apply the material to a group." Just wasted 1 hour of my life trying to figure out why the displacement isn't working. I've been applying the material inside a group and not to a group the whole time. CRAZY. Thank you Justin!!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Yeah - this one took me a while to figure out as well. You'd think they'd advertise this more...

[@drponcealegre]

2hs here

[@G6C3E]

@@Thesketchupessentials ... same aswell, but the question is how to adjust the position or etc of the material which is applied outside of the group? Any idea?

[@G6C3E]

Hey again, i think i've figured out. First apply the material outside of the group just as Justin did, then right click on the group, go to option V-ray UV tools, then choose which option you prefer. Then you can get in the group to adjust the texture like we do all the time with texture option.

[@cic018]

@@G6C3E This then seems to affect the scale of the texture so it won't work for bricks. Have you found the same?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

FIRST! Make sure to check out my tutorial on using Materialize to generate texture maps from images here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5zWqJ6iipuDg5o !

[@jahaaneishq2248]

Justin yours vedios are really big help.......you have proved to be a best tutor.well can just help us more with the configuration of your system...to get such renders without being crashed........I'll be highly thankful to you buddy.

[@darkamethystos]

Awesommme! i'me been looking in to maps but not too deeply, your explanation was great, i am so excited to improve my renders

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Cool! These maps make a BIG difference in your render quality. Make sure to check out these two videos as well - they talk a bit more about using maps in your renderings - kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5XWZXeMbMp-n6s , kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYGwcod9p9qhqKc - Thanks!

[@kayotic321]

Nice video Justin keep it up! Here are a few extra things worth sharing - The displacement units normally equal sketchup modelling units (inches/mm/cm) - You can fix the jagged displacement by adding more filter blur to the displacement map or cranking up the edge length (higher numbers means smoother geometry and faster renders / lower numbers means more geometry so slower renders - 15 works well most cases) - if your normal map makes your diffuse look darker or off coloured - change the colour space of the map from 'Sceen Space sRGB" to "Render Space linear" and put bump type to "normal - tangent" option

[@Thesketchupessentials]

These are really great tips! Thanks so much for sharing - I'm curious...what do you do with 3D? These are really good...

[@kayotic321]

@@Thesketchupessentials Thanks, i'm a junior architect atm, but I've been teaching myself V-Ray and visualisation since I started studying. Archviz is a hobby now and I sometimes upload Vray models to 3D warehouse for fun.

[@enmanuelcampusano3704]

Thank you, clear enough for guys like starting in this world! Thanks again...

[@abarkan6426]

Siempre vuelvo a tus videos cuando olvido algo Muchas gracias

[@evangeliapentari5031]

Hello there. Great job, keep going. I have a question for you. You actually put bitmap file (3 bit map & 1 jpg) , but i can't undrestand where do you find them?! I mean, do you actually install them, or do you create them? Thank you for your time.

[@user-ck7dv5hm2n]

thank you

[@hedenbladstradgard]

Thanx for all of your tutorials! It is so helpful!

[@fabianernestopacheco]

You're a master, thank you!!!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad you liked it!

[@delll372]

YOU ARE A LIFE SAVERR

[@karielacy1708]

Thank you for your videos! You seem to have a video for every question I have. I need to create a render with a very specific tile and need to create a map like this with a jpeg of the material. Unfortunately Materialize doesn't work on a Mac. Any suggestions on how to do this?

[@beaumccarthy7392]

amazing, you da bomb Jason!

[@anetamikuan5533]

Everythink super but I have a vray 4.20.03 and I cannot find anywhere "displacement" :/.

[@fashionactivation]

Thank you so much for this helpful video!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stalledimagination]

youre the best man, excelent explanation, suscribing here

[@shaikzakeer4944]

Hello for what textures Weill add maps .can we add map for every textures we applied in projects like fabrics,tiles,wood etc... May I know please

[@JoseMaria-ng1qp]

I can't thank you enough man.....

[@karunamorlekar7977]

need a little help, my sketchup file is stuck at building light cache (0 % not moving beyond that )while rendering using vray, please let me know what could be the probable reason and is you can help me with that

[@jkdrawing2730]

thank you very much

[@______iman___6110]

whats the name of app or site that export maps ?

[@dracumelenios]

This is great! Can you do Quixel Mixer too? Its a free beta and it does the same thing but more advamced.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I'll give it a look - I haven't done anything with Mixer, but would like to learn more about Quixel's stuff anyway - thanks!

[@zviad911]

hi :) can I use materials created in materialize for enscape?

[@hoanthan1104]

Hi! I make be like you but pebble not floating in blocks, pls help me, thanks and best regard!!!

[@ga4038]

Thank you very much :)

[@steamsteam6607]

That's great but what about procedural texturing of a floor and such I can't set the overlap decently.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Maybe try Mixer? kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJjPqWqBpdOfqqM

[@pabloechanove7729]

You rule!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@David2751]

Do I have to create a map image for every texture (if so, how?) or where can I find those?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Depends on what you're trying to do really. You don't have to, but the maps do make the images more realistic

[@user-uh7kb8xf9n]

Justin thank yoy bro

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Thanks!

[@radioactiveag2531]

Curious but I am using an older sketchup and vray 2016 I believe. Is there a way to convert the displacement to a mesh? I am getting some really cool abstract effects in the renders but I want to take the sketchup vray displacement result over to a 3d animation program. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Not 100% sure on this one

[@bernabefernandez3408]

Excelente !!!

[@rosemelie]

Would this work even if I’m using rhino? Is the bray interface the same? I’m trying to make a coral pattern.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

No clue - this is a SketchUp channel...I assume so though - most programs use image files for textures

[@rosemelie]

@@Thesketchupessentials I see, I didnt find a detailed video lied your for rhino. That's why I asked. thank you

[@thexbox540]

Hey ! I follow from a long time ago ! Thx for all your tips ! I've a question for u, my displacment maps are not working any more one Vray -- Do you have an idea ? Thank you again for evry thing ! T.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Did you apply the material to the outside of your group?

[@thexbox540]

@@Thesketchupessentials Hey ! Thx for your anwer ! i was not really excpected it ! thank you very much for your disponibility and all your videos ! i learn v-ray because of u !

[@thexbox540]

@@Thesketchupessentials obviously, that was the problem, it can be really annoying when your group is a wall for exemple. One the outside i want some stone and ok the inside just a normal paint. so i have to dissociate the two part ?

[@shaikmohsin9014]

How to create bump material in photoshop bule colour type ?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Personally I'd use Materialize - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5zWqJ6iipuDg5o

[@Mattsana]

What would happen if you save the files as JPG instead of BMP in material? Severe loss of quality?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't think so - I'm not aware of a gigantic loss in quality between those two formats, but I'm not sure

[@Mattsana]

@@Thesketchupessentials Generally they are but takes a lot of space. But I'm not sure how it affects rendering.

[@leonardocapriodi1130]

So,basically there is no way to make them look more realistic without downloading the maps( bump,displacement etc) ?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Why WOULDN'T you want to download the maps? Those are what tell the program HOW to render the material...

[@leonardocapriodi1130]

@@Thesketchupessentials thnx for the reply, i do download lol.. sometimes i just get lost in all the parameters in vray. Thought the materials that came with vray already, dont need the maps to be downloaded..like, just change the parameter here a bit there and, voila you got the image xD

[@bacazterchovej2235]

what is your graphic card ? i need to know how quick is vray when render through GC .

[@Thesketchupessentials]

My PC is linked in the notes below the video - I'm running a GEForce 1080ti

[@shaik229]

SIR, WHAT IS YOUR SYSTEM SPECIFICATION... THANK YOU SIR

[@Ivanoneto81]

mine rocks dont pump up the texture :/

[@Time2Wonder70]

Save your texture as a JPEG and not a BMP that will make the file size smaller.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Will have to give this a try - thanks for the tip!

[@benl1612]

you should list in the details the videos you mention in your video, its easier for us to find and for you to increase views.

[@jocu89]

I can’t determine which is the final rendered image

[@Thesketchupessentials]

I don't understand what you're getting at...

[@jocu89]

TheSketchUpEssentials you are not showing us the final full image with the generated texture. For example the shadow in the inner part of the “pool” is grained/pixelated

[@rendericeib4513]

hello, what's your GPU?

[@Thesketchupessentials]

GTX1080ti

[@rendericeib4513]

@@Thesketchupessentials good one

[@MageAtYou]

Does this guy not blink?

[@user-ry7ok7rc4q]

the shadow on the stones seems unrealistic

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Interesting...maybe it's a scale issue? It's still a lot more realistic than just not using a map...

[@qqbmz1328]

thank you very much