Understanding Materials - Blender 2.8 Tutorial for Beginners (Eevee)

[@Chocofur]

01:15 - 01. Materials & Object Types 02:20 - 02. Materials vs Material Slots 04:20 - 03. Assigning Material Slots to Mesh 06:47 - 04. Creating Low Poly Scene 07:30 - 05. Material Color vs Viewport Color 08:37 - 06. Node Editor / Shader Editor 10:00 - 07. Specular & Roughness 12:20 - 08. Background Plane Modeling 13:15 - 09. Camera Setup 14:50 - 10. Independent Materials 16:55 - 11. Setting Up the Illumination 17:45 - 12. Enabling Viewport Reflections 18:54 - 13. Final Steps 22:58 - 14. Saving the Image 24:20 - 15. Donate to Support Blender!

[@greatstaro9255]

Thank you. Hero

[@robothippie943]

The ASMR in this video made me chuckle a bit, truly great.

[@blenderinthegrass]

Great video. I really like that you explained everything. Too often in Blender tutorials, the instructor tells you how to achieve a certain effect by adjusting various parameters, but they don't explain what those things do or why you'd want to use them. Thanks.

[@Chocofur]

Hey, great to hear the approach we're taking on these tuts is the right one :-) Appreciate your comment!

[@normg2242]

Thank you so much for keeping it simple and on a simple object. Many beginner's tutorials cover way too much ground at once so you forget what you learned. I'll be back for more! :)

[@PaintByMonster]

THIS is SUCH a GREAT TUTORIAL!! Thank you for it! Unassigned materials disappear from save to save is so great to know! So great!

[@wyattblends7643]

I'm almost done with your Beginners 2.8 playlist. I cant wait to dive into materials with this one.

[@daveybalmer]

This video cleared up a lot of my questions. The content, the pace, and the flow were all perfect. I have found that the best approach for me, is to watch the video in its entirety, maybe a couple of times, before attempting to duplicate in a version of my own. As a complete noobie, I have to catch everything as it unfolds and cannot claim success until my output is the same as yours. But, the effort is very worthwhile and your video is just what I have been looking for. Thanks very much!

[@Chocofur]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pspicer777]

This is a great video. One suggestion would be to add the screencast tool that allows us to see the keys you are typing (I am sorry as I do not know what it is). Having this view of what you are doing would help us, beginners, immensely. Thanks again for the excellent content!

[@hyperchango]

Man, your videos are the best. I love your calm demeanor and leisurely pace.

[@felixsamulevich8668]

Very important style of teaching , easy to follow .Usually too pro. people never understand point of view of beginners . Thank you.

[@2wugs]

Pov: You just started making GOOD models in blender and you want to texture them

[@pba21]

"Trust me, we will get there". Very encouraging sir.

[@Chocofur]

Thank you :-)

[@billk7468]

One of the Best Blender Tutorials. Very easy to follow and Understand.

[@iESCAP1SM]

The ability to easily apply different materials to different faces really sets it apart from other render software I have tried. Ty for the instructions!

[@cjxgraphics]

Great tutorial. And that music in the background is a nice subtle touch. Took me probably 10 minutes to figure out where this music was coming from.

[@Chocofur]

Thanks, I'm still trying to figure out what to do with music in my videos so it's not confusing :-)

[@hidgik]

I do not know If i am learning, but watching your tutorials makes me more brave to click the various buttons and my heart does a little jump every time I fiddle around with settings.

[@Chocofur]

Hey man, I'm really happy to hear that :-) Have a great weekend!

[@vl4997]

Very clearly explained, very esthetically demonstration with a very soothing background-music, with one word: One of the best tutorials I've ever seen. (And - Bingo - I awarded it with the Like No: 2000 ;))

[@sahebfahmi]

The best material lesson for beginners I watched. I will follow all your lessons to benefit from them as well.

[@cortomaltese9101]

Pls. enable the hotkeys! THX and keep on!

[@samuel42237]

I NEED HELP WHEN U HAVE MORE THEN 2 MATERIALS HOW DO U PUT THEM BOTH INTO A PREVIEW

[@TheKeefeStone]

ZERO modeling experience or 3D in general experience. However, the very thought of a Free, Open-Source, 3D do-all software that actually works? New interest has evolved.

[@WolfieDesigns]

Keep the material videos coming :)

[@thejourney4609]

I found another way to make the backdrop is to select the back edge and extrude it vertically. Next, select the line that intersects the horizontal and vertical planes and click Ctrl+B to Bevel it. Scroll until you have 6 or so divisions. What's great is the bevel perfectly rounds it off which is nice!

[@johndice3835]

WoW just WoW, a few simple tools to make your work look good. Thanks so much

[@scatterbrainart]

Hey, the material slot/material differentiation wasn't dry at all. It's very important to understand how the structure works. Thank you for the tutorial!

[@thejourney4609]

Great video and we got a nice introduction to the Node editor! Awesome stuff!

[@CatSmileXOX]

Thank you! Learning blender with the change of software that just happened is hard because most tutorials aren't for this version >.

[@PhilipDenys]

2 shorter workflows backdrop: 1- create a plane (+ edit mode and select the back edge) 2- extrude the edge ('E' + 'Z' to guide the extrusion straight up) 3- select the corner and create a bevel (command B (macos) +scroll up to get 6 segments + enter or click to confirm 4- hit Tab to get out of edit mode + right click the backdrop and select 'shade smooth' positioning camera view: 1- position the view in 'object mode' and click ' view' > Align view > Align active camera to view

[@amarmurthy2783]

Your classes are Amazing.

[@casillasmono]

Thanks a lot for this tutorials. Everything that I know of blender is because you

[@harshmunjal]

Best beginner tut for Blender Materials! Just so that you know.... 🤘

[@DoesntReadReplies]

You should do guided meditations because your voice is super calming.

[@levelchanger468]

Very nice tutorial sir, I Was just looking for such a video. Thank you so much.

[@Chocofur]

Great that you found what you were looking for! Thank you for your comment as well :-)

[@KaiBuskirk]

had a great time!!!! thank you

[@babinio7458]

Great tutorial for beginners! thanks mate!

[@bnibcdcreativemedia9851]

So should i ditch all the other 3D programs and just go with Blender? Im struggling.

[@Chocofur]

It really depends. Blender is a great overall 3D tool that fits both full time 3D freelancers and people doing the creative works in general. If you want to aim for 3DCG / VFX industry specifically, sooner than later you'll have to learn additional software other than Blender. It's simply because the CG/VFX industry got so specialized and diversified you can't do everything with one software only.

[@yeetus8870]

You also have to keep in mind that Blender isn't very widely used in the industry and there's a reason why it's open source and free. Other programs like 3Ds Max and Maya, UE4 etc are important to learn if you want to work for a studio

[@polypus74]

@@yeetus8870 "and there's a reason why it's open source and free" which is?

[@rayanmagneto]

yes

[@dwon7781]

Very helpful! Completely agree that Blender is an excellent tool for Graphic Designers to have.

[@Chocofur]

Exactly! 3D is not as it was used to be 10 years ago and is much easier to get into nowadays thanks to Blender.

[@uodige1]

Thank you for uploading the tutorial. it's very easy to follow the tutorial

[@luisalejandrocuencajimenez2424]

Thank you so much my friend. I really needed some help with materials in blender.

[@Chocofur]

Glad I could help!

[@FumeCreates]

Thanks man. I love how simple you made this .

[@Chocofur]

Pleasure :-)

[@technochow]

Great thanks for making this video with Blender 2.8 The only one I see

[@CleverGirlAAH]

from now on I'm coming to your channel first for answers. I can't tell you how long I've been looking for something that breaks this down like this. I haven't progressed for weeks cause I've been looking for this answer and no one else does a good job of explaining it...

[@Chocofur]

Thanks Yesitis, that's REALLY great to hear I could help you in making another step in learning Blender :-)

[@wolf3567]

thanks a lot, I"ve seen a lot of tutorial ,but your are the best

[@Chocofur]

Thank you Kaveh!!

[@LDMTX6]

Love your tutorials. Thx

[@digitalflightworks8751]

That was great! I learned so much.

[@drronyvincent]

When I assigning new material to selected face, it becoming transparent??Help Me Anyone!!!!

[@flowapowa3530]

Same here idk why

[@drronyvincent]

@@flowapowa3530 - I changed Eevee option into cycles (in the render options). It works for me. Try that

[@flowapowa3530]

Rony Vincent Thanks, ill try

[@flowapowa3530]

Rony Vincent It didn’t work :( Only in render mode, any other is just a mess

[@videoot]

Dank, dit is een zeer duidelijke uitleg.

[@CarlosEduardoLeitedeAndrade]

Hi! How to have N color combinations but only use a few times allowing enable and disable some of these colors? Example: A cube with the object's default color. One color for the top face. Another color for the top and side faces. Without losing this setting, I would like to turn on the second color without losing the third. I understand that I can put all the same colors in the slots and swap but as the slots don't have names, it's hard to remember that index 1 is the top and index 2 is the top and side. Is there an easier way to manage this?

[@polypus74]

How did you "extrude" plane with move tool (12:35)? As others have mentioned hotkeys view would help a lot. Thanks for the vids, will check out some more.

[@Chocofur]

Hey polypus, just press "E" key to extrude. I'm trying to include the hotkeys in the later videos!

[@pohlmoco]

When I extrude , it only makes a line and doesn't extrude the plane

[@emnc982]

@@pohlmoco same

[@ih4269]

Anyone figure this out? I'm stuck and dont know how to select the edge or extrude

[@dougieladd]

You are an excellent teacher.

[@Chocofur]

Thanks! :-)

[@pixelwrinkly1528]

very nice thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@NN-wc7dl]

Great! Learned a lot here!

[@Chocofur]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hiranga]

really great video! thanks!

[@Sebastian-Florin]

HI MATE, you are the best teacher for me !!! I'm listening to the headphones, in the future please do not use strident sounds like those at the minute 11:57... BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. THANK YOU !

[@Chocofur]

hey, sorry for that, will try to keep it quiter next time :-)

[@josephroiml]

Very clarifying...... excellent tutorial.

[@Chocofur]

Thanks! Great to hear!

[@Hfthdwvhgd]

Great video.. really liked your explanation...

[@Chocofur]

Thank you 🙂

[@LordRakzoon]

Idk if you are going to read this, but when I switch to material preview my object just appears black.

[@arresha_ar]

Thank you

[@MetalGearMk3]

"hover over mesh and hit L" mind blown!

[@HeyBear]

Haha, hover over anything and press all the keys!!

[@manusiastengahdewa8835]

how can i make that curve surface, i mean how to draw the point like u did? thank u, are amazing..

[@eylam9690]

Not sure what microphone you are using, but this is some excellent ASMR.

[@Chocofur]

:-D thanks

[@yemiodutola3099]

Fantastic, Bravo, I recommend this to anyone trying to understand materials in blender. #Bestblendertutorial #blendermaterials

[@syedrizvi6408]

Great video I am unable to apply the color on the surface. Can you please help me?

[@raomsantosh]

Nice Video Sir... but I am stuck in the step where I assign color to monkey eyes. As soon as I assign color to the eyes... eye faces disappear... Kindly help me.

[@canidu]

Thanks choco was battling with how materials were applied till I watched this

[@Chocofur]

Thanks for your comment, great to hear the vid was helpful :-)

[@zahreddinesoualem3213]

Hii Bro I really like your videos a lot thank youuu sooo much ... I always check your channel and my notification if there's some news from you or not .. please don't take us waiting so long :D

[@Chocofur]

That's awesome to hear :-) I'll try to deliver at least one video per week!

[@kankanbaishya1038]

hey please help me, why my colour get disappear in evee, when i use more than one colour

[@babbyrbr3791]

sir i really enjoy the theory part can we go a littel deeper?

[@philippfrogel9355]

such a good tutorial! I found many beginner tutorials so tiring because there still ALL THE TIME unmentioned shortcuts etc were applied and it took 10 times as long to get even through a minute of video. why can't people keep it simple when they declare it as a beginner tutorial? it's possible as is seen here

[@Chocofur]

Thanks Philipp, I really glad you liked it!!

[@justineevanz3863]

when i click on assign on for my second box for new colour they delete/transparent please how to fix my this problem

[@Oswee]

Sooo gooood!!! Tnx for sharing!

[@ShmittyShmit]

These are so good!

[@Chocofur]

Thank you m8!

[@WesterlyWilderness]

good video but not got a clue what hotkeys your pushing mate

[@teracota]

Awesome tut!

[@Chocofur]

Thanks! :-)

[@teracota]

Can you do a tutorial about making materials with node editor. Specially like these materials pin.it/u7v3kqw54tlxl4

[@MichaelFlynn0]

excellent - subscribed

[@sicknickeroni]

If I export as .OBJ will the colors stay?

[@agu._.gimenez]

Hi! thx for the vid, I have a question, how do you do to select the eyes so fast? hope you answer! talk ya! cheers

[@Chocofur]

Hey Agustin, just hover your mouse cursor over the eyes and press L key (linked selection).

[@varunpersaud4394]

I would like to draw a smiley face on the box with 2 eyes and a mouth . I would like for another program to detect these portions as materials so i can edit the regions . Why can't i paint on something and let that be picked up as a material ?

[@varunpersaud4394]

Not sure if I'm clear ...In blender if i texture paint a smiley face on a cube ...How can I make the smiley face material editable ? There is another program I would like to assign my textures in I am just trying to make the paint job material regions . Is there a material brush ?

[@ParthAnand]

High-Quality Videos!

[@Chocofur]

Thank you :-)

[@daeschischi]

Pls, enable the hotkeys..

[@blenderkh7284]

Ok. Thanks, so hhis is material color, how about texture?

[@ramivideos167]

Thank you very much for your creativity, exasperation and great videos! I reach to your channel by your awesome video while you doing an architecture sketch in one hour. If you have time (specially in those days when most of us at home), please do a video with explanation about Blender With Architecture - tips and more

[@fredericld6553]

Very nice, thanks a lot.

[@Chocofur]

Thank you :-)

[@kaon8185]

Me: I'll just tweak these buttons and learn how it works from the outcome. Blender: Nah boi you gonna have to watch a tutorial as always.

[@Chocofur]

Great comment :-)

[@saraheffect4420]

this is the most relatable comment ever

[@wheelswarrior]

the objects in my shading editor screen are black. why?

[@AliMusllam]

Check the intensity + range of the light, if there's any!

[@wheelswarrior]

@@AliMusllam I've got the main object lit up but I still don't have the hdri visible

[@keithrunyon7746]

very informative

[@normanpeters6800]

I'm using 3.0 and most of the stuff works but what he says press G shift zette he lost me because i do not even know what zette means so i look it up i guess it meen 7 but even then pressing G shift 7 did not do any thing at all but move the cube around freely but still could not move it passed the bord wile in camra mode so i just hit left click and G and x to move it that all i could do it not bad video i did lean some stuff as a beginer

[@Chocofur]

I think it was G + Shift + Z but I made that video eternity ago

[@mancurious4577]

thank you for the tutorial

[@ТомараСнегирь]

Thank you very much!

[@Chocofur]

You're welcome Татьяна :-)!

[@zahreddinesoualem3213]

When I click on Screen Shadow Reflection some ugly points appears in shadows and makes the objects not shiny how can I fix that ?

[@Chocofur]

Hey, it's hart do tell but it may be some graphics card issue...

[@soudthani1601]

Hello, anyone know the performance of NVIDIA GeForce 740 which is 2Gb on rendering?

[@CrosswireHunter]

thank you Sir.

[@coolboris45of]

Mine doesnt render

Viva Blender's Freedom!

[@m198891]

thx man :)

[@Chocofur]

welcome :D

[@abduladhlazeez]

Nice background music

[@legendindamakin5007]

Everytime I add a new object my old object disappears why does this happen?!?😭

[@batbunny7694]

Omg this will save me

[@raskoljnikov1198]

thanks for the vid :)

[@Chocofur]

Pleasure :-D

[@legendindamakin5007]

Yeah no... we have the same blender and the extruding vertices u didnt motion how to do and u failed to mention how u switched to side veiw...

[@legendindamakin5007]

12:36 it moves the whole platform for me not just the vertices..!?!?

[@WesterlyWilderness]

stuck at the same bit

[@legendindamakin5007]

@@WesterlyWilderness I found out how to do it but then I forgot hehe... Just keep messing with it it does work

[@legendindamakin5007]

@@WesterlyWilderness try click the one end and then hold down shift click the other or something

[@WesterlyWilderness]

@@legendindamakin5007 thanks mate , the whole system is a headfuck lol

[@legendindamakin5007]

@@WesterlyWilderness frl😭😭