Material Library Cycles beta

Description

original mat lib collected from the community form here:

[http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?252957-Cycles_Matlib-Beta-Release!-Help-Wanted!](http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?252957-Cycles_Matlib-Beta-Release!-Help-Wanted!)

Thanks to everyone for their help.

the mat lib is a little large & needs refining. you can add & remove your own materials too.

It contains a .blend file with all the materials as Fake User for appending.

Also included is an .xml file providing a categories list for ready to use in Matlibvx addon.

[https://sites.google.com/site/aleonserra/home/scripts/matlib-vx](https://sites.google.com/site/aleonserra/home/scripts/matlib-vx)

simply put the .blend & .xml, in the matlibvx folder, in addons folder & enable the addon & enjoy the presets.

Comments (86)

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agoooez over 13 years ago

you rock men...! thank's.. :D

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elbrujodelatribu over 13 years ago

Congratulations Meta-Androcto. Good work.

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Dimmyxv over 13 years ago

Thanks a lot! It's gonna be quite useful for someone who's learning texturing, like me.

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nickbrunner over 13 years ago

very useful tool! thank you!

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elbrujodelatribu over 13 years ago

What the final _G means?

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meta-androcto over 13 years ago

_G is for materials that are consist of group

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BlendCycle over 13 years ago

Hiya Meta-Androcto, I'm trying to import the materials but no joy so far (just getting into the blender). Any chance you could do a quick video or written tutorial please. There's no 'matlibvx' folder only 'matlib'. I've but categories.xml and material.blend in the 'matlib' folder overwriting the default matlib ones and enabled the addon. But upon pressing the categories only an empty black square pops up. Any help much appreciated. I'd also like to keep the matlib categories and presets, hoping they work ok with cycles? Peace

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kingjah over 13 years ago

You stated to put the files in the matlibvx folder (if I do not have a matlibvx folder should I create one?) then put that folder in the addons folder???

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Bizla over 13 years ago

Thanks alot for uploading, these will be very useful to me in studying how to get special material affects in cycles :)

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thehorseman007 over 13 years ago

that is a huge collection of textures , wow thanks for sharing mate :)

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jim-x about 12 years ago

actually these arent textures they are Materials, so you dont need to unwrap your models, even if there are textures in the material they are procedural, this meens, you can adjust them an the also don't need unwrapping :)

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amiacs over 13 years ago

Hey i used this on my rally car. Am i allowed to upload if i leave a link to this blend

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amiacs about 13 years ago

I used this blend and gave you credit for the materials. If you want to see this it is here. http://www.blendswap.com/blends/view/66863

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bjh5589 about 13 years ago

this is a beautiful work but... it does not work with blender 2.66 :( that is very sad...

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GLakie about 13 years ago

Thanks for your hard work Meta-Androcto. Another great add-on.

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def4D about 13 years ago

Doesn't work, opens the default scene :(

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marymarymary almost 10 years ago

you need to append the materials from the .blend file Try File> Append> Materials

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eduardonot about 13 years ago

good job man s2s2

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CraftingConrad about 13 years ago

Very cool!

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niebieski about 13 years ago

Thanks man , i have some troubles using cycles still...

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CubeGod almost 13 years ago

What a lovely mat lib!

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davidjhi almost 13 years ago

Thanks friend!

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D4DD201D almost 13 years ago

thanks

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DrPen over 12 years ago

Thank you very much!

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mazigh over 12 years ago

thank you

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Cayo over 12 years ago

¡Gracias! Muy buen trabajo.

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pmattson over 12 years ago

What does this message mean: OH HAI! Looks like you're trying to use a download link more than once, which is not possible. Please go back, reload the page, and press the download button again for a fresh download link :)

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pmattson over 12 years ago

nevermind

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ephebox over 12 years ago

Great job! Thanks for sharing!

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Januz over 12 years ago

Learned a ton with this. Thanks!

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taberetta1 over 12 years ago

These are some of best materials I have seen for two reasons, they are simple and they look fantastic. Plus instead of providing just one overly complex material that you may only use once in a while, you have included an assortment that can be used daily. I thank you for the time you put into this project and for sharing it with others, that says a lot about you as an artist. These are simply great!

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realsoliman over 12 years ago

Estupendo... gracias.

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linatpw about 12 years ago

Thank You, Terima Kasih

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yogazwara about 12 years ago

thanks, you rocks..

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DIZZZZK about 12 years ago

Hi IM new to here and new to use blender also, could you show me how to add those material into blender system where i can use it along? thx!

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DIZZZZK about 12 years ago

Hi i have tried to add the matlib system from your link and copy this latest material into it, i can see the material name, but all the material does not work in blender 2.7 pls help, thx!

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paulgottgens almost 12 years ago

Hi meta andocto, This is a very nice blend file. Very useful. It takes ages to make a blend file like this. Thank you very much for sharing. It saves a lot of work for many artists. Best regards, Paul

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holyenigma almost 12 years ago

i think something is wrong with the file, the zip id only like 32.4kb and it wont unzip.

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bellefort over 11 years ago

you need to update your browser

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mattceko almost 12 years ago

Tnks alot!!!!

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richardfireone almost 12 years ago

Muchas Gracias,,very nice collection to learn from,,thank you for your generous apportion.

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tberghuis almost 12 years ago

Is there a quick way to view a sample of every material at once? So I can quickly see what all the materials look like with the name next to it.

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JDHaller almost 12 years ago

Exalent work, great stuff Thanks for sharing :)

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Christinme16 over 11 years ago

Very nice. You save us a lot of work.

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martin7792 over 11 years ago

Thank you God

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julioramirez over 11 years ago

very nice! thanks! buen aporte :D

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RTM over 11 years ago

Appreciated!!! :D

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esimacio over 11 years ago

You are insane man ! in a very good way. Very nice collection 10 star out of 10

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Sunkiss over 11 years ago

Donsn't work for me when I enable the addon! Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I did copy the "matlib" folder into my addons folder.

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jujuba2 over 11 years ago

One Word: AMAZING

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bellefort over 11 years ago

I really love it, thnx for share :D

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SorryX over 11 years ago

Just what I was looking for, thank you!

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mcolinp over 11 years ago

After installing this; I suddenly am missing things in the Materials and Nodes functions. The button "Use Nodes" is no longer in the Properties Panel. Also when using "Add Node" (Shift+A); the "Shader Category is missing. So this means no BDSF shaders from scratch! Is anyone else having these troubles? I am using 2.72b

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BlueStorm017 over 11 years ago

Thanks so much for this! It saves so much time and these materials are really cool. I wish blender came loaded with these.

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Ovicior over 11 years ago

This is so beautiful...

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Michallius over 11 years ago

wow! It's great. Thanks!!!

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tiger3311 about 11 years ago

Thank you for your effort featured

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reidh about 11 years ago

Dear Meta, I have tried repeatedly to download blender 2.49b super build ( yours ) from graphicall, and from blender.org/previousreleases I have python 3.3 installed for running blender 2.6 - 2.73a but also have python 2.6.6, 2.6.2, and I think 2.5 installed for blender 2.49b, 2.49a, 2.49, and 2.48. Now I run windows 7 sp1, 64 bit, AMD Athlon dual core, nvidia geforce 7800 gtx, 4GB RAM In every case after install I only get consol and then splash screen, and then all stops. What am I doing wrong?

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Jaiditnon almost 11 years ago

public domain? you're a god!

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Studaddy almost 11 years ago

These are great!

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baroquedub over 10 years ago

Am I missing something? Are the image textures (e.g. Grass.png for earth_Mountains_2) abailable for download. The zip only contained the .blend and .xml files Thanks :)

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danigreenhouse over 10 years ago

can't find a way to make this work with 2.7 - am i doing something wrong? can't locate in add ons in rreferences

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islam1010 over 10 years ago

Thank you

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buergi over 10 years ago

Thanks, great, but the categories don't work with matlib-vx 5.6, I used a little python script based on matlib's sendmat.py and save_categories.py to fix the categories.

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djela63 over 10 years ago

you rock ! thanks a lot for your effort

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vhcros over 10 years ago

thanks for all, awesome materials.

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lastsurvivor about 10 years ago

Hey is it possible access the OSL code for these shaders? Some of them seem to be made with custom nodes.

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beegan almost 10 years ago

this is realy great

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noranlancer almost 10 years ago

Is it possible for me to usethis materials in my 3d design and sell them or not ? :)

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akira26 almost 10 years ago

nice!! tahnks I ma learning with this!!

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Eqysterika over 9 years ago

thanks!!!!

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ikarios56 over 9 years ago

and well is clean and super job thanks for sharing_!

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logicwork over 9 years ago

Thank you very much!

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takzang1984 over 9 years ago

Hello thank you. from Iran.

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lyjen almost 9 years ago

thanks

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BlenderBach almost 9 years ago

GREAT MAN GREAT

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BlenderBach almost 9 years ago

I like it very much! A LOT OF VARIATIONS TO CHOOSE FROM! THANKS!

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relidin1 over 8 years ago

Blender material has been giving me headache for a __long time__. This blend serves me as both a library and a tutorial. __Thanks!__ _May open source be with you_

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AshleyJGameDev over 8 years ago

Thank You

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digtalzombie over 7 years ago

i am just starting out in blender this just want i need thank you so much

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folio77 over 7 years ago

I'm having trouble - I am new though so i'm probably doing something wrong. The materials are installed and i can see them in the dropdown in matlib but they are all blank. Edit - Nevermind - It was just my Newbie-ness

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digtalzombie about 7 years ago

thank you nice set i am just starting out this will help me alot thank you

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hyperbaric almost 5 years ago

thanks!!

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jake21_1107524 almost 5 years ago

Thanks a lot!

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VH396657_1587000 about 4 years ago

It doesn't work fo rme.

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tiger_1828266 about 2 years ago

Hello, thanks for sharing, Can i use the materials for commercial in an addon with GPL license?

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