Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bored of the basic shaders? Learn to create ANY MATERIAL you can imagine using the Shader Editor in Blender!
In this tutorial I will show you the fundamentals of how to use this powerful node-based editor to create your own, fully customisable materials!

TIME STAMPS
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Tutorial Start
2:12 Enabling Cycles & GPU Acceleration
3:15 Setting up an Setting up an Environment Texture
5:06 Using the Principled BSDF Shader
7:26 Using the Shader Editor
10:31 How to Mix Shaders
12:01 Applying Noise Textures
17:17 Using Fresnel & Layer Facing for Advanced Mixing
19:42 Ambient Occlusion (AO)

Just getting started with Blender?
Beginner Tutorial Series here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs2aOcA-EaLNX5j2yxVQhEBpFgD3zDR9P

Stanford Dragon
http://graphics.stanford.edu/data/3Dscanrep/

Circus Arena on HDRI Haven
hdrihaven.com/hdri/?h=circus_arena

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