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Shader Mixer

AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

Are there any in-depth tutorials for Shader Mixer, either paid or free? I'm a content creator and need to know the material system. Any help would be greatly appreciated :). Thanks in advance...

Laurie

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,309
    edited December 1969

    This thread may be useful http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/25448/

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
    edited December 1969

    I looked there already Richard, but thanks. I'm starting from zero, so I need to know how the bricks work and what each one does ;). I realize what I want might be a tall order - there's absolutely nothing out there on Poser's material room either...lol. But since the materials in DS seem to be a bit more complicated I was hoping there was something that would go into exactly how everything works.

    Laurie

  • selias19selias19 Posts: 253
    edited December 1969

    There is the free tutorial from Daz

    http://www.daz3d.com/shader-mixer-tutorial-i

    I think it gives a nice overview. I haven't done much with Shader Mixer yet though.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
    edited December 1969

    Thank you selias....I hadn't seen that. I'll have a look :)

    Perhaps a Blender person could answer me this: are Blender nodes enough like DS nodes to muddle my way through? There is some in-depth info on Blender nodes around the internet ;).

    Laurie

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943
    edited December 1969

    http://zigraphix.com/dazdocs/shader_mixer_brick_docs.pdf

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Kerya! :)

    Laurie

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,309
    edited December 1969

    I don't know, but I would doubt it since Blender isn't a Renderman Compliant engine.

  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634
    edited February 2015

    AllenArt said:
    Thank you selias....I hadn't seen that. I'll have a look :)

    Perhaps a Blender person could answer me this: are Blender nodes enough like DS nodes to muddle my way through? There is some in-depth info on Blender nodes around the internet ;).

    Laurie

    Having dabbled in both I would say some bricks you will recognise and others you won't. I got further along in Shader Mixer from using Blenders Cycle nodes than I did when I hadn't a few years ago. Still a step learning curve for some like myself but others seem to have a grasp of it.
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  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,169
    edited December 1969

    Thanks a bunch - that helps a lot :)

    Laurie

  • BejaymacBejaymac Posts: 1,897
    edited December 1969

    The PDF that Kerya has linked to is a bit out of date, the brick names in it are the DS3 brick names, quite a few were renamed for DS4, not sure but I think there's been a few internal changes to some of them as well.

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