This Metal Shader Is Better Than the Principled BSDF (Blender Tutorial)
🔗This is the first video in a series of tutorials. When more episodes are published, you’ll be able to learn how to make other useful shaders in the full playlist: • Playlist
List of IOR values of various materials for reference: https://pixelandpoly.com/ior.html
📝 At 9:16 you’ll notice “Clamp” is checked. DO NOT CHECK CLAMP, that was a mistake which I tried to edit out but was unable to completely erase after uploading.
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In this tutorial we learn how to take the Principled BSDF shader and simplify it for metal with the added accuracies: An accurate IOR factor for easy copy/paste of the correct values of the desired metal, and a simple addition to make the metal glow red-hot with accurate coloration.
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Link for current Patrons to download the assets from this tutorial series: / 81988103
😊 Current Patrons at time of publication
Joshua Stafford
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🎵 Music: Sunrise—JVNA from the YouTube Audio Library • Sunrise
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