Today the Blender-to-VRay tutorial is released at cmiVFX. Unzip the materials into their own folder for easier access.A lot of renderer-threads today! So let me add another one! :yes:.For this tutorial, download the 1K resolution.

Depending on your machine, you may want to opt for lower resolution materials.Make sure you download the materials (HDRI is optional) and the model for practice. In this tutorial, I’m using materials provided by Texture Haven that can be downloaded from their website (links below): The model only has materials for the Spotlight Track and the Windows + the Night HDRI which I got from HDRI Haven, a source for beautiful high quality unclipped HDRIs that are completely free. To make this tutorial easier and more beneficial, I’ve provided a Material-Free version of the model I used to create this post with render settings file here (V-Ray 3.4 & SketchUp 2017). This website is a 100% free material image resource that will provide you with everything you need to build and customize your materials in every resolution possible. There’s this website that I’ve stumbled upon while looking for material images, called Texture Haven. This looks very confusing, I know! But this is way easier than you think 🙂 Displacement Map: this map in particular is very important if your material is rough or needs to look and act like a 3D object (stone wall, stone floor, rattan, etc.).Bump Map: if the material you have in mind has a visible “texture” to it (not smooth like glass), then you’ll need this too.Reflection Map: not all materials reflect light the same way (if at all), so having this map will make sure the render engine reflects the light hitting this material realistically.High Quality Diffuse Map: this is what your material will look like.In order to create realistic V-Ray materials you need a few things: This is where you will have to create your own material to match your model, and you need to know exactly how to do so the right way so you don’t mess up your model or final render. But not all materials are requested in a custom design, you may find yourself limited if you only use that selection of materials in designs for your clients and your clients may ask for specific patterns or color options that you can’t find in the V-Ray Material Library or even online in ready packed materials (*.vismat). V-Ray 3.4 comes with a good material library that has a few good materials that are necessary to make a model come to life. How to Create your Own Materials in V-Ray 3.4

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