In this video, we check out Material Works – an add-on from the BlenderBros that aims to simplify the material process in Blender!
CHECK OUT MATERIALWORKS (Affiliate Link)
http://www.theCGEssentials.com/MaterialWorks
SANCTUS LIBRARY (Large Procedural Material Library)
http://www.theCGEssentials.com/Sanctus
MATERIALIQ (Large PBR Material Library)
http://www.theCGEssentials.com/Materialiq
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Scatter – http://www.thecgessentials.com/scatter
Flip Fluids – http://www.thecgessentials.com/flipfluids
Car and Transportation Rigged Vehicle Library – https://thecgessentials.com/Transportation
City Pack Cars Rigged Car Library – https://thecgessentials.com/CityPackCars
Curve Array Pro – https://thecgessentials.com/CurveArrayPro
Botaniqu Tree and Grass Library – https://thecgessentials.com/Botaniq
Open Street Map – https://thecgessentials.com/OSM
Curve Basher – https://thecgessentials.com/CurveBasher
Node Preview – https://thecgessentials.com/NodePreview
Tree Vegetation Library Add On – https://thecgessentials.com/vegetation
Decal Machine – https://thecgessentials.com/DecalMachine
Human Generator – https://thecgessentials.com/HumanGenerator
Fluent Stressless Modeling Tool – https://thecgessentials.com/Fluent
Fluent Materializer Material Creation Tool – https://thecgessentials.com/FluentMaterializer
Materialiq – Materials Library – https://thecgessentials.com/Materialiq
Traffiq Vehicle Library – https://thecgessentials.com/Traffiq
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introduction
0:11 – Where to find Material Works
1:01 – How to set up the add-on
1:47 – Extracting and naming the folders
4:15 – Applying materials with Material Works
4:53 – How the UV Assist tool works
6:15 – Material Works vs. Other Add-Ons
8:25 – Adjusting the color of materials
8:35 – Adding procedural wear
10:04 – Some materials are better when rendered in Cycles
11:41 – Stacking wear layers and adding edge wear
14:52 – How to add custom materials to Material Works
17:15 – Adding bevel to objects
17:38 – Adding wear to custom materials
