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can someone walk me through shader mixer?

Oso3DOso3D Posts: 14,890
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)
Very new to it. So I have a surface with shader applied , open shader mixer. I try 'import from surface,' select Material... and absolutely nothing happens. What am I missing?

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  • srieschsriesch Posts: 4,241

    Make sure you have the surface selected that you want to import the shader mixer from.

    Not all shaders can be imported into the Shader mixer, maybe try a differen shader that you know should workl

    If it matter, which shader, which preset, what are you applying it to?

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943

    This one is free http://www.daz3d.com/shader-mixer-tutorial-i

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 14,890

    I was trying to edit the dzToon shader to add tiling options for the various channels.

    I just tried same with omUbersurface, and... same thing. I click 'import surface,' it prompts me for type, I select Material, and... bupkis.

     

    Kerya: Apparently I already have that, but I have no idea where the documentation is.

     

  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300

    Always start with the YouTube videos by carnite (Caroline). She speaks quickly but expertly, and you may need to rewatch it several times to get it all in. Some may be older and refer to menu commands that have been moved or renamed, but they're among the best out there, and of course free.

    Another one by her on the Shader Mixr, this one talking about catching shadows to integrate 3D characters onto background photos:

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 14,890

    I appreciate the tips, thank you!

    I have an extreme aversion to video tutorials, video blogs, and all of that, so I'll just... muddle.

     

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 97,093

    UberSurface is not a Shader Mixer shader, it will not import.

  • ToborTobor Posts: 2,300
    timmins.william said:

    I have an extreme aversion to video tutorials, video blogs, and all of that, so I'll just... muddle.

    You really must try carnite's videos. They go by so fast you'll be stopping the playback to catch up. Normally I don't prefer video tutorials as they ramble and take forever to say something simple. These are different. 

  • Oso3DOso3D Posts: 14,890

    That is encouraging, because... yeah, my aversion is caused by way too many '2 minutes of material spread over an hour of rambling and stammering and repetition'

     

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