Blender Secrets - Sculpting Details With Alpha Textures

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Alpha textures are black and white images that can either be used as masks or height maps, to easily sculpt details onto your model. You can download these alpha textures here if you want to experiment yourself: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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@jameslara6934 2 жыл бұрын

straight to the point unlike others who adds unneeded information that messes up the flow and makes a simple tutorial more complicated

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

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@boriskourt 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic way to build a library of tools to keep a project consistent!

@sirlion996 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is the best ❤️

@andrewsanders7636 2 жыл бұрын

agree I learned many things thanks to this person/fav blender channel

@ericholliday7071 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed :3

@drumboarder1 2 жыл бұрын

This guy, Ian Hubert and CG matter don't waffle on, it's great

@MaatStile Жыл бұрын

such valuable content right here this channel is a treasure

@himoplayer1959 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, was looking for something like this for a while

@InvaderQuirk 2 жыл бұрын

Woah. This is powerful.

@lelledale3319 2 жыл бұрын

This is so useful! Thank you!

@NoEnd911 Жыл бұрын

Just bought your book ! Awesome!

@hopefulkoala01435 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. This is an incredibly useful tip. Thanks Jan!

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome, Tuna1989!

@cdgrafik 11 ай бұрын

i love it ! thanks a lot for sharing secrets like that ;)

@ecstasy6913 2 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial thanks

@3dawe 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel. everyday new tips and tricks!!!

@PurpleArkStudioYT 2 жыл бұрын

Ohhh this is too great!! Thank you!!

@gamedevstanislove 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thank you very much!

@WektorGH Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED. LOVE U < 3

@SkullModder 2 жыл бұрын

not going to lie, a little mind blowing. originally was going to wait a while before trying to do details like this as it seemed intimidating to spend hours on such small details. but wow, thank you!.

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just try it! It’s only intimidating as long as you don’t try it, then after a while it gets easy.

@saracelestemir 9 ай бұрын

literally mind blowing

@oozly9291 2 жыл бұрын

This is so useful!

@Skirbiy 3 ай бұрын

You are the best bro, thanks for including the alpha textures you used in the description, appreciated.

@gustavodutra8578 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great vid

@MrYangstr 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I subscribe. Great job

@TruthSurge Жыл бұрын

I see the stencil in my project showing up but there is no alpha showing. just black. I see the alpha in the right panels but maybe I didn't duplicate the brush. You have to be a genius to know all this and there's 1000 ways to screw up.

@autinjones7194 6 ай бұрын

Very useful, thank you.

@lbpdluis 2 жыл бұрын

this is all what i wanted !!

@hellomj8581 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@SharkVisionStudio 2 жыл бұрын

These videos are amazing, and your voice is pleasant

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@R3ban3 5 ай бұрын

Now THIS is a good tutorial!

@sam.k44 Жыл бұрын

This was the most helpful video iv found

@MikuDanceAnima 2 жыл бұрын

wow que hermoso ,damn how cool it looks I'm going to try it right now

@theman7050 Ай бұрын

you are a blessing, man! :D

@vikkidotcom 2 жыл бұрын

Blender secrets explain just 60sec....god bless you sir

@mohamedbensaha7949 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, thanks 😀a lot

@yo-ht5jb 2 жыл бұрын

wow very very good work ☺😊☺

@JonatanRodríguez88 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!! 👽👽👽

@scol2183 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😮

@niadhson 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is very practical for modeling details from photos of sculptures!

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

The "aplha textures" are actualy depth-maps with an alpha chanel. Taking a picture of details and adding them this way will result in very diffrent outcomes.

@niadhson 2 жыл бұрын

@@secondarycontainment4727 Yes. I said this keeping in mind the separate photo detail as a depth map.

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

@@niadhson Just curious - how would you go about using a photo as a depth map / turning it into a depth map?

@niadhson 2 жыл бұрын

@@secondarycontainment4727 Not necessarily. For that, the gray depth would have to be at the right depth and at the right angle... which I don't think you can do with a random shot. In that case I would add depth manually in image editing, or I would model the specific detail in 3D and create a map. I find it easier to draw the 2D detail from the photo.

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

There are some methods of doing this. For example, Substance Sampler uses an AI algorithm to turn photo’s into PBR materials with depth. Results vary. There’s a free alternative as well online, where you can upload a photo and make a displacement or normal map. It’s called Normalmap Online maybe.

@Waraitk0ni 3 ай бұрын

easy, fast and smart, nice

@ancientpc8987 2 жыл бұрын

Woah,Great

@chunio 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Gametime05577 4 ай бұрын

Thanks

@filipvanhalter 2 жыл бұрын

Gee...where did you dig to find that precious gem? Nice one Jan!!

@gegenti 7 ай бұрын

Super util

@762 2 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@christophkrass6929 2 жыл бұрын

I subscribed just recently, and I already feel like it pays off :D

@christophkrass6929 2 жыл бұрын

@Migi A book about Blender? xD

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@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks @Migi! The book can be found on blendersecrets.gumroad.com/l/IxofeY if you’re curious @Christoph Krass :-)

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@christophkrass6929 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets Thank you I just watched the trailer and it actually sounds really helpful for a relative beginner like me :D

@SincerestSawa 6 ай бұрын

i know this is a old video, but it still is helpful

@josephvanwyk2088 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Is there a site where we can download these alpha stencils?

@kompst_tu 6 ай бұрын

I wish you explained more about why youre selecting the options you're selecting rather than just telling us what to select, but other than that, great tutorials :)

@Hashimo 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Really cool stuff. Could you explain how to make those alpha textures by ourselves?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Yes :-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d95ol61mnpyWhn0.html

@Hashimo 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets Already saw and commented it (should have edited this comment here). Thank you so much, that will come in handy!

@dnomyarg32 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, thank you! Helpful as always. Is there a way to combine this with a paint texture to get both colour and displacement with a brush at the same time?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think so. But not exactly in the way shown here. In that case I think you need to prepare them as a texture set on a material, and then move the UV’s to that part of the texture, so kind of the other way around… I think? Kind of an interesting question, I’ll think about it some more. Thanks.

@dnomyarg32 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets Thanks! Use case is when I want to apply a stencil many times, and also want each instance painted similarly, but don't want to have to go back and paint them individually, essentially doubling the work.

@Layston 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets In the beginning of the video, you show the sword textured. How did you do it then?

@angelv6801 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Can the details be printed?

@nicolamennillo Жыл бұрын

As always amazing!One question,it's possible,once sculpt,to texture only tha part that the alpha covers?

@Arcki_Plage Жыл бұрын

have you got an answer for that particular question ?

@juantenorio5441 2 жыл бұрын

please can you explain how to use alphas on curved faces like the handle of the spade? great video!!

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

This is how I did it - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsWIadVyydCaZX0.html although I guess you could flatten the handle with a blend shape or just unwrap it and work with the UV’s instead of in the viewport!

@akunekochan 2 жыл бұрын

mind blowing. Why this isn't talked more often ??

@shinso8936 2 жыл бұрын

🔥

@NexVice 5 ай бұрын

The polycount will go crazy! How do I paint those as "normals"?

@komkumarkumar4451 2 жыл бұрын

Waaooooooo🔥🔥🔥

@RayLettner 11 ай бұрын

Can this be done around a body? Like a suit?

@cocboss3329 2 жыл бұрын

Best

@Sah1o-cu4cj 4 ай бұрын

I want to change their material from the rest of the model like in your thumbnail

@Neo_neondo 2 жыл бұрын

Where do I find these alpha textures?

@maxostlund9334 2 жыл бұрын

Im trying to come up with a compliment to express my gratitude, but I'm having a hard time so I will ask a question instead; what graphics card do you use and is there something wrong if my GeForce 1060 6GB can't handle sculpting like this? Thank you in advance and thank you for all your amazing, informative videos!

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, graphics cards (in my limited understanding of modern computer hardware) don’t have that much impact on sculpting, which is mainly a RAM-hungry process. So, if you have 64 GB of RAM and an old graphics card, you’ll do better than with 32 GB of RAM and a newer graphics card…. I THINK - take this with a grain of salt. I’m old, and I could have told you anything about PC hardware back in the nineties. Let me know if I need to install Windows 95 for you. But oh yeah, I don’t have a fancy graphics card either. 2080 RTX, and a clunky game computer with 32 GB of RAM. It’s slow. I tend to do stuff in chunks, like this sword is easier to work on when it’s made of different objects. Hope that helps.

@amigobatata9014 2 жыл бұрын

I´ve been using Blender for almost three years now and the only thing i can complain about its about the time that it takes to render and bake stuff, but you can use an addon called Tex Tools that solve the time issue with baking (Thanks to this channel 😄) But with all of that said: all this time i´ve been working with 8GB RAM and a 1050Ti, the processor is an old I7-3770... So, i believe its all ok to work with blender

@ericholliday7071 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets jeez rtx anything better then half of us I have radeon r7 200 series lol 😆

@alexdib3915 2 жыл бұрын

s-s-s-s-s-siiiiick!

@gregorylight4245 2 жыл бұрын

How to do the same not on flat surfaces? How did you put the stencil on the handle of the sword?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Check the next video! :-) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bsWIadVyydCaZX0.html

@gregorylight4245 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets perfect! Thank you!

@Renkkin 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome ! But i guess the stencil has to be done is a certain way to work ? You can't take any random image and hope for a good result ?

@hi_im_redbeard 2 жыл бұрын

You can create an "alpha texture" of a random image fairly easily in photoshop (probably free programs like gimp too)

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d95ol61mnpyWhn0.html

@pile333 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Any site where to download, maybe free, alpha textures?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

You can find quite a lot on Artstation, I found. However the paid ones are really cheap, like 5 bucks and you get a lot of value for it.

@pile333 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets Oh, thanks.

@DawgFL 2 ай бұрын

how come when i left click it doesnt do it? i hvae to hold left click and drag and it doesnt look as good.

@leonardochagas9930 2 жыл бұрын

do you think its possible to sculp with a weak pc? my pc has only 8gb ram and no graphics card

@Adrian-wd4rn 23 күн бұрын

Question becomes...Where do you find the stencil?

@cabreram.4734 2 жыл бұрын

Hello. Is there a way to just PAINT as normals? Thanks in advance.

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean. Do you mean sculpting?

@waltage 2 жыл бұрын

how to use this as mask for shading?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

I will try to find out!

@camdynthomas2330 16 күн бұрын

Hi i was wondering what an alpha texture is i tried going through google but i found invisible textures and wasnt sure if that was correct?

@metallicaandchimaira 7 ай бұрын

How come when I click to add it nothing happens?

@flourfree2K 2 жыл бұрын

Billions and billions of polygons!

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Trillions!! All the polygons!

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

In all seriousness, this was about 15 million or so faces, and after decimation about 250k.

@flourfree2K 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets try. Then speak

@flourfree2K 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets 15 millions? Way too much for my computer. It can barely handle 6 millions with problems. And crashes

@tunnis7us Жыл бұрын

I don't understand how the "front faces only" effect he result I get same result if I don't select it ?

@TilenCurin Жыл бұрын

Without "front faces only" enabled, it will sculpt on both sides if you have a thin mesh.

@dotnexdotnex4545 2 жыл бұрын

make tutorial about texturing too plsss

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

I will think about it! :-)

@Blaze-cp8vf 11 ай бұрын

im trying to do the same thing ur doing with the same textures but once i left click to add the detail it legit just becomes a bump. idk what im doing wrong

@CIRAXY 10 ай бұрын

Same here, no idea how to fix

@metallicaandchimaira 7 ай бұрын

It wont even lay anything for me. I left click on the flat surface of a cube and nothing happens

@user-yj1mo4uz7p 2 жыл бұрын

where did you take аlpha textures?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

I will post a video about making them tomorrow. I made these myself but it’s easy to make them or just find free ones.

@user-yj1mo4uz7p 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets Thank you very much

@rayhanahmed2917 2 жыл бұрын

Now a baking tutorial on low res of this pls

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

They replied to another user that the next video will be about producing the "alpha textures" in the next video... but are you talking about producing/baking low-res LOD model versions for gaming... or something else?

@rayhanahmed2917 2 жыл бұрын

@@secondarycontainment4727 yes

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was working on that already - probably for next week (can’t promise though)

@raibrazil8305 Жыл бұрын

I tried all the steps, I even used the modifier, but it's impossible 🤕

@dertobbe1176 3 ай бұрын

Hey, where you got the texture from?

@BlenderSecrets 3 ай бұрын

Check the video description

@dertobbe1176 3 ай бұрын

@@BlenderSecretsab thx. When I click it will only deform like the normal brush but it will not drag it out with one click

@dertobbe1176 3 ай бұрын

Nvm got it. Thank you

@dertobbe1176 3 ай бұрын

Dumb question here... How to apply the high res? I mean I can only see it in sculpt Mode

@EasyPhotoshopTutorial Жыл бұрын

As soon as I return to the object mode after sculpting, it has disappeared. What's the reason?

@BlenderSecrets Жыл бұрын

The multires modifier has levels for viewport, and sculpting, so as to keep your viewport not too heavy if you want it. But you can crank the level up to match the sculpting level of detail.

@EasyPhotoshopTutorial Жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets thanks, i get it

@nightmarexcvm 2 ай бұрын

I am engraving png images but quality is so bad kind of pixels are mixing, what does it depends, quality of png image or smth else? I want it more smoother but i can't do. I am new to blender

@BlenderSecrets 2 ай бұрын

Bit depth of the image, and also the amount of geometry of the surface you're sculpting on. 16-bit PNG or openEXR is best, 8-bit will have pixel-like artefacts.

@xielian.9922 Ай бұрын

The link don't work:(

@BlenderSecrets Ай бұрын

Which link do you mean? I checked all the links in the description, they are all working.

@lootgodamn5721 2 жыл бұрын

Comments : 1 KZfaq : I see nothing

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is due to how they have their servers split up. Nothing nefarious is going on. All the KZfaq user viewable metrics usually update independantly of eachother for the most part.

@lootgodamn5721 2 жыл бұрын

@@secondarycontainment4727 I was just saying that for fun but that's for the info! I've learned something new today

@secondarycontainment4727 2 жыл бұрын

@@lootgodamn5721 NP. The only reason I know is I wondered why the numbers seldom matched what I was seeing; so looked into it (because I thought maybe they were ghosting me or others that were voting or something alon those lines). It took a bit of digging to find a reasonable answer... so, I figured I would pass that along so you didn't have to "reinvent the wheel" as the saying goes. Have a good one!

@lootgodamn5721 2 жыл бұрын

@@secondarycontainment4727 That's very interesting, I really appreciate your explanations!

@shalommdavid2062 Жыл бұрын

Not working

@BestMods168 2 жыл бұрын

once again. smh. People act like they know how to sculpt. Secretly uses alpha. Another good video. I always wait for these to pop up.

@Fire_Walker 2 жыл бұрын

То есть ты взял обычную картинку и сделал из неё объёмную ?

@BlenderSecrets 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don’t understand!

@Fire_Walker 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlenderSecrets that is, you took an ordinary picture and made a three-dimensional out of it (I used a translator, because of which there may be errors)

@HanniSeidenba0525 2 жыл бұрын

Witchcraft!!! Sorcery!!!

@ashhaf63 Жыл бұрын

Amazing...u watch a Video for 10 min and it does not work. Watch yours for 1 min and it works perfect.

@TilenCurin Жыл бұрын

Ok but why do Blender devs have this weird thing for moving menu items around with every version? As if Blender wasn't a big enough of a mess already. You watch a tutorial thats a few months old and it's already obsolete. I'm in 3.0 and I haven't got the stencil option. Have no idea where to look in the thousands of menu options. Edit: found it, and burned a few nerves.