Make Any Image a Brush Alpha

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Make Any Image a Brush Alpha | Blender 2.8

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In this series I will be looking at how you can add minor details to your sculpts quickly and easily using texture brushes.
You can find the first video in the description and there's a card in the corner
The second video looks at how you can add these to your brushes and the 3rd will show you how you can create your own
This video is all about using any image as an alpha or texture
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@caturindrasukmana7673 4 жыл бұрын

Dude you're the most breathtaking blender tutor. I like how did you explain your videos clear as crystal. I am so glad found your channel. Keep working dude :)

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@ten-ub4xd 2 жыл бұрын

Breathtaking, very helpful

@mysticbeastdraws2067 27 күн бұрын

this is amazing. thank you for explaining it so simply, it worked first try, that never happens.

@KUBE.archvis 4 жыл бұрын

This is way easier than I thought! I've put off making my own brushes because I thought it was going to be way outside the confines of my current skill level.

@brandingdesignpro 10 ай бұрын

Incredibly helpful content on the blender alpha brush settings and use. There's not enough content or instruction tutorials on this tool that's easy to find. A couple, but not as much as low poly modeling. Thank you so much for this!

@Riprazor 4 жыл бұрын

I just stumbled upon this after trying to accomplish (somewhat successfully) the exact same thing in Gimp using gradients and a guassian blur. This is considerably easier and produces better results! Thanks again Grant, will be joining your patreon group given how your content is always just so good!

@vyrusnation4053 5 жыл бұрын

Materialize has saved me soooooo much time making all the different maps from the diffuse map. I made a custom wood grain texture and then loaded it into materialize and was easily able to make my displacement, normal, metallic, roughness and Ambient Occlusion maps.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it's really great :)

@bagboybrown 2 жыл бұрын

You can certainly learn things from Mr. Abbitt, but he's so mellow that I often put him on when I'm going to sleep. XD

@MoriAnimations 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Grant! I'd been painstakingly hand drawing cracks and bumps into rocky surfaces for hours and wondered if this was possible. Time saver! Very well explained. Thanks mate.

@Sophistry0001 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man that's incredible. Being able to use any high quality height map is fucking rad. You, sir, are criminally under rated.

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@pablogomez3308 4 жыл бұрын

I've learned what an brush alpha is today! Thanks!!

@banjaracartoon 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You Grant. I am a newbie and your videos are helping me to improve my skills day by day.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Good to hear :)

@juggalojack13 2 жыл бұрын

I think that's the best, fastest thing I've ever learned on Blender that has an insanely huge impact. Thank you so much

@rufuscoppertop330 4 жыл бұрын

I'm finding that I have to pause and explore the menus to find out how you're doing things that you're doing but it's a really valuable tute. Thanks for putting it up.

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@nottinghasm 5 жыл бұрын

I actually wanted to do this in Blender 2.79 a couple of weeks ago but Googling didn't help as I didn't know the correct terminology for my search, so I was grateful for the tutorial. Helpful, informative and well-paced as ever, thank you.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@Hejirah 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this tutorial and the Materialize app, so much fun!

@an24gaming88 Жыл бұрын

This is so wrong channel I discovered sir..... Thank you a lottttttttttttt😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@ArbitraryOnslaught 2 жыл бұрын

Tip: Also you can adjust Auto smooth under Stroke to refine the look

@SleepyMatt-zzz 5 жыл бұрын

I went to the beach to try it out, and it really works! Tricky thing is the get the lighting down for the images, but it is certainly better than spending a lot of time looking for free brushes.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

yes go on a grey day and it helps loads :)

@yannterrer 6 ай бұрын

One of my first Blender tutorial and this tuto still help me! very clear and revelant explaination. Thank you so Much;)

5 жыл бұрын

That was great mate (Y) I don't know why but to create somethings in 2.8 is easier than the old version of Blender. We can reach easly the menus. Thanks for the video.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree

@kingkeyboard4556 5 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt found it

@prizmaetkisiyogavekisiselg3572 4 жыл бұрын

You are a life saver, my man ! :) I was looking for that exactly. Finely summarized the process. Thank you a lot :)

@Cadforcam 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely explained and very useful as usual. I already knew materialize and can tell is amazing for a free program, hopefully they will add something like that to blender in the future.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Yes hopefully :)

@MaiaCoimbra 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man i was needed that tutorial

@dalajlampa1170 Жыл бұрын

I come to learn stuff I leave as if I was in a spa. Calm, straight to the point, amazing teacher. As always great tut! 5 stars

@Antoinette737 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your GREAT explaining.

@lylewyant3356 2 жыл бұрын

Since I'm a newbi, I don't think I am ready for that one yet, but it is nice to know something like that is available

@IPASAustralia 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. You are fast, yet thorough so you don't waste my time like others do. Thank you and you've just got yourself another subscriber.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@np5322 10 ай бұрын

Super helpful man. Love your channel!

@RyanKingArt 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thanks!

@chuctanundaspiderbone5407 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks. I've been looking for this.

@bes5164 2 жыл бұрын

Well, this is what I call a game changer :O

@makentoarts986 Жыл бұрын

amazing, thank you so much!

@IndustrialPlasticsNanaimo 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial! Thank you Grant. Also love being told of new software. Cheers :-)

@jessicabernstein6185 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! You know everything, thank you for this great tutorial, xxx jess

@tj-uq4yz 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! Great tutorial

@josephvanwyk2088 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, such an important video this. Something I always wanted to know.

@audunaarseth6237 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, thanks!

@cocasurfboards 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much man! ❤🎮 Keep always making these incredible tutos! ❤🎮💡

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😃

@raykid1712 4 жыл бұрын

you are amazing u are the best blender teacher

@shubham5792 5 жыл бұрын

Please make more videos on this. Btw the video is very much helpful.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) What would you like to see and learn about?

@shubham5792 5 жыл бұрын

Rock models like of blender guru but without using rock essentials.

@Bob-321 5 жыл бұрын

I recommend Krita over Gimp. Its also free to use.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

I think Krita is better at art type stuff but I imagine Gimp is better for image manipulation

@yezzzsir 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Grant. Really useful series.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

thanks

@josephlobb2216 3 жыл бұрын

3:03 Supertexture Node also works for this, if your computer is (like mine) incompatible with Windows software (materialize)

@artsquirrel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Grant, very helpful.

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@Ruddy761 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Grant! Another great tutorial. I have good news for people running Linux but still wish to use Materialize, since it does not have a Linux native version (yet). I managed to get it to run fine under Wine in Linux, just remember to install Microsoft Visual C++ runtime 2013 using Winetricks. (not the microsoft installer exe) Also install the "all fonts option" in winetricks or else you wont see any of the fonts in the UI. Thats it! Have fun with Materialize on Linux!

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

nice work well done :)

@sarahluv6228 2 жыл бұрын

I know its pretty old, but this seems to be the video that helped me the most. Is this similar to making a texture paint brush ?

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@indrakomara6966 3 жыл бұрын

thank you...

@epelfeld 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this!

@smaplessmap5355 Жыл бұрын

Anyway to define an alpha mid grey that darker parts push into and light parts pop out the surface?

@nirmalendukhan5392 5 жыл бұрын

You are always the best, very helpful video.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@seanchoy236 2 жыл бұрын

Got stuck at 1:42 how exactly do you pull out another brush tab? Also, two questions: Does doing this create a duplicate copy of the draw brush, would I need to cycle through textures if I wanted to switch to a different one? Say if the surface of where I want to apply the texture is curved, would said texture follow the curvature? EDIT: got it to work, but is there a way to make the texture continuous rather than doing it one spot by one spot?

@deeplyseated7427 2 жыл бұрын

Import export import export import export ok lets start sculpting. I got older watching this, (I am gonna do it tho!)

@tcheadriano 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thanks!!

@aybee5908 2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, Materialize doesn`t let me save any map. Any ideas? Ok got in the moment I wrote this. You have to type in the ending by your own (jpg, png etc)

@zevac 3 жыл бұрын

1:32 bruh

@theoldsarcasticpineapple 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine

@josephlobb2216 3 жыл бұрын

@@theoldsarcasticpineapple IKR?!? What computer he using? Skynet?? F.R.I.D.A.Y. OS?

@theoldsarcasticpineapple 3 жыл бұрын

@@josephlobb2216 he is using the earth as his computer

@wildhearts9006 3 жыл бұрын

nice. thanks for this

@vazak11 5 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks!

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

thanks :)

@TheSebledingue 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@rama1234ish 5 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to make it so that the brush only affects the selected vertices of an object? I have an outline of a hand, and I want to make it look like an inflated glove. I need to use a brush to "puff it up", but I don't want the brush to affect the outline of the hand.

@TheStickofWar Жыл бұрын

anyone reading this in a few years time, it is the job for a mask.

@exploringbiblicalendtimes779 4 жыл бұрын

thanks brilliant

@rhomis 4 жыл бұрын

I got the tutorial on a 60" screen, and Blender on the desktop screen, and when I increased that resolution up 5X everything froze. Other than that, GREAT Tutorial.

@ProMontreal 9 ай бұрын

I've always wondered. Is there a way to downscale the brush texture itself. Say I want a pore texture, but when I'm pulling the brush out, it appears super big when I want the pores to be small. Is there anyway to make that happen?

@grabbitt 9 ай бұрын

Kind of I guess. But ti's better to have a separate alpha texture

@rocifier 2 жыл бұрын

I don't get it, it seems that you just blur the hell out of a greyscale image to get it to work. But what if I want very hard/sharp edges as well from the brush?

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it seems odd but it works better than you would expect

@jonathansgarden9128 4 жыл бұрын

This looks great! Unfortunately my windows PC is crap. My Mac is far superior. I guess I'll have to switch between the two for the results I need

@activemotionpictures 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. How many times did you subdivided the sphere to get that kind of result? You didn´t use dyntopo so what´s the mesh resolution? Thanks. Great video.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Ctrl 5 so 5 subdivisions. Apply that. Then add multires at 3 subs to start

@activemotionpictures 5 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt 5! ok. well, thanks. sure thing.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

@@activemotionpictures sorry meant to say that was with the default cube

@amanonyoutube9591 Жыл бұрын

i did not know materialize was a thing until today

@harryboteler5332 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Grant, I love this series - so easy and clear to follow. Is there an equivalent program to Materialize for Mac OS that you can recommend?

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

crazy bump might work for you?

@harryboteler5332 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Works well and looks fairly straightforward to use. @@grabbitt

@karlmoore1837 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, it has helped me quickly surface texture I had started in Blender, as my first full project in Blender. I was wondering, what could be done (or should be done) if a texture added starts showing "borders" as well as the texture on the surface of the sculpt? Is this a size, quality of image or other issue I don't know about? Thanks.

@grabbitt Жыл бұрын

Change your brush curve

@Hejirah 3 жыл бұрын

multiresing/subdividing my bust mesh 5 times destroys my pc tho :(

@lifeisbeautiful5998 4 жыл бұрын

This is great God 🙏🙌👏 like toutorial

@Grace-jb7me Жыл бұрын

I see you didn't retopologize. If I wanted to apply some sort of texture say, to a face I sculpted, could I just go ahead and use this technique or would I have to still retopologize.

@grabbitt Жыл бұрын

It's not quite that simple but look up the multiresoultin modifier

@kushsingh5744 4 жыл бұрын

IDK why it isn't working. When I'm using brush, then it is not following the texture.

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

check if its tiled or random

@parkerdarrencrandell1540 5 жыл бұрын

Is there any way to apply color as poly paint or texture paint from the same image at the same time?

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

not that i know of. It would be lovely though :)

@EL_N0IR_2201 Жыл бұрын

i have a question about materialize, how do i install properly, it seems like just extracting activates it, is it ok too extract it then drag it too my desktop and open it from there fine? its a weird install I'm confused. also I'm kind of worried about the 8bit photo's thing, i only have affinity photo do you think i can use affinity too upscale 8bit too 32 bit like you said? other than that really helpful video thank you.

@grabbitt Жыл бұрын

It's been a while since I've used it so I'm not sure

@jorgem.670 3 жыл бұрын

Before I could do this but now even if I put the texture nothing happens can you help me?

@grabbitt 3 жыл бұрын

have you got enough verts

@LLuki105 5 жыл бұрын

You are my master... :)

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@jokerrabit 2 жыл бұрын

great tutorial but when I try this it acts like a normal brush so it shows as I move the brush across the mesh, not like a stamp that stays in place and gets more refined as you drag out like yours is doing. what am I missing? I'm using 2.90 if that makes a difference.

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

Are you using the anchor stroke method

@jokerrabit 2 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt yes ty that worked. one more question how would I make this so it makes it more like a stamp? so all I have to do is click once and have a pattern because like it is it wont work for screensand things like that.

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

@@jokerrabit try the dot stroke method

@ten-ub4xd 2 жыл бұрын

are you ever meant to apply the multires mod? or is it best just to never apply it - my mac runs very slow when i use it, so scared to crash and lose it all if i apply it, great content brother! thank you

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

There is no reason to apply it.

@dontusedontuse8273 4 жыл бұрын

How can one texture paint with a jpg brush with alpha background can't seem to get it to work want to use rake but can't invert the brush

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

JPEGs don't have alphas

@dontusedontuse8273 4 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt sorry mean transparent want to use psd brush in jpeg to import in blender to texture paint but does not work as expected

@eliasmedina9060 Жыл бұрын

Could I do this with scales on a dinosaur?

@grabbitt Жыл бұрын

yes

@rken100 4 жыл бұрын

great tutorial!!! is this the same process for making grease pencil texture brushes??

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Haven't used it much yet. Plan on doing that more next year

@prizmaetkisiyogavekisiselg3572 4 жыл бұрын

Is that method applicable to sculpting human hair and giving fine details? And what can you suggest for creating the material and texture for hair ? Is there an easy way such as this approach? I currently use stencil and try to mimick the natural flow of textures via bumps in shader mode of blender. But couldn't get natural looking results.

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Very tough to sculpt hair really

@cgabyssinia7966 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Grant, is it possible to make a normal map image as a brush alpha in Blender? thanks :)

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@MrVausta 4 жыл бұрын

my PC dies above 1m vertices is there another way use the bumb maps in blender still with high resolution on the detail ?

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

only painted on as a bump map

@MrVausta 4 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt thank u for the quick answer, ill find another way to handle the verts than maybe less detail or something :)

@haroldd5035 5 жыл бұрын

I’m looking for something that will allow me to add patterns and textures to my models for 3D printing. Will these textures export in an stl?

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

yes on very high poly meshes

@changlixstraykidzz3844 4 жыл бұрын

Hye, I already put the textures but why it did not appear on my item. Can you help me? I already put in on anchored btw.

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

Difficult to say

@changlixstraykidzz3844 4 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt its Okay i already found the solution. Thank you 😄

@Hejirah 3 жыл бұрын

one question; can I rotate the alpha in blender sculpt mode?

@grabbitt 3 жыл бұрын

If you put it on random yes

@sp1011 5 жыл бұрын

How can a texture be added to a flat plane using an anchored brush? Do you have a video on this?

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

it's exactly the same but it must have enough faces to make the topology

@KevinFeegers 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Grant, first of all thank you for the good tutorial. I have a little problem, maybe you can help me. As soon as I go to "Multires" and then Subdivde, then square edges become round. Can I somehow prevent that they become round? I have built a column, and would like to decorate it this way, but now it is no longer a column, but an egg-like object. :D

@grabbitt 2 жыл бұрын

Choose simple as sub division method

@dragonknight1297 5 жыл бұрын

so, is it safe to say, what can be done instead in the course of battling the residue effect, is to make initial height map better quality, then in photo editing app blur it slightly more than you did?

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly I probably should have made that a bit clearer

@petertremblay3725 5 жыл бұрын

You cannot take an 8 bits image and convert it to 16 or 32 bits since it's have to be edited and created at 16 or 32 bits to get all the fine details. It's like trying to scale up a low resolution image.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

yes that's why I had to blur it again in photoshop in order to allow the increased detail to take place

@petertremblay3725 5 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt I learn it the hard way after trying for a day to get decent displacement without any success. I end up buying bitmaptomaterial since we can export in 16 or 32 bits.

@SlyNine 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if we could sculpt and paint a PBR at the same time. It could really give a connected look to the surface.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

yes it would be helpful. I dont think there is a way yet but we are probably not far of :)

@SlyNine 5 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt It seemed simple when I first posted that. But the more I thought about it the bigger my headache got.

@SlyNine 5 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt Also thanks for the videos. I plan on trying my hand at sculpting. I seem to get a bit of a mental block trying to think of a basic structure or shape. Something that would be a nice shape to add details too.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

@@SlyNine start with simple creatures like a fish :) then add the scales :)

@Justathereptile 5 жыл бұрын

How did you make a new panel? I tried the same way you did but no luck.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

just grab the corner maybe you have a bug

@mayorc 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe dithering instead of blurring would be better, to avoid loosing details.

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

yes perhaps

@rrrjr392 5 жыл бұрын

Why it doesn't working on my blender ver. 2.79??? Can you explain it? Or maybe there's a different way to do on blender ver. 2.79??

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

pretty mush same method for 2.79. Perhaps it's worth you trying 2.8 :)

@user-tp2ld1rc5p 6 ай бұрын

hi grant i can't seem to get my images to appear in the box is there a patch i need please?

@grabbitt 6 ай бұрын

Should all be the same for all versions of blender

@user-tp2ld1rc5p 6 ай бұрын

@@grabbitt Thanks grant

@user-tp2ld1rc5p 6 ай бұрын

hi sorry grant yeah do i need my image to say what yours says reuse and modification

@xrok1 4 жыл бұрын

thank you. so can this be exported for 3d printing and the texture will show up on the exported model?

@grabbitt 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@samualwilliamson1187 Жыл бұрын

Why do mine sometimes repeat as textured circles?

@grabbitt Жыл бұрын

Perhaps you have it set to tiled

@romannavratilid 5 жыл бұрын

AFAIK banding will ALWAYS be there because the original image simply didnt have the color depth needed for it to not make banding (that means the original image was 8 bit and it wont help really turning it into 32 bit since theres no original info there). Am i wrong?

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

you turn it into a 32 bit and then edit it in photoshop with blur it should add the info you need

@romannavratilid 5 жыл бұрын

@@grabbitt Ok interesting. So it doesnt have the original info in 32 bit, but it "guesstimates" the info, and this is sufficient to get rid of the banding, correct? (thank you)

@grabbitt 5 жыл бұрын

That's how i understand it :)