CGTalk - free material library for all

Aldaryn

08-02-2003, 11:14 AM

Yep, this topic rocks! :buttrock:

I'm pretty new here, but I thoght someone might find something useful in this shader I made a few days ago, just for fun, and to do something in the 10 minutes waiting for my beloved coffee to be ready. :D

http://www.revai.hu/~mcdodee/upload/ver2003.08.jpg

Just some tweaking around with abot cellular maps. Nothing more. But I've liked the final result. By the way, the shader is a Brazil Advanced Shader, just because the blurry reflections, but the diffuse, and displacement maps can be used elswhere.

Oh, of course, the material itself: Can be downloaded here.(No maps, only proceduals) : Matlib (http://www.revai.hu/~mcdodee/upload/organicblub01.mat)

- A.

cold_as_eyes

08-02-2003, 05:41 PM

EEEWW!! That reminds me of my POooP00....hahaha..but i rocks:buttrock: ....where you got that? toile or something? lols....that's pretty cool...:cool: ...im making some realistic shits...out of that shader.....kewwl...keep it commin boys..help the pooor.....i like materials...it makes the world...ROUND..:beer:

Aldaryn

08-02-2003, 06:13 PM

cold_as_eyes : Well, if this reminds you of *that*, you've got somethin' wrong with your digestion, or just eaten too many fruits... Seeing a doctor might help... :D :hmm:

The basic inspiation was looking at the cellular map, and trying to get somethin' outta' of it. And IMO this one reminds me of something chaotic organic thingee, with some alien look. No doubt, somewhere Neil Blevins is behind the inspiration...

Currently I've started another Organic blub, so expect it soon.

- A.

Taoizm

09-25-2003, 07:54 AM

*bump* and it reappears. :)

torkuhl

10-21-2003, 03:37 PM

how do i open the library in the .mat format.
(visualboo_scanlineMax5.mat)
found no clue in the manual. thanks for enlightening me.
lars

javierdl

10-21-2003, 04:39 PM

You mean the "visualboo_scanlineMax5.mat" file is already available?!! :rolleyes:
And I had been waiting for it for who knows how long already.
Where can I download it from?

Thanks,

DPC

JeffPatton

10-21-2003, 05:06 PM

http://www.highend3d.com/3dsmax/shaders/

javierdl

10-21-2003, 06:05 PM

As Torkuhl, I would also need to be enlightened on how to apply the shaders
:blush:
I did check the max5 Reference Guide and its tutorials, as well as searched in Google under "applying shaders" and couldn't find a thing.

thanks,

DPC

JeffPatton

10-21-2003, 07:42 PM

In the material editor, first click get material. Then your material/map browser opens. It defaults to NEW in the "browse from" section. Change that to Mtl Library. Then below that, under the "file" section, select open, and then just locate your .mat file that you just downloaded. Once the .mat file is loaded, you will see the new materials, just double click one of them to load it into the material editor.

I hope I havent misunderstood your question.

javierdl

10-21-2003, 08:31 PM

But of course! I knew that :rolleyes:
Loading libraries is not something I do that often really.

Thanks a lot folical9,

DPC

torkuhl

10-22-2003, 03:42 AM

well so much for confusion. thanks for your fast help, but i guess this wasn t for CINEMA, right? (if so i must be totally dumb!)
would you/someone tell me the cinema-import-mat_lib-trick?
greets from taiwan
lars

JeffPatton

10-22-2003, 05:50 AM

lol, nope. I assumed everyone browsing the 3dsmax resources thread would infact be using 3dsmax. I'm affraid I can't help you with CINEMA. Sorry for the confusion, maybe someone on the Cinema4d forum could answer this for you?

torkuhl

10-22-2003, 09:32 AM

youre right max is for max. i ended up on the wrong track. sorry about that. anyway you did help someone out there.

haneet22

11-08-2003, 08:51 AM

hi boo
what bout max 4 compatible library
max 5 makes my comp slow
hence i prefer max 4
please help us also
anyways nice job u r doing
keep it up

haneet

Damm

11-15-2003, 05:12 PM

i did Allan McKay's fire tut. But since i'm using max six the electric plugin from blur beta doesn't work. So i started to play with the materials and this is what i got

http://shadow.krabbit.com/abbe_personal/primitive/fireball.gif

you can grab it here if you want
http://shadow.krabbit.com/abbe_personal/p-age%20-fireball.mat

JeffPatton

12-01-2003, 03:03 AM

I will repost these. Maybe someone will see them and find them usefull.

Brazil Car Paint Materials:
http://www.pixelperfectgraphics.biz/cg%20posting/Blue%20green.jpg

http://www.pixelperfectgraphics.biz/cg%20posting/Prpl-blk.jpg

http://www.pixelperfectgraphics.biz/cg%20posting/blue.jpg

http://www.pixelperfectgraphics.biz/cg%20posting/red.jpg

Download Materials (http://www.pixelperfectgraphics.biz/downloads/car-paint.zip)

zukezuko

12-08-2003, 09:45 AM

wow
electric fire is great
i puted some blur and some glow
and vuala perfect fire

props props props Abbegon

web_weasel

12-21-2003, 01:30 AM

i did Allan McKay's fire tut. But since i'm using max six the electric plugin from blur beta doesn't work.
They were recompiled and are available for 3dsmax6 here: Blur beta (http://www.blur.com/Tech/blurbeta_plugin_old)

Damm

12-21-2003, 02:30 AM

ah cool :).. thnx buddy

AsDsA

02-09-2004, 04:47 PM

HI ALL,
i'm new here and this is my first reply in all Cg forum :beer:
i'd like to thank folical9 for those great car paint maps in MR. I used 3dsmax some years ago and now i'm restarting it again because now renders are fast and good. I use Vray and FR-stage1 but i like a lot final gather too. it creates an amazing natural lighting diffusion:eek: .
I'd like to add some materials for FR in your mat library so everyone could use them (they are 2 cute glass mat), but i haven't space web so i'd send them to someone who will post images i created with those mat too.

Cu soon
AsDsA

Eilsoe

02-19-2004, 12:12 PM

hey folical9, your link is dead here :(

Is there a way you could check it? :)

Presarc

02-27-2004, 03:11 PM

Why isn't the .mat file on the first post? That would definitely make it easier for people trying to d/l it without browsing the whole thread.

Jon

muyo

03-03-2004, 05:35 AM

Any NPR shader?That would be nice:D

Tucker87

03-06-2004, 05:10 AM

I am a bit of a n00b to 3dsmax and I was wondering if anyone else was missing the viewportmanager.gup Plugin when trying to open this .mat. I would VERY much appreciate it if someone would tell me where I could find this Plugin.

Thanks

bubba_989

03-25-2004, 02:54 PM

a .gup error means you are using a version of max older than the one used to create the file. Like trying to open a Max 5 or 6 file in Max 4.2

CarlCampbell

04-07-2004, 06:21 PM

Anyone know where texture goodies like Blur's Dino Skin and Electric have gone? I donwloaded the pack off of Neil Blevin's homepage but it wasn't there. I've heard that to use Visualboo's you need some of these. Where can I get them from? No luck on Google so far...

JeffPatton

04-11-2004, 09:51 PM

Blur plugs: http://www.blur.com/Tech/blurbeta_plugin_old

brisck1

04-26-2004, 01:11 PM

Hi, saw this hasnt been updated for a while, so i thought i would post my latest smoke shader.

http://www.littlelostpoly.co.uk/Images/smoke2.jpg

http://www.littlelostpoly.co.uk/Images/smoke1.jpg

For more info, and download see here:
http://www.maxforums.org/forum/forum.asp?t=216911&r=27

Cryptite

05-04-2004, 11:16 PM

Absolutely Brilliant, brisck!!! It's almost like having AB quality stuff without the AB! Nice Job, Well DONE!

rquinn

05-05-2004, 12:59 AM

hey cant get it dont work the link

aliciaCunnie

05-05-2004, 07:47 AM

nice work, that s nice, i usually use after burn for reallt nice explosions, but for smoke i think i will try yours

good job :P

brisck1

05-05-2004, 08:53 AM

Working link :)
http://www.littlelostpoly.co.uk/Misc/Robs%20Smoke%20v1.zip

brisck1

05-05-2004, 03:14 PM

P.s. something that is not mentioned in the Readme.doc is that the material currently hass issues with scale. I recommend you build you scene to a similar scale to the included sample file.

Thanks.

hamu73

05-16-2004, 12:56 PM

when will your new version be out??
looking forward to it

Spud

05-17-2004, 02:41 PM

Can anyone please post/repost some car paint shaders ?
All the links I tried here were dead
Thanx

philipbruton

05-17-2004, 06:21 PM

hello spud,

the shaders you're after are available here

http://frodo.hiof.no/~deetee/mrupload/index.php

they're in the file called "CGtalk-mr.zip" whcih contains a .mat file

philip bruton

Spud

05-17-2004, 07:17 PM

ok thanx;)

hamu73

05-19-2004, 10:16 AM

Is there any way you can make Rob's Smoke shader be based on particle age...I mean that at the end there is only smoke not smoke and fire like the way afterburn do it???

and what kind of settings do you ajust to get a better result...I was playing around with it lot in the past but I didn't really got any better result ... it was all worse....
but anyway awesome work brisck1

brisck1

05-19-2004, 12:35 PM

simply copy the 'Flame' (filter) map into an empty slot in your mat editor, then put a particle age map into the filter slot and then in the first partice age slot, copy the flame map you copied earlier. For the last 2 slots you can either add more copies of the flame map making it darker as the flames die out, or just put a dark grey and then black ;)

hamu73

05-19-2004, 01:04 PM

hey awesome brisck1...I will try that out
How did you do your flames in the image above...did you tweak some parameters or did you used the default??
thanks alot
your shader is great

brisck1

05-19-2004, 03:41 PM

yes its all at defaults, If you open up the max file that comes in the zip, turn off specular mapping (should have left this out), and turn on flameFX you should see a similar image when rendered

hamu73

05-19-2004, 10:56 PM

cool thanks brisck1....
I tried that one with a particle age and it seemed to be ok for the beginning...thanks for that tip....
when will your next version be released
thanks

AdrianWilliams

05-21-2004, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by visualboo
Yes, but if it requires anything besides just max, then if you don't mind... just write a small txt file saying the required plugs/scripts and put that in the zip.

I'm also thinking it could be cool to separate these into categories like>

Brazil shaders
Vray shaders
Max shaders
etc...

and then maybe under those have sub-categories for things like metal, wood, etc...

what do you guys think?

have you found any good brazil shaders yet? cause im looking for some also :bounce:

hamu73

05-21-2004, 05:54 PM

brisck1 I don't really get it to look like yours in the pic and then I did one with a particle age map but that doesn't come out very good as well...I think I will post a pic of that I have came up to

brisck1

05-21-2004, 07:25 PM

ok post the pic and the max file and i'll have a look at it

hamu73

05-22-2004, 10:42 AM

ok here is a pic I made with the particle age map with some adjustments

hamu73

05-22-2004, 10:52 AM

the max file is just a little bit too big...I can't post it

AdrianWilliams

05-22-2004, 11:07 AM

ooo so where can we find it?

hamu73

05-22-2004, 01:27 PM

ok I deleted some parts out of the scene and reduced the particle amount so I hope I can upload it now

adrihalut

05-31-2004, 07:43 AM

hi.

sorry i can't contribute yet, i'm way behind the rest of you...

i don't think i found the location of the contributions but i did get this one matlib for which my question is:

what do i do about missing dll's when trying to use a matlib i got here?

thanks. ilan

philipbruton

06-01-2004, 12:20 AM

hello

if they're dino skin and do nothing, i think, they should be available from blur studios/ blur beta as recompiles for v6

Phil b :)

adrihalut

06-01-2004, 09:09 AM

i don't suppose that means i should browse blur.com in search for 'download dll's'... thier beta site offers five max plugins, thats all...???

ilan

philipbruton

06-01-2004, 09:31 PM

hello

this is the link you're after

http://www.blur.com/Tech/blurbeta_plugin_old

they'll tell you if they're recompiled for 6 or not

enjoy :)

phil b

hamu73

06-02-2004, 12:43 PM

I used the electric map from blur

adrihalut

06-03-2004, 06:59 AM

i'm starting to get it. the missing dll's are from plugins i don't have installed. i found that i needed mr_subscatter and color correct. i got them both but the latter does not seem to have been installed (still a missing message). i still don't see which one in particular philipbruton is refering me to.

i tried the electric from blur. made a search of .dlt files and found them all to be in \stdplugs so thats where i threw electric.std. just in case, i copied it also to \plugins. upon initializing max, i got two messages saying that each of the dlt's failed to initialize.

anyway, maybe this very helpfull thread should not be burdened with these novice issues.

thanks very much. ilan.

philipbruton

06-03-2004, 09:54 PM

hello adrihalut,

This should be the link you're looking for

http://www.cuneytozdas.com/software/3dsmax/

phil b :thumbsup:

CarlCampbell

06-04-2004, 12:44 AM

I can't seem to get the "Highlights Only" plug to work in Max5... does anyone else have this problem?

adrihalut

06-04-2004, 07:37 AM

Thanks Philipbruton. i got color correct from the author'd site but it did not load when i opened max (still many dll's missing, i wanted to post the messages but i cant get 'print screen' (which i'm trying for the first time)) if i have to reboot my computer for cc to install, this explains why it didn't. i wont reboot because i'm having hardware problems at the moment.

i think i got a good picture of the issues at ahnd. thanks for educating me.

ilan.

hamu73

06-04-2004, 11:42 AM

can anzone help me to with the shader...tips for what I have to tweak and whatnot...thanks

slopps

06-06-2004, 07:44 PM

sorry to bother, but I can't seem to find the link to downlaod the collection?

hamu73

06-07-2004, 11:35 AM

you can find Blur's maps here http://www.blur.com/Tech/blurbeta_plugin_old

hey brisck1 can you look at my file and help me please...do you need a light in the scene?? and what about the scale???
although I added alot of dark spots in my later version they seem to be gone in the rendering and it looks all yellow or orange,....no darker spots for the smoke and stuff...
thanks

CarlCampbell

06-07-2004, 04:11 PM

Still can't get HighlightsOnly to work :cry:

leho

06-09-2004, 05:10 PM

ok there's like 22 pages of text :D can someone give the link where i can download these mat's? im not so pro on materials myself :P

edit: ok i found one from the 4'th page or smth... anyway i can use all the materials i guess but this error came eevry time i load them:
http://www.hot.ee/leho6/wtf.jpg

mushir_q

06-11-2004, 05:31 AM

well it's a great idea.
i have gotta loads of textures which i wud like to share.
But my texture folder is of 424 mb and i have no idea how u people can get it frm me. so any one have idea how can i upload here so plz let me know.
Good bye for now

philipbruton

06-11-2004, 08:17 PM

hello leho,

these errors are coming up cause you do not have these plugins.

Included in these is the blur lib plugin, which means none of your current blur plugins, if any, will work.

i could give you the links to all these but i aint go the time, try google for them. Most can be found at places like maxunderground/ blur beta etc....................

Phil b

mad-mick

07-17-2004, 02:29 PM

Great idea,as i am new to max and 3d is there much difference between shaders and maps?
If not i have about 482MB-1800 of maps that you my have,some are allready in Max but many
arn't If CG talk want them i will make a copy and send them to you to make avaliable for other
users.
Happy 3ding
mad-mick

CarlCampbell

07-18-2004, 04:47 AM

Maps are the individual pieces that make up a shader. You may have different maps (or not) for attributes such as Bump, Specular, Glossines, Transparency, Opacity, Diffuse, etc... Maps that you say to be in posession of are, supossably image maps (jpeg, bmp, tga, ...) also referred to as "textures".

If you can pack some nice hi-res textures into a zip for everyone, that'd be a great contribution!

colombianp4

07-18-2004, 08:58 PM

plaguelord

07-19-2004, 10:08 PM

Still can't get HighlightsOnly to work :cry:
I have max 5 and HighlightsOnly works fine. If you want send me a pm with your mail and I´ll send my file to you. My HLO version is 1.02 Jan 26 2001 max 4 build.

pluMmet

07-20-2004, 02:56 AM

These seem to be Regular Materials but maybe you would like Final Render Materials : FR Liquids (http://members.cox.net/3dnow/FRLiquids.mat)
:)

Arxangel

08-29-2004, 03:08 PM

Okay how do u attach these .Mat files or materials to a object?

thanks

Arxangel

CarlCampbell

08-29-2004, 10:27 PM

Store them in your MAX "matlibs" folder or wherever else you want. Then, open the material editor in MAX and click "Get Material" and the browser will appear. Then click "open" and browse for the .mat file and it will open up containing the various materials within. Double click one to add to your active material slot (then assign it to he desired object) or drag directly onto the object you want it assigned to.

Arxangel

08-30-2004, 02:58 AM

Okay great thanks, I placed Omni's and skylights, materials are dark. Using Mental ray and the shaders I had gotten from Cgtalk

CarlCampbell

08-30-2004, 11:54 AM

Your scene needs to be well lit to test materials, just try with a basic 3-point lighting setup to begin with. If you can't view the materials correctly in the material editor or viewport then you must be missing some of Blur's plugins. Also, remember that materials prefixed by fr- are to work with the finalrender engine and you'll need to use that renderer to see them in the material editor (go to options and change from Scanline to FinalRender).

Arxangel

08-30-2004, 07:28 PM

I get a mr_subScatter plugin missing, where can I get that at?
I have it at home, but not for work.
Sorry just delving into Mentalray, and caustics and the whole things.

Thanks
Arxangel

philipbruton

08-30-2004, 08:36 PM

here for the mental ray shaders .mi files

--> 3dsmax6\mentalray\include\

and here for the mental ray shader .dll files

--> 3dsmax6\mentalray\shaders\

whack em on a disk and place them in the same 3dsmax root folders at work, et voila !

Phil b

CarlCampbell

08-30-2004, 09:59 PM

Phillip beat me to it. Yeah, he's got it and it seems to have to do with MentalRay, huh? Never would've guessed...

Arxangel

08-31-2004, 01:55 AM

I just wanted to find them and work on Mental ray on my lunch. btw, applied a cgtalk glass material and rendered it in mental ray with 2 omni's, one skylight, and spot and nothing but black.....help

Thanks
p.s.
new to mental ray and shaders

qwtime

08-31-2004, 07:34 AM

less than 5 posts are required! The first!

Rikkimaru

08-31-2004, 11:46 AM

I can find only a plastic shader here in this thread. Is there a link to collected matlib now ?

Rikkimaru

09-12-2004, 01:36 AM

Hallo Mr. Boo ;)

The link doesn´t work anymore, also on your homepage in the free stuff section there is only your timer. Please post a new link to the file, it would be very nice.

Maybe I am stupid and didn´t find the link ?

philipbruton

09-16-2004, 06:17 PM

there's a wealth o mr shared files and mat libs here

http://frodo.hiof.no/~deetee/mrupload/index.php

for the mat lib, download Cgtalk-mr.zip (http://frodo.hiof.no/~deetee/mrupload/index.php?act=dl&file=Q0d0YWxrLW1yLnppcA==)

:thumbsup:

Phil b

onix3dmx

10-10-2004, 03:04 PM

http://www.digitalacb.com/esferita10.jpg

If you like this material, download the zip scene form here (http://http://www.digitalacb.com/sphere-for-friends.zip) Max 5.1 scanline

maxrelics

10-11-2004, 03:37 PM

This was an awesome idea, but a lot of these links are broken, which when it comes to something like this is really really annoying.

CyaNn

10-13-2004, 05:31 PM

Hi everyone.....

So where can I fing there materials lybraries......
90% of the links on ths thread are brocken.....

Is some one make an pachage and where is it ?????

thanks a lot ....

JeffPatton

10-13-2004, 05:57 PM

I think the original files are hosted at highend3d.com.
http://www.highend3d.com/3dsmax/shaders/

CyaNn

10-13-2004, 06:21 PM

ok thanks a lot....
so the onix_3d material link is brocken...... and his shader is very interessant to studdy.
onix..... pleeeeeaaaaaaassssssss

JeffPatton

10-19-2004, 04:56 AM

Here's some basic Brazil materials I've made:

http://www.jeffpatton.net/Gallery/brz-mats.jpg

Download materials (http://www.jeffpatton.net/cg-post/brazil-materials.zip)

JP

plaguelord

10-19-2004, 06:13 AM

many thanks for sharing, I'll learn a lot from your file! :D

rbmerc

11-02-2004, 05:45 AM

thanks a ton for the material librarires so far... does anyone know of any other free material libraries anywhere on the internet for just simple textures like wood and grass and whatnot? also any raytrace material libraries?

-merc

aatur

11-20-2004, 07:00 PM

Hi,
Please count me in. I have a small library of materials containing around 1000 materials. Would love sharing it with you people. Please do let me know about the stuff.

Bye

rak_king

11-21-2004, 07:38 PM

Thanx Bro....

rbmerc

11-21-2004, 09:10 PM

aatur where can i get materials from you?

-merc

Element

11-25-2004, 05:42 PM

:((( yes where i can find the materials?

.eL :sad:

jmBoekestein

12-15-2004, 02:52 AM

Hi guys,

I don't mean to be rude or anything. But I'm under the firm impression that it's more important to discuss porperties and difficulties with shader building just for the simple fact that you'll be able t recreate it and know why you're where you are sorta. Please correct me if you think I'm wrong. But I spend an equal amount at painting and figuring out the right texture as I do tweaking the settings of the materials and renderer. I mean sooner or later you must now what to look for? Or am I stupid?:surprised

Akusan

01-19-2005, 06:34 AM

I'd like to request that this forum be neat and organized like this thread:
Thread i'm talking about (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21263)
Where all the MATS or resources are neatly filed in the first 2 posts.
I am currently searching for the ones I made and will submit them too ;)
nice thread.

javierdl

01-19-2005, 02:36 PM

That's a great idea Akusan :)
I hope your wish will be granted.

DPC

sic00rn

01-28-2005, 07:54 PM

Hi!

birst: great thread!!

but: where can i find all these great^n mats and -libs?? the website doesn't work.

so: where to fin them??

:: sic00rn

icelemon

02-04-2005, 06:54 AM

it is a shame virtualboo couldn't keep up with the pace
i was well shocked to see when he started this thread due to a great responsibility
it was sad to see how it ended
people got tired of slow updates, complains, shouts and swears even
the pure idea was good cuz of the keyword "share"
but it lacked a keyword "open source" to back it up
it was a shame really.

is there an online material library for 3dsmax community?
if not how about a discussion about creating one?
i am more than willing to donate my own matlib's and skills

rodrigogua

02-13-2005, 06:17 AM

hi. recently, i've been experimenting with self-illuminating materials on planes in order to acheive studio-like are lights. my most recent experiments have led me to colored planes, based on hdri-studio.com's products. I devloped a matlib with 11 different schemes using only standard 3ds max materials. I tested with the glow (lume) MR shader, but the Output standard shader gave out much better results. without further addo, i give you the library and a test render. from left to right:

deep blue, yellow, green, red. orange, cool tones no1, warm tones, generic white, cool tones no2, generic studio background, and on top of all of it, generic studio projector.

system

02-20-2005, 11:06 AM

im searching for good Vray carpaint shaders, so if anyone has something im very thankful if you post it here.

Masterpiece

02-20-2005, 05:21 PM

(http://www.blur.com/Tech/blurbeta_plugin_old#download)http://www.blur.com/Tech/blurbeta_plugin_old#download
Is not hosting the plugins anymore ? I new I should have backed those up

anyone know where else i can get them from ... Max 7
thanx

instinct-vfx

02-21-2005, 12:15 AM

@Masterpiece : been asked multiple times hehehe

www.maxplugins.de still has them all

Thorsten

Fritos

03-04-2005, 11:54 AM

I found the Virtualboo mat's on another site. Although, numerous of the shaders do require other plug-ins in-order for the shader to work correctly, so some tweaking will be required. Also, most of these where created with Max 5. Hope this helps.

Link (http://www.highend3d.com/files/dl.3d?group=maxshaders&file_loc=scanlineMax5-v1.0-.zip&file_id=2352)

c0rtex

04-03-2005, 09:56 AM

I really like that material "sphere-for-friends.zip" but none of the links work anymore :(

Dr-b

05-11-2005, 10:42 PM

If you guys need any hosting space for the materials, I can probably arrange something with www.apemeat.de (great download speeds btw).

jackycheung

05-12-2005, 07:18 AM

very nice job? amazing work.

iART

05-19-2005, 05:45 PM

with 25 pages containing several libraries, and hundreds of well deserved fanboy comments, this thread is pointless if the first post is not updated with working links to materials, matlibs, and any required plugins.

having said that... i'd like to thank everyone who has submitted materials. ;)

Diego898

06-04-2005, 04:11 AM

Indeed...I dont want to read all 25 pages of this thread. Is there a library? If yes, then Id like to thank the community and kindly ask for a link ;]

canwood58

06-13-2005, 05:25 PM

I second that

philipbruton

06-13-2005, 06:32 PM

Here's a selection of material libraries i've collected for use with mental ray

material library (http://www.pbstudios.co.uk/matlibs.rar)

hope this helps some peeps, sorry i havn't got more

Hosting from this page, mail to philipbruton@hotmail.com (philipbruton@hotmail.com)
I will keep this page updated.

Bruno Avellar

06-18-2005, 09:36 PM

well, I have some scanline and mental ray materials I would like to share, but how do I upload them?

thanks

DustinB

06-18-2005, 11:08 PM

If the file isnt too large I can host it on my server. E-mail it to admin@dustinb.com

Bruno Avellar

06-20-2005, 12:05 AM

thanks, I'll prepare the library and send it to you :)

doca

07-15-2005, 04:28 AM

This thread sucks. I see I'm not the only one that asks where to find that materials? I'm not going to talk about broken links. Why there is not link or pool at start page to the library, if there is library?

Rikkimaru

07-15-2005, 11:35 AM

This problem will be solved in septembre. I am starting at the moment an upload and download base for materials. i am working at the moment at the php and layout stuff. I will post it if its finsihed.

leho

07-15-2005, 11:41 AM

thank you dude

maca

09-07-2005, 07:11 PM

It is now September. :)

Bao2

09-07-2005, 09:32 PM

It is now September. :)

But he didn't specified what year. :)

fenerlideLi

10-20-2005, 11:45 PM

thx for libs..

fenerlideLi

10-20-2005, 11:46 PM

philipbruton wanted me to post this link for you.. :)

http://www.pbstudios.co.uk/mat.rar

thenar

10-29-2005, 01:35 AM

After reading through multi pages I finally get to a download that works and then I can't extract the Mats because I get a no access message. Is this a cruel joke?

maca

10-29-2005, 11:03 AM

You don't need to open *.mat at all, just open max material editor and point to the directory which resides the *.mat file. :)

Mind hooking us the link that works? Don't want to weed all those link out again.

hevi.pochen

12-09-2005, 12:14 PM

Im in, Ive created a few that Im happy to share with the world.

i'm nu to the community so iz it possible to send any kind of lib or just created?

oreutenauer

12-14-2005, 04:56 PM

nice map pack, very usefull ! can we share it on another location/website ?

Ammar87

01-04-2006, 05:35 PM

very niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Noggy

01-20-2006, 12:09 AM

PLEASE RE-ORGANIZE THIS THREAD PLEASE!!!

I can't find any links that work or the main cg-talk_mr.zip file....

Can someone post the link for me?

JeffPatton

01-20-2006, 12:21 AM

Not sure which material library your trying to download. The one from this thread has been hosted by highend3d.com since 2003. Here's the link:
http://highend3d.com/3dsmax/downloads/shaders/

If your seeking the mental ray shader library, I have all the proper links and information in the mental ray shader thread here (in post#1):
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=104578

EDIT: You may have been referring to Phillip Bruton's post about a material library? If so, the link in post #375 seems to work.

I'll try to flag down a MOD to edit the first post in this thread with the information I just posted.

Eric2897

01-21-2006, 11:36 PM

Thanks for the links Jeff.

balko72

04-11-2006, 01:54 PM

Hi,

this is my link for 3d models or textures...

www.all-4-3d.com (http://www.all-4-3d.com)

hammerbchen

11-30-2006, 03:34 AM

still
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/5016/strawberry3dsmax8ur7.jpg
animated
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2447/strawberrygiftv2.gif

This page provide you with free strawberry material to download, and a very brief tutorial. This is a procedural texture and have displacement map channel, will make a sphere looks like a strawberry.

click here (http://hammerbchen.blogspot.com/2006/11/resourceprocedural-strawberry-material.html)

direct download (http://esnips.com/doc/26b650ae-e8f9-4178-b20e-c705bbc09a11/strawberry_material_3dsmax8.zip)

renderomat

01-12-2007, 08:38 AM

renderomat is a brand new centrolized source for materials and shaders - if you have anything like that to share or show off please stop by and let other natives here know about it - you'll be most than welcome - plus the renderomat will have monthly materials contests with winners receiving nice gifts from us and our sponsors - so it wont be a useless clicking for you - we have free materials section were you can share your materials with others - of course you can sell your materials as well as we have a market place there set up too - long story short - it is renderomat.com - easy to find and easy to remember -

OutCold

01-18-2007, 05:44 PM

Ive been looking around in the thread here and cant seem too find the materials and shaders, is there a ftp? is there a link? Id also like too submit some of my own mats :thumbsup:

renderomat

01-18-2007, 08:23 PM

i thought i posted it in my previous message but here it goes: http://www.renderomat.com/

and thanks for the interest we really hope you and other natives of cgsociety find Renderomat as useful and interesting as around here - we don't compete with this site we only supplement it -

eldee

01-19-2007, 07:14 AM

renderomat

01-19-2007, 07:37 AM

renderomat (http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=262076): Nice site, kind of like turbosquid for 3ds Max materials. I like it a lot, but what is up with the little countdown timer on the free materials? What is it counting down to, and why does it play that annoying sound effect?

Just curious! I'll probably be submitting some free materials to that site soon, as it looks like you guys need some to get the ball rolling!

glad you like it - heheh - i like it too (:)) - as for the count down - it'll have some real good purpose when we get members into participating of the upcoming material contests - basically when material is posted for a certain time (each contest will have different time duration requirements) - then whoever wins the highest rate during the contest time becomes a winner - once the contest time runs out then the material ends - you can relist again of course - but the rate will be zeroed out and ready for the next contest - we want to run non-stop different contests with different awards/prizes - like graphics cards, trips to vacation spots, pre-paid money cards, prepaid dinners on us - and so on - this way the site can be useful more than just seeking for customers for your work - plus contests winners will get preferred seller status and can sell materials free of any auction fees - this way people can see who is the best and contact you for custom jobs more often than anyother current site - practically we really are different than most of the cg marketplaces you know - there is more ways to become the top seller - and really no tricks (like some sites trick you into believing that someone is a real winner) everything folks see can be checked for occuracy right on the site -

eldee

01-19-2007, 07:48 AM

Also thought I'd mention that downloading via Firefox 2.0 seems to be broken somehow. Worked fine in IE though.

renderomat

01-19-2007, 08:08 AM

Also thought I'd mention that downloading via Firefox 2.0 seems to be broken somehow. Worked fine in IE though.

i will need to look into it as i think the ff does not load the page into cache but our download code requires a web page to be completely loaded before showing it and allowing to download - and as i heard ff does not do it - it starts showing a web page right away as soon as its reached a server - it is virtually faster than IE but not necessarily correct as a code might not be completely prepared to be displayed - thats just my thinking of it - :shrug:

rebolt

05-12-2007, 10:13 AM

I want to make a muddy water shader for a simulation. Can anyone tell me how i can create that or if u guys have any links or file. I tried making that but my shader is more looking like a choclate shader rather than mud water.

Thanks

nohairmonk

06-28-2007, 02:19 AM

Thanks a lot

PhantomDesign

12-28-2007, 08:30 PM

For muddy water, I'd experiment with SSS. with mental ray you can also try setting the max distance for refraction.I want to make a muddy water shader for a simulation. Can anyone tell me how i can create that or if u guys have any links or file. I tried making that but my shader is more looking like a choclate shader rather than mud water.

Thanks

Pauluz

01-19-2008, 05:31 PM

MisterS

01-22-2008, 09:23 PM

Hi, I'm currently following a tutorial which asks for a chrome material which should've been in the material library that comes with 3ds max, however, there are no materials to be found. Could anyone upload that one chrome material?

I know in Max9 you need to load Mental Ray renderer and then open the material editor, on the right, hit 'standard' and then select the mr Arch + Design. Look through the templates...

joeschmoogins

05-23-2008, 09:11 AM

hi all... this is my first post. But I was wondering where the material collection is located and if it still exists. Thanks.

TheAllusionist

07-24-2008, 10:57 PM

I would like to mention the launch of http://www.mrmaterials.com/ at MrM we opened up with over 300 free Max mr materials and will be concentrating on Maya and XSI as well. Of course any repository system relies on participation to succeed ;) Hope to see you there.

P.S. I wasn't aware of 'Rendermat' that is pretty cool

Vert-Ex

07-27-2008, 11:15 PM

Great site! Kudos to you and Jeff for making that happen. Make sure you toss a donate link up there somewhere. ;)

TheAllusionist

07-27-2008, 11:35 PM

Thank you for the positive feedback, means a lot.

tanhao365

09-10-2008, 06:28 AM

thanks for your share

Nogert

10-08-2008, 09:29 PM

TheAllusionist

10-08-2008, 10:01 PM

TheAllusionist, I downloaded some wood textures of your site but I don't know how to use them, I extracted them into the library folder and everything else in the correct place but when I go into Max and try to select the texture to apply it, the texture is blank.

I've attached a picture, that is what the textures looks like when I open them in the material viewer, where is the wood texture I downloaded?

First questions would be:

1.) Are you trying to use a Max 2008-2009 material in Max 9?

2.) Are you sure materials are in right locations/paths. Plenty of people slightly misspell a directory name (missing 'S', etc.) and have problems, make sure the exact path to your mat files and maps is what is in your saved paths inside of Max.

3.) Are you certain that the mat file you are using isn't pointing to a directory that doesn't exist on your computer/network? The problem with having the general public upload content is that you are going to get a lot of variables and that is why we established a creation and naming convention and ask people to use it. We can't help it if someone uploads materials and the actual ".mat" files point to C:\Documents and Settings\JohnDoe\My Documents\MR_Materials\................ (for example) You may have to go into your material editor and point the map files to the actual location on your machine and then save the material back to the ".mat" file the first time you use it. From then on it should work, but you need to verify all of these items and anything else I didn't think of (how is that for a disclaimer?) the first time you use a material and then just save it back to the Mat file or a new one of your choice if you prefer setting up your own consolidated mat files.

On top of that info here is a link to our general FAQ on installing materials:
http://www.mrmaterials.com/tutorials/max-mr-tutorials/90-how-to-install-materials-in-max.html

I hope this helps and you can figure it out, if it is something else and you figure it out, let us know, I don't know everything and could miss some other reason it isn't working, but I have limited info from you and limited info in my head (how is that for a disclaimer?). Kidding aside those are the most obvious scenarios that come to mind, start with them and we will go from there.

Good Luck!

Nogert

10-08-2008, 10:39 PM

Well I'm using these, http://www.mrmaterials.com/resource-central.html?func=fileinfo&id=340

They are supported by Max 9, I have a 30 day trial but I don't think that is a problem.

As for misspelling and misplacing all I did was extracted the file into the my documents/3dsmax folder and they seem to extract them selves into all the correct folder.

As for your 3rd question, I'm quite sure it's in the correct directory because in Max I can go into the material library, click open and find the material files, it's just when I open them I get the problem shown on the screenshot above.

I'll give your installation guide a read and report back tomorrow to let you know if i fixed it.

x2Vinzz

12-19-2008, 11:21 AM

urmmmm.. this is kind of embarrassing. but i cant find the dload link. :P

help me someone!

cresshead

01-24-2009, 07:43 PM

urmmmm.. this is kind of embarrassing. but i cant find the dload link. :P

help me someone!

you could try page 1 post 1...and then click on the links in that post to the rar files

TheAllusionist

01-24-2009, 10:05 PM

....................................................... I'll give your installation guide a read and report back tomorrow to let you know if i fixed it.

I have assumed that you worked it out since I did not hear back from you, but I thought it might have looked like I left you hanging. Jeff and I do our best to help out, the majority of the time there is a problem it is a pathing issue, second on the list is the wrong version of Max, but I don't want to just assume that was your problem. Please feel free to let us know if there are legitimate problems so that we may try and fix them.

Additionally, about once a week we have been releasing materials comprised of the full resolution commercial versions of Arroway textures, which they graciously donated. In the end there will be 20 of them. On the front page there is an article that we update every time we add a new one and it has direct links to the ones uploaded already. You will need to download the 'texture set' and then the appropriate material file (max, maya, xsi) for your application.

Hope the new year is a great one for everyone! Hope to see your contributions, this whole thread is full of people wanting a dedicated and centralized location and dead links, we hoped to help eliminate that problem, but it will take your help as well.