![]() In addition, Mixer can now run on networks behind a proxy server, making it easier to use in large studios. Users can export a mask from a single layer inside Mixer, or create a composite mask from multiple layers, previewing the result in the viewport before export. The feature makes it possible to export any mask created inside Mixer to DCC applications: for example, in order to generate variants of a material in a game engine. Updated 26 November 2020: Quixel has released Mixer 2020.1.6, adding a new Mask Export system. Since we last wrote about the software, Mixer 2020.1.3 was a hotfix update, but Mixer 2020.1.4, also added 44 Smart Materials. Updated 14 October 2020: Quixel has released Mixer 2020.1.5, adding a further 73 Smart Materials, including arch viz materials like metal, marble, granite and fabrics. Quixel has also made 50 new Smart Materials – including metals, fabrics, rock, wood and leather – available free to all Mixer users. The update adds a new Asset Manager, with capabilities including auto-detection of missing assets when working with files created by other artists, and better handling of assets referenced multiple times in a file. (The previous release, Mixer 2020.1.1, was primarily a bugfix update.) Updated 24 June 2020: Quixel has released Mixer 2020.1.2, the latest feature update to the software. Options include a rounded cube, a sphere, “multiple cylinders” and a shader ball. Other changes include a new set of 3D primitives on which materials can be previewed, supplementing the default plane. ![]() The software also comes with “dozens” of readymade Smart Materials. Textures can be exported as Smart Materils by grouping the relevant texture layers and right-clicking. The release also introduces the Smart Material system from DDO, Quixel’s now-defunct Photoshop texturing plugin, into Mixer. There is also a new real-time curvature system, making it possible to shade or mask a model according to its surface curvature, helping to create procedural edge wear and dirt effects.Īccording to Quixel, subsequent releases will add other 3D texturing capabilities, including support for multiple texture sets, and mirrored UVs. The update adds new masking options for 3D geometry, including a Projection Modifier and the option to use the Position Gradient mask in 3D. In addition, texture layers now use Box projection by default, making it possible to reposition or rescale them over the surface of a 3D model without the need to UV unwrap it. It’s officially described as “early 3D support”, but it’s still possible to import a model in OBJ or FBX format, and paint directly onto a range of material channels in the viewport, as shown in the video above. One major step towards that is the introduction of a new 3D painting system in Mixer 2020. ![]() New 3D texturing system, including 3D painting, masking and curvature effects The software uses a non-destructive layer-based workflow, and includes a brush-based toolset for multi-channel painting and sculpting, outputting standard texture maps at up to 32-bit resolution.Īt the time of Quixel’s acquisition by Epic Games last year, Epic general manager Marc Petit told CG Channel that he saw the software as a long-term alternative to Adobe’s Substance tools. Over the course of the year, it evolved into a more broadly featured tool for blending 3D scan data from any source to create new materials. In the online changelog, the release is referred to as Mixer 2020.1, so take your pick of the version numbers.Ī next-gen tool for creating PBR materials by blending 3D scan dataįirst released in 2018, Mixer began as a companion app for subscribers to Quixel’s Megascans library of 3D scan data: the original name for the software was Megascans Studio. The release adds a new 3D painting toolset, a curvature-based system for adding procedural dirt and wear effects, new procedural masking features, and support for Smart Materials. Quixel has released Mixer 2020, the latest update to its free material-authoring tool, available in beta. Scroll down for news of the Mixer 2020.1.6 update. Posted by Jim Thacker Quixel ships Mixer 2020.1.6 ![]()
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