Adobe Dimension CC: Creating New Materials (textures) 

Of course! There are better tutorials on how to make the pattern more seamless than what i did in the video.

Indeed, had no idea where to put what file.

who is tNice?

Blue River Crossing that is often a much better way. Have you tried re-generating the UV’s for your obj in dimensions? This helps wrap materials more correctly with complex shapes, but yes that will often have problems still. Thanks for the comment!

If you mean save them in the Dimensions program so the material is already compiled so you don't have to place all those extra images everytime? Unless this was a recent addition to Dimensions cc (which i think adobe cloud might play a part in it) i don't think you can save a new material you created inside the program. I recommend looking into Blender 2.8 it's a free industry standard 3D program. it's better than Dimensions. One of my recent vids shows how you can use blender and Dimensions together, but blender render engine is just as strong with HDRI and has more power under the hood when it comes to controlling a scene and finalizing a render.

@@KillinSmallz Thanks thats what I meant .....This video shows how to create your own materials using Adobe Capture , And she has examples she has saved in Dimension , But doesnt say how she did it .. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tTURLz2XbAk.html

@@Keepingthefaith72 Sorry... Dimensions CC is still in it's early year stages so they have big plans to expand the program. It will take some time. I know if you post on the Q&A forums on the Adobe site for Dimensions CC they usually respond within a day or 2 unless its the weekend. If it's a new addition then they'd know better then me :). I've been into Blelnder 2.8 a FREE tru 3D program. For my custom materials i've made for Dimesnions i just have a bunch of organized saved folders on my computer.

No problem! I'm planning on revamping this tutorial in the next few weeks. Better audio, with better info that's more to date with the current release of Dimensions CC.

thanks!

Hello, It looks like Dimensions has done a lot to update the program since i created this video. Most of the materials they have now have specific sliders and other image and normal maps that makes it harder to follow this tutorial the same way. It's been a while since i opened Dimensions since i use Blender now. It's entirely possible this method is no longer useful under current versions of Dimensions.

As far as i know, currently if you want to save the material as a preset in your DimensionsCC, it requires you to use the phone app. LINK in description. Dimensioncc has no easy way to save presets in the program. which is lame. It usually requires some other adobe program and you to upload it to your adobe cloud.

i think @ 6:19 i do a bunch of Command+Z to back step to the original Image.

@@KillinSmallz thank you! it could be so easy haha

What version of PS r u running?

@@KillinSmallz the same that you have 2018 CC

@@w4Designer Hmm, i'm not sure why it's not working. i tried it on my ps just now and it worked. Possibly try restarting it or try a more recent version of PS incase that version is having a bug. I'm using 2019 now and it is working for me on that. I hope this helps.

@@KillinSmallz yeah, that's what im doing now, I deleted the 2018 but I have to update my Mac osx system for the new PS 2019 :( also I had some bugs today when I treid to generate some 3D objects, PS turns off directly, I think that's why, thanks a lot Killin,

@@w4Designer No problem, i hope it works out. I personally stopped using PS for any of my 3D work. I primarily use Blender 2.81. It's a free professional program. Way better than PS + Dimensions. My newer videos show me using Blender along side Dimension CC. But it's limited in what exports to Dncc so Blender is usually better all around.

I'm not too sure. If you like i can take a look at your file or a screen shot. You can shoot it to my email and i'll be able to have a better scope on what's happening. LMK But it sounds like you're uploading your file for cloud rendering? or rendering on a source that isn't your computer? I don't have a lot of experience with using the adobe cloud rendering or other rendering sources for Dimension cc, but when i did try them out, i found the outcome to be very hit or miss.

save as material ???

@@emrdeko6824 hello, unfortunately there is no way i know of that saves these materials you create in your adobe Dimensions library of materials. You have to save them in a folder on your computer and import them every time. I know... it sucks. Dimensions has made a LOT of changes since i made this video so there may be a new way i never learned about but i don't think there is. This is actually one of the reasons why, in all of my newer Dimensions Tutorials i've been trying tp steer ppl towards a more functional 3D suite like BLENDER 3D which is free to use. Dimensions is just "VERY" limiting. If you have never heard of blender please check out some of my other tutorials and it will show how to use blender with Dimensions to get your foot in the door and transition to a different program a little easier.

@@KillinSmallz Thank you teacher

It's named just normal in 2020 version

JenniLynn excelent question! The OBJ object is separate from the material layer ( the Normals). So long as it’s in adobe dimensions CC, if you have a material in your adobe asset library, you’ll be able to simply click it and it will automatically add it to the shape in program.

@@KillinSmallz K I see, I have to save it to a zip folder, and use the phone app to import the 'normals' as a material.

same here :-(

probably need to update your software, make sure your graphics card is high enough to handle it, restart your computer and try again.

Sorry but i don't think Adobe Dimension CC has this ability yet. I just save my home brewed materials in a folder in my documents. There is a program for your phone that uses a photo and auto compiles it for your adobe cloud and auto saves it to Dimensions in your material library. If you send the image to your phone you can use the app to save it to your adobe cloud and use it. it's a bit of a hacky work around though. no computer program in adobe can do this yet :(.

@@KillinSmallz Thank for reply my ask. I will try your method

Thanks! There are definitly some programs that will do a great job of this, but it's a pretty good way to do it using PS. one of the hardest parts using PS to do this is making sure you can get your material to tile seamlessly. I should probably update my whole lesson plan for DiemsnionCC. They're starting to get a little dated after 2 years.

You have to save the images in a folder on your computer. There is currently no good way i am away for saving these textures inside Dimensions. There is a phone app which will take an image and turn it into a texture and automatically save it to your adobe cloud which makes it available in program fro dimensions. But there is no way i know of to save a texture you made on your desktop top inside adobe.

@@KillinSmallz what is the name of this phone app? couldn't find the video you made that covered the phone app way of making texture?

@@lilespoon I didn't actually do a video about the phone app, but here is another video showing the phone app. it has its pros and cons. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tTURLz2XbAk.html

for adobe Dimensions a gem or diamond texture is going to be a glass texture with an adjusted IOR. the real difference is how light passes through different materials like glass and diamond. they will bend the light differently. a google search will give you the IOR for diamond or other gems. But if you're looking for Colorful Caustic Refractions (how the light creates a rainbow on the ground when it passes through a prism) which is something that real diamonds tends to do, That is not something that dimensions is capable of. You would need a different 3D program that calculates light paths. Dimensions is HDR and PBR based rendering. It doesn't really have light-sources.

IOR stands for Index of Refraction. :)

@@KillinSmallz I will try again I tried it but no success. Thank you

@@saltikkenan yea, dimensions is just probably not capable of articulating that stuff.

You can't actually save it to the program (unless they changed it), you have to make a folder that holds all the normals and bump images that you then import to your Dimension Cc scene.

Haha, you think I make money from this. Honestly honored you think I’m monetized.