How to Add PBR Texture to object in blender for Beginners 

we have had this issue with many people and your answer is the same we give, thank you for the input.

Thanks man

thanks

thank you!!

Yes, this work fine, thx!

Glad we could help

Beautiful question that we need

Glad it was helpful! and thumbs up for the sub.

Thank you for the support :D

Glad it was helpful!

But why have music in the background so we can barely hear him?

can you check at 3:33 that you select the BSDF then use the short cut keys? second the add on is selected and checked as well. If you have not selected the BSDF then the texture will not be shown even if you select it.

@@TechWrathTV for SOME reason... NOW it works. ? No idea but maybe when I originally tried, I didn't have the BSDF selected. I just tried now both ways. It works now when having it selected but if not, it gives no matching images msg so maybe for some reason it wasn't selected before. But it's weird. When you first go into the shading area, it auto selects it anyway so... ? but thanks for the reply! It is working now so all those material nodes are set up for me so that is a huge time saver. I still have not textured anything successfully and rendered it but maybe now I can.

Awesome, thank you!, glad it was helpful to you. You can also join our patreon www.patreon.com/techwrathtv

Nvm, I saw a comment thoroughly telling you how to get the addons.

glad it helped you :D

You can use the texture on single face as well and cube as well. You asked a very good question and I shall make a tutorial on that within this week for sure. Thank you for the question.

@@TechWrathTV wonderful! Waiting fornthe tutorial, I will try on myself and see of I can succeed

@@TechWrathTV update: I did it, easly as expected. But I Belice I wasn't clear with my question: I loke the result and would like to export the mesh (with the texture applied) in an stl format. That way, I'll be able to 3D print it. Do you know how to do so?

i had same problem

we are working to find a solution for this and will update the answer

please check 0.50 that the add on is selected otherwise it will not add the pbr and also that you are in the right mode and the object is selected. hope this fixes the issue.

@@TechWrathTV I'm sry, wdym by 0.50 addon

Happy new year!

are you sure your in shading part?

Yes but in blender if you have external GPU you can make settings and put GPU as your rendering device so it becomes faster

Appreciate your positive feedback always here to help

make sure that you are in render mode, otherwise it will show white, check this and let us know.

@@TechWrathTV Yeah, In upper left corner it says "render" but I am still not sure if I'm in render mode. thanks for the fast respond.

this works on 3D objects, you can see plane, cylinder, cube etc. just follow steps and see what your missing. it should work.

please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video. go to edit > preferences > add-ons and search for node wrangler. then u need to click the checkbox to enable it.

@@TechWrathTV got it, i turned on node Wrangler and another node add on, that fixed it, thanks

My pleasure, always here to help

Yes we are coming up with this tutorial this week?

You are most welcome

My pleasure 😊. you made our day. :D please do share your work with us as well on twitter, Instagram etc.

Glad you liked it!

sure, we were saying that the tab name PRINCIPLED BSDF click on it so it gets selected then press the shortcut key CTRL + SHIFT + T . Once you press this the browser window will open and you can follow the tutorial. Hope this helps, if not then send message will give you extra instructions.

@@TechWrathTV I also need help with this I tried but it did nothing

@@Jaykeduzthings please check if you have the addons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video. h

@@TechWrathTV oh yeah thx

@@Jaykeduzthings glad we could help, don't forget to subscribe and click the bell icon so you get more tutorials for future.

that is a good question, let us work on it and update you.

please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

@@TechWrathTV thanks a lot dude, it worked

not yet but will work on it soon.

i am glad it is helpful to you. i will be bringing more tutorials, if you have any suggestion for tutorial let us know :)

@@TechWrathTV ctrl-shift-T doesn’t do anything for me idk why

can you make sure you are in RENDER MODE, look at top right corner, there will be globes, check if you clicked the render mode. let us know.

​@@TechWrathTVi have same problem but rendering isn't working

we are glad it helped you.

what is the error or any message that is coming?

@@TechWrathTV no errors or anything, it just doesn't appear

please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

Oh, and what format is the file supposed to be?

the texture files will have the following files .JPG, .PNG, .EXR and .EXR 4k. the files number depend on the texture you get from poly haven or other websites.

The texture file I have is 4 .png files whereas yours as other file types, could that be affecting it?

Okay I downloaded a texture that has files like yours, and it worked. I want to use the wood textures from Arroway, but what they give are all .png files, how would I get these to work? Thanks

Can u send those files to enquiry@techwrath.com plz

Good question we will add tutorial on that how to paint the texture or after adding these.

please check if you have selected BSDF panel 3:26. if this does not work please share where you got the files from and we can test it ourselves

happy to hear it worked for you :D

Update: it did not work because the model was imported from skp. I tried to make a model again but this time on blender, and it worked. So my question is why did the model from skp didn't work?

the model might not have exported correctly or importing issue maybe. there is an extension for sketch feb in blender where you can download the model directly in blender. the best format we have found is obj, fbx. but this is an interested issue you have highlighted, we will be working on it and share it with you as well.

can you tell me which time frame in demo that you get this error from? seconds that will help us narrow it down.

check the values sometimes the default values can differ.

yes you need activate an add on which i tell in the start of the video.

@@TechWrathTVYeah I noticed that after I posted the comment, I was zooming throught thje video because I had a few minutes to finish the work

can you check if the object is selected and your in the right window when you do that, let us know.

@@TechWrathTV yea I had it selected and everything i followed exactly what you did but it’s not working for me. It always seems to go this way idk why

can you make sure you are in RENDER MODE, look at top right corner, there will be globes, check if you clicked the render mode. let us know.

@@TechWrathTV Ohhh, okay. Yes, I didn't have the last globe selected. that fixed it. Thank you for responding to my question.

@@gmtwj-fye7898 always here to help :D

yes could be, you can try to add few others to see.

glad i could help :D your comment just made my day. 😍

when you import the texture files, it applies automatically, you just need to wait to let it process and load. this depends on your system and gpu.

did you check if the format of the file was correct?

i am humbled :D

you need to activate an addon before using the shortcut keys, please see start of the tutorial where i tell which add on to activate.

hi mate, sorry was busy with other things, we will be making a tutorial for this and post the link here soon.

sure thing, can you share more details please.

@@TechWrathTV so when i load my texture vom poly haven on to my landscape (this add-on from blender) its just showing a nasty brown texture, but this boxes in shading are here. so i think the problem ist, that it imported my texture wrong…

hi let us check this and come back to you, we are on it :D

Check add ons. please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video and let us know if that helps.

we hear you but that is used for soothing, and results have shown without background music people lose interest.

good to know its working.

right click on the tab and select the shading option then your tab will appear. It is closed sometimes.

appreciated

hi mate, sorry to hear that, please no need to un install the software you can see please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

you need to make sure that the tree trunk is separate to the branches and leaves object in the same model. Will make a tutorial out of this one.

@@TechWrathTV thanks

can you elaborate please? where are you getting this issue?

because you need to select rendered globe top right corner hope that clears it.

@@TechWrathTV Actually not. I guess I was stuck in editing mode, and as I later found out, the changes don't happen in it. They only happen in object mode. I mainly rely on the visuals in the videos because I understand partial English and use a translator for writing. In case I clearly didn't see that you switched from edit mode to object mode.

@@batvanio my apologies mate, will keep that in mind next time in other videos and will add explaining and showing changes clearly. Glad you solved it.

@@TechWrathTV No need to apologize. It was my fault that I didn't watch carefully that the mode had to be changed. :)

@@batvanio still we are happy you solved it :D give a well done to your self: D

Glad we could help

which format are you looking to export? as FBX? OBJ? etc.??

appreciated.

appreciated :D

Always welcome

my pleasure :D glad it helped you.

Please check it you are in render or semi render mode

Can you let me know which time frame are you talking about in the video? which step are you at?

You're so welcome!

that is a common issue please check if you have the add-ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

We did not forget your request, it has already been recorded and is in editing phase, will be uploaded tomorrow. :D

yes we have improved that in our later vidoes. Thank you for the feedback appreciate it.

Your welcome guys just trying to relearn blender my self haha

please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video. if that is not done then you wont see the pop up.

@@TechWrathTV So what if after I select the files, hit principle texture setup, and then nothing happens?

thank you appreciate it :D

We are working on that now and will soon upload it.

you can see the settings at 7:25

please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

I'm glad you like it

Welcome

Glad it was helpful!. You can look at other tutorials as well and suggest your own as well.

Thank you!, glad it helped you. :D

glad we could help you.

We have done that in our next videos thank you for feedback

Only have Principle BSDF Highlighted

its a very common thing please check if you have the add-ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

Can you please elaborate on this more please.

please check if you have the addons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video

im glad you liked it :D

please check if you have the add ons checked on your blender for shortcuts to work check 0:55 seconds video. go to edit > preferences > add-ons and search for node wrangler. then u need to click the checkbox to enable it.

You need an un zipping tool like winrar, or in mac it automatically un zips.,

Which version of blender are you using and can you let us know which point doesn't work?

what step are you referring to?

We try to explain in baby steps so every one can follow who have not used blender.

adding texture to object is part of it, before displacements

sorry to hear that.

@@TechWrathTV dont be sorry, u tryied your best to teach people anyway!, u helped alot of other people. which is good!. since im am a VERYY Starter. im 2 days using blender. i didnt understanded it well, and i thought it is too long. besides its a good tutorial!, many people appreciated that! i would be happy if you could try to make an shorter tutorial of adding textures on meshs, it would help many people!, not couting the people u alr helped btw. but for now i will be waiting an updated version of the tutorial! and i can see the effort you putted. maybe if you update it, it could be some of the best tutorials for blender 3.2.2 (the current version of the time of this commentary) it can't be that hard, but i want to know how to add textures propely, i mean... make good textures since it is Super Important For An Game, but all the tutorials aren't helping me, your tutorial kinda helped me, since i watched a part. i dont had much time or i have to see the entire video, but i was not able to make good textures. so i just want to u to update it, anyways keep up with the good content! 😄

@@Steam100 thank you for the support. will do that soon

please check if you have activated the addon check it from add on check the 5:00 min mark.

@@TechWrathTV Alright thank you

@@TechWrathTV Oh nice after checking the addon, ctrl shift T works. Thanks you sir.