Introduction to Quixel Mixer 2019: Tutorial 

yeah there should be a biopic about them.... with rocky style montage scenes :)

but now epic bought them, and I think its for the best. Because everything is completely free(to use with unreal, otherwise you have to pay the subscription(Wich is still a very good deal))

@@goldenlegend4018 Mixer is only free while it's in beta.

So is this update released yet or is this just another teaser?!

It’s live!

Quixel is only free during the beta period. Allegorithmic/Adobe is going to keep perpetual indie licenses. Substance Alchemist is really awesome as well.

@@massivetree7937 What do you mean by "going to keep perpetual indie licences"? Sorry, french is my native tongue, not disingenuous..

@@jonathanholmes2186 Could you please make a tutorial on how to use Quixel with Lumion?

Same. I don't even know what games/movies use these kind of... sprites? XD

@@Joel-ee8df hahahahahahaha

I agree 100%. The software looks amazing but the presenter did a terrible job by not explaining what and why he was doing. He just added confusion.

@@kenmorris2858 I guess it's kinda like substance painter but free and uses PBR textures from the megascans library? or something in that direction

@RageMasterGaming .Guy from video made material. You can use it in Unreal Engine. If you want to know more you can watch videos about materials in UE.

Just for 30$ per month...

Hideo Kojima can’t make a game for free (unless you want to spend 500 years)

now free if u sign up with an epic act

@@dreadshape6972 exactly, at least thats how i do it

@@DJJamaicanYT bro can you plz help me when I export my model into unreal engine 4 and then apply the texture from mega scan the texture doesn't work on my model

@@DJJamaicanYT only black texture is visible

@@-Blue-_ I'd say follow this tutorial, it should help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7rLGNCqJs_E.html If that doesnt work let me know in this comment section again, ill be happy to help you

@@-Blue-_ I use Quixel Bridge for exporting assets to either Blender or UE.

Ray Guzman thanks for your support!!

And us action figure photographers.

Can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

Yes it is possible, and you've described how channel packing works pretty well :) Mixer and Bridge both have a channel packing system where you can pack any set of grayscale textures into one texture, and it can be an RGB or RGBA texture also.

​@@theadnart1Thanks for the reply. Just experimented on UE4 by exporting from Quixel Mixer and it works a treat. Tried it on the Snowy Mountains as well, exported an extra displacement map. Mountain landscape. One piece of geometry. Very, very cool.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x4-M9WSsKck.html this video tells you c: use captions though, the voice is in Russian

Good catch! Apologies for the editing mistake. It looks to be a copy of the "Frame Definition" component, likely with some minor tweaks, and the blend mode set to Multiply.

@@teddybergsman5358 Don't sweat it, the video is still very informative. And now with that other vid you posted on FB I totally get it now. Man, this is cool.

Jonathan Holmes that’s good to know. I do these methods myself and it works well for maps that can blend indiscriminately like versions of a plaster wall but tiles or brick would require defined maps. It’s just good to see if there’s a process I don’t know about and can learn from.

@@jonathanholmes2186 I'm really eager to see that, i'll surely keep an eye! Keep up the good work guys, cheers

@@jonathanholmes2186 thats a shame... id totally use this over the substance programs if that functionality was implemented. Im making dynamic terrain and textures that are randomized so nothing ever looks exactly the same. If you guys implemented that i would definitely say you would kill off substance!

I'm conflicted. Layers win for usability, but nodes for flexibility. The real test will be whether or not you can do everything you need just with the layers. The moment you hit a limitation is the moment you start cursing layers.

@@blenderguru Agreed. I think Mixer's biggest challenge is to push the concept of layers to the next level for a texturing software, and we already have a few key features in the roadmap that will tackle this problem. The Mask Stack was the first step, and we can't wait to reveal more other key features!

@@blenderguru I don't think that is a big problem for majority of work that artists do. Personally I still use classic material editor in Max because it is efficient and doesn't take a ton of space... and a lot of Max artists that I know still do. Layers are usually more organized than node based systems. When you start overdoing stuff with node based systems it just becomes too complex and usually only artist that worked on it knows what stuff does exactly. Worst mistakes that people do when developing the software, and I've experienced this over my 15years in VFX, is that they target those 1% of the cases where you need that flexibility ... and because of choices they make to be able to handle those 1% cases, other 99% of cases suffer because of inefficiency... leading to more expensive workflows. That's why I think Mixer with their simplified system is going into right direction. It is more important to me to be able to do something quickly for my everyday needs, then having node based system that I'll rarely need.

Hi there!! Currently there are only manual workarounds for this system (appending solid layers to items in the stack, and exporting a composite), but this is a request that we have heard from many users. Rest assured, it is on our list :))

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Pansito Style only in the video. Download the software before you replay.

Hello! We do have a LiveLink for Unity. You can export from Mixer to Bridge to Unity. More information here: help.quixel.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002558138-Installing-the-Megascans-LiveLink-for-Unity ^Jin

If not , i'm sure it comes fast with AI.

@@DavidBoura The problem with scan based materials is repetition and crop between two areas. With procedural textures it's random and the issue is solved.

@@BeKa-om8cv have u been in a coma my dude?

more like Unreal vs Unity

Yeah, they claim that Alchemist was planned before Mixer release :D

@@AlexiosLair yeah, right...

@@AlexiosLair Alchemist has been in dev for a very long time, however, so has quixel suite and even the megascans studio. I think quixel has been at it longer

Was gonna ask the same question!

I don't really think either will "win." Competition is healthy, and both tool sets are great for different reasons. Just like how Canon and Nikon, etc. can coexist, so can Quixel and Substance. I use both regularly.

That comment is dumb btw

Saash A - You mean Adobe or Quixel.. right? :D I'm putting my money on Quixel.. People are generally fed up with Adobe, and with Affinity by Serif's superb ID, PS and AI replacements - A future without Adobe's greedy hands all up in our ass's, looks very promising!

Jonathan Holmes Surely it’s not a replacement for Suite unless it comes with the same scans that suite came with?

Jonathan Holmes The materials that suite comes with are more than just useful. Almost everything you do starts with, or uses, some of the provided materials. If mixer doesn’t have them, or only has a few, or relies on a Megascans subscription, it won’t be a replacement for suite, is what I mean. I’m not saying it won’t be (or isn’t already) a superb product, but I’m only interested in replacing suite. :)

I have a GTX 1080 at it works perfectly.

So the way it seems to be now is that it's at the bottom of the properties, under the height frequency. Just click the colours and roughly the same options will appear as in the video

Yeah, a shame really. I can't afford to pay for both the Mega Scans subscription and Substance, so I'll wait until Mixer is further in development and has a Painter alternative to make the switch. I really love Mixer's workflow and I hope it becomes the norm.

@@DreyzieArt same. I'm not trying to diss on it, it's wonderful. But it really relies on the mega scans. Yeah you can import your own materials, but who would go through that

@@IGarrettI a lot of people actually

On Substance Share you can get over 1000 Materials for free. All you need is a free account. Other than Substance Source which is only for customers with the subscription, Share was always free for everyone.

Jesús Gómez San Emeterio actually they have been developing it for more than 3 years

@@gimlisaxe5423 just checked and Substance source only has 1780 "materials" or scans, quixel has 8800ish bout 4x the amount, clear winner here

Trophi Hunter Live actually substance alchemist creates nice base materials from images and you can use your old materials just by sbsar file

And you can use materials from substance share as well check out substance share

1222 materials it has ! Plus Substance Source!