Top 6 Blender Nodes To Make Any Material in Blender

This 2021 video covers the top six Blender nodes to make any material in Blender
- Beginner Shader Tutorial In Blender
- Getting started with procedural nodes
- Advanced material tips
- Best nodes to use to create materials

Chapters
0:00 - Getting started
0:43 - Texture Coordinate Node
1:15 - Color Ramp Node
2:03 - Noise Texture Node
3:17 - Voronoi Texture
5:06 - Mix RGB Node
6:29 - The Bump Node

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[aldorobertoconde]

First video i have seen that explains nodes so clearly. Thank you!

[mikek]

This actually makes me curious instead of afraid of nodes. Thanks for that !!

[majako]

Oh, FINALLY - someone explains HOW - the process behind the action!! THANK YOU!! 99% of Blender tutorials just state: 'click this, click that' to make something and no one explains why should you choose particular node, what it actually does! Great explanation! Make more of these! :D

[computhenics]

The video editing, the music and the explanation are top notch. Never felt this good watching a video.

[lewismassie]

10 months into my Blender journey and I think I've used all of these in every single project so far. Also this editing is _F I R E_

[ForeverDansky]

Absolutely fantastic explanations! Thanks for making something that can be quite complex, super simple!

[heythatsnotmywalrus]

This 9.5 minute video took me hours to get through because it gave me so much to play with here and there, which I feel really gave me hands-on learning. Good stuff

[Skyztamer]

I'm fairly new to texture work in Blender; but I 100% agree that bump map is the GOAT

[marclapinff]

Us the people we want more of this new style videos 😍

[thefreshest]

When mixing a noise texture into the vectors you should use Linear Light mix. This is because noise adds an average of grey all over, which moves the vectors by 0.5, Linear Light does the subtraction for you.

[melvinhoyk]

Each introduction was so cool with that great track, makes me so pumped up.

[jeffg]

Love the simplicity here, yet terrific end results. Just 6 nodes - quite cool. Great way to intro people to nodes.

[haunted]

finally understood nodes.
extremely informative.
we need more tutorials like this

[cosmosraven]

Simply the best tutorial in its class. Well strategized and delivered. Plus, simply fantastic audio. Thank you very much.

[kodeth]

I have always hated geometry nodes because the way popular blender people (blender guru guy) used it they never really expand on the why they're using it. What they do, THIS ON THE OTHER HAND this is EXACTLY what I wanted! Simple straight to the point. And with an example!! That's visual. YOU DESERVE THE SUB.

[zimnelredoran]

10/10 Video. Great explanations and examples, all of them easy to follow and it gives a very clear idea of what you can get out of the box just with a few nodes, not needing gigantic and overcomplicated graphs. I definitely want to see more of this. Thanks for the positivity and energy!

[youtubian]

Oh my god this makes everything I've watched before make sense now! Just amazing work explaining things. The visuals and direct feedback of what you're doing as you're explaining it, made it click instantly for me

[thxenos]

An amazing blend of content and music. Makes it feel epic.
Well done, and thank you.
You can also make some amazing stuff with wave texture for a lot of stuff. I'm always making wood material with waves and noises mixed in with the uvs.

[jackaguirre]

This has absolutely solved my confusion about nodes! Thank you so much!

[nedstudios]

WHAT?? Seriously, Chris on CG Cookie. This year just keeps getting better and better. I've been educating myself running about 10 tutorials a day. Been bucking for a better position at work. Should I get it, I have this guy to thank for it. Love the channel. Well done Chris