Material Z V1 released bringing PBR material editing to the desktop and browser

Jun 25, 2018 by CGPress Staff

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(updated) Brain District has announced that Material-Z, a desktop and browser-based PBR material editor based on Disney’s principled material system, is now out of beta. Version 1 ships with several building blocks, called sources, that can be used to visually program a material. These are grouped into categories that include:

fBm – Turbulence for noise sources
Material Mixer – Mix materials based on their properties
Mixer – Mix sources
Noise – Large collection of procedural noises
Operator – Modify your sources
Pattern – Pattern generators
Shape – Input shapes for your patterns
System – Control node flow
Transform – Warp, displace etc. your shapes

Features of the application include a familiar fully featured PBR workflow with visually programmable nodes; the inclusion of several built-in tileable patterns, noises and shapes; a paint module; a principled path tracer; and the ability to export the resultant GLSL source code and textures.

Annual licenses cost €19.99. Desktop versions are available for Windows, OSX and Linux. Read more in the announcement, read a starter tutoria on the Brain District blog or start experimenting with the tool on Material-Z.com.