Blender Tutorial - Gradient Texturing (Game Assets)

Learn how to use Gradient Texturing in Blender 2.9x to texture 3d models. A very efficient way of texturing game assets for mobile devices. Using gradient textures, you can make your 3d assets look so much better than using flat colors, and you can still do it by using a very small texture size!
To create a Gradient Texture, I will be using Affinity Photo. It has a very powerful, easy-to-use, and non-destructive Gradient Tool.
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[@ThreeBooleans]

Thank you seven thousand times. I've been avoiding texturing for 10 years :p You're the first video that actually taught me to "be not afraid"

[@fabiovaz2460]

Thank you very much! Simply perfect. They are people like you, who make the internet the best place to seek knowledge.

[@Zalagath]

I suddenly learned how to use UV maps...THANK YOU for making it so easy to understand!

[@shazboi]

Idk 3D modeling but imma watch it to procrastinate on my current stuff

[@yezzzsir]

I liked the way you integrated the moss at the end. Well done!

[@mikerobinson8162]

Thank you for the well paced and clearly explained video. Helped me to understand the process much better.

[@randfamous]

very useful technique ..... thank you bro

[@YuraNebov]

Thank for this guide. Very easy and clear explanation of this theme!

[@a3dadventure79]

thanks man. i find this technique to be great for scenery. i can focus my time on texturing and shaders for specific objects, but this is great for the bulk of stuff!!!

[@orpheuscreativeco9236]

Great tutorial man 👍 Clear, concise, and very useful 🙌 Thank you for sharing ✌️

[@fernandonunezvela]

this tutorial is amazing, thank you very much

[@czardrum]

6:42 the mushroom is looking good!

[@Mayableification]

Thats amazing, will use this method for sure, thanks for sharing! ❤

[@NaveenKumar-qr3yp]

Great explanation..........Could you pls explain how to harden and soften specific edges for game model?

[@B4NTO]

Simple Straightforward and Useful Tutorial Thanks 🍁🍂🌲💙

[@ArkadiuszFlak]

Fantastic idea, simple and impressive!

[@kanatahiba]

I'm very new to 3D, so thank you so much. I was wondering how some games did this and couldn't really figure out how to replicate them.

[@leticiamedeirosdelcol2837]

QUE LINDO!!!

[@veskibateman2070]

Thanks for the tips, excellent video and super-clear!

[@robinbutler7530]

Really great, thanks!

[@rathodmukendra8924]

Simply awesome 🙏🏻

[@pradeepdurai8661]

Really Splendid Work. 💛

[@rafaellewis1263]

This is fantastic, thank you very much!

[@swalscha]

Love it, thank you!

[@kobutorstudio1605]

Very nice tutorial!

[@karaemn]

Great tutorial thank you!

[@mus_cetiner]

Love that.

[@listenheart5967]

You can scale easy to one point in UV wrapping using scale button "S" then push num "0" and thats it

[@LMHPOLY]

Then you won't have a gradient if UV Island is scaled down to 0. What's your point here?

[@listenheart5967]

@@LMHPOLY ah, ok, I thought the purpose was to use color palete as UV texture. But here is about using gradient palette as UV. My bad.

[@muratozyurt1656]

Very nice.

[@brazzucastudio]

thanks!!!

[@nirvana7352]

awesome！

[@rvke3763]

I love your accent

[@wesleyalves7261]

Great ideia!

[@Atomic-toons00]

beauty

[@marto561]

nice!

[@MR-br2uv]

Спасибо!

[@SAMAR_178]

brother can you please make a tutorial oh gradient texturing for landscapes

[@MrJimArt]

Would you mind adding a transcription please?

[@schouffy]

Good job! How come the end result is not pixelated with such a low texture size (especially the ground asset) ?

[@LMHPOLY]

By default, Blender uses 'Linear' interpolation for the 'Image Texture' rendering. Change it to 'Closest' and your texture will show up every pixel like in Minecraft.
Basically, it's the result of how Blender renders the Texture.

[@schouffy]

@@LMHPOLY Okay I was expecting that but the result seemed too clean! Thanks for replying.

[@Sober-MindedYT]

@@LMHPOLY does unity support linear interpolation for textures?

[@LMHPOLY]

@@Sober-MindedYT Yes, if you put this exact texture to Unity, it will look the same like in Blender.

[@naeembabakheil]

v good .... +1

[@bluecrystalstudio402]

It looks nice but I would be careful with painting shadow on a texture :)

[@naenjamal4827]

how to add that sky texture?

[@adventus8779]

Is this a better option as opposed to using something like a toon shader? In terms of project size or is there no difference?

[@mandisaw]

Two separate things. To clarify, texturing sets the base color (aka albedo), the shader determines how light interacts with that color to produce the final render "look". A typical toon shader would turn that smooth gradient shown here into distinct bands based on lighting - like dark-brown (shadows), med-brown (midtones), light-brown (highlights). Using a shared texture+material for all the objects already saves you on project size (fewer, smaller textures to ship & load), so the choice of shader is really up to what look you're going for.
Having fewer shaders/materials overall will improve performance, again since there are fewer to load, but what those shaders/materials are is entirely up to you (and what your device/target supports).

[@aronimo5800]

which image editing program were u using?

[@LMHPOLY]

Affinity Photo. It's probably the best image editing software that can fully replace Photoshop and no subscriptions, buy one time only! I highly recommend it as an artist.

[@HitesH3D]

how did you use sky texture. i cant find any options for that plzz help.

[@LMHPOLY]

When you open the *World Properties* tab (0:22), you will see a *Color* option and a little yellow circle near that. Press on that yellow circle and choose *Sky Texture*. Then set it to *Preetham* - the one I used in this video.
P.S. I'm using Eevee render engine.

[@HitesH3D]

@@LMHPOLY thank you

[@patek2385]

How did you make that sky background for blender? Just the gradient?

[@LMHPOLY]

I used 'Skybox Texture' and EEVEE render engine. Go to 'Shading' tab at the top and change Nodes from 'Object' to 'World'. Add 'Sky Texture' node and set it to 'Preetham'. Set Turbidity to 2.100. That's the setting s I've used in the video.

[@patek2385]

@@LMHPOLY What about the color?

[@LMHPOLY]

@@patek2385 BG color will change if you use Sky Texture as I said. Make sure to plug 'Sky Texture' node 'Color' output to 'World Output' node 'Surface' input.

[@patek2385]

@@LMHPOLY Last question, how did you make those sharp shadows? Somehow I have only soft shadows in evee but sharp in cycles.

[@patek2385]

@@LMHPOLY My sky color only changes to blue when Im in cycles, its gray in evee.

[@user-nr6qi4xs5v]

я первый

[@LMHPOLY]

I'm second :(

[@Adel508Tkd]

How can i make a rope? For a game ready asset? Idk how to curve it or make the textures for it..

[@dr.jackshephard4733]

Loved this, thank you!