Cycles Procedural Wood

August 24, 2012
8,283 Downloads
16 Likes
Blender 2.6x
Render: Cycles
Creator: sizzler
License: CC-0

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Description:

Check out my latest here. It's more accurately modeled after real wood.

This is a procedural wood shader for cycles. I think it looks pretty good for the objects I've tried. You can tweak the colors in the Mix node to get different looks. Also the scale in the Mapping node might be necessary...I didn't realize this shader ball was only 11 cm. I should point out that the scene setup is NOT mine. The ONLY part I did was the wood shader.

Also, I have been trying to use this setup to make a wood plank shader (like a wood floor) but I can't get it to look good...so if anyone can do that, please do that and upload it!

cycles Wood Procedural

Comments:

B.Y.O.B.

A polished coating could add realism (e.g. mixing your material with a glossy BRDF).

Written August 24, 2012
sizzler

Thanks. I wanted to keep it as "raw" wood, but I added a glossy node so it's easier for people to tweak it. The default is very low gloss. It does look quite a bit better!

Written August 24, 2012
B.Y.O.B.

for wooden planks check this out: http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?216113-Brecht-s-easter-egg-surprise-Modernizing-shading-and-rendering&p=2191356&viewfull=1#post2191356

Written August 25, 2012
sizzler

Thanks for that BYOB...maybe I should check out this brick shader. The thing is that I have managed to create a similar brick shader already, but I can't figure out how to plug it into the wood....so far everywhere I've tried doesn't do the job. There's some interesting stuff in that thread that I might try to decipher.

Written August 26, 2012
Robynsveil

Thanks, Zizzler - really nice work! I'll be having a go and point people to this.

Written August 25, 2012
sizzler

Thanks, glad you like it! Let me know how it goes!

Written August 26, 2012
mofx

@Sizzler, where did you get the material ball? Thanks

Written August 26, 2012
sizzler

I got it from this one by JC Levet: http://www.blendswap.com/blends/materials/galvanized-steel-shader/

...but I could've sworn it's freely available somewhere else too? I believe it's the same one used in the Blender wiki?

Written August 26, 2012
sizzler

ah yes, supposedly it's in SVN for blender: /trunk/lib/tests/rendering/cycles/bmps.blend

Written August 26, 2012
nickbrunner

Great job!

Written August 27, 2012
sizzler

Thanks, Nick!

Written August 29, 2012
3Dlaria

Thanks for sharing, very useful!

Written June 04, 2013
sizzler

Thanks! if you make anything nice with it, I'd like to see it. I've got 1187 downloads but I've only spotted one object on BA that used it...so I'm wondering if it actually is working for people or not.

Written June 15, 2013
JoolsMcFly

I know at least one person who used it: me. :)

http://wanfive.free.fr/smc/091/wip06.jpg

I had to tweak scale params in the Mapping node as you mentioned and then it was all good.

Thanks!

Edited January 04, 2014
sizzler

Thanks for sharing! I think it looks pretty nice, and I hope you do too.

Written January 05, 2014
bazzab222

thankyou for sharing

Written July 03, 2013
sizzler

You're welcome! Hope it's useful for you!

Written July 05, 2013
bob3d

thank you....

Written February 01, 2014
2Theo

Thank you very much for sharing this model on the site. Thanks to you I've started to explore the wonderful world of procedural texture.

Written November 09, 2014
gordie.lachance

How could you change the brown wood color to another color ? Thanks !

Edited May 04, 2015
sizzler

In the shader nodes, there is a node group called "DECWoodGrain." Select that and hit Tab, which will show you all the internal nodes of that group. Over to the right side there is a "Mix" node with two colors that affect the wood and grain colors. At some point I should expose those as inputs and reupload this blend to make it easier!

Edited May 05, 2015
gordie.lachance

Ok ! Thanks a lot.

Written May 11, 2015
marcusm

Hey I used this on a piano:) (https://marcusm00.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/yamaha-dc3a-neo-finished/)

Edited July 01, 2015
sizzler

Cool, very nice model!

Written July 22, 2015
marcusm

Thank you!

Written July 22, 2015
MRRadioactiv

thank you

Written July 11, 2015