Get These 177 SVBRDF-Scanned Textures for Free

Colormass released a set of 177 textures scanned with an SVBRDF scanner. It includes various types of textures you can use for your environments, props, and character lookdev. The library is especially useful for character art, as it has numerous cloth textures like synthetic leather, denim, linen, cotton, viscose, and more. Plus, you'll find organic textures like leaves and soil in there, too.

Unlike the usual manually created material scans, these were made with a digitization technology developed by colormass itself. Each material scan comes as a set of highly detailed TIFF files and includes 8 maps. This ensures a more true-to-life look when you apply the textures to your 3D objects. The textures work best in renderers with PBR support, as these will allow you to set everything up quickly and easily.

Each material was scanned using a moving table, a set of LED lights with a high color rendering index, and an industrial camera to capture as much detail as possible. Every scan was then processed via the cloud to calculate its properties and translate them into production-ready textures. If you're curious to see how it was done, you can watch this video explaining the technology behind the scanning.

All materials are free to use for personal and commercial projects. You can also request scans of your own material samples on Patreon, "provided you're happy for the resulting scans to become part of the community library," colormass adds.

If you want to learn more about lookdev and texturing your assets, check out this learning path from The Gnomon Workshop, where you can master your skills across several industry-standard tools like Maya and Unreal Engine.