Switch to Shading Workspace and to the default nodes ( Principled BSDF and Material Output) add an Image Texture node – Add » Texture » Image Texture. If a material is not set up or assigned, select the object in question and in Material Properties click + New to create a new instance that’s populated with a set of default properties and options – this also adds a Principled BSDF and Material Output nodes.ĭesign note: Cycles materials use nodes by default so the Use Nodes option associated with Eevee materials is not available. Basic MaterialĪ basic material in Cycles uses the same set up as for Eevee, essentially a node tree comprising three nodes Image Texture, Principled BSDF and Material Output node.

Carried over to Blender 2.8+ from previous versions of the application, the Cycles rendering engine processes transparency in a slightly different way to Eevee and Workbench by controlling the effect, at a basic level, using the Transparent BSDF material node, allowing for different types of transparency depending on requirements.ĭownload: Transparent Material example for Cycles *.blend (c.2 MB).ĭesign note: assigned images/texture don’t appear unless objects are UV mapped so ensure the object is UV unwrapped beforehand and Cycles is set as the active Render Engine – in Render Properties toggle the Render Engine option to Cycles (defaults to Eevee).

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