Mixer is a tool that meets the needs of various textures, through which you can create a variety of 3D materials. Recently, the new version of Mixer 2022.1 has been released by Quixel. The main new feature of Mixer 2022.1 is the support for Opacity and Emission.
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In addition to Opacity and Emission support, other updates including:
- Material Options: New material options allow you to set up how different materials assigned to the model should render.
- Opaque: Default solid rendering.
- Cutout: Hard mask to determine if a pixel should be opaque or invisible.
- Fade opacity: A softly masked material that can completely fade parts of the model.
- Transparent: A reflective but see-through material.
- Smart Materials: 47 new smart materials based on wood surfaces completely free to use.
Detailed information can be found in Changes of Quixel Mixer v2022.1.0.
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Source: Quixel
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