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Labs MatCap Shader

MatCap Shader VOP is part of the FREE and open-source toolset in Houdini called SideFXLabs. This tool samples a MatCap texture to create the appearance of high quality shading at real-time frame rates.

For more information on SideFXLabs and how to get the tool visit: https://www.sidefx.com/products/sidefx-labs/.

This post is prepared by: https://www.artstation.com/estephens

A library of free MatCap textures can be found here (license info available on the page): https://github.com/nidorx/matcaps/. Download them to disk and then point Houdini nodes to them.

A library of free MatCap textures can be found here (license info available on the page): https://github.com/nidorx/matcaps/. Download them to disk and then point Houdini nodes to them.

Method 1: apply MatCap material through Labs Quick Material SOP.

Method 2: create a MatCap Shader VOP in the /mat network and point a Material SOP to it.

Interactive MatCap previews can be found at https://observablehq.com/@makio135/matcaps?ui=classic (created by https://twitter.com/makio135)

Interactive MatCap previews can be found at https://observablehq.com/@makio135/matcaps?ui=classic (created by https://twitter.com/makio135)

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