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Design, visualise, & render with astonishing photorealism using high-fidelity material shaders built natively for Universal Scene Description.
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Expressive surfaces, ready-to-render.
When you need immediate, finished results, the Preshade Catalogue delivers. Catalogue materials combine our robust Shading Models with high-fidelity, high-resolution procedural image textures to create a vast library of expressive, ready-to-render materials. From complex sythetic surfaces to industrial finishes, every material in the catalogue is optimised for maximum detail and physical accuracy.
Fully Integrated Plugins.
The Preshade plugin seamlessly connects your Digital Content Creation (DCC) tool to our entire database. Browse shading models and high-fidelity materials, then download and import them with a single click. The plugin intelligently handles auto-format selection and preference configuration, ensuring the asset matches your active render engine perfectly. Spend less time managing files and more time designing. It is the fastest path from concept to final pixel.
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Build once, render anywhere.
Preshade is built on the backbone of Universal Scene Description and MaterialX, ensuring your assets remain consistent across the entire production pipeline. We prioritise the latest shading definitions to guarantee that a material looks and behaves identically, whether you are moving between DCC tools or switching render engines.
Effortless photorealism, offline or real-time.
Our shading models are grounded in measured data and utilise the latest OpenPBR standards to ensure optical correctness. We strip away the approximations and guesswork often found in standard shader creation. By adhering to strict physical laws of light interaction, Preshade assets react predictably and beautifully to any lighting environment. Achieve true photorealism with confidence, knowing the underlying mathematics of your materials mirror the real world.
Shading Models
Master any material with our comprehensive shading model templates. From metals to fabrics, subsurface scattering to clear coats—get production-ready starting points for any surface type.
Seamless updates for new features.
Stay current with the latest features and improvements. Automatic updates ensure you always have access to new materials, bug fixes, and performance enhancements as soon as they're released.
Pure formats for maximum control.
For engines that have not yet fully adopted seamless USD workflows, Preshade offers fully configured native formats. Whether you are rendering offline in Blender Cycles, Octane, and Redshift, or working in real-time with Unreal Engine 5 Substrate, our library adapts to you. You get the native performance and flexibility of your preferred engine’s specific shader graph, without sacrificing the visual fidelity or physical accuracy of the Preshade standard.
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