• sonicchuck

  about 2 months ago

  Every once in a while I come across a new Blender tool that completely changes and enhances my workflow. Smartify Nodes is absolutely one of those tools. These node groups are so well designed and user friendly. I'm in love with this product and will be using it daily. Thank you!!

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  about 2 months ago

  Lovely to hear ! I spent a lot of time iterating on slider names and connections organization so that all nodes are as easy as possible to read if you want to customize them from inside too. Thanks !
• funksy

  6 months ago

  Very nice set of powerful node groups for quick procedural material creation.

  User experience is not the greatest though and unfortunately the documentation and tutorials are lacking. Considering there are roughly 50 different node groups, I'd appreciate a more comprehensive and better structured documentation on how to use the nodes from scratch. The YouTube videos aren't helpful. They merely demo what you CAN do with the nodes and not HOW. And in the one video that kind of goes into creating materials from scratch, the author just speedruns through it.

  Also, the Discord link is broken. Says "invite is invalid".

  So buyer beware: You're going to have to figure out how to use these yourself.

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  6 months ago

  Thanks for the review ! I'm in the process of improving the documentation, you might have seen on the Notion page (in documentation tab) that I've started to build a list of all the nodes with a description. I've also started doing videos on specific nodes, here yesterday I added a 8 minutes videos going over each slider of the Edge mask node:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHHOaMgPmMg&t=1s&ab_channel=lo%C3%AFcbramoull%C3%A9
  I will try to redo some of the initial videos like the one where I build smart mat from scratch, with more clarity and less speed.
  For the Discord link I just saw that it had a default expiration of 7 days, Discord probably added that recently as it didn't expire after 7 days previously, here is an eternal one: https://discord.gg/n9NnWf97gP (updating it in all places now)
  I've answered all user questions within a day over there.
  Thanks again !
• blended99

  7 months ago

  What have you Done !!
  I spent 2.5h to make a material, because the literally endless variations with subtle changes to sometimes just one value got me totally hooked. Can't wait to see more.

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  7 months ago

  Thanks !
• Christer Andersén

  7 months ago

  Great addon! Fun and educational at the same time. The results are first class.

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  7 months ago

  Thanks a lot ! yes that's definitely something I was after, having all nodes organized elegantly, so anyone can read what's happening inside, and customize them if need be.
• Radiant Mantra

  7 months ago

  This is an amazing set of node groups, they look great and are highly customizable.
  This is quite honestly a steal, and I can't recommend it enough.

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  7 months ago

  So lovely to hear, thanks a lot!
• Oliver Beck

  7 months ago

  Fantastic addon. Looking forward to future updates!

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  7 months ago

  More materials, coming right up ^^
• ryo

  7 months ago

  This addon has very strong potential.

  I'm intermediate Blender user and concept artist.
  I would be very happy if you could expand the variety of Masks for people like me.

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  7 months ago

  Hi Ryo, thanks for the review. Concept-art and simplicity is definitely the angle I took with Smartify. We can talk about smart-masks on the discord, curious if you have any suggestion.
• Andy Redwood

  8 months ago

  Fantastic! It's like if Sanctus and Fluent Materializer had a baby, and that baby was awesome. Seriously, buy this addon, support this guy, and let's hope he updates it with regular goodies. Thanks for creating, Loïc!

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  8 months ago

  So lovely to hear ! Yes my goal is very much to keep polishing Smartify as I keep using it for my concept & filmmaking work. Mostly adding content, texture-set, materials, effects, while improving the documentation/tutorials to be as clear as possible.
• Kirk

  8 months ago

  This addon really have more possibility. Especially for new user of blender. can help them easier control more on material making. Comparing same addon, Fluent : Materializer, this addon have more powerful function and extension possibility in the future., but Fluent Materializer have better user interface and better experience to use. Hope Loïc Bramoullé brush it up in the future.

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  8 months ago

  Thanks a lot ! I tried to make the UX as friendly and fun as possible, but if you have a bit of time I would be super interested in any feedback, either on Discord on Blender Market message.
• Carlosan

  9 months ago

  Hi Loic, amazing release !

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  LOIC BRAMOULLE

  9 months ago

  Thanks a lot !! Don't hesitate if you have further questions. (DM or discord server.)

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