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I'm an absolute Blender Noob and was wondering if Blender has a basic material library built-in. I understand that I could make my own materials, but that's right now way over my head. I am looking for some basic wood materials and textures that I can use as a starting point, without having to re-invent the wheel.

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    $\begingroup$ No it doesn't, but there are many free resources online and some addons such as Blenderkit which can automatically download the textures for you. $\endgroup$
    – John Eason
    Commented May 13 at 10:09
  • $\begingroup$ Blender Studio released the Charge materiel library; it's phenomenal. Highly recommend looking up some tutorials on the Asset browser, it's super useful. $\endgroup$
    – aidan-j-rhoden
    Commented May 13 at 13:04

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Yes, it does. There’s a built-in add-on called “Material Library” that you can enable. Once you have, it shows up in a panel under the Materials tab of the Properties editor. Select the “Sample materials” bank.

You may find that set of materials, a bit lacking, and in that case, I also recommend the third-party BlenderKit add on, which connects to BlenderKit.com, an online database of materials, objects, scenes, worlds, etc.

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    $\begingroup$ I was about to close this as too broad for us. but yes, this is a very fuzzy area, and this answer is helpful in the archive, so thanks for holding me off. $\endgroup$
    – Robin Betts ♦
    Commented May 13 at 13:35

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