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I was excited about the Principled BSDF but it did not appear on the new download 2.78c. Along with this I was following a tutorial and discovered that when I hit shift A for adding nodes that the shader was not in the list.

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    $\begingroup$ It's only available in the test build of 2.79 - wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.79 and maybe the 2.8 Project though I haven't checked. It's not an official release yet. $\endgroup$ – bertmoog Jul 1 '17 at 22:22
  • $\begingroup$ Also found in the daily build bot at www.blender.builder.org $\endgroup$ – Craig D Jones Jul 1 '17 at 23:21
  • $\begingroup$ possible duplicate: blender.stackexchange.com/questions/53336/… $\endgroup$ – cegaton Jul 2 '17 at 0:37
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    $\begingroup$ I have to wonder what tutorial authors are irresponsibly neglecting to explain when features are only available in test builds...if that is the case. $\endgroup$ – Mentalist Jul 2 '17 at 3:50
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Besides being in the wrong version of blender ( for the Principled BSDF you need version 2.79, currently only available as a test build), you are looking at the compositing nodes, not the ones for materials.

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    $\begingroup$ Big thanks. This was very helpful and solved the problem. I am glad it was something easy. $\endgroup$ – Allen Jul 2 '17 at 2:39

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