This seamless 3D texture presents a photorealistic PBR 8K depiction of sunlit highlights on soft, puffy cumulus cloud formations, expertly crafted to capture the natural volume and fluffiness of these airy clouds. The base substrate mimics the organic, fibrous nature of cloud structures, translated into texture channels that emphasize translucency and depth. Colorants in the form of subtle white and off-white pigments create a realistic albedo with natural variations, while the opacity and depth are conveyed through carefully calibrated height and displacement maps. The texture’s normal map enhances the volumetric feel by simulating the intricate surface undulations of cumulus clouds, adding dimensionality without harsh shadows. Roughness and metallic channels remain neutral to preserve the soft, non-reflective nature of clouds, ensuring a realistic matte surface finish that reacts naturally under various lighting conditions.
Designed for seamless tiling, this 3D texture exhibits natural micro-variations in its grain and fluff distribution, allowing for continuous and authentic cloud coverage across large sky environments. The ambient occlusion channel subtly enhances the perception of depth within cloud clusters by simulating gentle shadowing in crevices and overlaps without introducing unwanted harshness. This flat, neutral lighting approach preserves fine albedo details, making it ideal for use in realistic sky renders or natural light simulations where precision and clarity of cloud highlights are paramount. The texture is optimized for high-performance workflows and is fully compatible with Blender, Unreal Engine, and Unity, providing a ready-to-use resource for artists seeking ultra-high resolution cloud surfaces in their 3D scenes.
When applying this texture, adjusting the UV scale can help tailor the cloud density and fluff size to fit the specific environment, whether for close-up shots or expansive skies. Fine-tuning the roughness parameter allows control over the softness of the highlights, enhancing the realism of sunlit areas without compromising the subtle translucency typical of cumulus clouds. This seamless PBR texture in 8K resolution offers a versatile and high-quality solution for realistic sky environments, bringing natural sunlit cumulus cloud highlights to life with exceptional clarity and dimensionality.
How to Use These Seamless PBR Textures in Blender
This guide shows how to connect a full PBR texture set to Principled BSDF in Blender (Cycles or Eevee). Works with any of our seamless textures free download, including PBR PNG materials for Blender / Unreal / Unity.
What’s inside the download
*_albedo.png — Base Color (sRGB)*_normal.png — Normal map (Non-Color)*_roughness.png — Roughness (Non-Color)*_metallic.png — Metallic (Non-Color)*_ao.png — Ambient Occlusion (Non-Color)*_height.png — Height / Displacement (Non-Color)*_ORM.png — Packed map (R=AO, G=Roughness, B=Metallic, Non-Color)
Quick start (Node Wrangler, 30 seconds)
- Enable the addon: Edit → Preferences → Add-ons → Node Wrangler.
- Create a material and select the Principled BSDF node.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + T and select the maps
albedo, normal, roughness, metallic (skip height and ORM for now) → Open.
The addon wires Base Color, Normal (with a Normal Map node), Roughness, and Metallic automatically.
- Add AO and Height using the “Manual wiring” steps below (5 and 6).
Manual wiring (full control)
- Create a material (Material Properties → New) and open the Shader Editor.
- Add an Image Texture node for each map. Set Color Space:
- Albedo → sRGB
- AO, Roughness, Metallic, Normal, Height, ORM → Non-Color
- Connect to Principled BSDF:
albedo → Base Colorroughness → Roughnessmetallic → Metallic (for wood this often stays near 0)normal → Normal Map node (Type: Tangent Space) → Normal of Principled.
If details look “inverted”, enable Invert Y on the Normal Map node.
- Ambient Occlusion (AO):
- Add a MixRGB (or Mix Color) node in mode Multiply.
- Input A =
albedo, Input B = ao, Factor = 1.0.
- Output of Mix → Base Color of Principled (replaces the direct albedo connection).
- Height / Displacement:
Cycles — true displacement
- Material Properties → Settings → Displacement: Displacement and Bump.
- Add a Displacement node: connect
height → Height, set Midlevel = 0.5, Scale = 0.02–0.08 (tune to taste).
- Output of Displacement → Material Output → Displacement.
- Add geometry density (e.g., Subdivision Surface) so displacement has polygons to work with.
Eevee (or lightweight Cycles) — bump only
- Add a Bump node:
height → Height.
- Set Strength = 0.2–0.5, Distance = 0.05–0.1, and connect Normal output to Principled’s Normal.
Using the packed ORM texture (optional)
Instead of separate AO/Roughness/Metallic maps you can use the single *_ORM.png:
- Add one Image Texture (Non-Color) → Separate RGB (or Separate Color).
- R (red) → AO (use it in the Multiply node with albedo as above).
- G (green) → Roughness of Principled.
- B (blue) → Metallic of Principled.
UVs & seamless tiling
- These textures are seamless. If your mesh has no UVs, go to UV Editing → Smart UV Project.
- For scale/repeat, add Texture Coordinate (UV) → Mapping and plug it into all texture nodes.
Increase Mapping → Scale (e.g., 2/2/2) to tile more densely.
Recommended starter values
- Normal Map Strength: 0.5–1.0
- Bump Strength: ~0.3
- Displacement Scale (Cycles): ~0.03
Common pitfalls
- Wrong Color Space (normals/roughness/etc. must be Non-Color).
- “Inverted” details → enable Invert Y on the Normal Map node.
- Over-strong relief → lower Displacement Scale or Bump Strength.
Example: Download Wood Textures and instantly apply parquet or rustic planks inside Blender for architectural visualization.
To add the downloaded texture, go to Add — Texture — Image Texture.
Add a node and click the Open button.
Select the required texture on your hard drive and connect Color to Base Color.
