This weathered cardboard texture seamless high resolution up to 8ktexture captures the intricate physical composition and aged character of recycled paper-based material. The base substrate is primarily composed of compressed cellulose fibers, interwoven with residual adhesives and binders that contribute to its structural integrity and slightly fibrous grain orientation. Over time, natural weathering introduces subtle porosity variations, surface abrasions, and slight discolorations from exposure to environmental elements, resulting in a muted, warm-brown palette with uneven colorants reminiscent of organic pigments and faded dyes. The finish is matte with a soft, worn patina that suggests frequent handling and wear, while occasional surface roughness and minor creasing add to its tactile authenticity. These complex surface details are faithfully represented across PBR channels: the BaseColor/Albedo reveals nuanced tonal shifts and subtle stains, the Normal map encodes delicate fiber relief and creases, Roughness controls the softly diffused, low-gloss finish, Metallic remains at zero reflecting the organic, non-metallic nature, Ambient Occlusion enhances depth around fiber clusters and folds, and Height/Displacement maps simulate slight surface undulations and weathering effects.
This tileable weathered cardboard texture seamless high resolution up to 8k is optimized for seamless tiling, allowing artists and designers to cover vast surfaces without visible repetition or loss of detail. Generated using advanced AI workflows, it balances crisp, realistic detail with controlled noise to maintain a natural look that integrates smoothly in diverse projects. The texture’s ultra-high resolution up to 8k ensures exceptional clarity, making it ideal for close-up renders in Blender, Unity, and Unreal Engine environments, including architectural visualization, environment art, and concept prototyping. Its compatibility with these engines requires minimal setup, streamlining material creation and look development workflows. For the best results, it is recommended to maintain consistent texel density across assets and keep UVs uniform to avoid texture stretching or distortion. Additionally, adjusting the roughness channel can help fine-tune surface reflectivity to better match different lighting scenarios and material wear levels.
This AI-generated weathered cardboard texture offers a seamless, high-resolution up to 8K paper texture with detailed PBR properties, ideal for realistic 3D preview applications.
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.
