Discover the smooth slate texture seamless high resolution up to 8ktexture—a meticulously crafted and tileable AI texture expertly curated within the stone textures category. This texture captures the natural mineral composition of slate, a fine-grained metamorphic rock primarily composed of clay minerals and quartz, bonded tightly through low-grade metamorphism. The surface finish is polished to reveal subtle grain orientation and minimal porosity, reflecting the slate’s characteristic smooth yet slightly variegated appearance. Natural oxide layers and mineral pigments imbue the texture with authentic muted gray and blue tones, enhanced by delicate weathering effects that add depth without compromising clarity. This careful balance of materials and surface treatment is faithfully represented across PBR channels: the BaseColor/Albedo maps showcase true-to-life coloration and subtle pigment variations, while the Normal map captures the fine surface undulations and grain direction. Roughness is calibrated to mimic the semi-matte, minimally reflective finish typical of slate, and the Metallic channel remains near zero, consistent with non-metallic stone. Ambient Occlusion enriches crevices for realistic shadowing, and the Height/Displacement maps provide gentle surface relief enhancing dimensionality in 3D scenes.
This tileable smooth slate texture seamless high resolution up to 8k is optimized for professional workflows, supporting resolutions up to 8K, ensuring exceptional detail even across vast surfaces without visible repetition or artifacts common in auto-generated textures. It integrates seamlessly with popular 3D software like Blender, Unreal Engine, and Unity, accelerating iteration cycles with ready-to-use PBR maps. Its versatility makes it ideal for architectural visualization, game environments, product mockups, and interior staging, where realistic stone materials are essential. For best results, consider adjusting the UV scale to maintain the natural grain size of slate and fine-tuning the roughness map to control surface reflectivity based on lighting conditions. Combining this texture with a subtle ambient occlusion layer and a light normal pass can enhance surface breakup and realism while avoiding oversharpening, preserving the natural smoothness that defines slate.
This AI-generated seamless smooth slate texture offers a seamless high resolution up to 8k with a realistic 3D preview, ensuring a precise PBR appearance ideal for detailed material composition.
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.
