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This tutorial will teach you how to render a realistic machined metal material in KeyShot 9.This tutorial is broken into two sections, one in KeyShot (about 29 minutes) and one in Adobe Illustrator (about 21 minutes). This tutorial includes a total of 6 step-by-step videos to make it easy to follow along with.

REQUIREMENTS: KeyShot 9 Pro or newer (will not work with non-pro versions or older versions) and Adobe Illustrator. A basic knowledge of each program is assumed.

View a basic version of this tutorial for free on YouTube: https://youtube.com/willgibbons

After completing this tutorial, you'll know how to make custom machined metal textures for your own project needs and how to use the custom textures in KeyShot.

I'm including all project files shown or referenced in the tutorial videos.