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Best for judging shine and roughness. Drag to turn it.

Metal, M-02

Brushed SteelFree seamless PBR texture

Fine horizontal streaks over fully metallic steel. The roughness varies a little along the brush lines, which stretches highlights the way real brushed metal does.

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  • CC0, no credit needed
  • 1024 x 1024
  • Tiles both ways
  • Six maps

Data sheet, measured from the maps

Roughness0.35, semi-gloss
Metallic coverage100%

Average colour

#939599

Normal format

OpenGL, Y up

What is in the ZIP

  • Brushed Steel albedo map

    Albedo

    Base colour with the lighting taken out, so the engine can light it.

    brushed-steel_albedo.png

  • Brushed Steel normal map

    Normal

    Fine surface direction. OpenGL format, green channel up.

    brushed-steel_normal.png

  • Brushed Steel roughness map

    Roughness

    White scatters light into a matte finish, black keeps it mirror sharp.

    brushed-steel_roughness.png

  • Brushed Steel metallic map

    Metallic

    White is bare metal. Black is everything else.

    brushed-steel_metallic.png

  • Brushed Steel ambient occlusion map

    Ambient occlusion

    Darkens crevices where ambient light struggles to reach.

    brushed-steel_ao.png

  • Brushed Steel height map

    Height

    Raised areas are white. Feeds displacement and parallax.

    brushed-steel_height.png

Where brushed steel works

  • Appliances and elevator doors
  • Sci-fi panels and hatches
  • Tool and weapon bodies

Getting it into your engine

Roblox
Upload albedo, normal, roughness and metallic, then set them as ColorMap, NormalMap, RoughnessMap and MetalnessMap on a SurfaceAppearance.
Blender
Albedo into Base Color. Set the other maps to Non-Color and run the normal through a Normal Map node.
Unity
The OpenGL normal works as it is.
Unreal
Flip the green channel of the normal map. Unreal expects DirectX.

Put a live brushed steel preview in your own post

Writing a tutorial or answering a forum thread? Pick a shape and lighting, copy the code, and your readers can turn the material themselves.

Preview

Standard, 480 x 360. Blog or tutorial.

Brushed Steel PBR texture by GenPBR

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<iframe
  src="https://genpbr.com/embed/brushed-steel"
  width="480" height="360"
  style="border:0;max-width:100%"
  loading="lazy"
  title="Brushed Steel PBR material preview"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:12px;margin:6px 0 0">
  <a href="https://genpbr.com/materials/brushed-steel?utm_source=embed">Brushed Steel PBR texture by GenPBR</a>
</p>

The link under the viewer is the credit, and it is the only one. Keep it and the embed stays free. It works in any page that allows an iframe.

Pairs well with

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Drop in any photo and get the same six maps in your browser. Nothing uploads, and the core tool needs no account.

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