I am following directions, but the shading layer is not making when I click on the masking button (formerly called clamping?). Any ideas?

Hi theluthier 

What do you think of using rgb for the subscatter radius for easy tweaking.. is it correct? because i notice the output and input color socket is different.

Also can you tell me why didn't you put the cavity (pointiness+colorramp) to the factor input of the mix rgb? 

if i understand correctly the cavity is some kind of a mask? so i thought that it is suitable to plug it in the factor input. 

And also is the course for learning the absorption node group is still available?

Thanks

Having some issues rendering the Spider animation. I have completed the project not varying far from the original video tutorial. When I go to render my animation, Blender closes out entirely/ immediately and I have a corrupted or unsupported file. I can re load my blend file and try again to no avail. So my project isn't LOST but it won't render. I feel I should also mention that the Wiggly Bones add on from this lesson AND the hair particles dump my viewport playback FPS. I have tried removing each individually and in the same instance. Still, this fails to render. Any suggestions?  I would love to link up and work through this.

COntrain location doesnt work. It doesnt lock the slider after i slide it on the y axis. Also when i use the stashed animation in the action modifier then the rifle suddenly shrinks. How can i fix this?

Hi Wayne,

First, you have an excellent speaking voice and great cadence in speech, easy to follow and nice to listen to, thank you for making this very clear.  I'm new to CG Cookie as my animation professor suggested it as an alternative to regular face-to-face tutors as we don't have any for animation in my college.

Question 1: You mentioned that Ken(t?) had atlas'd the objects and that this was important so that when they're combined they don't break the materials. What is atlas-ing?

Question 2:  As a super newb animation student,  it took me a few minutes to figure out what file you opened for the start.  You might want to say, "First open the 'start rig' in Blender." and maybe mention what version(s) of Blender the rig and contents will work with.

Thank you so much,

Crystal K.

Thanks for the interview jlampel 

Anyway i'm hoping for more course on how to create shader like Simon Thommes in cgcookie.. Courses that are more simple than the course on blender cloud but more complex than the fundamental shading here in cgcookie, somewhere in between..

Thank you

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