Analyzing Reference

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Analyzing Reference

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Software:Blender 2.78 ·
Difficulty:Advanced

Master Material Creation

This course is an on-going series about constructing materials (shaders) for the Cycles render engine. With enough time and effort, quality shading can breathe such life into a CG scene. On the other hand, lackluster materials can suck the life out of an otherwise high-quality scene. So shaders are very important and can be a powerful tool in the digital artist’s utility belt.

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Rendering Options

2 answers · asked September 4, 2019 5:01pm

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2 answers · asked September 4, 2019 5:01pm

Rendering Options

Kent I have an idea to create a single blend file for creating/rendering shaders using the Shader Totem provided. This will be a huge benefit by giving me a single, pre-constructed environment to create Shaders. The problem is that my system is not quite powerful enough and my render times are pretty long. Do I need to have Reflective/Refractive Caustics, Post Processing Compositing/Sequencer, or "Use Hair BVH" enabled? Also, for those Shaders using only Environment Lighting, is it possible to simply move the Lights to a separate Layer and turn it off/on when needed?
This course has been of great benefit in helping me understand Shader and Node structure. Any other suggestions would be very helpful. Thank you.

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Great timing! Any help for a Bismuth metallic crystal texture?

1 answer · asked January 27, 2017 11:30pm

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1 answer · asked January 27, 2017 11:30pm

Great timing! Any help for a Bismuth metallic crystal texture?

Great timing! Any help for a Bismuth metallic crystal texture?

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