Blender Cycles：Lighting and Rendering Cookbook

Learning the Branched Path Tracing render

Creating bread

Creating parmigiano cheese

Creating grapes in Cycles

Introduction

Chapter 10. Creating Food Materials in Cycles

Compositing the scene

Creating the sea material in Cycles

Creating the ice and snow materials

Introduction

Chapter 9. Creating an Iceberg Scene

Compositing the scene

Setting up the scene for the animation

Creating the materials for the exterior environment

Creating a car paint material

Setting up the lighting

Introduction

Chapter 8. Creating a Car Animation

Compositing the scene

Creating the material for headlights and other details

Creating the material for the tyres and the rims

Creating the car paint material

Setting up the lighting

Introduction

Chapter 7. Car Rendering in Cycles

Achieving a movie look using the compositor

Creating the environment

Creating a realistic plastic material for the characters

Setting up the lighting

Introduction

Chapter 6. Creating a Toy Movie Scene

Compositing the scene

Creating the dress material

Creating the hair material

Creating skin teeth and other body parts

Setting up the environment and lighting

Introduction

Chapter 5. Creating a Cartoonish Scene

Giving final touches to the image using render passes

Creating the wood material for the table and the fence

Adding flowers to the scene

Texturing the tree trunk and creating realistic leaves

Creating the grass material

Creating the road material

Setting up the lighting with an external plugin

Introduction

Chapter 4. Creating an Exterior Scene

Using IES files in Cycles

Setting up night lighting

Creating a carpet using hair particles

Creating the materials for the lamp

Creating a different kind of leather

Creating materials for the plant in the scene

Creating a parquet material

Creating fake portals to decrease the noise in the scene

Introduction

Chapter 3. Creating an Interior Scene

Creating an absorption glass shader

Obtaining a dispersion effect

Creating more complex glass materials

Creating a custom and more versatile glass shader

Creating custom fake caustics

Using default Cycles caustics

Creating a glass full of water

Creating a simple glass shader

Introduction

Chapter 2. Creating Different Glass Materials in Cycles

Setting the Cycles render parameters

Using the Cycles camera's depth of field

Creating a leather material for the wallet

Adding color to the key holder

Creating a rubber shader for the key holder

Adding realism to the keys with a bump texture

Using the Glossy shader to create a clean metal material

Learning environment lighting

Creating a three-point light setup in Cycles using mesh emitters

Setting up Cycles for the first run

Introduction

Chapter 1. Key Holder and Wallet Studio Shot

A look at the hardware

Knowing your ingredients

Introduction

Customer support

Reader feedback

Conventions

Who this book is for

What you need for this book

What this book covers

Preface

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

www.PacktPub.com

About the Reviewers

About the Author

Credits

Blender Cycles: Lighting and Rendering Cookbook

coverpage

coverpage

Blender Cycles: Lighting and Rendering Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Introduction

Knowing your ingredients

A look at the hardware

Chapter 1. Key Holder and Wallet Studio Shot

Introduction

Setting up Cycles for the first run

Creating a three-point light setup in Cycles using mesh emitters

Learning environment lighting

Using the Glossy shader to create a clean metal material

Adding realism to the keys with a bump texture

Creating a rubber shader for the key holder

Adding color to the key holder

Creating a leather material for the wallet

Using the Cycles camera's depth of field

Setting the Cycles render parameters

Chapter 2. Creating Different Glass Materials in Cycles

Introduction

Creating a simple glass shader

Creating a glass full of water

Using default Cycles caustics

Creating custom fake caustics

Creating a custom and more versatile glass shader

Creating more complex glass materials

Obtaining a dispersion effect

Creating an absorption glass shader

Chapter 3. Creating an Interior Scene

Introduction

Creating fake portals to decrease the noise in the scene

Creating a parquet material

Creating materials for the plant in the scene

Creating a different kind of leather

Creating the materials for the lamp

Creating a carpet using hair particles

Setting up night lighting

Using IES files in Cycles

Chapter 4. Creating an Exterior Scene

Introduction

Setting up the lighting with an external plugin

Creating the road material

Creating the grass material

Texturing the tree trunk and creating realistic leaves

Adding flowers to the scene

Creating the wood material for the table and the fence

Giving final touches to the image using render passes

Chapter 5. Creating a Cartoonish Scene

Introduction

Setting up the environment and lighting

Creating skin teeth and other body parts

Creating the hair material

Creating the dress material

Compositing the scene

Chapter 6. Creating a Toy Movie Scene

Introduction

Setting up the lighting

Creating a realistic plastic material for the characters

Creating the environment

Achieving a movie look using the compositor

Chapter 7. Car Rendering in Cycles

Introduction

Setting up the lighting

Creating the car paint material

Creating the material for the tyres and the rims

Creating the material for headlights and other details

Compositing the scene

Chapter 8. Creating a Car Animation

Introduction

Setting up the lighting

Creating a car paint material

Creating the materials for the exterior environment

Setting up the scene for the animation

Compositing the scene

Chapter 9. Creating an Iceberg Scene

Introduction

Creating the ice and snow materials

Creating the sea material in Cycles

Compositing the scene

Chapter 10. Creating Food Materials in Cycles

Introduction

Creating grapes in Cycles

Creating parmigiano cheese

Creating bread

Learning the Branched Path Tracing render