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Rendering diamonds and gemstones in Blender 2.78 with YafaRay v3. Fast rendering, good for animations. In this case, almost 2 minutes per frame with a i7-4702MQ 2.2GHz, FHD resolution.
http://www.yafaray.org/

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Index:
0:00 final animation
0:08 Tutorial introduction
1:40 Setting up a basic scene
4:58 selecting renderer
5:52 creating materials
13:57 first rendering
14:31 ray depth adjustment
15:38 activating indirect lighting
23:38 readjusting lights
27:40 getting into compositing
37:10 final image without sky 1 and selecting another frame
38:06 setting up sky
43:07 Final image without sky
43:11 Final image with sky
43:16 Final animation without compositing (directly from renderer)
43:25 Final animation with compositing

Diamante, diamantes, gemas, Pedras Preciosas, Precious Gems

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