Tag: path tracing

  • Advanced Glass Shader in Cycles – Blender 2.8 Tutorial

    Advanced Glass Shader in Cycles – Blender 2.8 Tutorial

    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1p7l9MNpLdo/hqdefault.jpg https://www.creativeshrimp.com/uber-glass-shader-blender.html – Nodes and Project Files Simulating a glass shader with dispersion, caustics and other wizardry in Cycles can be tedious, due to the architecture of path-tracing engines. In this Blender tutorial we’ll explore some cool workarounds! WARNING: To be able to follow along the tutorial, a decent video card is required. I have…

  • Research ARNOLD vs. CYCLES

    Research ARNOLD vs. CYCLES

    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PxI9jYOLMcU/hqdefault.jpg Maya 2018.2 with Arnold 5 Blender 2.79 Daily Build DELL XPS 15 9560 16 GB RAM i7-7700HQ @ 2.80 GHz (4 cores / 8 proc) GTX 1050 (4 GB) Latest Win 10 / latest Nvidia driver The still life scene was originally set up in Blender 2.79 with photogrammetry models by Oliver Harries: https://www.artstation.com/olyandros…

  • Cycles Render Settings Explained: Sampling and Light Paths

    Cycles Render Settings Explained: Sampling and Light Paths

    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NhOdnOow6DY/hqdefault.jpg http://www.blenderhd.com/ All of Blender Cycles’ sampling and light path settings explained in one video. Aimed at beginners, but helpful for anyone. Topics include: sampling, clamp values, path and branched path tracing, volume step size and max steps, min and max bounces, transparency, and much more! source