Book Description
With this book you’ll be able to explore and master all that the Cycles rendering engine is capable of. From the basics right through to refining, this is a must-read if you’re serious about the realism of your materials and textures.
- Create naturalistic materials and textures - such as rock, snow, ice and fire - using Cycles
- Learn Cycle’s node-based material system
- Get to grips with the powerful Cycles rendering engine
In Detail
Cycles is Blender’s new, powerful rendering engine. Using practical examples, this book will show you how to create a vast array of realistic and stunning materials and texture effects using the Cycles rendering engine.
Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook is a practical journey into the new and exciting Cycles rendering engine for Blender. In this book you will learn how to create a vast array of materials and textures in Cycles, including glass, ice, snow, rock, metal and water. If you want to take your 3D models to the next level, but don’t know how, then this cookbook is for you!
In this practical cookbook, you will learn how to create stunning materials and textures to really bring your 3D models to life! Diving deep into Cycles you will learn Cycle’s node-based material system, how to set-up a 3D scene for rendering, how to create a natural and man-made materials as well as the correct organization and re-use of Cycles materials to save you time and effort.
To ensure that your creations look stunning you will learn how illumination works in Cycles, improve the quality of the final render and to avoid the presence of noise and fireflies. Each chapter of Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook builds on the complexity of the last so that by the end of this book you will know how to create an impressive library of realistic-looking materials and textures.
Table of Contents
- Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Overview of Materials in Cycles
- 2. Managing Cycles Materials
- 3. Creating Natural Materials in Cycles
- Introduction
- Creating a rock material using image maps
- Creating a rock material using procedural textures
- Creating a sand material using procedural textures
- Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures
- Creating a snow material using procedural textures
- Creating an ice material using procedural textures
- Creating a clean running water material
- 4. Creating Man-made Materials in Cycles
- Introduction
- Creating a generic plastic material
- Creating a bakelite material
- Creating an expanded polystyrene material
- Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material
- Creating a rubber material
- Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals
- Creating a multipurpose metal group node
- Creating a worn metal material with procedurals
- Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals
- Creating a wood material with procedurals
- 5. Creating Complex Natural Materials in Cycles
- 6. Creating More Complex Man-made Materials
- 7. Creating Organic Materials
- Introduction
- Creating a snake-like scaly material with image maps and procedurals
- Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures
- Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures
- Creating a grass shader
- Creating tree shaders – the bark
- Creating tree shaders – the leaves
- Creating a Gray Alien skin material with procedurals
- Index