Index

A

• Ambient Occlusion (AO)
  • about / There is more..., How to do it...
  • Factor slider / There is more...
  • Distance slider / There is more...
• anisotropy
  • about / How it works...
• antique bronze material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• artificial materials
  • about / Introduction
• atmospheric perspective effect / How to do it...

B

• bakelite
  • about / Creating a bakelite material
• bakelite material
  • creating / Getting ready, How it works..., There's more...
• bark material
  • creating / Creating tree shaders – the bark, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• beetle-like chitin material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function (BSDF)
  • about / Introduction
• Blender 2.65
  • about / There is more...
• Blender cloth simulation
  • URL / See also
• Blender Foundation / Creating tree shaders – the bark
• Blender Internal
  • about / Introduction
• Blender memory management / Introduction
• brick wall material
  • creating, with procedurals / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Bump node
  • about / There is more...
• bumps effect
  • obtaining, in Cycles / Using displacement (aka bump), How it works...

C

• clean running water material
  • creating / Creating a clean running water material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• closures
  • about / Material nodes in Cycles
• cloth materials
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating cloth materials with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it...
• Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
  • URL / Creating tree shaders – the bark
• CUDA / Introduction
• Cycles
  • about / Introduction
  • material nodes / Material nodes in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • procedural textures / Procedural textures in Cycles, How to do it..., How it works...
  • bumps effect, obtaining / Using displacement (aka bump), How it works...
  • displacement effect, obtaining / Using displacement (aka bump), How it works...
• Cycles interface
  • preparing, for material creation / Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation, How to do it..., How it works...
• Cycles materials
  • about / Introduction
  • building / Material nodes in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Cycles Render Engine
  • URL / Introduction

D

• Dirty Vertex Colors layer
  • about / There's more...
• displacement effect
  • obtaining, in Cycles / Using displacement (aka bump), How it works...
• displacement technique, on Blender Artist forum
  • URL / See also
• Displace Modifier option / There is more...

E

• emitters
  • avoiding, in render / There's more...
• expanded polystyrene material
  • creating / Creating an expanded polystyrene material, How to do it..., How it works...

G

• generic plastic material
  • creating / Creating a generic plastic material, How to do it..., How it works...
• Gimp
  • about / Creating a rock material using image maps
• glassy polystyrene plastic material
  • creating / Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material, Getting ready, How to do it...
• GPU-based rendering
  • about / Introduction
• graphic cards, for Cycles
  • URL / Introduction
• grass shader
  • creating / Creating a grass shader, How to do it..., How it works...
• Gray Alien skin material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a Gray Alien skin material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

I

• ice material
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating an ice material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
• image
  • white dots, avoiding / There's more...
• image maps
  • used, for creating rock materials / Creating a rock material using image maps, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snake-like scaly material / Creating a snake-like scaly material with image maps and procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
• image textures
  • used, for creating realistic planet Earth / Creating a realistic planet Earth as seen from space, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• input socket
  • feeding, by Bump node / There is more...

L

• leather material
  • creating, with procedurals / How to do it..., How it works...
• leaves shader
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...

M

• mapping method
  • specifying / There's more...
• material creation
  • Cycles interface, preparing for / Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation, How to do it..., How it works...
• material nodes
  • about / Introduction
• material nodes, Cycles / Material nodes in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• materials
  • naming / Naming materials and textures, How to do it...
  • linking / Linking materials, How to do it...
• Material window
  • about / Introduction
• mesh-light material
  • about / Getting ready
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• multipurpose metal group node
  • creating / Creating a multipurpose metal group node, How to do it..., How it works...

N

• natural materials
  • about / Introduction
• node groups
  • creating / Creating node groups, How to do it..., How it works...
  • removing / How it works...

O

• ocean material
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., See also
• OpenCL / Introduction
• organic materials
  • creating / Introduction

P

• procedural materials
  • about / Introduction
• procedurals
  • used, for creating antique bronze material / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating worn metal material / Creating a worn metal material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating rusty metal material / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals, How to do it...
  • used, for creating wood material / Creating a wood material with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snowy mountain landscape / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating cloth materials / Creating cloth materials with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • used, for creating leather material / How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating synthetic sponge material / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating brick wall material / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snake-like scaly material / Creating a snake-like scaly material with image maps and procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating Gray Alien skin material / Creating a Gray Alien skin material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• procedural textures
  • about / Procedural textures in Cycles, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating rock material / Creating a rock material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating sand material / Creating a sand material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating raw ground material / Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snow material / Creating a snow material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating ice material / Creating an ice material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • used, for creating ocean material / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., See also
  • used, for creating wasp-like chitin material / Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating beetle-like chitin material / Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...

R

• raw ground material
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• realistic planet Earth
  • creating, image textures used / Creating a realistic planet Earth as seen from space, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Reducing Noise - Cycles Wiki page
  • URL / Introduction
• render
  • emitters, avoiding in / There's more...
• rendered preview
  • activating, in 3D window / Material nodes in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• rock material
  • creating, image maps used / Creating a rock material using image maps, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating a rock material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• rocky effect
  • improving / There's more...
• rubber material
  • creating / Creating a rubber material, How to do it...
• rusty metal material
  • creating, procedurals used / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals, How to do it...

S

• sand material
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating a sand material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • improving / There's more...
• shaders
  • about / Material nodes in Cycles
• sIBL Archive / How to do it...
• snake-like scaly skin material
  • creating, with image maps / Creating a snake-like scaly material with image maps and procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a snake-like scaly material with image maps and procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
• snow material
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating a snow material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• snowy mountain landscape
  • creating, procedurals used / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• spaceship hull
  • creating / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • appearance, improving / There's more...
• Specularity
  • about / Introduction
• synthetic sponge material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

T

• Texture Coordinate node / There's more...
• textures
  • naming / Naming materials and textures, How to do it...

U

• underwater environment materials
  • creating / Creating underwater environment materials, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

W

• wasp-like chitin material
  • creating, procedural textures used / Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• wood material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a wood material with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
• World material
  • setting / Setting the World material, How to do it..., How it works...
• worn metal material
  • creating, procedurals used / Creating a worn metal material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...