Using Cycles Render Engine in Blender 3D

Using Cycles Render Engine in Blender 3D, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.1, with 22 lectures, based on 22 reviews, and has 197 subscribers.

You will learn about Utilize ray-tracing efficiently Understand curve modeling Understand materials and texturing Light scenes skillfully Master particle system basics Use Composting in the Blender environment This course is ideal for individuals who are This video course should give any beginner the necessary skills and knowledge to create their own 3D projects with Blender and is for anyone who wants to learn Blender by creating concrete projects. It is particularly useful for This video course should give any beginner the necessary skills and knowledge to create their own 3D projects with Blender and is for anyone who wants to learn Blender by creating concrete projects.

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Summary

Title: Using Cycles Render Engine in Blender 3D

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.1

Number of Lectures: 22

Number of Published Lectures: 22

Number of Curriculum Items: 22

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 22

Original Price: $109.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

Utilize ray-tracing efficiently

Understand curve modeling

Understand materials and texturing

Light scenes skillfully

Master particle system basics

Use Composting in the Blender environment

Who Should Attend

This video course should give any beginner the necessary skills and knowledge to create their own 3D projects with Blender and is for anyone who wants to learn Blender by creating concrete projects.

Target Audiences

This video course should give any beginner the necessary skills and knowledge to create their own 3D projects with Blender and is for anyone who wants to learn Blender by creating concrete projects.

This video course introduces you to the powerful Cycles Render engine and more advanced materials for objects. Topics covered will range from organic modeling to node materials to particle systems.

We start with a basic understanding of the Cycles Render engine including the differences between the standard and ray-traced engines. After this we delve into organic modeling techniques using curves to create more natural and smooth shapes typically seen in the real world. Next we understand the concept of UV unwrapping to map textures and other 2D media to a 3D object using seams, while also learning how to tweak and modify UV maps as well as multi-channel U layers. The next part will cover a basic setup for a simple Cycles material shader, which includes simple materials, alpha cut-outs, as well as multi-channel and PBR material shaders to create an extensive range of realistic material shaders for the Cycles Render engine ; you will also acquire a good understanding of how the material node editor works. Moving on we will look at object-based lighting and 360 HDRI environment maps to control an entire scene’s lighting; you will learn how lighting can affect a scene and which lighting sources you should use. After that we will learn about simple particle systems, hair/fur generation, and how to instantiate objects. You will utilize particle systems to greatly speed up your workflow, making it easier to generate large scenes with hundreds or thousands of objects. Finally, you will learn about fundamental composting workflows through the node editor and use Color management to give a more authentic and photographic image; this will include more advanced composting techniques such as light flares, depth of field, and adding additional external images to the final render.

By the end of the video course you should have a good understanding of how to add advanced post processing to an image before saving it and how to effectively create a realistic scene using the Cycles Render engine.

About the author

Tim Crellin is a distinguished 3D generalist with over 5 years’ experience working with 3D software for game development, animation, and 3D modeling. Tim runs the thatimst3r .com website and the Thatimst3r YouTube channel, which provide more than 200 published video tutorials to the public. Additionally, he has created multiple add-ons, assets, and other resources for the online community, including seven completed games. He is very passionate about teaching others new skills and the concept of open source to make creativity available to everyone!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Cycles Render Engine and Organic Modelling

Lecture 1: The Course Overview

Lecture 2: Introduction to Ray Tracing

Lecture 3: Using Curves to Model Organic Patterns

Lecture 4: Converting Curves to a Mesh

Chapter 2: UV Mapping and Texturing Objects

Lecture 1: Introduction to UV Mapping

Lecture 2: UV Unwrapping

Lecture 3: Fitting UVs to Textures

Lecture 4: Texture Map Types

Chapter 3: Discovering Cycles Materials

Lecture 1: Materials with Nodes

Lecture 2: Materials with Texture Transparency

Lecture 3: PBR Materials

Chapter 4: Utilizing Environment Lighting

Lecture 1: Different Lamp Types

Lecture 2: Three-Point Lighting

Lecture 3: HDRI Lighting

Chapter 5: Hair and Particle System Techniques

Lecture 1: Instancing Leaves

Lecture 2: Forming the Terrain

Lecture 3: Creating a Forest

Lecture 4: Fireflies with Particles

Chapter 6: Compositing the Final Touches

Lecture 1: Camera Placement

Lecture 2: Depth of Field

Lecture 3: Post Process Filters

Lecture 4: Color Grading

Instructors

Packt Publishing
Tech Knowledge in Motion

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