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Photorealistic Materials and Textures in Blender Cycles - Fourth Edition

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Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805129639

Pages 394 pages

Edition 4th Edition

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Author (1):

Arijan Belec

Table of Contents (21) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Materials in Cycles

2. Chapter 1: Creating Materials in Blender

3. Chapter 2: Introducing Material Nodes

4. Chapter 3: Mapping Images with Nodes

5. Part 2: Understanding Realistic Texturing

6. Chapter 4: Achieving Realism with Texture Maps

7. Chapter 5: Generating Texture Maps with Cycles

8. Chapter 6: Creating Bumpy Surfaces with Displacement Maps

9. Part 3: UV Mapping and Texture Painting

10. Chapter 7: UV-Unwrapping 3D Models for Texturing

11. Chapter 8: Baking Ambient Occlusion Maps

12. Chapter 9: Introducing Texture Painting

13. Chapter 10: Creating Photorealistic Textures on a 3D Model

14. Part 4: Lighting and Rendering

15. Chapter 11: Lighting a Scene in Cycles

16. Chapter 12: Creating Photorealistic Environments with HDRIs

17. Chapter 13: Preparing the Camera for Rendering

18. Chapter 14: Rendering with Cycles

19. Index

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Authors (1)

Arijan Belec

Arijan Belec is an experienced 3D Generalist, teacher, and educational content producer with a decade spent in Blender 3D. He is recognized for his highly technical teaching style focusing on providing a deep understanding of Blender's mechanics, coupled with a captivatingly simple and laid-back method of presentation. He began his career in 3D design at the age of 13, by specializing in hard-surface modeling before progressively expanding his online teaching topics to all areas of 3D art. Arijan is a Blender YouTuber, Author, Private Tutor, and founder of a public Blender Discord community dedicated to teaching, sharing works, exchanging tips, and inspiring growth and progress to and by its members.

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