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Material Breakdown – Gold

For this material breakdown I chose a gold material based on the material I used in my crown project. The goal is to make a gold material, which can be seen on old jewellery exhibiting some worn look and is … Continue reading

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Material Breakdown – Pearl

I will start a series of material breakdowns, where I show  step by step the principles of how I created the materials from the Austrian Imperial Crown. This is by no means an absolute guide to the lux material system, … Continue reading

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Luxrender observations – part II

This is the second part of my obervations on luxrender made during my last project. Materials This is the area where I spent most of my time in getting the blender scene transferred to lux. The material system is quite … Continue reading

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Luxrender observations – part I

As previously announced, here is my report on the use of luxrender during my project ‘The other day in the forest’. This is more a description of the things noticed and done during the process than a real tutorial. I … Continue reading

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Linear Workflow in Blender

While working on my current project to explore the differences between luxrender and blender I came in touch with setting up a linear workflow. Until now I knew what it was and never found it necessary to test or use … Continue reading

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Lightsaber Node setup

I started to put together a (video) tutorial for a complete lightsaber rotoscoping session. The basics – blend file with node setup for the lightsaber effect and a lightsaber mask – are ready, but right now my priority lies with … Continue reading

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