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Photorealistic Materials and Textures in Blender Cycles - Fourth Edition

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Published in Oct 2023
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ISBN-13 9781805129639
Pages 394 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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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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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 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

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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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