Learning Blender: A Hands-On Guide to Creating 3D Animated Characters

Render Tests

Jim has been shaded and now it’s time for the cool test renders again. In Blender Render, you had to activate some features to get a better result, but in Cycles, with its more realistic approach, the render already works well by default. Let’s add a couple of details, though.

1. Create a light setup similar to the one you did for the Blender Render Scene, with two Suns, a primary one and then a secondary one as a rim light with less intensity and a warmer color.

Note

Unfortunately, having a material that only receives shadows is trickier in Cycles (you’d have to do it through compositing, and you’ll learn how to do that in the final chapters). For that reason, we won’t use shadows in these Cycles test renders.

2. Add a sky to ...