Index

A

• ambient occlusion
  • about / There's more...
  • enabling / There's more...
• anisotropy / How it works...
• atmosphere layer / The atmosphere, How it works...
• atmospheric perspective
  • adding / Adding the atmospheric perspective, How it works...

B

• Bakelite material
  • creating / Creating a Bakelite material, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • working / How it works...
  • node group, creating / There's more...
• beetle-like chitin material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
• Blender
  • URL / See also
• Blender Artists forum
  • URL / See also
• Blender documentation
  • URL / Creating a leather material with procedurals
• Blender Internal
  • materials, working / Introduction
• bottom shaders
  • creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
• bronze material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
• BSDF
  • about / Introduction

C

• cloth materials
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating cloth materials with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• clouds / The clouds
• cloud volumetric material
  • creating / Creating a cloud volumetric material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• complex man-made materials
  • cloth materials, creating / Creating cloth materials with procedurals
  • leather material, creating / Creating a leather material with procedurals
  • synthetic sponge material, creating / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals
  • spaceship hull shader, creating / Creating a spaceship hull shader
• complex natural materials
  • Cycles / Introduction
  • ocean material, creating / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures
  • underwater environment materials, creating / Creating underwater environment materials
  • snowy mountain landscape, creating / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals
  • realistic Earth, creating / Creating a realistic Earth as seen from space
• Cycles
  • materials, working / Introduction
  • material nodes / Material nodes in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more..., Introduction
  • procedural textures / Procedural textures in Cycles, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more..., See also
  • World material, setting / Setting the World material
  • man-made materials / Introduction
  • Subsurface Scattering / Introduction
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating by Translucent shader / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating by Vertex Color tool / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Vertex Color tool, How to do it...
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating by Ray Length output / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Ray Length output in the Light Path node
  • layered human skin material, creating in / Creating a layered human skin material in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • volume materials, using / Using Cycles volume materials
  • shadeless material, creating / Creating a shadeless material in Cycles
• Cycles interface
  • creating, for material creation screen / Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Cycles material
  • about / Material nodes in Cycles
  • building / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Cycles nodes
  • URL / See also
• Cycles Render Engine
  • URL / Introduction

D

• displacement
  • using / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

E

• expanded polystyrene material
  • creating / Creating an expanded polystyrene material, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...

F

• fake immersion effect material
  • creating / Creating a fake immersion effect material, How to do it..., How it works...
• fake Subsurface Scattering node group
  • creating / Creating a fake Subsurface Scattering node group, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• fake volume light material
  • creating / Creating a fake volume light material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• fire and smoke shader
  • creating / Creating a fire and smoke shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• foam shader
  • creating / Creating the foam shader
• frames
  • nodes, grouping / Grouping nodes under frames for easier reading
  • using, with simple shader / How to do it...
• fur
  • creating / Creating fur and hair, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...

G

• generic plastic material
  • creating / Creating a generic plastic material, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
• glassy polystyrene material
  • creating / Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material, How to do it...
• GPU-based rendering
  • steps / Introduction
• Gray Alien skin material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a gray alien skin material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• ground material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

H

• hair
  • creating / Creating fur and hair, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• High-dynamic-range (HDR) / How to do it...

I

• ice material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating an ice material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
• image maps
  • used, for creating rock material / Creating a rock material using image maps, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• Index Of Refraction (IOR) / How to do it...
• IORs
  • references / How it works...
• IOR values
  • URL / See also

L

• layered human skin material
  • creating, in Cycles / Creating a layered human skin material in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• leather material
  • creating, with procedurals / How to do it...

M

• man-made materials, Cycles
  • generic plastic material, creating / Creating a generic plastic material
  • Bakelite material, creating / Creating a Bakelite material
  • expanded polystyrene material, creating / Creating an expanded polystyrene material
  • glassy polystyrene material, creating / Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material
  • rubber material, creating / Creating a rubber material
  • antique bronze material, creating / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals
  • multipurpose metal node group, creating / Creating a multipurpose metal node group
  • rusty metal material, creating / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals
  • wood material, creating / Creating a wood material with procedurals
• mapping method
  • specifying / There's more...
• material creation screen
  • Cycles interface, creating for / Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• material groups
  • mixing / Mixing the material groups
• materials
  • naming / Naming materials and textures, How to do it..., There's more...
  • linking / Linking materials and node groups, How to do it...
• mesh-light material
  • creating / Creating a mesh-light material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• multipurpose metal node group
  • creating / Creating a multipurpose metal node group, How to do it..., How it works...

N

• natural materials
  • about / Introduction
• Node Group / How to do it...
• node groups
  • creating / Creating node groups, How to do it..., How it works...
  • linking / Linking materials and node groups, How to do it...
• Node Wrangler add-on
  • about / There's more...
• Normal Map node
  • URL / See also

O

• ocean material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • water surface, creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
  • bottom shaders, creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
  • foam shader, creating / Creating the foam shader
  • stencil material, creating / Creating the stencil material for the foam location
  • summarizing / Putting everything together
  • working / How it works..., See also
• Ocean modifier
  • URL / See also
• organic-looking shader
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating an organic-looking shader with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...

P

• PET (Proportional Editing Tool) / Getting ready
• planet surface / The planet surface
• procedurals
  • used, for creating bronze material / Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating rusty metal material / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating wood material / Creating a wood material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snowy mountain landscape / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • used, for creating cloth materials / Creating cloth materials with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., See also
  • used, for creating leather material / How to do it...
  • used, for creating synthetic sponge material / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • organic-looking shader, creating with / Creating an organic-looking shader with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Gray Alien skin material, creating with / Creating a gray alien skin material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• procedural textures
  • in Cycles / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • used, for creating rock material / Creating a rock material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating sand material / Creating a sand material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • used, for creating ground material / Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating snow material / Creating a snow material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating ice material / Creating an ice material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for creating ocean material / Creating an ocean material using procedural textures, Getting ready
  • wasp-like chitin material, creating with / Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
  • beetle-like chitin material, creating with / Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it...

R

• Ray Length output, Light Path node
  • Subsurface Scattering, simulating / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Ray Length output in the Light Path node, How to do it..., How it works...
• realistic planet
  • URL / How it works...
• Reducing Noise
  • URL / Introduction
• rock material
  • creating, with image maps / Creating a rock material using image maps, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a rock material using procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• rubber material
  • creating / Creating a rubber material, How to do it..., How it works...
• rusty metal material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals, How to do it..., How it works...

S

• sand material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a sand material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• scientific search engine
  • URL / See also
• shadeless material, Cycles
  • creating / Creating a shadeless material in Cycles, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • obtaining / There's more...
• shader node, Subsurface Scattering
  • using / Using the Subsurface Scattering shader node, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• shaders / Material nodes in Cycles
• sIBL Archive
  • URL / How to do it..., Getting ready
• snow material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a snow material using procedural textures, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • first stage / How it works...
  • second stage / How it works...
• snowy mountain landscape
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • rock, appending / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • snow shader, grouping / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • snow shader, appending / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • rock, grouping / Appending and grouping the rock and the snow shader
  • material groups, mixing / Mixing the material groups
  • stencil shader, creating / Creating the stencil shader
  • atmospheric perspective, adding / Adding the atmospheric perspective
  • working / How it works...
• spaceship hull shader
  • creating / Creating a spaceship hull shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• space view, from realistic Earth
  • creating / Creating a realistic Earth as seen from space, Getting ready
  • reference links / Getting ready
  • planet surface / The planet surface
  • clouds / The clouds
  • atmosphere layer / The atmosphere
  • Surface material / How it works...
• Stanford bunny
  • URL / Getting ready
• stencil material
  • creating, for foam location / Creating the stencil material for the foam location
• stencil shader
  • creating / Creating the stencil shader
• Subsurface Scattering
  • about / Introduction
  • shader node, using / Using the Subsurface Scattering shader node
  • URL / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader
  • simulating, by Translucent shader / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • simulating by Vertex Color tool / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Vertex Color tool, Getting ready, How to do it...
  • simulating, with Ray Length output of Light Path node / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Ray Length output in the Light Path node, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• supported graphic cards, Cycles
  • URL / Introduction
• synthetic sponge material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

T

• textures
  • naming / Naming materials and textures, How to do it..., There's more...
• Translucent shader
  • used, for simulating Subsurface Scattering / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Translucent shader, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• trees shaders, barks
  • creating / Creating tree shaders – the bark, How to do it..., There's more...
• trees shaders, leaves
  • creating / Creating tree shaders – the leaves, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...

U

• underwater environment materials
  • creating / Creating underwater environment materials, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

V

• Vertex Color tool
  • used, for simulating Subsurface Scattering / Simulating Subsurface Scattering in Cycles using the Vertex Color tool, Getting ready, How to do it...
• volume materials
  • using / Using volume materials, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • URL / There's more...
• volume materials, Cycles
  • using / Using Cycles volume materials, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...

W

• wasp-like chitin material
  • creating, with procedural textures / Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures, How to do it..., How it works...
• water surface
  • creating / Creating the water surface and the bottom shaders
• wood material
  • creating, with procedurals / Creating a wood material with procedurals, Getting ready..., How to do it...
• World material
  • setting / Setting the World material, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...