KeyShot 3D Rendering is a quick startup guide designed for any beginners or professionals that want to create hyperrealistic images off their 3D models. The book contains various exercises that are specific to each chapter, which helps to clarify any concepts, definitions, or methods of usage that have been mentioned in the chapters. It will also cover and explain each of the parameters found inside KeyShot and how materials, lighting, and staging work together to deliver the most efficient and accurate results off our models.
This book addresses all the necessary steps to create fully rendered images, specifically from importing models to KeyShot until the final stage of outputting rendered images. It is not meant to examine or to teach 3D modeling techniques nor to create complex animations and special effects.
Chapter 1, KeyShot's Overview, explains the advantages and disadvantages that KeyShot offers, as a rendering application. It also covers all the steps for importing our models into the scene and familiarizing ourselves with the navigation menus.
Chapter 2, Understanding Materials and Textures, discusses the material and texture application procedures used for various exercises, as well as definitions of the parameters found in the material menu.
Chapter 3, Lighting Made Easy, covers the different properties found within the lighting menu in KeyShot. It also shows how to create our own lighting setup, and explains how materials and textures are directly influenced by our lighting. The camera setting is also discussed in this chapter.
Chapter 4, Showcasing and Product Presentation, demonstrates various methods and suggestions on how to present our work by changing certain lighting properties or creating different staging scenarios. It also discusses the settings found in the Rendering tab, as well as tips on how to improve lighting and reflections in our models.
Chapter 5, Adding Effects with Photoshop, shows an alternative way of illustrating how to stage and add effects to our rendered images from KeyShot.
Appendix, Command Lists and Hotkeys, includes a list of all the shortcuts and hotkeys for KeyShot.
You will need the following for this book:
A full or trial version of KeyShot 3 for Windows or Mac
Lesson files for each chapter
Adobe Photoshop CS3 or newer
This book is intended for readers with intermediate or advanced knowledge of 3D modeling and texturing. There will be omissions made to certain exercises, and repetitive instructions or statements to minimize redundancy. It is also assumed that the readers have some previous experience in working with 3D applications such as Maya, 3ds Max, or SolidWorks.
In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.
Code words in text are shown as follows: "We can choose a file such as mesh_circular_normal.jpg or similar."
New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "Find the material, Plastic Hard white rough by selecting Plastic | Hard | Rough | Basic | Hard white rough."
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