New to Cycles ?

Claas Kuhnen put online a serie of 21 videos explaining the basics of Cycles rendering. If you’re confused about scene and node setup, this very progressive introduction should give you a good start. It’s clear…

How to texture in Cycles

Another great video by Jonathan Williamson from Blender Cookie about the bases of texturing with Cycles. You will see how to add a diffuse texture and how to improve the result with bump mapping and…

How to set up a node library

Jonathan Williamson explains how to create a blend file used as a node library for materials or compositing functions. You must create nodes groups, give them a proper name and save all this in a…