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Diamond Dispersion in Cycles Revealed

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April 6, 2012 8:00 AM

by Editor in Chief


Anyone looking into Blender's Cycles render engine as a serious alternative to standard renderers like Vray cannot help but notice its inability to render out dispersion in jewelry. 

Well ... maybe, not anymore. A Blender user named "Kirado" has revealed a Cycles node setup for faking dispersion in jewelry. Following is the screen shot of his node setup:


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Related links:

http://www.blendernation.com/2012/04/05/cycles-diamond-dispersion/#utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Blendernation+%28BlenderNation%29

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