Shading and Rendering Exercise

Last updated Oct 27, 2022 Edit Source

Homework exercise shading rendering

# Shading and Rendering Exercise

To complete this assignment correctly I want two things:

Your blend file.
An OBS screen capture with you talking about your work uploaded to youtube or vimeo and a link in the comments.
your 3 rendered images

# Objectives

If you do not watch the video I made you will probably not do things correctly

Watch the videos in the how to complete section below
create 3 unique materials per shaderball
Render 9 images, 3 per shaderball
Test 3 different HDRI enviornments for each render

# How to Complete

Download the Blend file -> Blend File

Watch my video -> Blender Shading and Rendering Exercise - YouTube

Enable the first shaderball
Switch to material preview mode
Select all objects in collection
Clear out existing material or create a new one
Use cntrl+l to link material to all other objects
Edit material
Test your final render by switching to rendered mode
Turn off rendered mode
Hit f12 or click the render image button
Save the final rendered image
Repeat 2 more times for this shaderball
Repeat for the remaining two shaderballs

# Important Workflows!

These are things that I mention in my video. WATCH THE VIDEO!

# Link Data

You can copy data to many other objects. In this assignment you will likely want to copy material assignments.

Select multiple objects.
1. Notice the difference in the outline colors. A lighter outline indicates the active selection. This is object you are going to copy from
Press cntrl+L -> a menu will pop up
Click on Link Materials

# Select all Objects in Collection

Collections are not groups. For that reason they may work a little different than expected. In order to quickly select everything in a collection do the following:

In your outliner find the collection where you want to select all of the objects.
Right click on that collection
Select Select Objects

# Recursively Toggle View in Collection

Again, collections are not groups and the default behavior is not recursive. There is an easy fix though.

In this assignment you MUST do this or you will not be able to complete it correctly!

In order to toggle Render Visibility in all children of an object or collection hold down SHIFT and click on the render icon in the outliner. This works for the other toggles in the outliner as well.