Animators T-shirt! @Blender boy how I would love to design a shirt for then #b3d #bcon22 #blender3d
I spoke at #BCon22 last year, introducing a way to #render #interference (aka #iridescence ) with #Blender3D and #cycles
Interference can occur when light passes thin layers, and it can radically change the color of the reflection. Possibly the best example is a soap bubble, but also heating of iron and aging of copper is described well by interference (see examples).
I made node groups with example materials available for #Blender, free to use for any purpose. See:
https://blenderartists.org/t/cycles-pbr-thin-film-interference-iridescence-and-metals/672094
[January 2025 Update / Blender 4.3+:] As these node groups / OSL scripts thankfully are becoming less relevant now with the partial support of thin film interference in Blender 4.3, I changed the three thin film materials that benefit of it to use this feature of the Principled shader. The visual results may change slightly, but speed is much improved for these three materials according to my limited testing. If interference on conducting materials becomes available in Blender, I’ll further upd...
😻 This time of the year where you got energy for the next 362 days!
#b3d #Blender3d #bcon22 #bcon23
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RT @BlenderConf
One last look at Blender Conference 2022 - see you next year! #b3d #bcon22
https://twitter.com/BlenderConf/status/1597753241416392704