After all the hard work that goes into the model, the next step is setting it up for renders you can be proud of. Getting the final render looking just right can bring out the best in your model and truly reflect your skills as a 3D artist, and this begins with the perfect shaders. Using Blender’s powerful Shader Editor, we’ll create fully customizable shaders including realistic car paint with metallic flakes, a fully procedural carbon fiber, fabric, leather, and more.
Just like the modeling process, these complex shaders will be built step-by-step and you’ll learn the reasoning and logic behind every move, helping you gain a strong proficiency in shader development so you can apply these newfound skills to all of your own projects as well.
Once the model is complete, we’ll set it up with a basic rig to pose it for rendering. We’ll rig the wheels so they can spin and turn, and we’ll even rig the doors so they can open and close, giving us more options to customize the final look. We’ll also animate the tires and the environment to set up motion blur for the final renders, really bringing the model to life. You’ll learn about parenting, constraints, keyframes, using the Graph Editor, and how to set up motion blur to get the perfect action shot.
Finally we’ll dive into all the elements that make a great render you can show off, including setting up lighting and an environment, getting the perfect camera angle, using Blender’s compositing nodes to make the final shot really pop, and even using Blender’s paint tools to add the final post processing to complete your renders. And with plenty of room for customization, and several environments and lighting setups included in the training, you’ll be able to make the results your own.
I’ve also included extra stand-alone chapters on the Guide Mesh technique, teaching you everything you need to know about this extremely useful workflow, without having to dig through the course for it. These “Full Guide to the Guide Mesh” chapters will go over the theory behind the technique, all the rules for using it, plus a chapter full of tips and unique tricks for it. All of this information is also outlined in a PDF for you, so you have a quick reference to all of this for your own projects.
All necessary project files are included in the course too, such as blueprints, reference images, and textures, and it also includes the final car model. And it’s a big course, so it also made sense to include some Easter Eggs as a fun break along the journey!
