Blender Cycles: Lighting and Rendering Cookbook

Learning the Branched Path Tracing render

For this final recipe, we will have a look at the Branched Path Tracing rendering mode. This rendering mode will allow us to have a much higher level of control on each aspect of the render so that we will be able to optimize much more. Of course, more control means more things to know. So let's learn how to set up the render!

Getting ready

Go to the Render menu and click on the Sampling tab. From the drop-down menu, select the Branched Path Tracing mode. Let's get started!

How to do it...

1. Check the Square Samples option.
2. Set the Clamp value to 10.
3. Set AA Samples for rendering to 5.
4. Set Samples for Diffuse to 4, Glossy to 5, Transmission to 3, AO to 1, Mesh Light to 3, and Subsurface to 5.
5. Set the Light Paths ...