Preface

One of the most advanced 3D packages on the scene, Blender now has a powerful new tool to allow its users to achieve even more astonishing results: the Cycles rendering engine. Cycles is based on an accurate lighting model and realistic shaders. It is also blazing fast thanks to the fact that it can take advantage of modern GPUrendering capabilities. Cycles is definitely a modern and effective tool that every Blender user wants to know in order to get the best results. Blender Cycles: Lighting and Rendering Cookbook will take you a journey through the new great Blender rendering engine Cycles. We will start with understanding the fundamental concepts of this rendering engine, and use them to learn the creation of any kind of lighting, ...

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