Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Textures Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Overview of Materials in Cycles -- Introduction -- Material nodes in Cycles -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Procedural textures in Cycles -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Setting the World material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There is more... -- Creating a mesh-light material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- How it works... -- Using displacement (aka bump) -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There is more... -- 2. Managing Cycles Materials -- Introduction -- Preparing an ideal Cycles interface for material creation -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Naming materials and textures -- How to do it... -- Creating node groups -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Linking materials -- How to do it... -- 3. Creating Natural Materials in Cycles -- Introduction -- Creating a rock material using image maps -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a rock material using procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a sand material using procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more...

Creating a simple ground material using procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a snow material using procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating an ice material using procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a clean running water material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 4. Creating Man-made Materials in Cycles -- Introduction -- Creating a generic plastic material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a bakelite material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating an expanded polystyrene material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a clear (glassy) polystyrene material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Creating a rubber material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- Creating an antique bronze material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a multipurpose metal group node -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a worn metal material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a rusty metal material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a wood material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 5. Creating Complex Natural Materials in Cycles -- Introduction -- Creating an ocean material using procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Creating underwater environment materials -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a snowy mountain landscape with procedurals -- Getting ready.

How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a realistic planet Earth as seen from space -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 6. Creating More Complex Man-made Materials -- Introduction -- Creating cloth materials with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Creating a leather material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a synthetic sponge material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a brick wall material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a spaceship hull -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- 7. Creating Organic Materials -- Introduction -- Creating a snake-like scaly material with image maps and procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a wasp-like chitin material with procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a beetle-like chitin material with procedural textures -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating a grass shader -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Creating tree shaders - the bark -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating tree shaders - the leaves -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating a Gray Alien skin material with procedurals -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Index.