Shader Forge: Gemstones & Ice

It’s always hard to get the reflection in gemstones right – the combination of translucency and transparency needs to be perfect to become convincing. CG Cookie’s latest Shader Forge with Kent Tramell tackles this subject.

Pavla writes:

The biggest challenge of creating gemstones in Blender: they have a fairly simple surface, but complex refraction happening underneath. In his short course (with first 2 lessons free) Kent Trammell explains how to emulate this quality, as well as analyze reference efficiently, implement absorption, add refractions, reflections and color.

The result: a material that can be easily adjusted for any kind of gemstone, crystal or even ice cubes.