course note of Physically Based Shader Design in Arnold

[jasonhuang1115]

Hi, I came across the course note Physically Based Shader Design in Arnold.
Really like the design concepts mentioned in it for production shaders, especially stuff related to Fresnel reflection, Russian Roulette splitting and path termination for efficiency optimizations, and Light Groups.

Cheers.

[Morbid Angel]

one part i liked was the rough fresnel for the sss, i thought it looked very natural.

[vlado]

one part i liked was the rough fresnel for the sss, i thought it looked very natural.

Yes, the rough Fresnel has come up a number of times before and it's been on the "to do" list for a while.

Other things like Russian roulette and path termination, V-Ray does automatically since a long long time.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Rens]

Yes, the rough Fresnel has come up a number of times before and it's been on the "to do" list for a while.

Awesome!