Author Donovan Keith walks you through a library of prebuilt textures that you can put to use right away, and then shows how to analyze and re-create common real-world materials like metal and glass from scratch. Plus, learn how to use photographs as the basis for complex layered surfaces.
Topics include:

Applying materials to objects, NURBs caps, and polygon selections
Creating glass using transparency and refraction
Building colorful backgrounds
Creating plastic, metal, and concrete
Mapping an image to a video screen
Adjusting material placement
Creating layered materials with photographs and the Filter shader

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