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Cycles is a physically-based path tracing render engine in Blender, designed to deliver photorealistic results by simulating the behavior of light. Introduced in Blender 2.61, Cycles leverages ray tracing to accurately model reflections, refractions, and global illumination. Use this tag for any posts related to Cycles rendering.

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Make a gold reflective object

Brand new to blender, and I'm trying to make a metallic object that is reflective. There are lots of tutorials on youtube, however none of them are compatible with blender 2.71 with the cycles render …
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How to change the mapping of a texture in cycles?

Using blender 2.71, I'm trying to put a texture on an object. Following this tutorial, at 1:10 you should be able to setup a mapping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRUUeFteQg&t=1m10s screen shot …
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Why are lamps and mesh lights not illuminating anything?

There are several techniques to do a 3 point lighting system. How do you properly light a scene while using mesh planes as emission light sources? I'm following this tutorial, however despite sett …
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How do you create an infinite ground plane?

How would you make a ground plane that goes on forever? Here is an example, but it is from a very very old version of blender. http://vimeo.com/8107842
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How to set render engine in blender?

I'm new to blender. How do you change the render engine? According to this video, the button should be along the top. I've searched google, and the blender documentation with no luck. https://www. …
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