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The Ultimate Octane Masterclass

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24 December 2020

121 lessons · 13h 38m

The first step toward professional rendering is choosing the right renderer. We’ve been using Octane Renderer® in production for several years now and highly recommend it if you want to lift your rendering game. However, there has been a lack of training available for Octane … until now.

Course Release Date: 15 January 2021 (Updated December 2022)

Lessons

Lesson 1 is always free to preview.

  • Quick Start
  • 1
    Octane Materials Quick Start
    7m
  • Materials
  • 2
    Materials OverviewLockedYearly
    5m
  • 3
    Materials SettingsLockedYearly
    2m
  • 4
    Diffuse MaterialLockedYearly
    10m
  • 5
    Glossy MaterialLockedYearly
    7m
  • 6
    Specular MaterialLockedYearly
    4m
  • 7
    Metallic MaterialLockedYearly
    8m
  • 8
    Universal MaterialLockedYearly
    4m
  • 9
    Toon MaterialLockedYearly
    8m
  • 10
    Mix MaterialLockedYearly
    2m
  • 11
    Blend or Composite MaterialLockedYearly
    3m
  • 12
    Portal MaterialLockedYearly
    2m
  • 13
    Live DatabaseLockedYearly
    3m
  • 14
    Texture ManagerLockedYearly
    4m
  • 15
    Octane 2019 UpdateLockedYearly
    2m
  • 16
    Layered MaterialsLockedYearly
    5m
  • 17
    Transmission – Thin Wall – Octane MaterialsLockedYearly
    2m
  • 18
    2022 UPDATE – Clipping MaterialLockedYearly
    5m
  • 19
    2022 UPDATE – GGX Energy PreservingLockedYearly
    1m
  • Shader Nodes
  • 20
    Introduction to NodesLockedYearly
    19m
  • 21
    Material: Octane MaterialLockedYearly
    2m
  • 22
    Material: Mix MaterialLockedYearly
    1m
  • 23
    Material: Blend Material – Composite MaterialLockedYearly
    4m
  • 24
    Texture: Image TextureLockedYearly
    7m
  • 25
    Texture: RGB SpectrumLockedYearly
    1m
  • 26
    Texture: Gaussian SpectrumLockedYearly
    3m
  • 27
    Texture: FloatLockedYearly
    1m
  • 28
    Texture: W CoordinateLockedYearly
    3m
  • 29
    Texture: Baking TextureLockedYearly
    8m
  • 30
    Texture: Image TilesLockedYearly
    6m
  • 31
    Texture: OSL TextureLockedYearly
    5m
  • 32
    ProjectionLockedYearly
    5m
  • 33
    TransformLockedYearly
    3m
  • 34
    Generator: CheckerLockedYearly
    2m
  • 35
    Generator: DirtLockedYearly
    5m
  • 36
    Generator: FalloffLockedYearly
    6m
  • 37
    Generator: MarbleLockedYearly
    6m
  • 38
    Generator: NoiseLockedYearly
    3m
  • 39
    Generator: Random ColorLockedYearly
    5m
  • 40
    Generator: Sine WaveLockedYearly
    3m
  • 41
    Generator: Side NodeLockedYearly
    5m
  • 42
    Generator: TurbulenceLockedYearly
    2m
  • 43
    Generator: Instance ColorLockedYearly
    7m
  • 44
    Generator: Instance RangeLockedYearly
    3m
  • 45
    Generator: Ridged FractalLockedYearly
    3m
  • 46
    Toon RampLockedYearly
    4m
  • 47
    Mapping: Clamp TextureLockedYearly
    4m
  • 48
    Mapping: Color CorrectionLockedYearly
    2m
  • 49
    Mapping: Cosine MixLockedYearly
    3m
  • 50
    Mapping: Gradient – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    8m
  • 51
    Mapping: InvertLockedYearly
    2m
  • 52
    Mapping: MixLockedYearly
    1m
  • 53
    Mapping: MultiplyLockedYearly
    2m
  • 54
    Mapping: AddLockedYearly
    2m
  • 55
    Mapping: SubtractLockedYearly
    2m
  • 56
    Mapping: TriplanarLockedYearly
    6m
  • 57
    Mapping: UVW TransformLockedYearly
    1m
  • 58
    DisplacementLockedYearly
    9m
  • 59
    2019 UPDATE – DisplacementLockedYearly
    8m
  • 60
    2019 UPDATE – Displacement MixerLockedYearly
    3m
  • 61
    Emission: Blackbody and Texture Emission – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    17m
  • 62
    Medium: Absorption and Scattering Medium – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    11m
  • 63
    Random WalkLockedYearly
    7m
  • 64
    C4D: Vertex Map – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    7m
  • 65
    C4D: MG Color Shader – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    4m
  • 66
    C4D: MG Multi Shader – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    5m
  • 67
    C4D: Bitmap – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    4m
  • 68
    C4D: Colorizer – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    1m
  • 69
    C4D: Gradient – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    1m
  • 70
    C4D: Noise – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    3m
  • 71
    C4D: RefShader – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    3m
  • 72
    C4D: Surfaces – Octane Shader NodesLockedYearly
    2m
  • Material Projects
  • 73
    Jelly – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    12m
  • 74
    Jade – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    14m
  • 75
    Bubble – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    8m
  • 76
    Diamond – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    3m
  • 77
    Gold – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    12m
  • 78
    Speckled (Terrazzo) – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    9m
  • 79
    Ice – Octane Material ProjectsLockedYearly
    16m
  • 80
    Stickers and DecalsLockedYearly
    5m
  • 81
    SkinLockedYearly
    5m
  • Lights
  • 82
    Lighting OverviewLockedYearly
    5m
  • 83
    Texture and HDRI Environment – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    11m
  • 84
    Daylight – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    10m
  • 85
    Area Light – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    16m
  • 86
    Octane IES Lights – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    4m
  • 87
    Octane Spot Light – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    6m
  • 88
    Octane Toon Lights – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    4m
  • 89
    Light Emitting Materials – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    8m
  • 90
    Volumetric Lighting – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    8m
  • 91
    Octane Planetary – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    12m
  • 92
    Light Linking and Light Exclusion – Octane LightsLockedYearly
    6m
  • Camera
  • 93
    Introduction to the Camera – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    2m
  • 94
    Thin Lens and Depth of Field (Bokeh) – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    11m
  • 95
    Panoramic – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    2m
  • 96
    BakingLockedYearly
    10m
  • 97
    Universal – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    10m
  • 98
    Motion Blur – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    10m
  • 99
    Camera Imager – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    12m
  • 100
    Post Processing – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    2m
  • 101
    Spectral AI Denoiser – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    8m
  • 102
    AI Upsampler – Octane CameraLockedYearly
    9m
  • Rendering
  • 103
    Introduction to Rendering – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    13m
  • 104
    Direct Lighting Kernel – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    13m
  • 105
    Path Tracing – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    7m
  • 106
    PMC KernelLockedYearly
    5m
  • 107
    Info Channels – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    4m
  • 108
    Advanced Settings – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    19m
  • 109
    Render Settings – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    8m
  • 110
    Rendering and Passes / Multipass – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    16m
  • 111
    2022 UPDATE – Multipass UpdateLockedYearly
    5m
  • 112
    Rendering With An Alpha Channel – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    4m
  • 113
    Removing Fireflies – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    4m
  • 114
    Render Faster – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    23m
  • 115
    Bake HDRI maps – Octane RenderingLockedYearly
    12m
  • 116
    CryptomatteLockedYearly
    9m
  • 117
    2022 UPDATE – AOVsLockedYearly
    12m
  • 118
    Octane ACES Workflow – 2022 UPDATELockedYearly
    17m
  • 119
    2022 UPDATE – Light MixerLockedYearly
    5m
  • Lighting and Rendering Projects
  • 120
    Infinite FloorLockedYearly
    4m
  • 121
    FogLockedYearly
    8m

Project Files

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material-projects.zip
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octane-material-library.zip
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octane-test-scene.zip
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octane_material_masterclass_resources.pdf
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project-files.zip
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lighting-templates.zip
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