Blender Tutorial - Diamond Shader

[@mailinechan7815]

I don't understand what picture did you use for the environment texture ?

[@PointCloud]

It was exactly this HDR Texture: polyhaven.com/a/studio_small_09

[@5to81]

The way you broke down how light/color interacts with actual diamonds was insane. 10/10 tutorial

[@PointCloud]

Thank you very much!

[@anonymouxx9261]

a tutorial of somn so advanced that isnt 45 mins long and easily explained?! i must congratulate you, sir!

[@PointCloud]

Thank you very much, doing my best

[@dimamakesslots]

Thanks for explaining what each node does and including the world option in this.

[@PointCloud]

No problem ;)

[@tsentenari4353]

Also: I find it kind of amazing how Blender is programmed so well, that you were able to create the shader by "simply" plugging in the actual physics. Well - looking simple, when you know how to do it :)

[@PointCloud]

Yes, node based programming is truely a blessing for artists.

[@nathanielvirgo]

For even better results, use more than three colours, using the wavelength node to give a spread of wavelengths.

[@Stanisslayer]

where to put it?

[@saifialeem8255]

Please can you elaborate more?

[@starbrine2020]

Pretty please

[@nathanielvirgo]

@@starbrine2020 and others asking, I'm sorry: I posted this thinking it would work, but I hadn't actually tried it, and having tried it now I can't get it to work. The reason is kind of technical and has to do with the way the wavelength node works. When its input is close to the edges of the visible spectrum it outputs dark colours, but what we really want it to do is output colours with a low alpha value instead. If it would do that I think it would work, but as it is I can't find a way. What *might* work is adding more wavelengths manually, e.g. by adding cyan, magenta and yellow channels in addition to the red, green and blue ones - but I haven't tried that either.

[@starbrine2020]

@@nathanielvirgo alr thank you for responding bro!

[@mind_of_a_darkhorse]

A very good and relatively easy explanation of how to make a diamond shader!

[@PointCloud]

Thanks!

[@jjayytaccount]

This is exactly what ive been searching for so longgg

[@PointCloud]

And now you've got it!

[@PrinceWesterburg]

There's a simpler 'Default Cube' tutorial that does the RGB trick but this really looks better and renders faster too - many thanks!

[@959style]

great tutorial. good pace and good explanations. you deserve much more subscribers for that quality

[@PointCloud]

Thank you, very kind.

[@scriptgaming1143]

This is some premium level tutorial

[@tsentenari4353]

I seriously think tutorials can't get much better than yours. A typical Point Cloud tutorial: Crystal clear. Not a word too much, not a word too little. Cutting edge. Making use of best, and often most recent, Blender features to do the job. Highly original stuff that I haven't seen anywhere else (before people will start copying you). And, maybe most importantly: Techniques that aren't just a nice trick, but provide extremely useful methods, "rendering superpowers". (Well - relative to my interests, admittedly this point is a little subjective.) Is diamond rating a thing?

[@PointCloud]

Thank you very much for the kind words. I really appreciate it. Yes, I produce my tutorials in a way I as a Blender user would enjoy to watch, precise and efficient.

[@patisssxd6783]

Woah, the first one that works for me! Thank You!!! I tried to do diamond shading for ageeesssssss

[@oliviertij]

Hello With the good light and environnement, this is the BEST shader ever seen ! Thanks a lot, I've been looking for that since a long time

[@PointCloud]

Thank you very much!

[@Receptacle64]

this is amazing i also appreciate your comprehensive explanation

[@PointCloud]

Thank you ;)

[@theaveragemegaguy]

First time physics class helped something make sense. Love it thanks!

[@kidindia]

This is the best tutorial all of time

[@PointCloud]

Thank you very much

[@kidindia]

@@PointCloud I subbed to your channel for life. Please make more tutorials

[@jonathanbernardi4306]

Masterful. Thanks man, really appreciated.

[@PointCloud]

Thanks!

[@PascalPerigaud_FT-13]

Beautiful texture

[@chlbrn]

Brilliant tut here, and well explained, thanks a lot!

[@animator99_sculpt28]

I've came to late, but this one is the best diamond shader tuts

[@PointCloud]

Thank you

[@wellington.willer]

have fun shining bright like a diamond 😂😂

[@Voiceofquran98]

song of rihana, right 😂

[@Roza3D]

Hi! Thanks for this excelent tuto, but i have a problem. When i make the Enviromental Texture in World shading, it affects all the scene an all gets covered by the HDR texture you give to us, and not only the object like you. What im doing bad? Thanks for all!!

[@PointCloud]

I used a transparent background (render tab on the right -> film) If you want to seperate your object light influence from the HDR you can watch this video from me, there it's explained in more detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3uomYh6obKna7M

[@Roza3D]

@ thanks for your help!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@samkangoo]

Great job, simple and efficient !

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

So clever. I don't know how you understand those nodes so well. Do you have to use nodes to create this?

[@PointCloud]

Thanks, yes you have to use the shading nodes for that.

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

@@PointCloud Can you fill that with red fluid? Or would it destroy the reflections? Thinking about a crystal love heart.

[@PointCloud]

That should be no problem.

[@DaveThompsonfairlife4all]

@@PointCloud I got an issue. I am trying to completely fill a loveheart mesh with liquid, but it leaks out despite using a Solidify on it. I am extremely new to this, and just about to try again using another mesh object, or just making a hole in it. Your crystal effect is amazing though, and it would be great to have a crystal heart, but none are available to download. Any advice please? Your tutorial is very short, so I might try to crystallize the loveheart, but I have no confidence.

[@Michal2SAB]

Can color be applied to the object on top of all these modifications? let's say I want a red diamond

[@PointCloud]

Sure, I'd say the easierst method would be to change the white Glass BSDF to red for example.

[@Michal2SAB]

@@PointCloud Doesn't seem to work. Im guessing it might be because the object is transparent? Would saving the colored object's image as .png store the data about diamond rules at all? May be a dumb question cus I feel like it wont. Thank you for your fast reply

[@PointCloud]

Hm, it should work perfectly fine. And no, a PNG only saves the pixel data (RGBA) and nothing else.

[@DJMAYOMBE]

0:25 load HDR image environment texture node. How Do I select HDR image?

[@PointCloud]

Just click on "Open" and select an image from your computer.

[@MsVivon]

Useful guide. I would like to see something similar for eevee

[@PointCloud]

Not possible, because you have to use raytracing for this realistic lighting :)

[@namondastudio4616]

THANKS BRO !! THIS IS GOLD !!!

[@PointCloud]

In fact, it is diamond, but thank you very much :)

[@namondastudio4616]

@@PointCloud hahahaha :)

[@YoYoBobbyJoe]

Ideally, you'd want to set the colors to the three peak colors that typical cones in human eyes would see rather than pure red, green, and blue.

[@ripkobexnip3719]

Can u plz make a video how to make a diamond pentant necklace

[@PointCloud]

Hm, that would be basically only modelling.

[@ripkobexnip3719]

@@PointCloud I really want to Learn I made my chain I export it when I open it it’s not shiny when I open the saved export file

[@keltart809]

very impressive

[@thronosstudios]

Wait so, is this possible in Eevee rendering or only cycles? 'Cause Eevee doesn't like alpha and transparencies...

[@PointCloud]

Eevee has alpha and transparency (material properties), but this reflection can only be achieved in cycles.

[@thronosstudios]

@@PointCloud I see. Thanks 👍

[@pock_5541]

I apologize, I am relatively new to Blender, but I am trying figure out how to get the photo studio HDR that you put inside of the environment node, please help!

[@PointCloud]

You just create an environment texture node in the "World" shader and click on "open" in the node, then you select the image on your computer. 0:20

[@ankd956]

Great tutorial! i did everything but.. i dont know why mine doesnt shine like yours, its more like a mirror of the enviroment texture, theres no transparency like yours am i doing something wrong?

[@PointCloud]

hm, are you in cycles? And is your transmission value correct?

[@ViralVault_69]

wow, tysm! this is so awesome 💎

[@PointCloud]

Thanks!

[@sansosea]

amazing vid ! thanks a lot. But big question : is it possible to exporte this 3d in .fbx, wich keeo the transprent texture ? if yes,, how ?

[@PointCloud]

Thanks. Short answer: No. Since this is a material which is shaded by the Cycles Engine inside of Blender, you cannot export this material. Only possible solution would be to export a semi-transparent video (PNG image sequence) and try to sneak it into other footage.

[@sansosea]

@@PointCloud thank you so much for answering this quickly 🙏🏻☺️

[@Gautam.sagarr]

if i want to add this diamond shaded object in another 3d software, how to bake it its textures

[@PointCloud]

Since this isn't a texture, but a in-engine material, thats not possible 🫤

[@Gautam.sagarr]

@@PointCloud then how to make it work in another 3d studio if we want

[@unicopious]

Great tutorial! I'm wondering if this can be recreated using an aiStandardSurface in Maya? Any help appreciated.

[@PointCloud]

I'm sure, but how I don't know how exactly.

[@OfficialRose465]

Iced ❤ thanks bro

[@ProdPlyta]

Can i get you HDR please ?? Bcs i found couple HDR's but the diamond effect looking not transparent when i followed everything you did !

[@PointCloud]

It is already in some comments here^^: polyhaven.com/a/studio_small_09

[@ProdPlyta]

@@PointCloud thanks, but somthing is wrong my diamond is like this weird colour and not transparent.

[@PointCloud]

Hm, hard to tell without seeing it. Have you used cycles?

[@ProdPlyta]

@@PointCloud Yes, if you have instagram or something i could send you a photo .

[@PointCloud]

Sure: pointcloud_tutorials

[@KBforJesusChrist]

What's the lighting mine only shows the effect when viewed from under the object

[@PointCloud]

You can see the lighting at about 0:13 Just a bit light from above as sunlight. And the world this HDR Sphere: polyhaven.com/a/photo_studio_01

[@KBforJesusChrist]

@@PointCloud wow your fast thanks

[@PointCloud]

@@KBforJesusChrist 👍

[@cloudgtb]

where is the shader?

[@PointCloud]

What do you mean with "where"?

[@cloudgtb]

@@PointCloud the texture for the environment?

[@PointCloud]

See the pinned top comment.

[@GrilledChickenRamyun]

Just wondering why when i add the image texture my diamond and whole environment turn into image texture i followed everything tho

[@PointCloud]

I disabled the background in my project, that's why no environment is shown there. And maybe your mesh is set to "shade smooth"? Then it would reflect the environment more visibly.

[@theodreer1356]

I did all this and now no matter what i do i can't export it to Unity. It goes there, but without any of the details this video worked so hard for.

[@PointCloud]

This can't be exported to another engine looking like this.

[@banning7951]

hmn , we i do it.. i get only green and purple light spots from this shader, so noo multi color shining

[@PointCloud]

Hm, hard to tell from this. Maybe a wrong dispersion?

[@dianaepel743]

Thank you for the tutorial! Which blend mode did you use in the material settings? I'd had trouble viewing the refractions in the material until I changed the mode to Alpha Hashed, but it still looked quite different from yours. When using the same hdri you used, the diamond just turned fully white and opaque (nothing changed in the settings). I am using blender version 3.3, can it be an internal bug or do you have any other ideas why it's not working?

[@PointCloud]

Thank you. I used Cycles, not EEVEE. I think that's the main reason why your diamond looks different from mine.

[@fiverolltacos]

where did u get the pic for the world enviornment texture??

[@PointCloud]

Polyhaven.com There are a lot free HDR images you can use.

[@fiverolltacos]

@@PointCloud thank you !

[@messingaround3087]

Amazing tutorial

[@PointCloud]

Thank you very much.

[@ripkobexnip3719]

:30 when u open image were do we get that ?

[@PointCloud]

Look at the pinned comment.

[@nikaulyperezjimenez4294]

I added environmental texture but it show ups pink everywhere as a background

[@PointCloud]

Hm, that sounds like blender cant find the texture :/

[@nikaulyperezjimenez4294]

@@PointCloud i clicked on the monkey, but my screen was pink, all blender was pink, after i removed environmental it went back to normal

[@nikaulyperezjimenez4294]

@@PointCloud i have blender 4.1

[@PointCloud]

Hm, 4.1 shouldn't make a difference

[@LuckeyClover]

What photo did you use in the environment texture?, im stuck right there

[@PointCloud]

See the pinned comment.

[@ghxastlyy]

where do you get the pictrue you added in the world texture

[@PointCloud]

Polyhaven, there you can get a lot of HDRIs.

[@Number_Cruncher]

Do you think it would be possible to create an image like the one you show at 0:41 in blender?

[@PointCloud]

Sure, it's easily possible ^^

[@Mr_alfredo_7]

Thx for the tutorial, does this work in Eevee

[@PointCloud]

No, not like this. Eevee has no raytracing like Cycles, and that's what you need for that diamond.

[@inflewenzers.8460]

i want to use this diamond in my other blend file. cause it uses hdri. and when i append this to my other blend file than all reflections are gone cause it now uses my dark sky hdri. But this is my background scene i cannot change it. So how did i get it that it look this in other file

[@PointCloud]

No, problem. You just have to define another "surrounding" for your diamond. You have your HDRI surrounding for the camera, and you need another HDRI surrounding for your diamond to reflect. Coincidentally I just created a video about exactly this topic^^ Just take a look and you can fix your problem: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3uomYh6obKna7M

[@LuzDeLuna_999]

Thank u sooo much for sharing ur knowledges with us!! Can I ask your help please?: why I can not see "Add" and "Substract" Nodes in Blender? I have 3.5 Version. Do I need install something in the program in order to see those nodes? Maybe some addons? I hope u can see my message, thanks for everything!

[@PointCloud]

Thank you. These are "Math" nodes, which you can set to several mathmatical operations.

[@LuzDeLuna_999]

@@PointCloud How can I find them in Blender 3.5? I can not see them when I am working with nodes. Thank you!

[@PointCloud]

You just add a node with Shift+A or click "Add" at the top. Then you just search for "Math". In the node itself you can then change the operation.

[@gunzroses1713]

Thank you for sharing this. I followed each step, but my diamond has strong purple color into it. I did change the HDRi and everything but still the diamonds look purple faceted. Please help

[@PointCloud]

Purple Color means, that something is wrong with your texture. Check if Blender reads that hdr correctly, maybe change the format if it does not.

[@gunzroses1713]

@@PointCloud Your advice helped. Thanks man. Can you tell me how can I get the Blueish facets in the diamond instead of black and grey monochromatic diamond. I want My diamond to standout and look illuminating. Thanks in advance.

[@PointCloud]

@@gunzroses1713 We already talked over Instagram. I hope it worked out.

[@Series-lanka]

The shader only works in material preview. In rendered, the whole thing would be gray especially the mesh that is attached by the diamond. Any advices ples? hehe. For some reason, it doesn't glow like it :)

[@PointCloud]

Hm, do you use the same hdr sphere for preview and render?

[@Series-lanka]

@@PointCloud i used iso sphere as mesh. But I used it as a material for like 6 objects so 2 of it is iso sphere while the other 4 are triangles. Is this the answer you're looking for? :)

[@Series-lanka]

@@PointCloud and btw it's on eevee not on cycles if that matters. Idk what hdr sphere is yet hehe. I'm pretty much of a beginner. It's at least on default.

[@PointCloud]

Ah okay, so you have to use cycles for that diamond shader. And an hdr sphere is basically an image of the surrounding world (which is a giant sphere around your scene). Because this is a highly reflective shader this surrounding image is quite important for the look.

[@Series-lanka]

@@PointCloud oke ty

[@gunzroses1713]

Hello, Is there a way to increase the overall opacity of your/this shader and brighten it overall?

[@PointCloud]

You could either increase just the world light intensity, since this reflects that light it will get brighter. Or you could overshoot the value of the white glass shader, if you click in the white color slot, there is a "V" for value, increase it over 1.0 and it will get brighter too.

[@NoobHit]

Thank you

[@gswhitedevil6631]

your just earned a subscribe 😇😇😇😇

[@PointCloud]

Thank you ;)

[@ripkobexnip3719]

How do u export it I added an image texture but when I adjust the metallic and roughness it doesn’t save the metallic and roughness only the image texture plz help

[@PointCloud]

You can't export a complex shader like this. You could bake it as a single texture, but then it's just an image.

[@ripkobexnip3719]

@@PointCloud I’m trynna make a custom chain any tips how to make it shine since I can’t export this

[@ripkobexnip3719]

Also do u know why when I export some projects when I export it it comes out blank like a white circle ugh

[@xxyy2597]

Does it work in Cycles mode?

[@PointCloud]

Only in Cycles.

[@xxyy2597]

@@PointCloud , good thank youu

[@samuraidogpupsik]

Why is it blue? I cant make it transparent

[@PointCloud]

Hm, did you slide the Transmission slider to the right (in the large principled bsdf node)?

[@theprogrammingofhumanlife]

Thank You!!

[@ryjms2024]

Nice one. Thank you

[@yeyeman6569]

Hi, If I where to import this along with the material to unity , will this shader show up in game?

[@PointCloud]

No, you would have to build this shader in the unity engine

[@rzostacks]

A Link to the hdr image would be nice or a hint how to load or install the image

[@rzostacks]

so that beginners can follow to

[@PointCloud]

It was this texture: polyhaven.com/a/studio_small_09 You can just download it and select it after you clicked the "Open" button in the Environment Texture node. No install needed, it's just an image, which you select at the source.

[@rzostacks]

@@PointCloud Thank you very much brother, that helped a lot

[@BKNtshangase]

Please take time to tell the name of your values when you add, we often have to pause and try to read

[@PointCloud]

What do you mean, you can't read the slider values at 1440p?

[@basejumperdx4573]

Hi bro. You can you make holographic shader?

[@PointCloud]

Would be no problem, but I am not sure if there aren't enough hologram shader tutorials on KZbin already^^

[@PointCloud]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYPdpX6QoamKeKM I did the Hologramm shader tutorial in a video now.

[@kasper369]

can i bake this so i can use this as glb ?

[@PointCloud]

Unfortunately you can't bake these reflections into a simple texture.

[@6LXKS]

what did u use for your hdr?

[@PointCloud]

I pinned the answer in the top comment.

[@kanao7030]

Where is the "shader editor"? I don't have one :/

[@PointCloud]

Is it not in the list, when you click on the little icon in the top left corner of a window?

[@kanao7030]

@@PointCloud That was fast.....thanks, I found it...sorry bro, I'm still a noob 😅

[@vyas_music]

Mine is just plain white still unfortunately :(

[@PointCloud]

Rendered in Cycles?

[@vyas_music]

@@PointCloud Actually I'm seeing it worked correctly now. It was just a matter of what hdri I picked. I was hoping to do a black background with my object still light and illuminated in front of it, I'll just have to play around with different backgrounds and lighting I guess. Thanks!

[@PointCloud]

@@vyas_music I did a video on that topic, maybe it can help you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3uomYh6obKna7M

[@ruslandad365]

Amazing Tutorial!!! !Thanks!!!!

[@PointCloud]

Thank you for watching ;)

[@BlenderOnline3D]

thank you very mych

[@miguelalmanza17]

Hey my texture isn't coming out transparent? Any help anyone?

[@PointCloud]

What do you mean with texture? Here is no texture involved, thats a shader.

[@miguelalmanza17]

@PointCloud right that's what I mean my diamond looks opaque and not transparent

[@PointCloud]

maybe too low transmission or too high rougness on the material?

[@naura1111]

Can i bake it?

[@PointCloud]

Not really unfortunately. You can bake an animated texture in exactly the same camera angle, but I guess that's it.

[@mruniverse9500]

Diamonds don't shine the refract light

[@PointCloud]

Definately arguable :D

[@binslu7788]

great！！

[@desenhistae.mamadoreseprof9606]

love😍

[@devangpatel5084]

can you please provide a python code for this material

[@PointCloud]

Is there an easy way to export a shader as py?

[@Kfcrecipes]

How does one even discover how this stuff works??? It's like finding dinosaur bones wtf how

[@PointCloud]

Well it starts with a thought :D Then with physics and math you can reproduce the idea in the render engine. But of course you have to know a couple things to do this.

[@Kfcrecipes]

@@PointCloud I bow to you master. The world needs you.

[@PointCloud]

Haha thank you very much

[@AnonymousAnonymous-s6b]

It didnt work

[@PointCloud]

What exactly?

[@egzon44]

das ist sooo deutsch

[@fraggers07]

terrible tutiorial, skips so many important keystrokes and information.

[@PointCloud]

Sorry that it wasn't very helpful for you. But that's pretty subjective, depending on your knowledge and attention span this tutorial can be either be good or bad. In fact, it is one of my more successful tutorials and at this point with a 99,4% Like/Dislike ratio. But if you have a specific question what exactly wasn't clear enough, then maybe I can answer that via comment?

[@fraggers07]

@@PointCloud The whole point of a tutorial is to teach people, in order to teach unless stated the skill level is assumed at 0. So your statement sbout being dependant on knowledge is a poor escuse for your lazyness to type "some knowledge of blender is assumed" or "not for noobs" or some other statement that lets newbies know its not for them.