Review

This chapter serves to give you more depth of skill when working with textures and final renders. A solid understanding of materials and how they are created will help you make surfaces for any type of model with some practice. Taking a complete render and finishing or “sweetening” it in an image editor will help you to go beyond the basics of simple renders. This will make them more flexible and give you additional possibilities for adding a finishing touch. In the end, the style that you choose to create is your own. These techniques, like imaging and 3D applications in general, are simply tools that you can use to bring your creative vision to life. After reading this chapter and practicing the exercises for each section, you should be ....