Blender Cycles Gemstones and Dispersion for Jewelry Design

This tutorial covers creating and rendering gemstones, specifically diamonds, and dispersion in Blender Cycles using some special techniques and a special free node created by jocafa. The link to download the node is provided below. To create a gemstone, simply use the mesh extras addon and add a brilliant diamond. This tutorial does not cover how to design a ring, simply how to render gemstones and dispersion accurately using the node covered. Project File Download here: discord patreon twitter instagram Follow jocafa on twitter: @joshfaul jocafa node download: HDRI located here: Jump to locations here: Project Setup 00:36 Correct Project Scale 01:19 Correct Lighting 03:39 Gemstone Insets 04:49 Glass Shader 07:07 Light Path Settings 07:48 Download jocafa Dispersion Node 10:26 Append Material 11:20 Prepping the Material Shader 13:00 Adjusting Settings 14:00 IOR Settings 19:10 Dispersion or Abbe Number 20:17 Ground Material 22:01 Final Renders and Comparisons 23:07