This viideo shows how to perform basic modifications to materials within KeyShot. George shows how to change color and specularity, among others.
- [Instructor] Now that we have our basic materials applied,…we can go ahead an start to modify those…to get exactly the look that we want.…We can do this by editing the materials themselves.…Let me show you how to do this.…We're going to go ahead and start with the cap.…As you can see, the cap of this bottle here…has a material on it, which is called…Hard Shiny Plastic Red.…We can hop over to the Materials Panel…and double click on that.…This gives us the material attributes.…
For example, we have the type of material…in this case it's plastic, but we don't have…to have it as plastic.…We can change it to, say, Diffuse…or we can change it to…Thin Film, which would completely change the look of it.…But we do want to keep this at Plastic…and then we can also change the color of this.…The color that I'm looking for is…a reddish orange.…Let's go ahead and click on Diffuse.…
Let's go ahead and change the color.…Actually, I want to make it more of a reddish magenta,…not so much a reddish orange.…Something around that color.…
Author
George Maestri
Released
2/28/2017In this course, George Maestri helps you get started with KeyShot. George starts off by taking a look at the Keyshot interface and going over some of the basics. Next, he helps you get used to the workflow by showing how to create a simple render. He also digs into working with materials and lighting. To wrap up the course, George goes over how to animate with KeyShot.
- Navigating the KeyShot interface
- Configuring performance settings
- Managing the objects in a scene
- Importing assets into KeyShot
- Assigning and modifying materials
- Setting up the final render
- Creating materials
- Working with transparency and refractions
- Using objects as lights
- Creating a turntable animation
- Animating parts of objects
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome44s
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1. The KeyShot Interface
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Navigation in KeyShot2m 50s
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Performance settings3m 11s
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Manage scenes2m 32s
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Select and move objects3m 43s
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File management2m 24s
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2. Create a Simple Render
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Import assets into KeyShot2m 25s
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Assign materials4m 13s
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Modify materials4m 39s
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Add texture maps3m 49s
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Set up the final render4m 18s
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3. Work with Materials
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Create materials5m 51s
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Bump and opacity mapping5m 7s
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Use material graphs4m 32s
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4. Lighting and Rendering
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Use objects as lights3m 24s
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Use backplate images3m 6s
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Work with cameras5m 16s
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Create depth of field2m 9s
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5. Animation
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Create a turntable animation2m 37s
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Animate parts of objects2m 59s
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Camera animation3m 46s
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Conclusion
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Next steps24s
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