Yo, now if you have several hours to sit down and learn the octane version of blender.. then there might be better videos but if you wanna quickly get up and running this is the video for you.
It's about 20-ish minutes so brew up some coffee or tea, feel free to watch with that or pop open your computer and kinda follow along.
*Octane Download*
https://home.otoy.com/render/octane-render/demo/
*Here's some sites you can find models to experiment with materials:*
https://sketchfab.com/
https://www.blenderkit.com/
https://www.cgtrader.com/
*Here's where you can find some HDRI's:*
https://polyhaven.com/
https://ambientcg.com/
Timestamps:
00:00 - Video [ START ]
01:07 - Tutorial start
02:09 - Octane system settings
08:36 - Materials
10:48 - Imperfections
12:56 - Octane post processing
16:00 - Compositor
17:00 - HDRI
17:50 - Conclusion slide (showing love)
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