Hello, I am working on a free workshop on Mantra shading and rendering, here's a link to the YT playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFkMNnEYa3APIjPiwdEFL6BOJWLLqk7_S [www.youtube.com]



Current list of chapters available:

1. Applying materials [youtu.be]
   
   
2. Your First Render [youtu.be]
   
   
3. Principled Shader Basics [youtu.be]
   
   
4. Getting Started with Noises and Ramps [youtu.be]
   
   
5. Displacement & Problem Fixing [youtu.be]
   
   
6. Triplanar Projection + gamma fix [www.youtube.com]
   
   
7. Material Layering / Shader Mixing [youtu.be]
   
   
8. Rounded Edge Shader + Basics of Procedural Tear & Wear [youtu.be]
   
   
9. Surface Imperfections: Dirt mask & Occlusion mask — Procedural Material Creation [youtu.be]
   
   
10. Types of Lights, Global Illumination, Render Noise and Settings [youtu.be]
    
    
11. Car Paint Shader, Fresnel, Frosted Glass Effect [youtu.be]
    
    
12. Additional Noise Controls & Rest Position [youtu.be]
    
    
13. Volumes and Cloud Rendering Basics [youtu.be]
    
    
14. Using Attributes to Control Materials [youtu.be]
    

Thank you for this contribution to the community. Exactly what I need atm!

upd: added Triplanar chapter

This is very awesome. I assume these techniques will also apply to Karma.

hey Kays. You can also safely assume that Karma will get its own series, with more examples and setups.

update:
we made it into sidefx tutorial listing!
and i've added Shader / Material mixing chapter: https://youtu.be/Fspeu7Q9c1Y [youtu.be]

update:
Added a chapter on Rounded Edge Shader + Basics of Procedural Tear & Wear: https://youtu.be/uK4t414wwwc [youtu.be]

thank you, these video-playlist is fantastic.

Are you planning to cover more shader-writing especially for NPR-Renderings?

I’m looking for some tuts on how to make painterly shaders like this one found here under: “Experimental: “Painterly” - http://www.lollipopshaders.com/case-studies/9to3animation/ [www.lollipopshaders.com]

@zauberberg This could happen when I'll get to Karma series, simply put: currently time constraints are working against me and the Mantra workshop. And thanks for the warm feedback.

added chapter 9 and chapter 10

I second the petition from @zauberberg, Some tutorials on shaders building would be great. But I completely agree it will make more sense once Karma beta is released. AFAIK, Mantra will receive only bugfixes from now on

added chapters 11 and 12

added final chapters. that's a wrap for this one