Maybe you have notivced a lot of development on BlenderDiplom.com lately. I have joined in to present my latest tutorials on this site as well. You might have seen the praying mantis series and have a lot of questions, or need / have updates on the technology. Then join in on the first blenderdiplom live question and answer session ever. It will be held Sunday December 18. at 17:00h (that's 5pm for Americans) UTC + 1 (Germany).

The grand mantis series Part 3: Material setup for Luxrender! Organic materials in physically-based renderers like Luxrender tend to be difficult. Unless Frederik Steinmetz is your tutor!

In this interim tutorial for the great mantis series Frederik Steinmetz will show us how to light in Luxrender and Blender. As usual he shows us possible problems and their solutions!