The praying mantis is going Octane! In the fifth part of this tutorial series Frederik Steinmetz explains how mix materials in Octane using nodes and maps. If you have not seen the other parts, we recommend that you watch the scene setup and if you are fairly new to Octane, please watch the Octane Pitfalls tutorial as well.

In this tutorial you will learn how to install the Blender to Octane exporter by yoyos. Frederik Steinmetz will guide you through the process and help you to avoid the  most common pitfalls that still exist, due to the beta status of both the exporter and Octane.

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).