Rendering Jewelry in KeyShot - Full Process

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In this tutorial, you'll learn best practices for material and lighting when creating jewelry renderings in KeyShot. You'll also learn how to eliminate color contamination from metals onto the gemstones, how to make the diamonds bright and clear and tips for reducing unwanted reflections.

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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:58 - Import
01:22 - Which file format works best?
03:15 - CPU vs GPU mode
03:44 - Detailed Gold Material
06:29 - Diamond Material
06:51 - Ring Placement
07:21 - Camera Setup
11:10 - Real-time Render Settings
11:54 - Image Style Setup
13:45 - Material Changes
15:24 - Lighting
15:42 - HDRI Background Behavior
16:38 - Background Gradient
17:44 - Placing Highlights
20:48 - Lighting the Diamonds
22:09 - Ground Plane
23:43 - Using Black Pins
27:19 - Increase Ray Bounces
27:36 - Darken Silver Material
28:29 - Ground Plane Pros and Cons
29:31 - Extra Diamond Highlight
30:47 - Set HDRI Resolution
31:04 - Depth of Field
32:28 - Render Layers
33:29 - Render Settings
34:18 - Setting Render Samples
35:02 - Silver Version
35:46 - Render Layers and Passes in Photoshop
37:21 - Unmatting
37:48 - Shadow Passs
38:30 - Making Diamonds White
40:00 - Curves on Diamonds
41:12 - Curves on Shank
41:37 - Curves for Prongs
41:52 - Ground Layer
42:34 - Diamond Color Correction
44:06 - Gold Color Correction
45:22 - Merge and Sharpen