Realistic brushed brass door handle with knurling KeyShot rendering tutorial

This tutorial covers lots of tips and tricks when rendering tricky metals such as this brass door handle. You'll learn how to create subtle brushed textures, use displacement for convincing knurling and a bit of lighting to bring it all together.

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Time Stamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:17 - Importing the model
0:37 - Photo reference
0:57 - Set camera target
1:52 - Aspect ratio
2:39 - Lighting setup
4:54 - Anisotropic metal
7:32 - Brushed texture
13:12 - Creating knurled surface
21:02 - Fading knurling edges
24:12 - Blocking in remaining materials
25:54 - Fixing radial anisotropy
29:19 - Lighting
29:59 - Real-time render settings
30:14 - Image styles tonemapping
31:13 - Fixing fireflies and noise
32:54 - Lighting Adjustments
34:06 - Final material color adjustments
34:46 - Adding bloom