What is the purpose of Clay renders?

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Is it just for fun or it serves am important purpose like gauging shadows and etc?

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It’s great to showcase the model itself… You can see the shapes and form of the model more easily, without dealing with distracting and deceiving textures… :wink:

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yup, part of the workflow - to analyze the form/geo, the lighting… “hunting artifacts…” - goes hand in hand with neutral lighting
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Funny question pops up into my head everytime I see a clay render:

What is the purpose of other renders? :eek:

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Geometry is king! Long live geometry.

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Easier to see lighting when textures/reflections etc. dont fool you.

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Now I understand. Thanks for the response, guys!

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All of these replies are wrong. It’s actually part of a conspiracy to promote clay and it’s being spearheaded by the clay industry.

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EDIT: I think I mixed up (2.8) Clay “Preview” Render with “Clay Render” :o

—posted earlier —

Clay preview render is cooler than Solid with AO. For better modeling and scene blocking. I’m used to ZBrush’s auto-polygroup by random hues. Helps a great deal to differentiate objects/ vertex groups when modeling or laying out scenes with lots of objects and parts. Real workflow enhancer.

Would be very happy if Clay preview render comes with a “pastel” tick box!

Different pastel hue for every object in Object mode. And in Edit mode, dynamically group face selections by hitting a clay preview: random hut icon/hotkey. :slight_smile:

Tinted clay dough…

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Anyway it’s no big deal in the scheme of things… will make Blender tuts look more inviting that’s for sure… :slight_smile:

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clayfacepalm