Guide

Reblend's render settings are in the Cycles panels you already know, with the render engine set to Cycles. The metal presets are in the Metallic BSDF node, the materials in the Asset Browser and the Edge Wear modifier in Add Modifier. Start with Install and Choosing a method; after that, each feature has its own page.

Getting started

Install

Mac, Windows and Linux. Shares its settings folder with Blender 5.2.

Getting started

Choosing a method

Path Tracing or Bidirectional, and when to use each.

Light

Photon Caustics

Sharp caustics from glass, water and polished metal, with their own render pass.

Light

Bidirectional

Light from small or hidden lamps and caustics seen directly, plus custom OSL cameras.

Light

Vertex Merging

Caustics seen through glass or water: a pool floor, light gathering inside a glass.

Light

Path Guiding

Cleaner renders when most of the light has bounced off a small bright area.

Materials

Nested Dielectrics

Glass, liquid and ice that overlap, without cutting the meshes apart.

Materials

Metals

35 measured metal presets and a library of 138 metal materials.

Scene tools

Cutaways

Cut a scene open at render time, with solid faces where objects are cut.

Reference

Known issues

Fallbacks, the first-render wait on OptiX, and what to send me when something breaks.