Product Shot Rendering in Blender

Set Blender to real-world metric scale by selecting metric and 0.001, with centimeters for length and visible overlays. Open view with N, adjust clip end by zeros, save startup defaults.

Begin base modeling in Blender by adding a plane, setting dimensions to 7 cm, and extruding and scaling to form the base shape for a product shot.

Finish the product model in Blender by adding the border, inserting faces, adjusting scale, extruding, and using vertex snapping and merging—including auto merge—before proceeding to flooring and a backdrop.

Create a floor plane and a backdrop in Blender, extrude the edge, bevel with six segments, apply scale, and shade smooth before proceeding to materials and UV projection.

Label the packaging texture regions for the front, back, sides, and top in the image editor, then map them onto the product model for later material application in Blender.

Learn to project UVs onto a product model in Blender using project from view, adjust via the UV editor, and align front, right, left, and back faces for complete texturing.

Project uv onto each face using edit mode; shift seven to project from view, rotate with r to a positive 90, and align from perspective and top views.

Unhide floor in the default workspace, assign a new material named flow in material properties, and set its color to a dark grayish tone; then frame the camera for the shot.

Add and position the camera, switch to camera view, lock it to frame the shot, set focal length to 55, resolution to 500 by 654, and duplicate the product.

Load an environment texture in the world properties using an HDR image from Poly Haven. Open the image to complete the environment based lighting setup and prepare for rendering.

Explore Blender's rendering method by reviewing render properties and a viewport render, then switch from EV to Cycles for a better result. Fine-tune materials for lighting in the next lesson.

Adjust the product material by tweaking roughness and metallic values, switch to UV editing and camera view, and add emission planes to create highlights with a bluish tint lighting.

Adjust the flooring material in Blender by modifying roughness and metallic in the material properties to control reflections, from mirror-like to more diffuse reflections, as final rendering approaches.

Adjust world strength to 0.85 and position the light plane. Double the render resolution, enable noise reduction and the guiding system, then save the final JPEG at 100% quality.

Open the image in Crater, apply the color adjustment curve, add points, and drag to brighten highlights for a subtle improvement in product shot rendering in Blender.