Blender Cycles: How to make a Rainbow
Hi everybody. Today I'm going to show you how to make a rainbow with blender and cycles. I discussed this subject in this blenderartist thread . I will take this scene from blendswap (made by @Prebeo Animation Studios) to test my stuff. I want to include a rainbow in this scene, on the left hand side. This is what I see when I open the file: As you can see the background of the scene is a plane with a texture image. I will set my rainbow just before the background. (note about the background: As I want the render to be realistic, I have flipped the background image file. This is because of the rainbow must be in the opposite side of the sun. See the thread above for further details about a realistic rainbow by @CarlG) This are the steps to create my rainbow mesh: 1. Set the cursor on the background plain (press Shift + S >> Cursor to Selected ) 2. Add a circle mesh ( Add >> Mesh >> Circle ) 3. Rotate the circle 90 degrees along the X ...