Cycles Basics

If you want to render photorealistic images, the Cycles render engine is your friend. But what exactly are all these settings? Which render device and denoising algorithm should you use?

⇨ Demo scenes: https://www.blender.org/download/demo-files/

⇨ Benchmark results: https://opendata.blender.org/

⇨ Artwork used in this video (from the Blender demo files website):

1) Monster Under The Bed by Metin Seven, based on 2D concept art by Blake Stevenson 

2) Lone Monk Cycles renderer and Compositor Exposure node demo by Carlo Bergonzini / Monorender.

3) Italian Flat By Flavio Della Tommasa