The Art of Code | Live Coding an Alien Orb - God Rays & Translucency @TheArtofCodeIsCool | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
A while ago I made a little doodle while playing with Gyroids and I decided to polish it up to make a nice effect and then make a tutorial about it. This is the last video in the series, in this video we go over the volumetric god rays and sub surface scattering.

========== Timetable ==========

0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Light Color
2:15 - Fake Starburst
6:50 - Ray-Plane Intersection
10:22 - God Rays
17:06 - Translucency
25:10 - Vignette
26:14 - Outro

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========== If you want to follow along ==========

Part 1 Starting point:
shadertoy.com/view/WtGXDD

Part 2 starting point:
shadertoy.com/view/7sSfDR

Starting point of this video:
shadertoy.com/view/7dXBzs

The finished effect:
shadertoy.com/view/tlcXWX

========== Other videos to watch ==========

Part 1 of this tutorial: youtu.be/b0AayhCO7s8
Part 2 of this tutorial: youtu.be/ESUy11kc3y8

ShaderToy for complete beginners: youtu.be/u5HAYVHsasc
Writing a ray marcher: youtu.be/PGtv-dBi2wE
Smooth minimums: youtube.com/watch?v=YJ4iyff7zbk
Playing with Gyroids: youtu.be/-adHIyjIYgk