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Rendering emerald cuts and heart-shaped stones

By Rémy Rotenier

In previous issues, I’ve demonstrated how to render round gemstones. Now, I’d like to demonstrate how to use many of those same techniques to render two very distinct and popular gemstone shapes: the emerald and heart-shaped cuts. While seemingly simple shapes, they analyze the light in different ways