How to Create a Glowing Fresnel in Blender

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a simple node set up to create an emitting glowing fresnel (layer weight) in Blender Cycles Render Engine. We'll be doing this procedurally in Blender by simply creating our fresnel, adjusting it's radius and mask, converting it to an emission fresnel, fixing and adjusting problems with light rays, and finally adding it over your object's material.
You can use this effect to help highlight certain models like planets, the sun, game collectables, or use them for halo effects.
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[@banvideogames]

i like how you explain each nodes purpose instead of just showing it, really helpful.

[@PixelPhantohm]

Best tutorial on nodes I have seen!

[@randomniichan]

Ah, Megumin's staff. What a man of culture.

[@TooEazyCG]

;)

[@lukez5745]

This can be used for planets, thanks

[@TooEazyCG]

and the sun (except the sun isn't a planet) ;)

[@fruitninja7681]

THANK YOU! Ive been looking for a way to do this FOREVER!

[@YousifPhotoshopTutorials]

this is awesome thank you

[@waynemation]

as always a nice idea i have to try soon :)

[@TamsosPadaras]

This is like being in math class... starts easy, but once you lose your focus for a second, there's no way you can tell what's going on on the blackboard...

[@aaronjohnson4604]

Thank you so much!

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

I didn`t understand the beginning part. I have 2 shaders mixed straight into Surface material output. Wanted to add Glowing Fresnel according to your tut, so I add LayerWeight and then don`t understand anything, you somehow connect it to viewer node that doesn`t seem to be in material nodes, so I stuck here, could you comment on this step?

[@jamess.7811]

no lol

[@Oscar4u69]

great tutorial :D thank you so much

[@TooEazyCG]

Glad this was helpful :)

[@Uhfgood]

Could this be used (minus the bottom shader/texture), for doing Superman (1978 film) style intro?

[@smpmetal77]

Hey, now I know what you used for that staff

[@TooEazyCG]

;P

[@potaterjim]

5 seconds in and I'm already lost
Why does your node layout look nothing like what anyone else uses?

[@banvideogames]

eyyy konosuba!

[@TooEazyCG]

Explosion :)

[@sockpuppetblue1515]

where you at dude

[@TooEazyCG]

I'm not dead, I'll have two new videos coming really soon! Thanks for waiting 6 months :)

[@sheevpalpatine80]

There's no colour ramp

[@TheXppp1]

I can finally remake mario galaxy in blender

[@Mimi-im8qj]

MEGUMIN