Blendernation iconBlendernationSep 13, 2026

Caustify – a free, open-source spectral dispersion path tracer

Cycles (like most RGB path tracers) approximates chromatic dispersion, the way glass bends different wavelengths by different amounts, by nudging the IOR per RGB channel.

Caustify – a free, open-source spectral dispersion path tracer

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Cycles (like most RGB path tracers) approximates chromatic dispersion, the way glass bends different wavelengths by different amounts, by nudging the IOR per RGB channel.

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Cycles (like most RGB path tracers) approximates chromatic dispersion, the way glass bends different wavelengths by different amounts, by nudging the IOR per RGB channel.

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