Why You Can't Render Pokemon Cards in Blender

...at least not accurately. This video is about Diffraction Grating and why it's almost impossible to create in Blender.

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=== Chapter Marks ✂️===
0:00 Intro
0:34 What is Diffraction Grating
2:06 How it works
5:47 Why Blender can't render it accurately
6:40 Three potential solutions
9:23 Final result

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