In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use LightMix and LightSelect in Corona Render and Cinema 4D. It’s a really incredible technique where you can control all your lights, reflections, refraction, color temp and HDRI AFTER your render is done! Pretty bonkers, and super useful. Enjoy! ***Corona Texture Pack 1 here: www.thepixellab.net/corona-texture-pack-1Read More

Here are the winners to our VFX Elements Contest 2! Congrats to all the winners! #1: instagram.com/onenortwo         #2 instagram.com/yoshiomotion   #3 Instagram.com/marcinflisikowski Runners Up: instagram.com/lmqr_t   instagram.com/omarniaz1   instagram.com/renderhell3d   instagram.com/jose.robb1Read More

  ***Corona Texture Pack 1: Contemporary Design here: www.thepixellab.net/corona-texture-pack-1 In this C4D tut I’ll show you a technique where you can actually loop a dynamic simulation. It’s using the mograph cache tag which is super useful. Huge shoutout to Alessandro Boncio for his help!Read More

The contest is closed and the winners can be viewed here: thepixellab.net/winners-of-the-vfx-elements-contest-v2 The Prizes are: First Place: NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090 Graphics Card (Roughly $1,500) Second Place: Complete VDB Bundle: www.thepixellab.net/vdb-bundle ($644) Third Place: VFX Element Bundle: www.thepixellab.net/vfx-elements-bundle-pl ($375) Pixel Lab VFX Elements #2 Contest Rules: 1. Take the included 4 types of VFX Elements...Read More

In this fun tutorial I’ll show you how to create a super quick vacuum packed effect in C4D S26. We’ll use the new cloth simulation with it’s balloon effects to have a piece of plastic drop down and vacuum itself around an object. We’ll also use a simulation scene and dial in the results there....Read More

In this collaboration tutorial with Alessandro Boncio we’ll show you how to make a fun Spiderman web slinging animation. We’re going to use the new Rope Simulation in Cinema 4D S26. I’ll show you how to use a Mospline to generate the growing spline, then how to use Rope Simulation to make a spiderweb animation...Read More

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to switch between materials in Octane based on a Fields Animation (in Cinema 4D). It’s a great node called the Color Shader node which allows you to access the fields color data. Kind of hard to explain, but it’s a super useful technique so take a watch and...Read More

In this C4D tutorial I’ll show you an incredible free tool available in R25. It’s a asset for creating FUI, HUD, pie charts, graph charts, wave forms and UI elements. It’s such a versatile and powerful tool. Huge thanks to Chris from Rocket Lasso for creating this!Read More

We have a great new free pack for you. It has 5 free roughness maps from our Blemish Pro Volume 2 product. Blemish Pro Volume 2 has 125+ of these, all 8K, seamless and incredibly detailed. You just pipe these into your roughness channel to instantly add a lot of smudges, details and realism to...Read More