To get the studio set up I used go here: thepixellab.net/c4d-octane-lighting-essentials In this tutorial I’ll show you how you can add a material to the front of an object and a different one to the back of an object in Cinema 4D with Octane Render. We’ll do this with the Side Node, which will use...Read More
Remco has been at it again. Today’s freebie is a studio lamp for Cinema 4D. There is an Arnold textured version and also a regular C4D Physical Render version. Thanks Remco! To get the free model just sign up for our newsletter. You’ll get today’s model and 400+ other free Cinema 4D models! You’ll also...Read More
It’s that time of year, back to school! Rick Ellis has modeled a beautiful Cinema 4D 3D school bus and is giving it to us for free!! Also, make sure to visit Rick over at rickdellis.com and say thanks! This model is available for personal or commercial use, just not for resale or in stock....Read More
Have you ever used Octane’s Adaptive Sampling? This tutorial is a big one. Not that’s it’s good or incredibly interesting but big in the fact that it could save you 30% render times potentially. I’ll go over Adaptive Sampling in C4D Octane, how it works, and why you might want to use it. Hope it...Read More
Another great freebie by our man Remco van der Meer. It’s a sweet C4D Bitcoin model! He made the version textured in Arnold, but I know a lot of you don’t have Arnold so I also re-textured with good old vanilla Cinema 4D so you can all use it. Feel free to use for commercial...Read More
New freebie by Remco! A free C4D Tin Sardine Can model. Feel free to use for personal or commercial use. Enjoy! And if you have any cool assets to share with the community just shoot me an e-mail and I can help spread the word: joren@thepixellab.net Download free sardine can 3D modelRead More
Another freebie from the man Remco van der Meer, aka Remmac. This is a beautiful little scene of 3D dandelions. He shaded them in Arnold for Cinema 4D, but it shouldn’t be much trouble to re-texture for another render engine. Huge thanks to Remco! Download free Cinema 4D 3D Dandelion ModelRead More
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to add a lot of realism to your C4D Octane renders by combining the Dirt Node with an Image Texture. You can do that by utilizing the Color Correction node. This will break up the Dirt so it’s not so uniform. I’ll also show you a quick tip...Read More
It’s the day we’ve been waiting for. Maxon has announced Cinema 4D R20! Always exciting to see what the mothership has lined up for us. R20 is scheduled for September 2018 for macOS and Windows. Here are some resources to get you up to speed. Here are the main highlights: Node Based Materials From simple...Read More
Wow, I found the mother load of 3D scanned sculptures!! Can’t believe I didn’t know about this till now. The site is called My Mini Factory and part of their initiative is called “Scan the World.” They currently have over 12,000 free 3D models of famous sculptures! This is an unbelievable resource. The scans come...Read More
