In this tutorial/overview I’ll show you my favorite piece of software for 2018. It’s free or choose your price from pureref.com. PureRef is a great way to lay out and navigate all of your design references and inspiration. A key part of starting a new project is gathering inspiration and references to guide you with...Read More
In this Octane for Cinema 4D tutorial I’ll show you how to get rid of a pesky issue where your lights have an ugly bounding box/fringe, even when you turn their opacity down. This can happen if you’re using Fog, Medium or Volumes in Octane. This also can happen with a texture that has an...Read More
In this tutorial I’ll go over Cinema 4D R20 and how you can create some damaged or weathered look on your 3D text. We’ll dive into the new volume modeling workflow and take a quick look at the new Fields. I’m loving R20, it’s awesome! Nice work Maxon!Read More
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
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
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
In this Cinema 4D quick tip I’ll show you a great workflow feature called the Transfer Tool. You can quickly take an object in your scene and transfer it to the position of another object in one click. I’ll also show you how to use Shift+C to save a lot of time in hunting through...Read More
In this tutorial I’ll show you two ways to make a simple digital clock countdown in Cinema 4D. I’ll show you how to do it with C4D Xpresso and a variation with User Data. I’m giving away the scene file for free also! To find the more complicated project file I mentioned you can...Read More
[embedyt]https://youtu.be/RecxprStD38[/embedyt] If you have never used Arnold before and want to set up your first scene, this quick start video by Remco will help you out. He’ll show you how to set up a scene, lighting and materials just to get you started in Arnold Render for Cinema 4D. More quick tips are coming...Read More
[embedyt]https://youtu.be/LiyJqeLO50E[/embedyt] **Get the HUD Pack here: goo.gl/pWf8qA In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create some cool glassy tech graphics in Cinema 4D, After Effects and Octane Render. I will show you how to set up the Z-Depth pass and address a little gotcha that might frustrate you with Octane. Finally I’ll show...Read More
