Overview
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Learn how to texture, light, and render your Cinema 4D scenes with OctaneRender.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome to Octane
- Exercise files
- Before we begin...
- What is OctaneRender for C4D?
- Why use OctaneRender?
- Setting requirements to use Octane
- What we'll create
- Frame the shot with a camera
- Add materials
- Add lights and an environment
- Render settings and output
- Tour of the Live Viewer interface
- What else can the Live Viewer do?
- Useful Live Viewer information
- Create a C4D layout for Octane
- How are Octane materials different from C4D materials?
- Create Octane materials
- Understanding the Octane node editor
- Work with the Octane node editor
- Work with material projections
- Mix and blend materials
- Metallic materials
- Create a material that displaces geometry
- Create a subsurface scattering material
- Download materials using the Live DB
- Manage textures
- How are Octane lights different from C4D lights?
- Light a scene with Octane lights
- Mesh lights and sample rates
- Work with daylight and environments
- How are Octane cameras different from C4D cameras?
- Depth of field
- Motion blur
- Camera post effects
- Octane object tag
- Hair and particles
- Octane scatter
- Volumetric light effects and fog
- Toon materials and lights
- Common render settings
- Understand priority settings
- Optimize scenes and render settings
- Create render settings presets
- Octane multipass workflow
- Rendering animation
- Challenge overview
- Solution
- Next steps
