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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Cross Platform team render. Win & Mac

« on: 2019-10-07, 12:28:47 »

Although its not usually advised - I just use my wifi connection. Thus far its been stable enough (I only render stills). My TR setup is as per the reliable 3D Fluff method:

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Cross Platform team render. Win & Mac

« on: 2019-10-04, 08:00:23 »

I was working from MAC with PC as renderclient this week. No issues to report. All good ;)

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: spot varnish

« on: 2019-09-12, 11:21:12 »

Oh - on second reading I see you're using a layered material which complicates matters.
So actually it will probably better to duplicate and slightly offset the label geometry. Add a glass material with refraction set to 1. Opacity and bump as previously described. Result attached.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: spot varnish

« on: 2019-09-12, 09:59:03 »

Duplicate the label material & make it glossy.
Stack the new glossy label on top of the base material.
Add the area you want as a varninsh as a alpha channel in the label art - then load that alpha into the opacity slot to mask the area out.
Copy the alpha into the bump channel and give it a small blur to give it some depth.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: c4d noob render textures

« on: 2019-08-28, 23:23:04 »

You can bake out the textures into a flat bitmap
I dont do it often so best to google it

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[C4D] Bug Reporting / Compositing Tag 'cast shadows' does not work

« on: 2019-08-22, 14:24:25 »

In product visualisation scenes, it is sometimes useful to have two lights - one to cast a only reflection, and one to cast a only shadow. In C4D this works fine using the compositing tag - you just untick the 'cast shadows' box for the reflecting light - then untick 'seen by reflection in the shadow casting light.

It seems as though Corona's Compositing tag should do the same. But if you untick the 'Cast Shadows' box, it just turns the light off.

Used mainly on a plane with light material, but doesn't work on a 'real' light either

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: need urgent help: backplane without shadows not rendering in IR

« on: 2019-08-19, 16:23:15 »

Just a thought. But if I were doing it, I think I would have used the Direct Visibility Override in Corona's Scene Settings rather than try and use a physical plane.

I found your file a bit confusing so didn't check you're setup properly.

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[C4D] General Discussion / R21 Corona compatibility

« on: 2019-08-09, 12:35:37 »

Hi - is it known yet if Corona will work with the new R21 release of C4D?
There was talk of plugins needing to be re-written. Is corona one of them - and if so is there a timeline for a compatible release?
Thanks
R

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Dumb displacement question

« on: 2019-07-07, 09:12:47 »

Ah - of course. Thanks!

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[C4D] I need help! / Dumb displacement question

« on: 2019-07-06, 08:59:51 »

In Cinema's native displacement dialogue, it's possible to use intensity (black not effected), or intensity centred (mid point grey not effected) for displacement maps. 

Intensity centred is very useful for adding debossed and embossed effects to the same surface without altering the 'ground level of the main surface.

Is it possible to achieve the same effect in Corona's displacement setting?

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Condensation Technique

« on: 2019-06-26, 20:33:12 »

Hmmm, I suppose that's probable.
I seem to have some distant memory or c4d stacking working OK like this. Maybe I was mistaken.

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Condensation Technique

« on: 2019-06-26, 14:52:12 »

Actually i think this may be a bug.

I tried a test file with the displacement method using a poliigon shader:

With 2 surfaces - one with the can material and one with the condensation - it sort of works. But if you stack the condensation material on top of the can material on one surface, it turns black.

Adding caustics makes it darker too. Turning refraction value to 1 doesn't help either.

images attached for ref

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: Condensation Technique

« on: 2019-06-24, 23:55:58 »

can you attach the scene file? Then it would be easier to see where the problem lies. using a displacement map should work if it's set up correctly

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[C4D] General Discussion / Re: C4D & corona node editor

« on: 2019-06-21, 08:26:45 »

If you look up www.poliigon.com  they have guides telling you where to put each map for various different renderers.
https://help.poliigon.com/articles/2385427-using-poliigon-textures-in-cinema-4d-with-corona

FYI. The node EDITOR in corona is just another way of building the standard shaders - it doesn't build special nodal materials.

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[C4D] I need help! / Re: Saving multiple passes in a single file?

« on: 2019-06-20, 23:22:39 »

From the C4d picture viewer you can select psd/tiff or whatever, then tick the 'layers' tick box. That should do it.