Working with metal materials within C4D. All black. Is there a workaround?

[wardy_mk]

Hi All.
I work a lot with metal and glass materials. Mainly in the fragrance industry.
Is there a way to 'see' the colours and materials a little better in the working window? It's quite frustrating when literally everything in my entire scene is black....!
Wondering if there's a way I can force a colour to at least display so I can see what's what when working...?
Thanks in advance....

[Beanzvision]

Hi there, not currently I'm afraid. Running IR would be the only way to see real time updates.

[wardy_mk]

Thank you. I'll work around it.
On a side note, on some of the Corona tutorials there is a window ledge scene the fella uses to show volumetric and stuff. Is this scene available for download anywhere? Would like to test some of my materials in that scene if possible!

[TomG]

Unfortunately the scenes used in the tutorials are not available for download (use of third party assets where we do not have redistribution rights, just the rights to render with them).