OctaneRender for Cinema 4D Essential Training

Learn how to texture, light, and render your Cinema 4D scenes with OctaneRender.

Introduction

• Welcome to Octane
• Exercise files
• Before we begin...

1. OctaneRender for C4D

• What is OctaneRender for C4D?
• Why use OctaneRender?
• Setting requirements to use Octane

2. Octane Quick Start: Rendering Your First Image

• What we'll create
• Frame the shot with a camera
• Add materials
• Add lights and an environment
• Render settings and output

3. Understanding the Live Viewer

• Tour of the Live Viewer interface
• What else can the Live Viewer do?
• Useful Live Viewer information
• Create a C4D layout for Octane

4. Working with Octane Materials

• 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

5. Working with Octane Lights and Cameras

• 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

6. Other Octane Objects

• Octane object tag
• Hair and particles
• Octane scatter
• Volumetric light effects and fog
• Toon materials and lights

7. Rendering with Octane

• Common render settings
• Understand priority settings
• Optimize scenes and render settings
• Create render settings presets
• Octane multipass workflow
• Rendering animation

8. Challenge

• Challenge overview
• Solution

Conclusion

• Next steps