CGProShop - 3D Fluff - Training for CINEMA 4D - Volume 2

High quality radiosity interior renderings are often desired, but rarely achieved. Radiosity is one of the most difficult areas of any 3D package to understand and control. Many artists are often put off by the long render times and all too frequent image artefacts.

In this DVD Janine Pauke will take you through all of the radiosity options in Advanced Render, showing you where and when to change each one to achieve the best results.

Throughout the video you will be taught a technical understanding of why everything does what it does. Armed with this knowledge you will be able to bypass days of future test renders when you come to use radiosity in your own imagery.

The play length for this DVD is over 2½ hours; slightly shorter than volume one, however an even greater amount of work has gone into researching and presenting this complex information in a way that any intermediate to advanced user should be able to understand. Even though the tutorial uses Cinema 4D R9, most of the material is also applicable to XL7 or 8.

Modelling is not part of this volume, instead we concentrate solely on the rendering and material aspects of the 3D scene.

Main topics covered:
- How to set up materials with radiosity in mind
- Setting up and using radiosity to achieve high quality and fast renders
- Photoshop editing of the rendered image (combined with Multipass rendering)
- Common pitfalls when using radiosity

This DVD is not recommended for beginners. The project requires the Advanced Render modeule. A 1.8GHz or higher CPU is highly recommended to preserve sanity whilst rendering.

Download the example movies below to get an idea of the quality. You will need to download and install a Codec first which can be found below also. The Mac version needs Quicktime and the Windows version needs Windows Media Player.

System requirements:
Windows PC or Apple Mac with a DVD-Rom drive. This DVD will NOT play in a standalone DVD player. Requires Quicktime 5 or higher (Mac) or Windows Media Player (Windows) for playback. 500 MHz CPU or higher and a minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 recommended. Soundcard (or onboard sound) and speakers / headphones required for audio output.

Download:

Sample Movie 1

Sample Movie 2

Download video codec