C4D Fundamentals | 06 - Introduction to Lighting & Rendering in Cinema4D

UPDATE An updated (paid) version of this series is available at www.c4d-fundamentals.com
In the sixth episode you will learn the very basics of Lighting and Rendering in Cinema4D. You'll learn what Global Illumination does, how light spreads and how an image is rendered. See below for time marks.
I know this episode got a little to long maybe. Next will be more on point. I promise ;)
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00:30 Basics about Light
08:00 Raytracing
12:00 Rendering in C4D
13:20 The Picture Viewer
18:00 Interactive Render Region
16:00 Light-Types in C4D
45:45 Example Scene - Light in C4D
47:54 Global Illumination
57:30 Comparison between Local and Global Illumination
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[@LeckerHamster]

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[@lombaseggl666]

Hey Christoph, thank you very much für all the work you put in your tutorials. They're really helpful! Just one little thing which was really important to me in the detailed settings of the area light: There's a little checkbox wich is called "Show in reflections". This was really a game changer for me and my everyday work. I just mention this, because you said, the detailed settings are pretty much the same for each light type. Nevertheless, keep on doing this great tutorials, i really appreciate it! Cheers Moritz

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Hell sir As you did in last that inner circular formation like some how moved in X direction and some how in Y direction. So my my question is that can ve make that inner circular internal another way or can you tell me the another easiest way or methods to do that PLEASE.

[@c4dfundamentals]

I think what I showed is the easiest solution :/ I’ll send you another tutoria later

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thanks for the tutorial. it would have been better if you include the project file or just the model in this tutorial so that people can follow along step by step

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[@lexxandera]

One thing is bugging me. The shadows in the video look way smoother than my own. Did Christoph by any chance set Anit-Aliasing to best, or does the reduced resolution trick my eyes. My ray-traced shadows are very jagged and bumpy.

[@c4dfundamentals]

What happens if you switch to area shadow ?

[@lexxandera]

@@c4dfundamentals Thanks for replying. It looks better but still rough on some edges. the only solution I have is a moderate "best" setting (1x1 - 4x4) instead of geometry. I was thinking that your house geometry might have had an impact too. I am not sure. Edit: render-time is only 1/8 longer with that AA-setting compared to geometry.

[@c4dfundamentals]

And you use infinite light as light source ?

[@lexxandera]

@@c4dfundamentals Hey. I have watched another video about shadows and you can see what I mean at 11:24 (watch?v=95tsBhrmlnY). So that is why I wondered why your shadows look so smooth without AA. Edit: yes, infinite light source.

[@c4dfundamentals]

@@lexxandera Yep it was the Anti-Aliasing. I checked the old file. AA is set to 'Best' 1x1 - 4x4'

[@TheTattoomaker3]

i m doing an interiors with no windows !! just depends on artificial lights from c4d ! and when i m using GI & AO i m getting some bad results and taking looong render time for bad results .. please any good settings for such scenes ?!

[@c4dfundamentals]

+chadi g hey, still having trouble? Do you use IR or QMC as primary method? QMC is better but will take much longer. When you use IR, try to activate GI Area Light in your polygon light material illumination settings. And go with Light mapping as secondary method. You have to crank up the samples though in the Render settings. Try some high values, like 512. Either way, artifact free renders will take some time... there is no way around it.

[@TMD_Produktion]

How to hide the lights in render?

[@c4dfundamentals]

You have to add a compositing tag to your light (right-click on object › Render Tags › Compositing). Then disable 'Seen by Camera'.

[@TMD_Produktion]

@@c4dfundamentals I tried that. It worked for the HDRI but not for the lights. I don‘t know why

[@c4dfundamentals]

What kind of lights (Polygon, Spotlight, Area Light etc) and which renderer are you using? And what do you want to achieve? That the light emits light, but you don't see it's shape?

[@TMD_Produktion]

@@c4dfundamentals I am using physical renderer. I want to light my scene with pbs area lights. If I do what you just wrote, I still see the lights in my frame.

[@c4dfundamentals]

Ah ok. Click on the light, than in the attributes go to Details and uncheck "Show in Render". That should work now then...

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47:10

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Of course in the real world it's not red, green and blue as primary colors, but red, yellow and blue

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true that! I think additive vs. subtractive color mixing....

[@alexgrebenaha1351]

Everything is ok, except the Global Illumination, not Klobal m.f so annoying me.Thanks a lot.

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