Cinema 4D Tutorial - How to Put an Object in a Photo

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In this video we look at how to use a photo as a background and then use a Camera Calibrator Tag to align your camera to the angles of your photograph.
Then we use simple objects to test the scenes orientation and put in basic objects to block out the scene.
Using a Compositing Tag, we learn how to use it as a compositing background.
We then learn how to use a photo as a light source, by adding it into a luminance channel of a material, that is then added to the sky object.
Using Global Illumination and Ambient Occlusion we are then able to effectively light the scene, casting some fairly realistic shadows.
Then we use objects from the Content Browser to help populate the scene and show just how easy it is to even get realistic refractions through glass!