Cinema 4D Tutorial - Create a Detailed Mars Landscape Using Octane Displacement

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In this Octane tutorial, we'll learn how to combine procedural noises to create terrains, then add multiple layers of displacement to them. We'll look deep into fog settings, composition, lighting, and color matching techniques. Next we'll learn how to create displacements by baking out C4D's default noise types, as well as jumping into World Creator for more advanced terrains. Finally, we'll create canyon walls and a vertical composition, as well as optimizing the scene.
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[@izuix5629]

I watched the entire thing And I don't even have C4D

[@eyedesyn]

That's what I wanna hear! :)

[@ArgoBeats]

What the hell, David! This was a life experience, not a tutorial, besides all so many useful tips and tricks, thank you so much!

[@octanejesus]

hahaha awesome... great to hear!!

[@ArgoBeats]

thanks, man, and btw in the Layer shader you can just duplicate noises by dragging up or down their thumbnails instead than copy>paste

[@octanejesus]

sweet, thanks for the tip! I felt like there was an easier way to do that, and maybe I knew it at one point but I'd forgotten it.

[@gufevisuals6733]

A little tip for making fog: if you guys have problem with fog and crashing you can put whole scene into null and change its size to 0.02 and than will default container be enough to cover whole area. And also cinema wont crash.

[@Sleezy.Design]

You can simply change the scale of your project in the options menu

[@OTNOVSKY]

our lord and savior jesus is back

[@majed9503]

HAHAHA made my day

[@darkman5050]

Your stupidity is outstanding...

[@wrathford]

^ there are two kinds of people lmao

[@MDMZ]

SO excited to follow this thru as I just started learning C4D, am unable to copy paste the shader tho, it's a bit different on R21, when I hit paste nothing happens, any idea why this could happen?

[@bertstare850]

Great tutorial man, hopefully I'll be using some of these methods soon.... Relevant question, but do you think the RTX 2080ti is going to have a significant improvement from what the 1080ti is? The whole ray-tracing focus sounds like a plus for 'content creators' But not sure if it's just Nvidia 'HYPE.' The reason I'm asking I'm in a 50/50 to purchase either the 1080ti or the RTX 2080ti.

[@octanejesus]

It's hard to say until I see actual OctaneBench scores. Some people are saying it's 2x faster, and others up to 6x faster. Either way, that's pretty crazy, so I'm excited, but it's gonna burn yet another hole in my wallet hahah...

[@GuywithThoughts]

The raytracing focus is with regards to real-time game engines. There's a future with that technology, no doubt, but it's different than using Octane. The 2080Ti's have an improved architecture and more cuda cores than the 1080tis, so they'll give you faster render speeds. The 2080Ti is ~$450 more than a 1080Ti, currently. Who knows, maybe prices could drop further and you could get 2 1080Tis instead of just one 2080Ti. If your budget is limited in the short run, but you intend on investing more as time goes on, then maybe a 2080Ti could be a good choice (purchasing another when the funds become available) because, depending on the rest of your computer setup, you could be significantly throttled when going above 2 graphics cards.

[@nicoantwerp9155]

man, you are a diamond! (watched it all and I don't even have Octane, but how you explained stuff.. waw!)

[@Moraculous]

i love you

[@eyedesyn]

Right back at ya buddy!

[@somnianwave1442]

David, you've made a very great tut, but 200 dollars is too much for me, so I couldn't use kitbash models. Maybe you can show us how to create this models?

[@octanejesus]

I'd honestly have no idea how to create these models as my modelling skills are pretty garbage. KB3D is wayyyy cheaper than if you were to buy all the buildings individually on something like turbosquid. Adding assets like this into the budget is part of being a 3D artist, especially if you want to deliver in any kind of realistic deadline.

[@Chraller257]

Amazing tutorial! I was considering C4D + Octane before, but this completely sold me on it. Thank you!

[@TulioSounds]

this is crazy, how does one come up with these workflows. amazing

[@swrcPATCH]

It is crazy what Kind of results you get in a bit more than just 1 hour without even modeling one single asset.

[@Lopata991]

that is what makes it not crazy :)

[@ameet21]

you are best octane tutorial person)) can you please share with us your layout style?) it will be great while following this tutorial

[@sonoftheking2950]

Im just a Photoshop CC guy, but having skills like this to create environment, models and animations, using them all together, rendering them - that has got to be an amazing creative outlet and must be very rewarding

[@INATIMELAPSE]

15:02 5/26 my study.. thanks! eyedesyn 21:55 5/28 so hard..

[@eyedesyn]

very welcome!

[@topfive6090]

Dave this was great, would love to see desert landscape next or what you'd be able to do with the Egyptian kit from Kitbash3d

[@schoolofmotion]

You're a mad genius David.

[@octanejesus]

hahaha thanks!! I love you guys.

[@matteoforghieri]

i like octane and i use it every day. But if i had to do something like that, my computer would crash every 5 minutes, (i have a very powerfull set up). Am i the only one who has to stuggle with constant crashes while working with octane? used it with many powerfull setups, from 2.0 untill now. it doesnt matter it just crushes over and over every day.

[@WislerSnipes]

Yes it would be great to see how you built the space scene.

[@draven8560]

Yo thanks for the octane tutorials. Please drop the moon base tutorial!

[@ZeyuRen]

We would want the moon tutorial!

[@prymexxxx]

thx for giving me an idea for my next render, haha

[@HeurtG]

thats incredible.... gonna try that..

[@danteabraham1047]

Only with Displacement maps! and im losing my time with VUExStream :c

[@juanantonioecijacorrionero58]

WOW...!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheEpicAB]

Sorry, not possible. This crashes octane and makes the scene too heavy in C4D.

[@SGprod]

My computer can barely handle watching this video right now. Holy shit that's a lot of polygons.

[@nmsaccell7159]

I love the way how your material reacts to the light. Is it only drove by the reflection channel ?

[@fe_nicks]

Amazing tut as always! Keep on doing, David!..

[@derekriggs7659]

but where are the Egyptian statues and the robot heads? and the giant pyramids? what about those?

[@alloedee]

Whats your rig specs? Only one GPU? i thnik my rig would die if I used the volume like that. Or maybe its jusy my workaround with the volume thats kills. I often get "out of memory" message, and then Octane crashes when wokring with volume fog

[@octanejesus]

I have two of these rigs: 4 x 1080tis, 64 GB of Corsair DDR4 RAM, a 6 core i7 6850K CPU, Noctua Dual Tower CPU cooler, an ASUS ROG Rampage V Edition 10 motherboard, a 1300W G2 power supply, 1TB SSD, 8TB HDD, 3 front RGB LED fans with Corsair Link, 2 bottom fans, 2 top fans, and one at the back, and a Corsair Air 740 case.

[@ayeplex]

Can you make a tutorial on how to earn money for buying a new gpu :(

[@user-yx9xn2ub5f]

1. Get a job.

[@solfentress7724]

@@user-yx9xn2ub5f 2. Buy gpu

[@Dodo-rb1kb]

fell you i have a gtx 970 mini...

[@Schindelar3D]

Really cool, bro. I love to see there is RD-Textures used in this awesome tutorial ;) Go on with your great work !!

[@octanejesus]

Thanks Cristoph!!

[@adamtubak]

Really great tut man, and I think you made Christoph really happy with it too. (He is basically RD-Textures himself!) ;)

[@samrob2009]

Time stamp 16:04 says "Duplicate this out there". How do you duplicate that?

[@MORTONRICK]

Great tutorial! But wish you used more of your screen for the viewport. Half the screen is a black box.

[@shrine29]

i have a question just asking corona render engine is awesome but why everybody dont use it?

[@PeymanSound]

How can you blend different noise planes in redshift? Is it even possible?

[@jiefu-ne5rm]

Great. I still don't understand.

[@GamingwithTTfires]

Can show us how u developed that city moon .. becoz I really want to know how u did it . That was good

[@whatevsimbulletproof]

Awesome, thanks! What hotkey are you using to change camera angle? Could not find it in camera settings.

[@octanejesus]

2 + right click allows you to dynamically zoom the focal length

[@hasancaskurlu906]

What are your pc's all system equipment?

[@brandon-nb3cu]

anyone have any Real Displacement Textures?

[@HollyVanHart]

✔️ Appreciate your sharing! 🙌 😍 💖

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks for watching!

[@AramK]

fantastic work

[@stereo_stan]

So great. One question : Is there a version of world creator you reccommend? Can I use the most basic version?

[@JWS1968]

Incredible stuff

[@aeko]

2:10 - This shot will always make the buildings look small because the angle is high and the also because the resolution of the textures should be MUCH higher. The surface wouldn't look that bumpy from so far away. Just smoothing it out or adding higher resolution textures would make a big difference to the scale.

[@denilssonzunigamac5255]

2018 amazing to see this in 2023

[@Slejdy]

Nice one David! Ur PC is a beast... so smooth performance. Bunch of cool tips.

[@octanejesus]

Jan Sladecko thanks Jan!! It’s a good PC for sure but I edited out all the parts waiting for renders hahah

[@Slejdy]

haha :D

[@I_am_bhmgthelabel]

Nice video, Jus watching you do this feels like I learned a lot...Hope you keep the videos coming..Subcribed too

[@luisgonzalez4477]

Thank you very mucho for share

[@nolteman2365]

Too much to learn, I'm happy just looking

[@grahamtaylor4895]

Fun fact: The Martian was actually filmed in Wadi Rum, which is a desert in Jordan.

[@octanejesus]

Nice so maybe I don't need to feel so bad about how awesome those terrains look!

[@thegreaterconundrum]

Hi David, great lesson as always! Around 28:45, how were you able to undo your camera movements like that? Thanks!

[@octanejesus]

John Roche control shift Z is undo view and control shift Y is redo view! Definitely a good one!

[@srbabsinth]

Absolutely awesome work David! A true masterpiece! Techniques used here are brilliant! Keep up with good work man!

[@octanejesus]

thanks so much!!

[@RichieMotion]

David may you can tell us how u made these ice carvern from your last video? I think you made them with xparticles and maybe some cubes but I cant get that smooth look! btw congrats with this tut, its just a gem!

[@octanejesus]

Thanks!! I did a breakdown on the ice caves video here: arievvisuals.com/tutorials#/walk-with-you-breakdown/

[@RichieMotion]

Thank you so much dude! I've to tell that you are inspiring asf!

[@octanejesus]

Awesome to hear!

[@navidminbashi]

ANY CHANCE FOR ME THAT NEVER OPEN C4D ?

[@apollogt5506]

i'm just a beginner and this is so amazing! i hope one day i can be this good. thank you

[@zentriceggofficial]

I recognise the printer behind you and is that an octopus rift sensor on the desk? Great tutotrial.

[@AlexanderCruzem]

Hi, When I place my textures the rockground-06 and scale it down to 2% it stretches? any idea why thanks!

[@yunodite]

i just love this guy (no homo) he is so good at it

[@maxstudiosalkesero]

Thank you ! I was searching for a proper Sand/rocky tutorial for months :D

[@DoctorDiscoCZ]

I cant thank you enough for this. Its just unbelievable stuff you are teaching us. Helps so much, thanks :)

[@octanejesus]

thanks for the kind words, and really happy that it's so useful!!

[@travesty1989]

I'm so pumped to watch this!

[@ShayanAhmadi]

Very very very nice!!!!

[@AhmadBahram]

lovely

[@ctaaj]

oh man i don't going to lie the result is nice, i learnt a lot about mixing materials.... but the color processing you're doing is a nightmare (min 23-27) and then when you're CCing the rocks... anyways thank you for sharing.

[@parvanehsaeid]

tnx man u are a truly savior

[@netflixreview3104]

The noise, Layer mask option is a game changer

[@jeronimocollares320]

You dont explain the most important: NODES... honestly...

[@mememem]

Epic

[@charlesbooth3176]

noob question here. Why did you duplicate the actual geo to add different levels of texture displacement as opposed to blending the displacements with some sort of additive blending node in a single shader on a single piece of geo? Admittedly I don't know anything about octane and am kind of new to 3d generally, so apologies if that's a dumb question. But I've seen in various other demos for products like Arnold and/or redshift and even for developing textures in substance and the like--height maps get blended in a single shader. seems like doing it by duplicating the geo the way you are doing could potentially cause problems. It does however seem more straight forward and giving you additional controls on displacement values for each version of the geo/texture.

[@ultron3853]

Nice tutorial dude this helps a lot for someone who like to learn landscape modeling

[@octanejesus]

glad to hear it man!

[@milhouse777]

Brilliant, thanks for share you knowledge David!

[@momarkmoproblem]

great tutorials! Really appreciate these.

[@abuaysam6459]

thanks bro very helpfull

[@redfalconvfx7050]

So you cant put objects like cars in Octane rendered maps like this cox it is actually a flat plane.. but it will be a better option to do background landscapes cox it will cost fewer segments = faster render time I guess if I am not wrong...

[@하나둘셋-x3y]

god of cinema4D

[@vassilispanayiotou8146]

This is absolutely amazing, thank you for doing this! Such a beatiful scene and tutorial.

[@octanejesus]

really glad to hear that!!

[@NorthGermanic]

This is very inspiring! I primarily use 3dsmax, but your techniques are still usable. Although I have to admit I consider learning Cinema 4D.. The workflow and user interface seems easier and more intuitive on some aspects.

[@RobinMikalsenVFX]

Jesus left earth to be on Mars, god damn this was great!

[@octanejesus]

haha really glad you liked it!

[@DJWeekly]

This is awesome and so helpful! Could you make a tutorial showing how to make blowing dust or sand that can interact with the landscape, or maybe some VDB smoke plumes in the background that aren't just comped in but are actually wrapping around geometry or interacting with the scene using dynamics? Is that possible?

[@eyedesyn]

Great suggestion! There are plenty of VDB tutorials out there on how to bring those into Octane, I'd check those out and then you can just plop those VDBs into the scene for exactly what you're asking!

[@DJWeekly]

@@eyedesyn thanks! I've been messing with the dust preset in ember gen, and it seems like in order to get dust interacting with the geometry you have to bring in your models as colliders in ember gen and then re export the vdbs. Although I'm still confused on how to line it all back up perfectly with position and scale. I'll keep at it. Thanks for the reply!

[@乘风-g5k]

Awesome!!!

[@duanjintong100]

great tutorial you made! thanks a lot! Just wondering what computer you use for c4d rendering and modeling?

[@ideascortes]

Is it me or is there a bush on that frame from The Martian 1:08:27?

[@octanejesus]

yeah there is! totally weirds me out too... guess the VFX peeps didn't catch everything

[@zitegiste]

This is amazing, thanks a lot!

[@cmm9557]

又看了一遍 ，火星救援我以为是实景拍摄的呢。。

[@octanejesus]

Thanks!!

[@Handleneeds3ormorecharacters04]

Amazing tutorial

[@Lesak2]

Great video young Xavier!

[@Mindovermatter__]

How can I add my motion captured character to this environment

[@eyedesyn]

I'd search for tutorials using the C4D motion tracker! Good luck!

[@RUFFENSTEINT]

if only i could afford octane now.... :thinking: Amazing tutorial and great resource description!

[@RichieMotion]

its just 20$ per month, go grab it!

[@eyedesyn]

Yep, and the demo is free!

[@RUFFENSTEINT]

yoo good looks guys. I didn't know about the subscription options at all

[@emmal1862]

This tutorial is great but for someone starting off doing visualizations, all the paid assets would amount to $600 just to create this one image or similar. It kinda sucks that there's no free assets of higher quality for individual artists starting up

[@IDMENTAL]

all nice but why its always black textures in cinema editor it is soo unusable!

[@tancor_m]

SUPER

[@shermanjackson8519]

Inspires me to create!

[@ExoplanetesSpace]

Hello, thanks for this amazing tutorial. I have an issue about create a displacement texture on my displacement map from world creator. Is it possible ? I tried to add the both material on the plan but it stay plan, no height.. An idea ?

[@zhaohaozhang3697]

I will say that too : I never miss any of David's tuts

[@ruslansergeev863]

I noticed that you always open cinema color gui type to change color. In Settings in Octane you can change what type do you prefer - octane or native cinema 4d. You can see here if it helpful:i.imgur.com/bpLIBFI.jpg

[@CGImagine]

Great tut as always! Thanks!!!

[@Andresastucas]

CG Jesus is back!

[@Wardztv]

There was water on Mars ;)