Cinema 4D Tutorial - Create a Futuristic City Using Octane Scatter and Volumetrics

Learn how to create a futuristic city using Octane Scatter, as well as how to use Octane environment fog volume to create dramatic haze and clouds!
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In this Cinema 4D tutorial, David Ariew (arievvisuals.com) will show you how to create a futuristic city using Octane scatter, as well as using Octane's environment fog and fog volume to get dramatic haze and clouds. You'll also learn useful lighting and texturing tips and how to create flickering lights and animated clouds. This tutorial is perfect for users learning Otoy Octane for Cinema 4D features!
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[@yagizugur6942]

You guys are freaking amazing! I learned a lot from you guys. Thanks for everything and keep up the good work.

[@XmontyVFXx]

Probably one of the best Octane Volume tutorials on the planet. Thanks David!!!

[@solidsoulart]

by far the best octane tutorials on KZbin, amazing content David 🤙

[@SixStringStudioAB]

I just love the way you're teaching, it's so professional and easy to follow along and your knowledge is so impressive. Thank you so much. 🖒🖒

[@TimoHelgert]

Love it. Thanks so much. This will help with my new projects

[@trscheit]

I always think I have a good handle on Octane... then David comes along with a new tutorial and blows my mind!

[@eyedesyn]

BOOM! David has the tendency to do that! :)

[@jaskiratpanjrath5477]

This is beautiful! I'm in love with your tutorials David!

[@octanejesus]

Jaskirat Panjrath glad to hear it, thanks!

[@STRETCHPTB]

you make literally the best octane tutorials around

[@EpicJCreations]

Man, thanks so much for the shout out David! I really appreciate it! I just saw your tutorial today, and dang is it good! Turned out really well! Keep up the good work!

[@octanejesus]

John Burdock thanks a ton John! Keep up the awesome tutorials on your end too man!!

[@EpicJCreations]

Thanks, David! I appreciate that :)!

[@SlobboVideo]

Awesome! Thank you very much for making this tutorial!

[@stuz0r]

This is exactly what we all needed! Thank you for making this!

[@octanejesus]

Really awesome to hear that Stuart!

[@HailSagan1]

I'm really digging this series!

[@barisoktem731]

I been follow this kind of tutorials almost 10 years and this one are the one of my best one yet... Thank you very very much really appreciated for this awesome tutorial...

[@octanejesus]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@xxrsutube]

Super super helpful!Enlight me how to use octane entirely.Thanks for your work!!

[@pnksmigge5324]

tfw you give a shoutout to a single guy ever, bringing up his channel and then proceed to open the single video that I have also seen from him :D the 3D world is so frigging small.

[@vulture201]

AWESOME TUT, i learned a lot!

[@hisroyalillness]

Go David! This was fully packed with great informations..

[@octanejesus]

hisroyalillness thanks man!!

[@FluxedEdge]

I wish I would've seen this tutorial yesterday, working on a scene with a large amount of clones and it just takes so much longer within cinema 4D to handle all of the polygons. Thank you for this tutorial!

[@octanejesus]

FluxedEdge glad this helped! Yeah sooo much better than dealing with the cloner

[@ahmedshakib3883]

This was an awesome tutorial :) ,thanks David , really appreciate it, cheers.

[@octanejesus]

Thanks!!

[@cambrothersraw]

Dude, this tutorial is just freakin awesome. Learned so so so much. It felt like having birthday

[@octanejesus]

Glad to hear it!!

[@bahrialtay]

Thank you David , You are the best

[@evelinefalcao1286]

Man! I'm loving these tutorials on Octane.

[@octanejesus]

Eveline Falcão so glad to hear that!

[@GalantGoStudio]

Thank you David , keep up man

[@Far4night]

Thank you so damn much for sharing your knowledges with noobs like me! You're a master

[@AtrusDesign]

Awesome, thank you!

[@olgapichugina62]

Have built a beautiful city! Perfectly !!!!

[@voodoorampager]

David, your awesome! tyvm!

[@3D-PHASE]

Awesome tutorial. Thx!!!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks for watching!!

[@albancontrepois]

really well explain thank a lot mate !

[@eyedesyn]

Glad it helped!

[@davidlegnon9696]

Thank you so much for this tut. Every time I dismiss a feature in Octane because it's too heavy or crash prone, something comes along that completely challenges that theory.

[@octanejesus]

David Legnon glad to hear it!!

[@rafajmesa]

Great information, many thanks!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks for watching!

[@MrBen367]

great tut, any ideas on how to create the flickering light effect without the Signal plugin?

[@Tomydurand]

Thanks a lot !

[@willgiuliani8251]

excellent tutorial!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks so much, Will!

[@onur.nidayi.1344]

Yes David Ariew!!!

[@MotivilaStudio]

Thanks Dear

[@SpiltsplitspitSidsit]

At 00:34 when you create the "blank" signal tags, I believe you can just drag a new parameter onto the new tag and it automatically unlinks and relinks.

[@ZeyuRen]

Really helpful

[@wolskye]

amazing man you're boss!

[@wolskye]

also: you can create spotlights in octane without this plugin. you only need to load a black texture with a small white point in the middle into the texture tab of an arealight ;) so the lightsource will be this point and not the whole arealight

[@szabolcsagai]

wow ... black magic ... thanks!

[@stevemason6569]

Really awesome tutorial man! Just wondering how you created the surfaces/craters on your IG space colony renders? Did you use a bend deformer on a plane and then comp in the raised valleys in AE? Cheers

[@alans056]

Thank you very much for this tutorial, would you mind sharing the project files ?? That would help a lot!

[@EverentMo]

I love u for your lessons

[@Video-by6lp]

THANK YOU MAN )

[@roitmani]

What was the scene scale? Does it affect the fog volume look in the city example?

[@4d3designs44]

Had a quick question, I just recently bought the newest version of Octane I noticed under the environment tag when I go to add fog there's no "thickness tab" seems like they replaced it with a "medium radius tab" not sure where to find the thickness tab I've looked everywhere.

[@MirkoMancini]

I watch this tut again and again, it helps me a lot, but I still have so much noise in my scene, even with the denoiser in v4

[@carinaetae9050]

you are awesome.

[@w0lfvod606]

amazing

[@DoctorMGL]

i know this is old , but i was always curious how much ram did you use when you were working on this project ? and did you work that on 6 cors cpu or it have to be more

[@jakesnack6778]

im in love

[@Fqdunjy]

You are a fcking genius! I love your create so much!

[@voodoorampager]

ej! get that egpu going! we need some octane sketch and toon man!

[@eyedesyn]

Workin on it!!!! :)

[@HELIX1]

Its one of the tutorials where you look a second away and you missed how he made it from really good to godlike

[@GLYNDYER]

David where can I see more of your Octane work and when are you next posting another tutorial as I can't wait ? I've learnt more from watching this than anything else I've seen recently.

[@eyedesyn]

David will be posting more Octane tutorials and works here on the KZbin Channel! Be sure to follow David's channel as well for more of his amazing personal work!

[@JymPrecision]

is the diffuse texture put on the plane? the same as the displacement tutorial?

[@ariyantozulkifli8082]

thank you, God David

[@MotionPunk]

thanks alot! for some reason fog medium never works in my scenes. I wonder if its the scene scale but then again if i want fog in 1 meters or 10 cm is impossible? Brings me to my question: what is ur city scale here? thank u!

[@rushee]

Hi there, really loved this tutorial. Just wondering about where to find the tinydots texture, looked everywhere but couldn't find any. Thanks.

[@octanejesus]

Thanks! It's in this project file, among others: www.mediafire.com/download/6zyhth7d5qn2b9f/BEEPLE_DVDE_C4D.zip

[@jedezign1]

Thanks for the link! I got lost and kinda sidetracked on Beeple's site. Lots of eye candy there!

[@ilpiccologiac4416]

@@octanejesus thank u i love u

[@SPIRALFILMS]

Hi! I love your tutorials but I'm just wondering why are my lights more grainy and not as glowy as yours?

[@3dmonkeybizz]

Hi there guys. Thanks for the great tutorials. What I cannot find anywhere on the web is an in depth live footage motion track in C4D with the installation of an Octane rendered object, lit, and magic dusted by Octane. Any plans on your end to do something like this?...................................... Please!!!!!!!

[@tailedCROWfox]

One of the most useful and well made tutorials out there! Really helped me a lot with this technique. I am curious though - I am trying to do something similar to your city cloned to the inside of a sphere, but I can't seem to get the clones to "invert". They only clone to the outside of the sphere, not the inside! If I change the position in Scatter, and rotation too to try flip the buildings 180 degrees, it doesn't fix it. Answer is probably super obvious but I am really stumped on this one. Would super appreciate any help.

[@octanejesus]

easiest way is probably to flip the normals of the sphere!

[@tailedCROWfox]

@@octanejesus thanks for the reply I'll give it a shot!

[@gavanakakhon2891]

It's a pretty cool buddy.

[@ZuperGreek]

Loved the tutorial especially the environment fog portion since I've been searching for months for an answer! One question I have though is if any of these systems can be found in the 3DS Max plugin of octane or are these exclusive to C4D such as the scatter objects and an environment fog solution? Thanks!

[@octanejesus]

I actually haven't used anything but the C4D plugin, but I know that at the very least the environment fog is available across the board. Not sure about scatter.

[@ZuperGreek]

Ok awesome thanks for the reply!

[@whitelegend2482]

can you fast explain WHAT exactly octane is? is it a plugin or a standalone who i put obj. files to make end of post production ? when i search for octane i just read, rendering cinema 4D, but is it a standalone render engine or is it include with cinema4D ? thanks

[@TraceMistDump]

At 12:19, how can your light have that beautiful blurry image? Mine is a clearly sharp rectangle light source, I can't find the setting from the light or render setting to have the light that you have. Anw, very appreciate your tutorial and supporting!

[@octanejesus]

add some bloom in the postproduction tab of the octane camera tag

[@TheOddBugg]

Thank you so much. God

[@LearnWithBahman]

You recommend this software to create futuristic cities and concept (buildings , cars , transportation system)? Cinema4D? what about Blender? I am newbie so looking to learn 1-2 software to create futuristic videos. Thanks

[@andrebarmac1317]

how do i avoid the emission map to show on the rooftops?

[@vudielen]

hey Dave, hey EJ! how come my buildings are stacked on eachother? I did exactly the same as u did (I think), but my buildings are pushed together and they aren't lookin as neat as yours so far (11:55). I love the that big dome sticking out, but my domes are put together with the tall buildings. does anyone know a workaround for this? thanks guys!

[@chetanwalia9598]

did you find out ?

[@amokdesign]

thats the reason, i dont like tutorials like this, where here and there are cuts, just to let the viewer in the dark, how he made it really good lookin. yes there are a lot of infos in this video, but you won't get to the same result, because they obvisiously won't like to tell you the needed detailed infos to make it from good to god

[@philippaps44]

hey great tutorial! Is it possible to use Vertex Maps with Octane Scatter? Are there any tutorials available on this topic?

[@octanejesus]

Philip Pappas Yes it’s possible! Check out part 1 of my digital nature tutorial for that info

[@philippaps44]

thanks a lot! i found the vertex field just after my comment...for some reason i missed it. I'd like to see a tutorial rendering a World Machine landscape while using exported distribution maps for trees rocks etc!

[@69indigoblue]

Nice overall look of the beginning scene, but too many similar objects, that do not look like buildings just because lights in fake windows are flickering...but a very good look inside Octane

[@johnlenoob6951]

Hi Sir, so nice tuto ! Is octane scatter still the best solution for this result in C4D ? Take care

[@eyedesyn]

Yes, absolutely

[@Error472Trolls]

h o l y s h i t bruh this was awesome, i want octane too!

[@projectravevids6907]

How do I make the city lights texture smaller? Mine is putting so many tiles of it all over not just one like yours.

[@loxel8110]

hey David ~ i wanna know where can get these dots map texture ~ thankssss!!

[@vinijTV]

vimeo.com/151906746

[@KnightOfNostalgia]

36:29 Fog section starts

[@jeffreyhass6841]

David, your Octane tutorials are amazing! Your artistry, depth of knowledge, and most of all teaching ability make these really special. I particularly like seeing how you share your workflow and tweak out problems that would have me bailing on the first step, whereas you fix and refine with another 2 or 3 steps to get the results you want. Very instructive, very inspiring. I have an Octane subscription now just to learn/try, but with my puny 1 GPU iMac, you have me seriously considering bailing on Apple (been there since 1978) and moving to PC just to incorporate Octane...and thanks so much EJ for hosting David's stuff. Quick question: do you know where one can download the Beeple supergreeb now? Maybe it is part of one of Mike's downloadable projects? Can't seem to find a link to it, though I have the excellent French Monkey Techkit. Future tutorial request: Convincingly incorporating live video (people, etc.) with alpha into Octane scenes.

[@octanejesus]

Wow thanks so much for the kind words Jeffrey! That's so great to hear. Also, thanks for the tutorial request. Here's a link that will get you all those Beeple textures: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/p3ht8g834ohcuql/BEEPLE_CLEANROOM_C4D.zip

[@eyedesyn]

Awesome comment, Jeffrey! Thanks for watching and glad you're enjoying everything that David's been cranking out! Definitely awesome to have David on board!

[@mr-fister]

doesn't excist anymore :(

[@mr-fister]

never mind, I found it :)

[@thomasmihm3549]

@@mr-fister You have a working link?:/

[@BroOs]

why putting rgb spectrum does not get a bit reddish like in the tutorial? turns white

[@GvRDesigns]

Great Tutorial. At 24:17, where can we get the tiny dot material you use and any chance you could send link for tutorial to make in Illustrator. Thanks again, your work is reallly inspiring!!

[@GvRDesigns]

Anybody out there know the answer to this perhaps? Please, any help would be very much appreciated.

[@VOMotion]

@@GvRDesigns I'm trying to find it too

[@GvRDesigns]

@@VOMotion I will let you know if I find anything.

[@VOMotion]

GvR Designs I went to Beeple and they have a website with free to download projects and I downloaded some, and found good alternatives

[@octanejesus]

the tiny dot pattern is from Beeple. Go to his project files and download

[@xXGeneralMindXx]

Does anyone have the texture seen at 11:27 or know the video where he created the material??

[@PalemanFPV]

Yeah, I'm also looking for it

[@romeomeier1275]

can you please also make a tut how to do the samething but with Vray I do not have the option to make octane work on my PC I do not have a Nvida Card yet

[@octanejesus]

Sorry, I'm not experienced with Vray, and unfortunately the version for C4D is years out of date compared to the one developed for Max and Maya.

[@alloedee]

When I try to use the noise shader on Scatters' scale, it doesn't come up with the same results = those "islands" of buildings. instead I get stripes of buildings across the plane . This happens with every noise type or what ever I do. Any suggestions?

[@octanejesus]

Andi Holm yeah you need to set the scatter mode to surface rather than vertex. Hope that helps!

[@harmvzon]

I never animated the Noise animation, but it still moves with constant speed? I don't really get what you did there?

[@crowt.robot.6199]

at 23:50 the tiny lights texture, where the heck is that cant find it anywhere online

[@hoodyFPS]

What settings make the light look so good at 12:08?

[@octanejesus]

bloom in the octane camera tag, postprocessing tab

[@user-rr7xo1jt6y]

ground Texture How do you do it?

[@AnymMusic]

god 3d animation is the BEST

[@krlux9074]

please let me know how to make that about material

[@josephgriesbach2538]

Should I try to download the version of c4d you are using in the tutorial or will I be able to apply the same techniques in the 2023 version?

[@eyedesyn]

The newest version should work the same!

[@ORUNNYO]

Which computer are u using? Tell me pls. I am looking for a new one.

[@zica12345]

Sir Ridley Scott likes this :)

[@Eddim0r]

I love you so much

[@eyedesyn]

David is pretty dreamy.. ;)

[@TheSiimur]

11:26 where is the tut for that texture ?

[@Screamer]

google jsdisplacer

[@sean.sullivan]

@@Screamer no, the tutorial he mentions.. not the js placement. Just trying to see which tutorial he's talking about specifically. Still would like to know.

[@salvatoreraiti2931]

please anyone know where I can find a texture for the self illumination channel which is seen at 24:19

[@NawazAlamgir]

download any project file from beeple's website, it will be inside the tex folder

[@victorclausson4039]

During 1:04 the space background is super crisp. Did you created that in post or is that an HDRI? My HDRI's background is always so blurry.

[@octanejesus]

That's an image put into the HDRI slot. If your HDRI is blurry, it may be scaled too large, so hit the transform button in the HDRI and scale it down. It's also dependent on your focal length -- if you've got a really long lens, then you'll be zooming way into your HDRI.

[@victorclausson4039]

Oh man! Didn't think of that. Thanks David. Awesome vid btw.

[@DKindenssFilms]

did this get reuplaoded?

[@eyedesyn]

It did, had some copyrighted material in there I needed to take out. All good now though!

[@MindOfLJ]

would i need a graphics card, or high tier pc for this?

[@octanejesus]

MindOfLJ yeah you'd need an NVIDIA GPU, though not necessarily high tier. I created this tutorial on just a laptop with a 980m!

[@MindOfLJ]

+David Ariew impressive :o

[@more404]

where can I find that light texture? :/

[@more404]

Thank you very much! :)

[@more404]

Jonathan Hutton its included in the first one on the list. Maybe in all of them I don't know. :)

[@alexmironov5451]

Go to Beeple website. Chose resources and download CLEANROOM (loop) C4D project. That light texture in tex folder

[@devanshparekh9890]

Where do we get those beeple textures? I can't seem to have found it.

[@eyedesyn]

beeple-crap.com

[@canadajointops]

How do you make that sphere animation?

[@octanejesus]

I just put a camera inside a null, where the null was at the center of the sphere, then rotated the null so that the camera flies around the inside of the sphere, close to the ground.