Getting to Know Redshift for Cinema 4D

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[@tilghmanwendel]

You can really hear the difference of enthusiasm in Chad's voice when he's doing a Redshift tutorial as opposed to an Octane one ;) Thanks for the intro guys!

[@benwest5748]

Great vid! Happy to be seeing more RS material out there. Am definitely in need of some node-based texturing tutorials having only ever used C4D materials.

[@dsofe4879]

I hope to see more in-depth tutorials on Redshift. I love the amount of control you get compared to Octane, but it seems that also makes it significantly more complicated to use.

[@flow.4574]

I don't think it's really more complicated, just a different workflow. For example, for me Redhisft and Arnold are both similar in settings and the way you work with. But i understand what are you saying. In Octane you can achieve a quick (and decent) render in just few clicks. You need more for Arnold and Redshift :)

[@miph00]

Thank you guys for putting so much love in to the community

[@motiongiant5882]

It's November 2020, made the switch from Octane to Redshift. This overview is still relevant and great! Thank you Chad!

[@porterdesignandmotion]

Awesome break down. Really appreciate this format. Thank you so much!

[@EFEKTStudio]

This video made me buy redshift some time ago. One of the best decisions I've made, it's really good.

[@Qwalsius]

Great walk thru. I'm now on the plus team and dipping my toe into r25. You guys are always great and HDRI link is a lifesaver.

[@KenanErenArt]

Thanks a lot for the efford you did to prepare this tutorial. You guys are the best

[@csxlab]

Great. Just started using Redshift on my MacPro5,1 from 2012 .... so sweet that it is possible now. Enjoying your tut a lot. Thanks.

[@NikolaiKolodkin]

More redshift tutorials please!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Check www.greyscalegorilla.com/live for a schedule of upcoming tutorials. Thanks for watching!

[@pushcreativity]

I've been working on a project that was grainy as hell and taking an age to render, 30 minutes into this tutorial and all my problems are solved, great job as usual Greyscalegorilla!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks for watching!

[@abraham6567]

What a good introduction to Redshift!!!! very useful!

[@chadyj76]

Finally )) we miss your tutorials guys, the best always! I learned so much from you guys, God bless you ;)

[@cgpov]

chady Joseph thanks!!!

[@morrices]

Thanks a lot for the video! I would love to see more Redshift tutorials.

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Have you checked out our Guide to Redshift?

[@jacksimcox]

Would be great to see an in depth review of the new redshift render settings

[@oxocanDOTcom]

Fantastic video Chad as always. By the way, look behind your right shoulder. That cream pillow has an amazing pattern to it (pillow in the front). Take it to the studio and scan it. Include it in GSG's next canvas collection! :)

[@NerdGeekFutureSpeak]

Holy crap! This looks amazing

[@alextrelis]

This renderer is pretty awesome I want to try it and learn more!

[@shadostorm8375]

Thanks Chad for the tutorial. it was very clear. looking forward to more detailed tutorials especially those complicated looking nodes. :D

[@Greyscalegorilla]

You're welcome!

[@Derek-dj7zq]

We want more Chad Ashley. Can you guys integrate him into Plus tutorials more? His way of teaching is the fucking best!

[@rorymayne2190]

Hahaha:) Circle of Confusion by Genesis. Love that track.

[@Ra00Da]

Thanks a lot for this!

[@nyeinsithu4713]

Really Like It Bros Please More redshift Tutorials Please!!!!

[@anthonyleonstudio432]

Well done. I hope the second one you did gets put up here. I missed that one. Redshift looks really good but I have to get off my Mac first and on a PC. So that`s even more changes.

[@oraschannel]

wow, really learnt something cool today, thanks wish to have more of this.

[@Greyscalegorilla]

You're welcome! thanks for watching!

Thanks man.

[@Desperadoschann]

Sir! This tutorial was fantastic.. Thank you!!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks!

[@jeffbriant47]

NICE! I mean flickering is apparent with the IRPC, it happens easily, but changing to Brute Force as the secondary fixes that 99% of the time :)

[@michalsulicki5148]

Great video :) Keep up the good work !

[@milindachandrarathne8076]

Great tutorial !!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@noveltyexposure]

Finally!! Keep 'em coming :)

[@cgpov]

Mantas Kava thanks! More streams soon!

[@fernandolardizabal458]

Good introduction! Seems like a good solution. Red Shift resembles hybrid of Vray and Octane... unified samplig looks like Antialised....

[@AdamsMotion]

Haven't even watched the whole video yet but FOUR 980ti's!!! Damn thats awesome!

[@axelfernandohuezo8847]

I am working interiors right now and this really helpful is for me Thanks Ash!!! :D

[@cgpov]

Axel Fernando Huezo thanks! More in depth vids coming soon!

[@kushalsharma3170]

Wow , Big Thanks For This Video. i Love Greyscalegorilla .

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks for watching!

[@uemechYT]

You really good at explaining thank you

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nozirkhontursunkhodjaev1641]

Thank U very much!

[@robertochriqui8171]

every time I come back to this video I learn something new

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Awesome! Thanks for coming back!

[@viktorsimeonov1596]

i love your tutorials please make more redshift is unique. I wonder tho can it be setup for team render and use the farm.

[@pixelasm]

@Chad @Greyscalegorilla thanks for the introduction into #Redshift covering all the basics. As I have won a free licence from a #Maxon #C4D live event earlier this year I am now starting to try it out mainly because I want to fiddle arround with some fog which is quiet slow in #Octane ...

[@cgpov]

pixelasm awesome! Have fun!!

[@JJR3991]

Hey, great video! Can you help me explain to me something specific about nodes. When linking a texture to lets say "reflection weight" for example, that the 'weight' parameter freezers and can't be adjusted. This can apply to other connections in nodes. I'm just trying to understand the theory a little bit more. I've been using C4D Redshift for a little while now, thanks.

[@jesuscastillejogordon]

Could you upload the layout that you use to the blog or to the descripcion of the video please? Thanks for the tutorials ;)

[@CdeeqFilmmaker]

sooooo helpful!!!!

[@YeralReloaded]

Hey thanks for the videos, Is there any way to get the layout you're using?

[@Williams6399]

We miss ur tutorials!!

[@cgpov]

Ismaeel Williams thanks! I miss them too!!!

[@petrholusa5855]

Hi, nice introduction tutorial! Where I can find that robot please?

[@stereo_stan]

Thank you

[@freijis8375]

THANK YOU 🥺😔🤟✨

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Thanks for watching!

[@canyoupleaserunfast]

i hope to see more tutorials on light emissive materials in redshift as they don't looks so straightforward

[@PixelPremi]

You saved my life and my GPU is happy now :D

[@eduardotrivino2010]

Thank you so much for the video!, i'm curious about your your pc specs, could you share whit us?, thanks!

[@stockerthomas4460]

Finally some great info about Redshift in c4d! Do you have any idea why HDRI Link doesn’t work when I try to drop the Dome Map on the tag?

[@stockerthomas4460]

Got it, just had to download the latest version.

[@shadowdataprojection]

Hi, im struggling to work out something. I have the grey scale gorilla beer material and glass simulating beer sloshing around in a mug using redshift. If I copy to a new project it looks fine but in its current scene you can only see the mug not the beer. I have fog environment and hdri's but can't figure out the difference between the scenes that stopping the beer from showing through the transparency of the mug.

[@funkyguy0]

That sip of coffee at 23:51 needs to be featured on a Starbucks commercial. Now I want coffee.

[@mashable8759]

ah yes venri gud

[@-schattenpflanze-3755]

your materials are so good, do you have a pack for Redshift?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Stay tuned. We are working on a pack just for Redshift! :)

[@mugumyakevin8696]

Please. Do a video covering shaders using nodes. Some of us have never used node based rendering coz maybe its a bit confusing buh definitely too powerful due to the immense control. Thanksssssss a bunch.

[@JayIsABoss07501]

hey i always used octane i just switched to Redshift how do i open up that view port menu to see the actual screen on the side ?

[@reedw97]

Whats that backdrop setup that you have?

[@CamiloMonsalve]

Awesome tutorial! So, where I can download the Layout. I also went to the layout library from GSG and the layout doesn't download after I fill the subscribe form.

[@Greyscalegorilla]

We'll look into it, thanks for watching!

[@gusgfx5310]

Awesome stuff Chad, Two Q: how you spell "Mirk Wilson" (I think you say) at 51:50 of the video. I try to find him but I think that my spelling is wrong. And can you share some names from your Redshift names from your learn playlist please? thanks Chand!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

He goes by Merkvilson. You can check out his stuff here www.patreon.com/merkvilson

[@gusgfx5310]

Thanks Chad. I saw already the list at the end of the video. Thanks again. Keep rocking

[@pablocuevas1193]

What do you think about the work of the targeta strix gtx 1060 6gb for redshift?

[@chosenideahandle]

Chad's house is cool, because it's where we learn Redshift (and he has skateboards).

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Yep! :)

[@calebweintraub1]

Helpful tutorial. I am considering using RS, but is there a way to use c4d materials with RS? I do like the idea of the live preview but would like to use existing files that would be prohibitively time-consuming to rebuild materials and textures from scratch ... The renderview seems to render some materials, but not the ones with alpha or normal channels...

[@chosenideahandle]

It does it's best to handle C4Ds materials, but RS materials are optimal of course.

[@tobyhallam4750]

Chad, I'm torn between buying Octane and Redshift. The BIG thing that attracts me to Octane is the way it handles light, especially that gorgeous 'bloom' you can dial up. Does Redshift have similar lighting and similar controls ? can you demo lighting sometime soon? .... big love to GSG

[@elissitdesign]

Welp! They added that feature in the latest Redshift version. Bloom, flare, and even streaks. It’s pretty nice but I always end up making these effects in post with better results.

[@BishopDesigns1]

Hi chad, great tut...whats the headphone you have on ?...brand name and model ?...it looks nice

[@Greyscalegorilla]

I have the Bose Quiet Comfort 25's

[@victormatupi8099]

I've modelled a shark and rigged it with the cinema 4d character feature which made it easier for me to make the shark move it's fins and tail without keyframes. Then I used the spline tag on the joint master controller to animate the shark on a spline. Everything seems to be moving along in the viewport and when I render without motion blur or the motion vector pass but when I enable motion blur, the shark moves along the spline but shark does not move the tail or find, it's just stiff

[@GLYNDYER]

perfect as I bought Redshift yesterday and now this tut. You’ve rounded my day off nicely Chad. I’ve managed to have a play and dropped an image in the dome light but couldn’t delete it. Is that a bug or am I missing something?

[@cgpov]

Glyn Dyer hmm not sure what would cause that. Are you using HDRI Link?

[@GLYNDYER]

Chad Ashley no I don’t have that.

[@obsoquasi]

thanx chad!!

[@Greyscalegorilla]

You're welcome John!

[@yoyoz333]

does redshift have a scatter feature like the Octane scatter?

[@TPFXTD]

Hey! Is there any tutorials about the dome light backplate feature? I got more interested of it and didnt find how to use it

[@Greyscalegorilla]

I believe that Redshift has some videos on their site that would be helpful.

[@AxMiha3D]

Hello. You say that flickering is a thing of the past, but it doesn't seem to be in some cases. Try doing a simple camera animation inside a room (interior design stuff) with a sun and some HDRI and things get really messy. It goes right back to the old VRay inferno of pre-passes, since you have to use irradiance cache and irradiance point cloud, AND without prepasses the flicker is there as always. I can't find one single tutorial on how to get an interior camera animation without flickering with Redshift - that is step by step. The manual goes into prepasses but for some reason Redshift won't save the prepass file - it doesn't write any files - so I can't try this system. Any help? Or for archviz VRay is still "the man"?

[@user-hk2ub4mp3f]

hi i am monitoring the memory and i saw that redshift uses only 18% of the ram memory in render time is it ok?

[@gyulailevi]

Hi Chad ! Great work ! How do you save redshift material with textures tothe content browser ? Is there any workaround ? Redshift cannot read texture files from lib4d files :'(

[@cgpov]

creativex12 I'll look into it, thanks for watching!

[@fxu759]

Dose redshift support bake textures in c4d? like global light.

[@JapaneseWhiteKid]

How to you place the toolbar with all the big red buttons in your workspace? And where do I find it?

[@kasperrubin5754]

Window > Customize commands. Then search "Redshift" and add the icons you want

[@ViralKiller]

How did you get rid of the watermark? 😂

[@vedanthashok201]

This is meta

[@sandeepreddybanala705]

hi I'm a Houdini user for redshift . maybe you can solve this when i put on the ipr for redshift it doesn't load at all and only the render view works and when i put a video render it shows lie error opening the title device >> any possible solution to this dude..

[@fuoser]

anybody has a link to the playlist he talked about?

[@TonioDC79]

Oh boy, I’ve been waiting for this. I have seen so many videos for REDSHIFT, but I have been waiting for Chad due to the fact GSG are great freaking teachers. (Stop the video take out the trash and wash the dishes, then I will return)

[@cgpov]

Tony Coffield thanks! More streams and vids soon!

[@danielnortje6023]

Could you please help me? I am struggling to find out how to set up my layout like yours in cinema 4d r20. How did you achieve this "Twitch_Redshift (User)" Layout? Please get back to me as this seems like the most efficient way of using c4d with redshift. Thank you!

[@csellers1866]

The Redshift lights and materials I add are just black (the auto refresh is on), Nothing is happening in the Renderview screen no matter what I do. I've searched forums and followed tutorial after tutorial but no one seems to have an answer.

[@soundsbyel1421]

I have a beefy pc with on GPU gtx970. (128gb Ram i7-5960x) can I compensate graphical loads to RAM and CPU?

[@Mr4urel]

No doubt that a RS material kit for c4d from Greyscale would have great success

[@chosenideahandle]

Hi Chad. Did you end up eventually sharing your RS C4D layout somewhere?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Yep. Here ya go. greyscalegorilla.com/gsg-layouts/

[@chosenideahandle]

Rockstar! Less than five hours ago! Much appreciated.

[@natevplas]

How well does it work with C4D shaders (Layers, Noise, etc)? And different projections (not just UVs)?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Like most 3rd party renderers they have their own shaders and noises. However, they all respect C4D's UV system.

[@chosenideahandle]

You can use many C4D shaders in RS (including the noises) using the C4D Shader utility node. If you use C4D noise for a bump for example, the tree goes C4D Shader - RS Texture - RS Bump Map - RS Material - Output. RS only has two noise types, so I use the utility pretty regularly.

[@SectorsixteenDesign]

great tutorial, I have downloaded the demo of Redshift but cannot get it to install. I even went through the short trouble shooting guide on their website, any ideas?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

Have you tried hitting them up for some help?

[@SectorsixteenDesign]

Would that be through the forum on the Redshift website?

[@Greyscalegorilla]

The Redshift forum is a great place for help.

[@apo6199]

hey, how do you set up the “ctrl +left mouse button” hotkey to open red shift graph editor？

[@Greyscalegorilla]

This should help you www.dropbox.com/s/6fq0qeq5gns0tu7/redshift_output_node_command_tutorial.jpg?dl=0

[@RayMurray]

Does this support NvLink configuration?

[@SuperDeep20]

hello, im new user Redshift for C4D. i need a help. in the standard renderer im easily set Object Buffer (white matte pass) in separate object by apply object id. in redshift when i set AOVs object id and render than the object buffer (white pass) apply hole scene in one file. but i want to apply separate object like (object buffer 1, object buffer 2, object buffer 3 and many more separately) but how? pls help me.

[@Greyscalegorilla]

I'd recommend checking out Redshift's manual regarding AOVs and Puzzlemattes. You may also consider picking up our Guide to Redshift training available on our website.

[@FineStudios]

Sir, I have geforce gt710 2gb . Is redshift work properly?

[@rubenscheer]

Hi, I want to buy Redshift, but own a macbook 2015 without nvidia cuda card. Is it possible to buy a eGpu with nvidia and run redshift on it? Would love to hear someone is using this setup :)

[@chosenideahandle]

Yes you can. I've heard of people doing this. cinematographydb.com/forums/index.php?topic=15.0

[@CdeeqFilmmaker]

Does anyone know how to make a redshift light that only casts shadows?? Cinema 4d

[@SonGoku-dm4gr]

hey Chad, Tnx for this Video. what is the specs of your computer for this tutorial.. tnx

[@Greyscalegorilla]

We list all of our gear on this page greyscalegorilla.com/resources/ thanks for watching!

[@chosenideahandle]

I think it's just the motherboard missing in that list, that may be of interest to people building their own multi-gpu machine.

[@dbmd_uk]

Sorry for asking but not really familiar with GPU rendering. If you render to final output, so to picture viewer/harddisk. Is this be done by GPU as well or is that the moment where a CPU takes over?

[@kuunami]

50:32 from my understanding It uses primarily the GPU and the CPU only when needed.

[@creativekakensa]

@cgpov you made me fall in love with Arnold to C4d sadly you left me there

[@onur.nidayi.1344]

Bossman Chad !!

[@ZAPFURY]

Rlly nice tutoriel, but at the end, I still don't now how to creat good material. I mean u show how make somes metalic, plastic, glass... But when I have a texture, and a normal map, and I wan't to do something in wood... I don't know how to do that

[@s1amvwbug]

Does Redshirt run on a Mac computer?

[@vincentfollezou]

I'm so close to buy a licence. thank