Rendering in C4D

[.Silver]

Rendering in C4D

I remember my first time in "trying" to render something in cinema4d, it didn't go down too well, so this tutorial will teach the beginners how to render their model in Cinema4D

Requirements: A ready to render model in cinema4d.

Step 1
By now you should already have your model open in cinema4d and is all ready to render it. I'm going to pretend there's no floor or no visible light, so we're going to render so we can easily cut out the render from the black background easily later. Go to Render->Render Settings...

Step 2
It should start in the general section of the new dialogue that's just opened. Change the Antialiasing to best

Step 3
Now go to output, and put in a large Resolution size, I usually use 3000x3000

Step 4
Now into the Save area. Change the Format to TAGRA, the DPI to 300 and click on Alpha Channel.

Step 5
In Antialiasing area, change the 4x4 to 2x2. Now close the dialogue.

Step 6
Go to Render->Render to Picture Viewer... and your render will start rendering. Once it's fully complete, go to File->Save Picture As... and click OK and save it. Make sure you do this in the picture viewer, not the actual C4D window.

That's it.

When in Photoshop and you want to get rid of the black background, go to the channels layer and select the Alpha channel then use the wand selection tool to select the black area, then back to the layers tab and delete the black.

[pOncho]

cool, thanx for ur tips dude

[+mw.reality]

Mhm, saving as psd works just as well as targa.. (i think)

[hybrid]

Originally Posted by r-eality

Mhm, saving as psd works just as well as targa.. (i think)

No save it as a tiff or targa then open it up in Photoshop and save it as a png

[+mw.reality]

It gives me almost the same everything if I save it as a psd. So far I haven't found a "horrible" fault with it, but I rarely use psd... Normally targa.

[pOncho]

Originally Posted by hybrid

No save it as a tiff or targa then open it up in Photoshop and save it as a png

Why dude? i mean what's the benefit of doing this?

[hybrid]

The png formatt makes the bg invisible

[pOncho]

oh i see now, thanx dude

[+mw.reality]

You can also do this to take out the bg (instead of magic wand tool)

CTRL-CLICK the alpha layer, then go back to the other one and press CTRL-J. That will create a new layer with the c4d on it (no black).

[pOncho]

Originally Posted by r-eality

You can also do this to take out the bg (instead of magic wand tool)

CTRL-CLICK the alpha layer, then go back to the other one and press CTRL-J. That will create a new layer with the c4d on it (no black).

I like more this method, thanx dude