High-resolution Product Rendering in CINEMA 4D

By Nejc Kilar
In this course, you’ll go through a basic product visualization workflow in CINEMA 4D, including theory and a practical example. The goal is to prepare you to undertake a product visualization project. Software required: CINEMA 4D R16, Photoshop CC.
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Rating
(10)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 28, 2016
Duration
4h 4m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Theory & Concept Work
Concept Work 14m Basic Render Settings 11m Basic Global Illumination Settings 11m
Scene Setup and Lighting
Importing the Model and Setting up the Scene 7m Basic Lighting Setup 11m
Materials in Theory
Basic Theory 11m BRDF 7m Texture Maps 3m Material Creation Process 17m
Materials in Practice
Floor 11m Selection Tags 9m Chrome Material 8m White Material 15m Plastic 5m
Bringing It All Together
HDRI 8m Setting up the Emitter 4m Creating Geometry to Replace Particles 5m Creating the Spark Material 4m Camera Depth of Field 11m Camera Motion Blur 8m Volumetric Light 9m Final Adjustments 11m Preparing to Render 9m
Post-production in Photoshop
Introduction to Basic Post-production 3m Fixing the Main Issues and Cropping the Image 5m Blending in the Horizon Line 5m Further Image Improvements and Naming Conventions 8m Color Corrections 7m Final Adjustments and Layer Organization 8m
Description
Course info
Rating
(10)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Sep 28, 2016
Duration
4h 4m
Description

Learn the key lessons to an efficient workflow in CINEMA 4D that will help you create better work commercially as well as personally. In this course, High-resolution Product Rendering in CINEMA 4D, you'll learn how to create a high-resolution product rendering that will not only present the viewer with an idea of how the product looks, but will also spark some attention due to its composition. First, you'll learn how to adapt a workflow to suit high-resolution rendering. Next, you'll learn some tricks on how to render render-regions, and camera settings for effects like depth-of-field and motion blur. Finally, you'll learn about post-production techniques like color-correction and similar tasks. By the end of the course, you'll have all the tools you need to undertake and excel on a product visualization project of your own in CINEMA 4D. Software required: CINEMA 4D R16, Photoshop CC.

About the author
Nejc Kilar
About the author

Nejc is a 3D Artist currently working as a freelancer mainly in the field of architectural and product visualization. He enrolled in one of Slovenia's Computer Science schools and became a Visual Communications graduate. His working experience include working both as a freelancer and a full-time studio employee. His own company was founded in 2015 and since then Nejc has done a variety of work involving product and architectural visualization.

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