Get Destruction Debris Here: thepixellab.net/vfx-elements-volume-01-destruction-debris Have you ever imported a particle sim from Houdini into Cinema 4D as a .abc Alembic file only to find you can’t even move the position of them? They’re locked down! I found a workaround to get past this annoying problem. I hope it helps!Read More

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to switch between materials in Octane based on a Fields Animation (in Cinema 4D). It’s a great node called the Color Shader node which allows you to access the fields color data. Kind of hard to explain, but it’s a super useful technique so take a watch and...Read More

🚨🚨 Get the new Flags and Banners Pack here: thepixellab.net/3d-flags-and-banners-pack-animated In this Cinema 4D tutorial I’ll show you a workaround for a confusing situation: texturing Alembic files. If you’ve ever wanted to make a texture selection on an Alembic, you’ll know it’s not possible since you can’t select polygons. No worries, it’s an easy workaround....Read More

In this Cinema 4D tutorial I’ll show you how to light your scene quickly and efficiently. It’s a fun little technique, hopefully you learn something from it!  🚨🚨 Get the new Flags and Banners Pack here: thepixellab.net/3d-flags-and-banners-pack-animatedRead More

🚨🚨 Get Blemish Pro here: thepixellab.net/blemish-pro In this tutorial I’ll show you how to texture a photo real beer bottle in Octane Render and Cinema 4D. We’re going deep into the node tree and exploring roughness maps, mix materials and adding lots of realism plus using the Octane Scatter object to add drops. I hope...Read More

  In this beginner tutorial I’ll show you how to import a .vdb into Cinema 4D Octane and set everything up so you can render it. I’ll be using our brand new VDB Clouds Pack which you can get here.Read More

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make a creative transition with a simple technique. We’ll use a Z-Depth pass and a clay render to do it. I’ll show you how to set these up in C4D physical, Octane Render and then show you how to do the compositing in After Effects. Enjoy!Read More

This is a game changer for me. I’ll show you the brand new Cryptomatte feature in Otoy Octane 2018+. With it you can say goodbye to long set ups and long render times using object layer IDs (object buffers in Octane). Now, without expensive render additions, you can switch on a couple of check boxes...Read More

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use the new Light Linking features in Octane for Cinema 4D. I believe they came out with Octane 4.0 so you will need to make sure you’re up to date. Light linking has always been the biggest request for Octane. If you don’t know what light linking...Read More

In this Octane for Cinema 4D tutorial I’ll show you how to get rid of a pesky issue where your lights have an ugly bounding box/fringe, even when you turn their opacity down. This can happen if you’re using Fog, Medium or Volumes in Octane. This also can happen with a texture that has an...Read More