Making sense of Vray Settings

James Shaw has posted THIS article that lays out a ton of useful Vray parameters. It is for 3D Studio Max, but all the concepts apply for VrayforC4D. "Recently Ryan Lintott and I went to a VRay training seminar by the man himself Vladimir Koylazo (one of the makers of VRay) who went through a number of facets of VRay including a step by step way of breaking down your render settings into logical steps to get the best combination of quality and speed."...

Renderfeed teams up with Stash

As a bonus to any subscriber to Renderfeed you will receive a free subscription to Stash! Now available at Renderfeed.com is a free month subscription to Stash! Click HERE if you would like to sign up now Sign up and take a look at what Stash has to offer....

4x Faster Rendering with AR3 – Video Tutorial

Found THIS great tutorial by C4D Cafe user Marjin. "Here's a much requested video tutorial on the new AR3 GI. I used the petals scene (which can be found in the content browser) to show how to reduce rendertimes drasticly without quality loss." Check it out and get those pretty renders out the door 4 times faster than before! ...

DPIT Effex now for VRAYforC4D

Looks like Samir Kharchi over at www.dpit2.de has a new update that includes dPIT for Vray. Amazing fluid simulation plugin for Cinema4D. From Samir: "At its very core it includes a physical based fluid solver to create fire, smoke, vapor and explosion simulations. But also liquids belong to the repertoire of DPIT Effex which is the only plugin available on the Cinema 4D market that allows to generate complex water and highly viscous liquid simulations." There is a demo available so go get your fire and water on at www.dpit2.de! Check out the demo of DPIT and VRAYforC4D on Youtube. Also check out the other goods, Plants and Rulertools....

15% off DHP Digital’s sIBL Collection

DHP Digital has an offer running, giving you 15% off of their complete sIBL Collection HERE. Image quality looks great! Web site says the collection has 13 sets and each include: 8k (8000 x 4000 pixels) spherical JPEG background, 4k (4000 x 2000 pixels) spherical HDR for reflection, Low-res light-map (360 x 180 pixels) spherical blurred, Thumbnail JPG (128 x 128 pixels), sIBL document, Example test render, 360º QTVR to help view the panorama. Sounds like a great package to get some awesome renders. Saw some really great reviews and the range of images looks like it could be used for a lot of different lighting situations. Promo code AAK66D0I for %15 off!...

City Kit – By Grey Scale Gorilla

City Kit is a great city generation system from the Gorilla. There is a making of video on vimeo HERE. Gives you the quick run down, looks powerful and useful. In the words of the Gorilla City Kit "builds realistic looking cities in Cinema 4D with a click of a button. Customize your city kit with your own buildings, settings and sizes." It also comes with lighting rigs for day and night! Check it out HERE to get all the details and purchase....

ENVY CINEMA 4D TUTORIALS: C4D V-Ray Interiors – From the Ground Up

Another great Interior Lighting Tutorial from Envy. This time using V-Ray to get some great results.

"Aimed at beginner to intermediate users this course will go through the entire process of creating a highly realistic interior scene using Cinema 4D and VRay. We will model the environment, furniture and accessories and then move on to exploring materials, light and camera parameters, colour mapping, VRay's various GI engines, its Image Sampler and antialiasing techniques, as well as IES lights, HDRI and Depth of Field. We will finish up by taking our final image into Photoshop for some post production techniques. The tutorial culminates in the exploration of other lighting methods including the creation of an alternative evening mood." -Envy...

ENVY CINEMA 4D TUTORIALS: C4D AR3 Interiors – From the Ground Up

Check out this great interior lighting tutorial from Envy Cinema 4D Tutorials.

"During the course of these training movies we will go through the entire process of modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering and even post production of a highly realistic interior scene using Cinema 4D and its Advanced Render module. Compatible with version 11, 11.5 & R12 Visualize and R12 Studio." - <Envy ...

Linear Workflow in Cinema4D R12 by helloluxx

Linear Workflow in Cinema4D R12 and After Effects tutorial HERE. Helloluxx has laid out the ins and outs of keeping your color profiles straight with Cinema4D R12 and Adobe After Effects. Tim also has some great Lighting Presets on the blog. Seems that helloluxx is a Cinema4D Dynamics guru, so go check out the other amazing Cinema4D and After Effects tutorial, tips and tricks he is posting for free!...

HDRI Studio Lighting Kit

HDRI Studio Lighting Kit and HDRI Studio Lighting Kit Pro are two great rendering utilities brought to you by Nick Cambell over at www.greyscalegorilla.com. Here is what it is: "HDRI Light Kit Pro is a collection of lights, studios and objects that lets you quickly light your scene with realistic soft boxes, spotlights, ring lights and more." -www.greyscalegorilla.com...