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INSTALLATION GUIDE OSX: 4 EASY STEPS 1) Download the installer files, place them on desktop, unzip there the files. 2) Place the Folder “VrayBridge” into the plugins folder in the Cinema4d folder. Make sure the folder is not nested due to unzipping (not VrayBridge/VrayBridge/...)
4) Place the key file “VrayBridge.key” you got per email into the Cinema4D folder. You can now start Cinema4d and Vray should be visible in the render settings.
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If not please look into the Cinema4d console window if there is an key error. Make sure you don’t have mixed up temporal and permanent C4d serials. Sometimes it might be needed to reset the Permissions on the Cinema4d folder: right click on the cinema4d folder, choose “get info” and see that all permissions are to read and write. (enter your user password if needed) Activate the option “apply to enclosed items”.
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3) Right Click (or control right click) on the Cinema4d.app icon and choose “show package” command . in the package go to Content/MacOS/ folder and copy the 3 “.dylib” files from “VrayLibs.zip” into MacOS Folder.
WIN 32/64: 3 EASY STEPS 1) Download the installer files, place them on desktop, unzip there the files Place the Folder “VrayBridge” into the plugins folder in the Cinema4d folder. Make sure the folder is not nested due to unzipping (not VrayBridge/VrayBridge/...) 2) Place the Folder “VrayBridge” into the plugins folder in the Cinema4d folder. Make sure the folder is not nested due to unzipping (not VrayBridge/VrayBridge/...) 3) Place the key file “VrayBridge.key” you got per email into the Cinema4D folder.
The points above explain all needed and all possible things you might need to install V-ray on Cinema4d. If you still need help for installation email us to “[email protected]” for support. we will guide you then through the installation.
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus If you want to use V-Ray with MAXON Net Render with the free V-Ray nodes, please email us for the Net Render aoreet nec interdum install guide, add your user data please to the email. By Trenz Pruca
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You can now start Cinema4d and V-Ray should be visible in the render settings. If not please look into the Cinema4d console window if there is an key error. Make sure you don’t have mixed up temporal and permanent C4d serials. Sometimes it might be needed to also install the Microsoft NET 4 framework, and also make sure to really get ALL Microsoft updates. This might need several restarts until Microsoft finds all.
INFO ABOUT THE UPDATE 1.2.6 VRAYforC4D 1.2.6 is the first update of a series of updates (1.2.6 -1.3 & 1.5) developed together in one go and released in following more near future. The 1.2.6 update is the first of the three and mainly an “under the hood” update., but also with some nice features. Whats New: 1) Vray 2.0 core, code cleanup, updates: 1.2.6 is the code basis for 1.3 and 1.5. For version 1.2.6 we did a deep code clean up and many fixes to reported things, which was a needed step due to the many changes to the c4d core and also V-Ray core in last years.
And also the complete rewrite of the V-Ray integration is now finished to be fully .vrscene compatible, which is a big and important step for many future features and it finally overcomes some older limitations.
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus 2) The main new feature is “PROXY 2”: our totally new incarnation of the proxy support and workflow. Much aoreet nec interdum easier to use, even fast, less ram, support for selection tags, perfect smoothing, support for Netrender and - last not least - full By animation! Trenz Pruca
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You simple use and normal c4d instance or mograph cloner or any plugin that supports the feature “render instance” and vray will automatically generate real V-Ray proxies of it. It does this in direct passing the data to the V-ray core without the need of local disk files (disk I/O is slow), hereby through a special process it doesn't take more ram as the old proxies but in fact even less. so you can scatter even more and faster.
VRAYFORC4D
It is the first version that features the final V-Ray 2.0 sdk core inside, which brings even more speed and enhancements in many parts of the engine.
The new Proxy 2 feature does in fact change the way one works with in c4d and V-Ray, it combines easy of use of C4D with the speed and power of V-ray. You can scatter now even more and faster, just proxy any thing that repeats in a scene now in few clicks, with an unbeaten workflow and speed. 3) Vray Fast Fur/Hair generator Engine: This new feature is in the plugins menu of V-ray. it enables easy and fast geometry generation of fibers, grass, fur and hair. As V-Ray likes many polygons it can render this at unbeaten speed and therefore integrated. In additions it can be also used to be scattered with new proxy2 feature to generated fields of grass p.e. Fast Fur fibers can be also animated, combed or moving according to wind generators. Users of C4D versions without MAXON hair therefore now also are able to generate fur and hairs. But also for users of Maxon hair will benefits as it is easy and fast to use and render, perfect for grass or fur like hair. (the Vray Fast Fur is based on Renato Tarabellas well known Fast Fur tools) 4) small but beautiful: GI multiplier per object You can now set an multiplier on per object basis to control the GI quality, simply raise or lower the GI subdivision of IR or DMC. this can dramatically speed up and tune rendering for still and animation 5) New and More GI presets, Point and shoot modes: Just “choose and use”, this was the theme of the new 1.2.6 Gi presets. As we see many users have been overwhelmed by the many possibilities V-Ray offers, we decided to go one step further with the presets and eliminate the need to go into GI details at all for 99% of the usual Jobs at all:
the 00A preset is the new default, a new, very fast but at the same time very high quality preset. it will be the first choice for a wide range of works. only scenes with very detailed big surfaces like 3d grass will not be efficient with this. all normal indoor and outdoor scenes will be amazing fast and show nicer detail as many high quality slow classic setups. Works good for Camera animation (multiframe incremental mode)
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the 00B preset is a so called physical based setup (brute force/DMC based). it has the big advantage By Trenz Pruca that you have zero setup also here and all you control is the graininess via the AA DMC. This V-Ray version is many times faster in almost all real world scenes than similar other approaches, still delivering better light and quality (due to the more advanced V-ray Lightcache GI), and can be even used even in indoor rendering at amazing great speed without the limitations such renderers normal have. It is one of our favorite setups given the now popular “physical”, a bit grainy but beautiful look. A nice bonus is that real DOF/MB comes free with it with no longer render time(!) than without.
VRAYFORC4D
there are now several “point and shoot modes”, which you can choose and they will most likely render your scene just fine without loosing any brain cell to GI. additionally we also added animation capable ready to use presets where you only have to enter your save and load paths for the saved GI. Of course there are also animations modes that need no caching at all (BR-LC /DMC_LC)
the 00C preset : The 00B preset can be already used for more simple animation setups, this 00C setup is also suitable for complex and difficult animated scenes. Again here, no to minimal setup needed (only simple subdivision setting), No Gi pre caching. 00D: a variant of the above for outdoors only, can be also used for animations 01-07 classic IR-LC settings for different purposes, which can be used for in and outdoors. for interiors the hemispherical subdivision in IR usually should be raised to a value between 70-140) 08-14 classic IR-BR(DMC) setups, suitable for outdoors, the 01-17 will most likely suit more though in all cases. 15-17 classic BR(DMC)-LC setups, for still and animations, here you control the grain via min/max AA and threshold, usually 1x/16x thr.: 0.005, for animation you most likely only raise the LC subdivision to a value of 1250-2500 depending on complexity. DOF is free here also, can be very fast on complex scenes. No prechache GI. 18-19 classic pure DMC setup (BR-BR), can be amazing nice and fast for outdoor rendering, also animation capable, no GI settings needed, only quality via subdivision is set. 20-22 LC-LC pure lightcache: most time used for very fast previews. the PPT mode is a fully unbiased real physical mode. this is very nice to be used in IRR. for productions is better to use and BR_LC or the 00B/ C modes 23-24 “stefan” presets i use myself for different purposes and image resolutions. Some also read to use (object) animations presets where you only set the save and load paths. you see them as they come always in 2 sets (a,b), where “a” is the prepass, and “b” the final render pass.
35 an universal IR.LC approach similar to 00A, but with adaptive tracing, you can also use detail enhancement good with it. slightly experimental still.
Suspendisse feugiat mispeedsed 36 similar to 00C, slightly more optimized, can be used for simple to medium complex animations.
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Hint: Please note that ALL IR-lC or IR-BR based modes can be used for the multiframe incremental camera animations mode which is extremely fast and cannot flicker by definition (is fully baked GI).
VRAYFORC4D
33-34 the so called “Netherhorst” productions settings, coming from Maya V-Ray and used by studios sometimes. Grain controlled via AA. no prechache GI.
V-RAY BRDF MATERIAL LIBRARY - READY TO USE
One of the very secrets still in visualization is the creation of realistic materials. Even if a rendering shall be pure white or grey, it will look much better if the materials behave in a physical correct way in regard to the light (=BRDF). Producing such By Trenz Pruca materials is a very time consuming and difficult process sometimes.
off the renderer (not added as “effect)” offers the best possibilities to create highly realistic Materials and Scenes. Of course only with real BRDF physical materials true physical rendering can happen.
Simple register for a free account on our website vrayforc4d.com/portal/ materials to download any material you find there, they are free to use within the VRAYforC4D engine.
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VRAYforC4D’s true layered BRDF Material which is directly in the core
To make this process easier for all, and to help You learning how to make your own BRDF multichannel materials we have created this new and free online library.
To make our community richer it is of course also nice if you upload and share materials. We wish best fun with the art of BRDF creation !
VRAYFORC4D
BRDF MATERIALS FOR REAL PHYSICAL BASED RENDERING - FREE FOR ALL USERS
V-Ray offers highest quality of HDR and Phsyical sky rendering. It is easy to use and can be used All time in the same manner:
invisible you can choose any other background in the environment tab or use a physical sky to be visible. A hdri in Vray gives precise shadows and can light in and outdoors without problems.
combination with an HDRI for example. There are color modifiers that let you fine tune the appearance and light of the sky. important is the sun intensity multiplication, it is often good and realistic to lower the sun intensity to 0.7 or even much lower, depending on weather and atmosphere you want to create. with the sun size multiplicator you can set the softness of the suns shadows. use a subdivision of 24 or more, and always use a physical camera with both, HDR or Physky
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus Physcial Sky: Good for in and aoreet 2)outdoors. nec interdum you need a sun or a infinite
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1)HDRI: place the hdri in a Vray Area light in Dome mode set subdivision to 64 and set the input gamma of the hdri to 1 (=SRGB in v12 or 13), do not forget turn on By TrenztoPruca shadows in the light tab common and set there also the wanted light intensity. The hdri will be also automatically your 360 degree background. if you set the light to
light to be able to activate the physical sun and/or sky. you can turn on the 4 override checkboxes to place custom background images via the environment tab. you can deactivate the sky and only use the sun, in
VRAYFORC4D
A FEW TIPPS ABOUT PHYSICAL SKY AND HDRI USAGE:
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VRAYforC4D for archviz photoreal or abstract
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FOR MORE IMAGES SEE OUR GALLERY AND USER WORK IN OUR FORUM WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS FREE UPDATE GET UPDATES INTERESTING NEWS, INFO AND HELP IN OUR FREE SUPPORT FORUM HTTP://FORUM.VRAYFORC4D.COM ALSO USE OUR WEBSITE: HTTP://VRAYFORC4D.COM
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INSTALLATION GUIDE OSX: 4 EASY STEPS 1) Download the installer files, place them on desktop, unzip there the files. 2) Place the Folder “VrayBridge” into the plugins folder in the Cinema4d folder. Make sure the folder is not nested due to unzipping (not VrayBridge/VrayBridge/...)
4) Place the key file “VrayBridge.key” you got per email into the Cinema4D folder. You can now start Cinema4d and Vray should be visible in the render settings.
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus
2
If not please look into the Cinema4d console window if there is an key error. Make sure you don’t have mixed up temporal and permanent C4d serials. Sometimes it might be needed to reset the Permissions on the Cinema4d folder: right click on the cinema4d folder, choose “get info” and see that all permissions are to read and write. (enter your user password if needed) Activate the option “apply to enclosed items”.
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3) Right Click (or control right click) on the Cinema4d.app icon and choose “show package” command . in the package go to Content/MacOS/ folder and copy the 3 “.dylib” files from “VrayLibs.zip” into MacOS Folder.
WIN 32/64: 3 EASY STEPS 1) Download the installer files, place them on desktop, unzip there the files Place the Folder “VrayBridge” into the plugins folder in the Cinema4d folder. Make sure the folder is not nested due to unzipping (not VrayBridge/VrayBridge/...) 2) Place the Folder “VrayBridge” into the plugins folder in the Cinema4d folder. Make sure the folder is not nested due to unzipping (not VrayBridge/VrayBridge/...) 3) Place the key file “VrayBridge.key” you got per email into the Cinema4D folder.
The points above explain all needed and all possible things you might need to install V-ray on Cinema4d. If you still need help for installation email us to “[email protected]” for support. we will guide you then through the installation.
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus If you want to use V-Ray with MAXON Net Render with the free V-Ray nodes, please email us for the Net Render aoreet nec interdum install guide, add your user data please to the email. By Trenz Pruca
3
VRAYFORC4D
You can now start Cinema4d and V-Ray should be visible in the render settings. If not please look into the Cinema4d console window if there is an key error. Make sure you don’t have mixed up temporal and permanent C4d serials. Sometimes it might be needed to also install the Microsoft NET 4 framework, and also make sure to really get ALL Microsoft updates. This might need several restarts until Microsoft finds all.
INFO ABOUT THE UPDATE 1.2.6 VRAYforC4D 1.2.6 is the first update of a series of updates (1.2.6 -1.3 & 1.5) developed together in one go and released in following more near future. The 1.2.6 update is the first of the three and mainly an “under the hood” update., but also with some nice features. Whats New: 1) Vray 2.0 core, code cleanup, updates: 1.2.6 is the code basis for 1.3 and 1.5. For version 1.2.6 we did a deep code clean up and many fixes to reported things, which was a needed step due to the many changes to the c4d core and also V-Ray core in last years.
And also the complete rewrite of the V-Ray integration is now finished to be fully .vrscene compatible, which is a big and important step for many future features and it finally overcomes some older limitations.
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus 2) The main new feature is “PROXY 2”: our totally new incarnation of the proxy support and workflow. Much aoreet nec interdum easier to use, even fast, less ram, support for selection tags, perfect smoothing, support for Netrender and - last not least - full By animation! Trenz Pruca
4
You simple use and normal c4d instance or mograph cloner or any plugin that supports the feature “render instance” and vray will automatically generate real V-Ray proxies of it. It does this in direct passing the data to the V-ray core without the need of local disk files (disk I/O is slow), hereby through a special process it doesn't take more ram as the old proxies but in fact even less. so you can scatter even more and faster.
VRAYFORC4D
It is the first version that features the final V-Ray 2.0 sdk core inside, which brings even more speed and enhancements in many parts of the engine.
The new Proxy 2 feature does in fact change the way one works with in c4d and V-Ray, it combines easy of use of C4D with the speed and power of V-ray. You can scatter now even more and faster, just proxy any thing that repeats in a scene now in few clicks, with an unbeaten workflow and speed. 3) Vray Fast Fur/Hair generator Engine: This new feature is in the plugins menu of V-ray. it enables easy and fast geometry generation of fibers, grass, fur and hair. As V-Ray likes many polygons it can render this at unbeaten speed and therefore integrated. In additions it can be also used to be scattered with new proxy2 feature to generated fields of grass p.e. Fast Fur fibers can be also animated, combed or moving according to wind generators. Users of C4D versions without MAXON hair therefore now also are able to generate fur and hairs. But also for users of Maxon hair will benefits as it is easy and fast to use and render, perfect for grass or fur like hair. (the Vray Fast Fur is based on Renato Tarabellas well known Fast Fur tools) 4) small but beautiful: GI multiplier per object You can now set an multiplier on per object basis to control the GI quality, simply raise or lower the GI subdivision of IR or DMC. this can dramatically speed up and tune rendering for still and animation 5) New and More GI presets, Point and shoot modes: Just “choose and use”, this was the theme of the new 1.2.6 Gi presets. As we see many users have been overwhelmed by the many possibilities V-Ray offers, we decided to go one step further with the presets and eliminate the need to go into GI details at all for 99% of the usual Jobs at all:
the 00A preset is the new default, a new, very fast but at the same time very high quality preset. it will be the first choice for a wide range of works. only scenes with very detailed big surfaces like 3d grass will not be efficient with this. all normal indoor and outdoor scenes will be amazing fast and show nicer detail as many high quality slow classic setups. Works good for Camera animation (multiframe incremental mode)
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus aoreet nec interdum
5
the 00B preset is a so called physical based setup (brute force/DMC based). it has the big advantage By Trenz Pruca that you have zero setup also here and all you control is the graininess via the AA DMC. This V-Ray version is many times faster in almost all real world scenes than similar other approaches, still delivering better light and quality (due to the more advanced V-ray Lightcache GI), and can be even used even in indoor rendering at amazing great speed without the limitations such renderers normal have. It is one of our favorite setups given the now popular “physical”, a bit grainy but beautiful look. A nice bonus is that real DOF/MB comes free with it with no longer render time(!) than without.
VRAYFORC4D
there are now several “point and shoot modes”, which you can choose and they will most likely render your scene just fine without loosing any brain cell to GI. additionally we also added animation capable ready to use presets where you only have to enter your save and load paths for the saved GI. Of course there are also animations modes that need no caching at all (BR-LC /DMC_LC)
the 00C preset : The 00B preset can be already used for more simple animation setups, this 00C setup is also suitable for complex and difficult animated scenes. Again here, no to minimal setup needed (only simple subdivision setting), No Gi pre caching. 00D: a variant of the above for outdoors only, can be also used for animations 01-07 classic IR-LC settings for different purposes, which can be used for in and outdoors. for interiors the hemispherical subdivision in IR usually should be raised to a value between 70-140) 08-14 classic IR-BR(DMC) setups, suitable for outdoors, the 01-17 will most likely suit more though in all cases. 15-17 classic BR(DMC)-LC setups, for still and animations, here you control the grain via min/max AA and threshold, usually 1x/16x thr.: 0.005, for animation you most likely only raise the LC subdivision to a value of 1250-2500 depending on complexity. DOF is free here also, can be very fast on complex scenes. No prechache GI. 18-19 classic pure DMC setup (BR-BR), can be amazing nice and fast for outdoor rendering, also animation capable, no GI settings needed, only quality via subdivision is set. 20-22 LC-LC pure lightcache: most time used for very fast previews. the PPT mode is a fully unbiased real physical mode. this is very nice to be used in IRR. for productions is better to use and BR_LC or the 00B/ C modes 23-24 “stefan” presets i use myself for different purposes and image resolutions. Some also read to use (object) animations presets where you only set the save and load paths. you see them as they come always in 2 sets (a,b), where “a” is the prepass, and “b” the final render pass.
35 an universal IR.LC approach similar to 00A, but with adaptive tracing, you can also use detail enhancement good with it. slightly experimental still.
Suspendisse feugiat mispeedsed 36 similar to 00C, slightly more optimized, can be used for simple to medium complex animations.
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Hint: Please note that ALL IR-lC or IR-BR based modes can be used for the multiframe incremental camera animations mode which is extremely fast and cannot flicker by definition (is fully baked GI).
VRAYFORC4D
33-34 the so called “Netherhorst” productions settings, coming from Maya V-Ray and used by studios sometimes. Grain controlled via AA. no prechache GI.
V-RAY BRDF MATERIAL LIBRARY - READY TO USE
One of the very secrets still in visualization is the creation of realistic materials. Even if a rendering shall be pure white or grey, it will look much better if the materials behave in a physical correct way in regard to the light (=BRDF). Producing such By Trenz Pruca materials is a very time consuming and difficult process sometimes.
off the renderer (not added as “effect)” offers the best possibilities to create highly realistic Materials and Scenes. Of course only with real BRDF physical materials true physical rendering can happen.
Simple register for a free account on our website vrayforc4d.com/portal/ materials to download any material you find there, they are free to use within the VRAYforC4D engine.
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus aoreet nec interdum
7
VRAYforC4D’s true layered BRDF Material which is directly in the core
To make this process easier for all, and to help You learning how to make your own BRDF multichannel materials we have created this new and free online library.
To make our community richer it is of course also nice if you upload and share materials. We wish best fun with the art of BRDF creation !
VRAYFORC4D
BRDF MATERIALS FOR REAL PHYSICAL BASED RENDERING - FREE FOR ALL USERS
V-Ray offers highest quality of HDR and Phsyical sky rendering. It is easy to use and can be used All time in the same manner:
invisible you can choose any other background in the environment tab or use a physical sky to be visible. A hdri in Vray gives precise shadows and can light in and outdoors without problems.
combination with an HDRI for example. There are color modifiers that let you fine tune the appearance and light of the sky. important is the sun intensity multiplication, it is often good and realistic to lower the sun intensity to 0.7 or even much lower, depending on weather and atmosphere you want to create. with the sun size multiplicator you can set the softness of the suns shadows. use a subdivision of 24 or more, and always use a physical camera with both, HDR or Physky
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus Physcial Sky: Good for in and aoreet 2)outdoors. nec interdum you need a sun or a infinite
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1)HDRI: place the hdri in a Vray Area light in Dome mode set subdivision to 64 and set the input gamma of the hdri to 1 (=SRGB in v12 or 13), do not forget turn on By TrenztoPruca shadows in the light tab common and set there also the wanted light intensity. The hdri will be also automatically your 360 degree background. if you set the light to
light to be able to activate the physical sun and/or sky. you can turn on the 4 override checkboxes to place custom background images via the environment tab. you can deactivate the sky and only use the sun, in
VRAYFORC4D
A FEW TIPPS ABOUT PHYSICAL SKY AND HDRI USAGE:
9
VRAYforC4D for archviz photoreal or abstract
VRAYFORC4D
Suspendisse feugiat mi sed lectus
FOR MORE IMAGES SEE OUR GALLERY AND USER WORK IN OUR FORUM WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS FREE UPDATE GET UPDATES INTERESTING NEWS, INFO AND HELP IN OUR FREE SUPPORT FORUM HTTP://FORUM.VRAYFORC4D.COM ALSO USE OUR WEBSITE: HTTP://VRAYFORC4D.COM
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