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Noemi Balogh
Ola wrote:Lots of new toys!
I purchased Cinema 4D 8.2 and was wondering what the best way to export from Archicad and workflow. How does the rendering time vs result compare to Artlantis. Just purchased Piranesi also, I believe you can create a Epix file directly in C4D now
thanks
I only have C4D XL 7 - so AFAIK, there I have to use 3DS and Vedute to go into Piranesi. Nice if 8.2 allows it directly.
3DS format works well from AC to C4D. See various notes and comments in the archives at:
and there are also some good comments at:
Some of those guys will hopefully re-post their comments here with some nice screenshots of the parameter settings dialogs
As for speed, comparing C4D and Artlantis is difficult because C4D can do so much more than Artlantis, particularly as far as lighting goes...if you have the "Advanced Render" module (or the XL package). For comparable quality on a fast computer, I don't know that you'd see the difference. With a dual processor, C4D wins since Artlantis won't use the other processor. As soon as you use a radiosity solution, C4D will start to slow down (the race depends on your parameters and number of processors - or even network rendering, and option there and not with Artlantis) - but the results will astound you compared to Artlantis 'global illumination'.
[For example: if the C4D 8.2 CD contains some of the same sample scenes as XL7... look for a folder called 'Radiosity-LIght'. There's a JPG there ("Light") that is a wonderful demonstration of lighting effects that C4D can do and Artlantis cannot even come close to. Load the sample scene file in C4D and render it as a sample of how long such a thing takes on your computer. Not bad at all on mine. I've attached a cropped section of that image for others to see here ... image copyright Maxon Computer I should imagine.]
Including human time, Artlantis is a no-brainer IMHO - wins hands down for quick renderings.
Even if you cannot create the EPix file in C4D ... you can create the file in AC or Artlantis, then render the (same sized) image in C4D and finally import that image as the new Save RGB channel in Piranesi. Mix and match.
Have fun!
Karl
Rob_Walker wrote:Technically yes - there are two ways to split up the rendering of a single image;
Hi there, here's my first post..
Does anyone know if it is possible to split up the render of a single image
over a network via Cinema 4D NetRender?
a) use two (or more) computers to render different parts of the image (by setting the render area on each machine) and then combining in photoshop. This isn't using the 'netrender' package.
b) using a technique called 'letterboxing' - set up an alpha mask to move over the image showing (for example) just 1/7 of the final image for each of the (lets say 7) frames (if you have a 7-computer farm). Would only really be worthwhile on images greater than 4000x4000 pixels - and if you are doing a LOT of these.
Don't forget that the C4D licence is 'network-sensitive'. Although you can have c4d installed on more than one computer at a time if there are multiple instances running then they check (over the network) that they don't share the same licence number
a good solution.HTH - Stuart
PS. Because of the web-based nature of the netrender interface it is possible to use other collleagues computers to perform the task, although I don't know of a commercial firm (yet) providing a render farm service for c4d (although I haven't googled it).
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