God damn this helped me more than I can even begin to explain. I've only been modelling for about 4 months, but this video made my interior renders go from hard and flat with saturated light, to photorealistic. Thank you so much! Tip to anyone else who might need it: if you add glass to a window and you're noticing a large reduction in light, add a compositing tag to the glass, and uncheck 'seen by GI'.
Very good BUT... forget using it if you intend to animate your object. It took 90 minutes to create a 1 second (at 30 fps) animation of a simple (1x1x1 segment) cube on my 6 core computer using one of the best graphics card.
Hi... I have merged the project of tool box.. And I got the scene and materials but the render settings are not showing... R21 VERSION.. any help please :)
I really like the tutorial, but I hoped there was a tutorial with more in depth information.. so I went on your channel to look for more videos and than I saw you're concept is "short video's" So I wanted to say for me it would be really nice if you could make some longer video's aswell, I get your point but its also nice to really learn why you do some steps and what everything means. So we exactly know what we're doing instead of just coping you... thanks of the tut but I hope there will be some longer and more in depth tutorials aswell in the future! Than you have my sub :)!
sounds good, i like it, looking to learn some good stuff here, think i will get that toolbox and make a donation, the value you are giving seems worth it, please keep up the great work. I've just started seriously working with cd4. i am an Adobe person and i am looking foreword to mixing the two together with a movie i am working on.
Tonestarr Network Donations are welcome but not an obligation, so feel free to use Tool Box the way it fits your needs :) I'll be glad to help if you have more questions in the future. Good luck man ;)
During the entire quarantine period, I learned how to write soft at soft soft. TNice tutorials is not to say that self-isolation is a pleasant tNice tutorialng,
i know this might seem stupid, but the very first scene when you hovered over floor object and clicked sky object, nothing pops up, what am i doing wrong
Nice tutorial brother i just want to ask you wNice tutorialch software is easy and best to learn as DAW soft soft or abelton live. Pls reply as soon as you can
I feel ya. I've tried Ableton, Reaper, even shelled out for Cubase and I am no closer to understanding any of tNice tutorials than I was before. I don't
>Grande! Grazie, mi manca ancora parecchio prima di poter dire che so usare cinema 4d ma il tuo aiuto è stato importantissimo Sono il 999esimo Mi piace ;) hahah
all of tutorials are depending on open windows or doors or so .. but wiithout those in the scene what is the trick ?!!! please help in a small tutorial ... thanks
Anh Nguyễn oh, silly me, I found that the GI mode in Render settings is blank. Changed it to IR and the result is awesome, thanks for sharing your Toolbox
Hello Kay. Thanks a lot for your comment :) Concerning your question, I suppose that since GI has been drastically improved with R13 and the physical render engine, the option you are looking for is missing in your version. My advice, since R12 is now 4 years old, is to update to R16 if you can ;)
Good vid, I have a render problem though. My text looks normally 3D and when I render it only one letter of the text is 3D, and there are 3 letters. I'm really confused.
Finally a simple and clear tutorial that reach the goal without loose time!! Really thanks! I would like to ask you a question about the objects to put in a scene. Usually I spend so much time, looking for plants, furnitures, materials and I can't find so many resources online for free. This is a issue that many times make me think that could be better to learn and use other softwares like 3ds, Artlantis or Sketchup. Could you suggest me where is possible to find free objects ready to be rendered?
try Archive3D. That site contains A LOT of 3d models of all kinds, from furnitures and even people! and it's the best (at least to me) site for furnitures! It's free and most of the times when you download the file it contains all the textures. Maybe you have to reinsert them or recreate some materials because imcompatible with cinema 4d (because all the models are done in 3ds max and the extension is .3ds (compatible with c4d) but some materials are not imported ':), this may take idk a minute? two?
Hi Mario Chi ^_^, I have 2 question: 1. Why don't you use Physical sky, or you think background with GI Area light in Illumination's better ??? I see every final renders with physical sky are really natural 2. What is essence of GI Portal in theory ?
Trẫm Sup I am not a big fan of the Physical Sky. I am not a fan of tools that need setup. The essence of the GI Portal, as explained in the tutorial, is to help Cinema understand where to drive the light. To tell him to pay more attention at a specific hole instead of letting the light bounce freely.
Hey man, thank you very much. It was so helpful for get a natural ilumination, great tip. I have a question, unrelated to the tutorial. How can I get that tabs on the material menu? It is very helpful for order materials in big model. Again, thanks!
hi @MStudio, I have a question, when I merge the Tool box to another file, I can´t find the tool box render options. how can I include the render options to an old file? Thanks!
+frutosmarinos Hello Frutosmarinos. Open the Tool Box file. Open render settings. Right click each Tool Box setting and save it as a preset. Open your own projects, open render settings, right click the empty area under default settings, and load the Tool Box ones :)
God damn this helped me more than I can even begin to explain. I've only been modelling for about 4 months, but this video made my interior renders go from hard and flat with saturated light, to photorealistic. Thank you so much!
Tip to anyone else who might need it: if you add glass to a window and you're noticing a large reduction in light, add a compositing tag to the glass, and uncheck 'seen by GI'.
Man tNice tutorials is on of the best tutorial in general on youtube. Clear, simple, constant, good to listen. Thank you for sharing.
"But! (*dramatical*) What a GI Portal is?" I love it :D
I have an awesome name hahahahaha I'm glad you dig my style! :D
using it for a few years and now I want to upgrade and I'm happy I did that.
30.000 views! :D Thank you!!
studying more of your videos to begin to get comfortable. Thank you!
Straight forward, simple, yet so powerful! cheers mate!
Simple and great tutorial and tool
I haven't try it yet but I am really excited to play with it
Thanks and keep it up
Thanks a lot Salmeen! Let me know how it goes when you will try it!
Looks very nice. Thanks for the tutorial. Great rendering! :) 😉
I wanna say something: 26.000 views and only 10 dislikes vs 329 positive likes... well: thank you guys!
MStudio deserved. awesome tut :D
Very good BUT... forget using it if you intend to animate your object. It took 90 minutes to create a 1 second (at 30 fps) animation of a simple (1x1x1 segment) cube on my 6 core computer using one of the best graphics card.
Anyway, been watcNice tutorialng your videos for a wNice tutorialle now and it really helps to understang soft soft more
hello , everybody i can't find this GI AREA LIGHT
Thank you, I really needed to hear tNice tutorials!!
thank you man!!!!!!
Mario... very nice and you are a gracious presenter to give us the Toolbox. Thank you
Sweet tutorial fam !
Complimenti! Grazie ancora per il kit.
Hi... I have merged the project of tool box.. And I got the scene and materials but the render settings are not showing... R21 VERSION.. any help please :)
Tutorial fantastico! Mi é stato un sacco d´aiuto!
Its a good and brief video tutorial. I liked it.
Thanks!!
Amazing! Thanks so much for the tutorial. Very useful.
Brilliant...really excellent and to the point
I really like the tutorial, but I hoped there was a tutorial with more in depth information.. so I went on your channel to look for more videos and than I saw you're concept is "short video's"
So I wanted to say for me it would be really nice if you could make some longer video's aswell, I get your point but its also nice to really learn why you do some steps and what everything means. So we exactly know what we're doing instead of just coping you...
thanks of the tut but I hope there will be some longer and more in depth tutorials aswell in the future!
Than you have my sub :)!
molto interessante la gestione della luce, complimenti per i tuoi tutorial
rainy70 Grazie Rainy! :D
sounds good, i like it, looking to learn some good stuff here, think i will get that toolbox and make a donation, the value you are giving seems worth it, please keep up the great work. I've just started seriously working with cd4. i am an Adobe person and i am looking foreword to mixing the two together with a movie i am working on.
Tonestarr Network Donations are welcome but not an obligation, so feel free to use Tool Box the way it fits your needs :) I'll be glad to help if you have more questions in the future. Good luck man ;)
60.000!!! SIXTY THOUSANDS!! :D Thank you guys!!! :D
the power of giving
ANOTHER HIGH SCORE THANKS GUY
quick and easy to the point. thanks!
thanks. straight to point and no bullshit
imagine if it had no sound..
u see that little cog option button on the bottom near the fullscreen button? if u click on that u can chose to slow it down or speed it up. i
DUDE, I got so frustrated 'cause of that problem, thanks a lot!
Man really thank you, i am feeling bad for not donate anything now, but I will haha , this thing is awesome.
the top, when I installed soft soft (restart didn't help). I have a creative softblaster z softcard. I'm assuming it has sotNice tutorialng to do
Dear MStudio, is it still possible to fine the toolbox somehow? unfortunately the studiobox pop up for this link . thank you very much
Just saw this... I think I love how you go about your tuts...
Where is th GI Area light checkbox in the new cinema4d?
You are the man Mario
+Shimru Attur I'm flattered Shimru! :D and yes, I'm definitely a man :P
Ciao, la pagina FB non esiste più, come faccio a procedere per il download?
Very Thanks for the Tips.. Greetings from Venezuela. I already subscribed
Fabian Camargo Thanks Fabian! Greeting from Italy :D
Great stuff man, quick, right to the point great accent too! cheers
Really nice work! Thank you!
Great video!
merci beaucoup Mario!!!! Nice
karmaxtube De rien Karmaxtube!
During the entire quarantine period, I learned how to write soft at soft soft. TNice tutorials is not to say that self-isolation is a pleasant tNice tutorialng,
ganda naman nyan sis..
Thanks! Great tutorial, great advice and great present! 10 out of 10!!!
I'll give it a try!! It look's amazing!!
+Jairo “GomaMonkey” Campos Enjoy and don't hesitate to come back for further help :)
i know this might seem stupid, but the very first scene when you hovered over floor object and clicked sky object, nothing pops up, what am i doing wrong
omg you speak veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery well! i'am argentinian and I understand all what you say. THANKSSS!
Omg youre so awesome :D thanks for your tutorials!
Fernando cisternas Muchas gracias Fernando!
Did you get fruity or producer edition? Im looking to buy soft soft but i dont know if Producer edition is worth it...
Nice tutorial brother i just want to ask you wNice tutorialch software is easy and best to learn as DAW soft soft or abelton live. Pls reply as soon as you can
Very nice and usefull! Thank's and keep it up :)
Thanks 6skype!
I want to know how to record and master my own ?
I feel ya. I've tried Ableton, Reaper, even shelled out for Cubase and I am no closer to understanding any of tNice tutorials than I was before. I don't
Looks promising. Thanks.
>Grande!
Grazie, mi manca ancora parecchio prima di poter dire che so usare cinema 4d ma il tuo aiuto è stato importantissimo
Sono il 999esimo Mi piace ;) hahah
Ciao Mario, what version of C4D are you using?
..Can't find the Global Illumination on my effect settings.
hmm nice info,... btw where i should place ( copy paste ) your studiobox folder to MAXON folder ?
+simehong2000 You should just keep it in a safe place :)
Is there a way to render outdoor scenes too with this technique?
+ArnoldVeeman of course. It works the same. The GI portal is probably not necessary in an outdoor scene :)
Very helpful ! :)
I'm glad Uncut Refined!
No vabeh, ti adoro ora! Che bello avere italiani così bravi! Sei italiano vero? xD
+pikasfed323 Yes! Sono siciliano ma vivo a Roma :)
anche io sono italiano
sei un grande grazie!
there is no GI Area light, just the GI portal but i cant klick on them xan you help me ? i use c4d r12
+Michi TwoOneTwo R12 is too old Michi, find a newer version, at least R14.
+MStudio okay thank you :)
all of tutorials are depending on open windows or doors or so .. but wiithout those in the scene what is the trick ?!!! please help in a small tutorial ... thanks
nice work
Pretty cool!
Thanks!
everytNice tutorialng, I really would pay for a webclass
I should have seen your video sooner! Subscribed!
Anh Nguyễn That's a lovely compliment! thanks a lot Anh!
MStudio 1 question: My render result is pretty grainy overall (I keep all your settings). Don't really know what I do wrong :S
Anh Nguyễn oh, silly me, I found that the GI mode in Render settings is blank. Changed it to IR and the result is awesome, thanks for sharing your Toolbox
Do you know whay some times the renders have parts in black?
A thousand likes! Thank you guys!!! :D
+MStudio thank you :) !
Hey can you tell me how to install the toolbox plugin?
A thousand thanks to you..
Great tutorial! However, I have no GI Area Light option? I'm using C4D R12. Any thoughts? Thanks!
Hello Kay. Thanks a lot for your comment :) Concerning your question, I suppose that since GI has been drastically improved with R13 and the physical render engine, the option you are looking for is missing in your version. My advice, since R12 is now 4 years old, is to update to R16 if you can ;)
No more new videos? :c
I don't have gi portal as an option.
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I have C4D R15, and I have don't have the option for "physical renderer" in the render settings. what is the problem?
Molto bene! ;)
Keep up the good work.
great work.
thanks, i will do my best to have patience for tNice tutorials because i normally don't have much, i wish there were chapters here so i could skip
you are amazing dude....
+M. Faran Shaikh And extremely flattered :)
+MStudio em frm Pakistan and there is no institute of cinema 4d, usually here people use 3dmax studio... its good to see your tutorials.
I did everything as you said but the room remains very dark.
thank you!
Thank YOU Walter!
Good vid, I have a render problem though. My text looks normally 3D and when I render it only one letter of the text is 3D, and there are 3 letters. I'm really confused.
Finally a simple and clear tutorial that reach the goal without loose time!! Really thanks!
I would like to ask you a question about the objects to put in a scene. Usually I spend so much time, looking for plants, furnitures, materials and I can't find so many resources online for free. This is a issue that many times make me think that could be better to learn and use other softwares like 3ds, Artlantis or Sketchup. Could you suggest me where is possible to find free objects ready to be rendered?
try Archive3D. That site contains A LOT of 3d models of all kinds, from furnitures and even people! and it's the best (at least to me) site for furnitures! It's free and most of the times when you download the file it contains all the textures. Maybe you have to reinsert them or recreate some materials because imcompatible with cinema 4d (because all the models are done in 3ds max and the extension is .3ds (compatible with c4d) but some materials are not imported ':), this may take idk a minute? two?
Thanks a lot!
Is Tool Box available for Cinema R15?
+Iván Designs unofficially yes. Not all the features work but the template can be opened with R15.
Thanks so much
how is it going ? Any progress ?
Hi Mario Chi ^_^, I have 2 question:
1. Why don't you use Physical sky, or you think background with GI Area light in Illumination's better ??? I see every final renders with physical sky are really natural
2. What is essence of GI Portal in theory ?
Trẫm Sup I am not a big fan of the Physical Sky. I am not a fan of tools that need setup. The essence of the GI Portal, as explained in the tutorial, is to help Cinema understand where to drive the light. To tell him to pay more attention at a specific hole instead of letting the light bounce freely.
MStudio Thank you ^_^ .
Hey man, thank you very much. It was so helpful for get a natural ilumination, great tip. I have a question, unrelated to the tutorial. How can I get that tabs on the material menu? It is very helpful for order materials in big model. Again, thanks!
+Franco Guaglianone Just right click a material and "add to new layer" ;)
Yeah!!! Thank you!! =)
It is great tutorial! but how do i make a night time scene??
Just use a night hdri and direct lights inside the room ;)
MStudio Thanks you, I think i got it:)
Subscribed the hell out this page
Thank you so much!
Awesome , Thanks Men ,
Where is GI Area Light / GI Portal in Cinema 4D R20 ? thanks!
I don't see any difference with Gi portal on or off? thanks
+Graham Higgins Sometimes is a subtle difference but in other scenarios can be a real game changer :)
Yes I think I see a subtle change.
thanks u a lot for sharing. U are a great guy
The transparent textures do not work. It renders black surface instead. I don't understand why?
+cristina moise you mean the "GI Portal" ones?
+MStudio I used Tool Box environment for my objects. Everything perfect except all you see through the transparent texture is rendered black
cristina moise can you post me a screenshot? It sound kinda normal, but before suggesting any solution I prefer to take a look :)
+MStudio This is a render in tool box scene
+cristina moise can't see it here Cristina. Try to send it to info@mstudioitaly.com
hi @MStudio, I have a question, when I merge the Tool box to another file, I can´t find the tool box render options.
how can I include the render options to an old file?
Thanks!
+frutosmarinos Hello Frutosmarinos. Open the Tool Box file. Open render settings. Right click each Tool Box setting and save it as a preset. Open your own projects, open render settings, right click the empty area under default settings, and load the Tool Box ones :)