Light coming through a window in C4D using AR3..

Hey guys,

I'm trying to get a particular look going (please see the attached image), but I just can't seem to get it working with C4D 11.5's Advanced Renderer. I'm using an Infinite Light with Inverse Square for the main light source. Is this something I'm going to need an unbiased renderer for typically (if so, should I go for Indigo or VRay or something else)? I've looked at quite a few tutorials but I'm not finding anything that gets the kind of realistic look I'd like to achieve.

No need for unbiased rendering, its a bit overrated imho.

I dont see too much tricky stuff going on in that particular example so im not sure what it is you are looking for?

Theres some bloom going on from the window's lighting and quite low depth of field.


Maybe its not a bad idea to post what you already got and work from there?

Hey Chritter,

Here's an attempt using C4D 11.5's global illumination set to IR + QMC (Still Image), and an attempt using Blender's Cycles (more of the look I'm going for in terms of subtle shading and overall realism).

So is there a way to get C4D to more closely approximate the Blender look without an external renderer? That's what I'm looking for.

Thanks for the help, by the by.

Turn down your interpolation values and fire more samples. The reason you get those fine contact shadows is because Cycles doesn't approximate the indirect light solution, which is what you did in the C4D render. (to a fairly extreme degree, I might add).

This will take longer to render, of course. The reason for interpolating GI in the first place is because solving it for every pixel takes awhile. (note the grain in the Cycles render).

Another trick you could try is adding an AO pass and multiplying that over the original render. You're essentially using one lighting hack to fix another, but if it works, who cares?

To be clear, I know how to refine the Blender image, what I'm looking for / was looking for, was a way to get the Cinema 4D render (using just the advanced renderer) to better approximate the Cycles unbiased look. Thanks for the advice, though.

That was exactly what jtheninje told you

Aha, gotcha. I misread it, there.

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