CINEVERSITY

Hi manufacturer-office,

Yes, it took me a while; in other words, that is not how it should be.
I can support you in your view; there is no argument here, not even remotely.

The one closer to the camera should always overwrite the one farther away. Yes. Nothing to add.

I don't have R11 running here anymore, but I keep all older computers, just in case. R11 was released in 2008, and I'm sure I have it on my eight-core " cheese grinder" Mac. But that one is sitting in the Garage, not set up.

I had success with both, and yes, they can also be combined. Both solutions do the same thing directly; the other is more virtual. I agree.

Sketch and Toons, as far as I remember, was released in 2003, and if you have any suggestions on how to make it more to your liking, please use the "Share Your Ideas" option here:
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

Please keep the ideas coming; the link above is the shortest way to get this right into the center of Maxon. You have my support.

My two cents on what happens: The information density is insufficient. I write this in the end to share my impression, not as an excuse. If that is not easy/fast fixable, I hope to get that information into the manual.

Thanks for the effort with the file.

Have a great weekend, and thanks again.

Hi native-education,

Please note that I do not have an Octane Render license, which means I do not support this render engine.

Have you set the path in the Preferences to your folder with the textures?

https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2024/en-us/Default.htm#html/PREFSFILES-PREF_FILE_MAIN_GROUP.html#PREF_FILE_TEXPATHS

Paying for images, some tips:
I assume you have a good source for images, so place them into a folder to access those for each new project instead of saving them during the work. (Archiving them should be done with save with Assets.) Good textures-sellers tell you on their website at which light temperature they were shot or corrected to a specific one.
Also, they should be in Adobe RGB or a larger color space. The tiny space sRGB can't even reproduce all reflective surface colors (Points's Gamut), and only a third of the visible frequencies, AKA: colors. Converting an sRGB to a larger space doesn't bring clipped colors back.
If you spend money, find the best source. R17, as an age reference, should be checked carefully.
I have my fair share in architecture, to know that colors are a critical point. If you use HDRI, avoid ".hdr" formats at all costs (typically no color management and no information on what was used, but some save it as EXR, which doesn't improve anything.) Some offer even white-balanced HDRI images, missing the whole point while explaining it with even weirder ideas, which is sadly done to some of our Asset Browser material as well, to make the swappable while removing all the correct colors. Be picky, to keep it short.

All the best

Hi native-education. If you can share the Archicad model (I'm expecting a new serial any time soon. Currently, I'm out of a license.), I can look into it. (My first Archicad license was v4.5, in 1994) The best option is to have a C4D file for now.

I only open Dropbox, Google, Adobe, Apple, or WeTransfer cloud services for security reasons. Please do not use a third-party shortened URL.

Tip, copy the file that holds both files, then delete from the first the part you don't want there, then in part 2 the one that is already in part1. Then apply the new Materials. Name them wisely.

My best wishes

I have answered in another thread to your question. But to make it simple, please allow me to just copy my reply here, as I have put some time into it. Thanks.

What community do you prefer? Perhaps I can learn from it. Thank you.

Hi Yas,

Each time we update Cineversity, things get mixed up differently. We are surely learning based on that and listening to everyone's input, as everything changes constantly.

The new version is number four and the third update. We started this journey in 2006, and the numbers are often in the thousands (counting videos) and on the YouTube sites for the different products.
When I check modern content management options, the idea of "How Netflix" does it is often mentioned. Yet, I'm sure many will disagree.

Things constantly change, and my 2-cents about this are that learning software is the highest investment in oneself: it requires time.
With this, I would love a system that serves and supports everyone here instead of making anyone work to search or dig out what is needed and wanted.

Learning has changed over the past decades, and I would say even over the past few years. Shuffling thousands of tutorials around is one thing; making them accessible effortlessly is the target and much more difficult.

All I can say is that I explore and research a lot. We want to give everyone the best experience and the shortest learning time. Jumping between two places (or even more, with our YouTube content) is not my favorite idea.

We will find better and more centralized ways, and I'm happy to invest time, this I can promise. I hope that echoes at least your input, even I have no definitive answer right now.

I hope that is OK with you—the improvement work continues.

Thank you!

Hi glad-cash,

As mentioned - the Q&A forum is for questions.

Each forum has some sticky notes with information about each forum.

All the best

Hi glad-cash,

Please do not use the Site Issue forum for Q&A content. As mentioned, if you have problems getting access, this is the site issue forum for.

I hope that can be fixed for you in no time.

There is also this weeks Ask The Trainer, where you can discuss this live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFupVcBZOzo

Questions can be asked also before the streaming:
https://maxonvfx.com/3uZ5hjW

Cheers

Hi Rob,

Please use the contact option mentioned. I am not supposed to give tech support advice.

Sorry, but that is not a field that I touch.

My best wishes

@Admin

Please have a look here as well
https://cineversity.forums.maxon.net/topic/1097/help-interface-objects-settings

Hi passion-apple,

The image URL is giving me a #404.

Let me know what is not to your liking with the file. Then I can adjust it.

All the best

Hi possible-chart,

Thanks for your efforts with Wetransfer; very nice of you! 🙂

Somewhere in the materials is this Dirt Shader, and since it causes trouble, you need to find and delete it. There is nothing else you can do.

You mixed two questions again.
Let me rephrase this: there is just one theme per thread. Dirt is one theme, and a water-like shader is another.
Thanks for limiting Future Forum's Thread to one specific theme.

I can't do much with a material preview. But I see where you like to go. I had more in mind for a reference to an object.

I suggest following Elly's great Project breakdowns. I have done all the timestamps and the QA for them; they are excellent.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMeO87vDgOoMNIDy-OIqNBZeP7FrdlFiy
Those might be the sources that exactly match what you need to create your very own material library.

If you rely on a ten-year-old material collection, chances are they get even more obsolete shortly has a great chance, given their age, while I do not know what other surprises they contain.

Learning to set up your own materials or change materials from the Asset Browser will give you certainty for future explorations.

Let go of old stuff that is not working; it is not worth it. The Asset Browser has a lot of content. If you share a C4D file with the water material, I'm happy to take a look into it.

Enjoy Elly's walk through the excellent materials she produces.

Have a great day!

Thank you very much, possible-chart. 🙂

There is no need for sorries here, but thank you! I only try to keep it safe and organized.

Image height is 500 pixels, and JPG is certainly a working format.

I guess that Windows and perhaps some other influences create that problem. I assume other influences since I can't see a significant number. Hence, the idea is to provide this data to tech support. I would be surprised if it boils down to a specific graphic card. We will see.
That is the organized way for developers to get the data bundled and sorted.

https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

If you have a minute to create a ticket, that would be great.

Anyway, sorry for the trouble, not fun.

My best wishes