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      period-excitement last edited by

      Hello! I have a photo of a person that I want to build a 3d environment around. Blender has this nice feature where you can add a png to the camera and build your scene around the photo image. I was wondering if C4D has a similar feature. I much prefer to use C4d over Blender so thats why I'm inquiring about this here. My main software is C4D and Octane render, so it would be great if I can see the photo in the render view as well. I tried looking for some videos on this, but could only find backplate info.
      Again, my exact situation is, I have a photo of a person I cut out in Photoshop and would like to build a scene around them in Cinema 4D and octane. If anyone could help, it would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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        Dr. Sassi last edited by Dr. Sassi

        Hi period-excitement,

        I have no Octane license installed, sorry. The simplest will be a Plane, and the texture is placed via a Material on it, providing transparency for the material.

        A backplate sounds like something that doesn't allow a scene to be built around an image.

        Here is a project file that showcases it with Redshift 3D, and content for the Asset Browser.
        I have positioned two figures into the scene for the for- and back- ground.

        CV4_2025_drs_25_TXpc_01.c4d

        Screenshot 2025-01-06 at 8.35.22 PM.jpg

        All the best

        Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
        Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
        Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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          period-excitement @Dr. Sassi last edited by

          @Dr-Sassi Thank you! I will try this out with redshift . Much appreciated

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            Dr. Sassi last edited by

            Thanks for the reply, period-excitement.

            Thank you also for your motivation to explore; it is very much appreciated, given that your "muscle memory" is in Octane.
            Please let me know if you have any questions about this. I'm happy to look into it.

            (New themes, please in a new thread 🙂 ) Thank you

            My best wishes for your project

            Dr. Sassi Sassmannshausen Ph.D.
            Senior Trainer, Maxon Master Trainer, L&D - Strategist
            Cinema 4D mentor since 2004, Member of VES, DCS.

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