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    • Dutchbird
      Dutchbird last edited by

      Is it possible in Cinema4D to preview VDB files?

      Cinema4D user since R8

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      • Dr. Sassi
        Dr. Sassi last edited by Dr. Sassi

        Hi Dutshbird,

        Is this helping:
        Help-Content, VDB Preview

        Screen Shot 2023-08-16 at 10.42.49 AM.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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        • Dutchbird
          Dutchbird last edited by

          Not exactly Dr.Sassi.
          I was hoping on a preview as a jpg when scrolling through my VDB files.
          Now I have to open each file to see the preview in the viewport.

          Cinema4D user since R8

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          • Dr. Sassi
            Dr. Sassi last edited by

            Thanks for the reply, Dutchbird.

            To my knowledge, VDBs have no camera data stored or a preview image saved.
            I checked here:
            https://www.openvdb.org/documentation/doxygen/faq.html

            I have not seen an image-based preview that just takes any VDB and produces a preview on the fly.

            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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            • Dutchbird
              Dutchbird last edited by

              Thanks. Let’s find a VDB viewer for MacOS then.
              I’ll let you know.

              Cinema4D user since R8

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              • Dr. Sassi
                Dr. Sassi last edited by

                Good luck, Dutchbird.

                I made a feature request. So fingers crossed, something will happen.

                The option above is a preview; I'm unsure if anything will be faster.

                I checked on the official Open VDB site for Preview; I found nothing.

                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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