Create Floating Crystals in Cinema 4D and Octane

Vimeo 2016-04-07 08:49 tutorial > Cinema 4D > modeling

In this tutorial you are going to jump into C4D and create these crystal clusters.

You will be using Cinema 4D, rendering in Octane, lighting with GSG HDRI Studio and Compositing in After Effects. You will dive into my tricks of how to model these Crystals and then use Octane to create this transparent crystal material. You will also use a GSG HDRI Studio image with the upcoming Octane Link Tag to light our scene. Once you create the main setup of this scene you will add the background and remove grain in After Effects and refine our Octane render settings.

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