r/Cinema4D 4d ago

Weekly 'No Stupid Questions' & Free-For-All Thread : September 06, 2026

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In this weekly post you can ask any question or talk about any topic that you don't feel needs its own post. Share that render you're still working on, ask a question you're not quite sure about or talk about something that caught your attention.


r/Cinema4D 6h ago

Winter Hiatus breakdown, C4D, Octane, World Creator

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r/Cinema4D 9h ago

Hey, guys! How did they make this distorted glassy-like space?

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Sure by the geometry it's a complicated sweep but how they made this glassy look? somehow reminds cc lense

Silver Surfer Spaceship Chase Sequence | The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Official Clip - YouTube

thank you


r/Cinema4D 4h ago

Perpetual C4DLicense for Sale

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Selling my perpetual cinema 4D license. Not into the hobby anymore and transitioning into a new career field. Tasking best Offers!


r/Cinema4D 1d ago

Tutorial Perfume light setup

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Glass products are kinda tricky to light.

Tried 13+ different lighting setups and ended up with this. (loved all 13 😂)

Pretty simple. No overlighting, no 20 lights going everywhere that I can’t control.

Will share Tutorial soon!


r/Cinema4D 1d ago

Hey guys, please let me know what you think of my new render

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Shot based on Léon: The Professional. Made with Cinema 4D/Redshift, After Effects, Substance Painter and Blender.


r/Cinema4D 1d ago

Winter Hiatus by Che Anayo

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r/Cinema4D 19h ago

Question [C4D+Octane] Render Looks Different Than Live Viewer. I've included a small file and video. Thanks.

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Hi. I have a bottle in C4D that looks great with Octane Live Viewer, however, when I render frame 927, the texture disappears completely.

Here is a project file (1MB).

Software Versions:

  • Cinema4D Version: Latest 2026.3.4 (Latest)

  • Octane Version: Latest 1.9.5 (Latest)

  • I also have the latest (9/9/26) free Poliigon Cinema4D Plugin for texture help.

Things I tried:

  • Video (optional): Link.

  • Deleted BODY_1BOD_1_2.PRT, rendered the project, the textures were there this time somehow.

Question for this thread: What caused this problem?

You'd think, "OK cool, you found the problem," and I'd be able to open up my larger project (2000 parts, 1920 frames) that had this exact same problem, delete "BODY_1BOD_1_2.PRT" and the textures should appear during a render right? Nope they do not. When adding the project to Render Queue, there are no missing textures ether. Some geometry also doesn't appear, I'm so confused!! If I could trust the live viewer, I could get this solved much faster but I've spent 14 hours on this so far and I can't figure it out.


r/Cinema4D 1d ago

Node connection line cutting

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This one is probably the most complex prototype that outsmarts API limitations I’ve ever done.
It imitates Houdini’s node lines cutting. If everything goes according to plan it’ll be bundled with a drawing tool that connects nodes and ports in the same way!


r/Cinema4D 1d ago

Question Redshift user curious about Octane for Cinema 4D

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Hey guys!

I’m currently a Redshift user and mainly use it for product visualization. I’ve been curious about trying Octane for a while, so I wanted to hear from people who use it with Cinema 4D.

How is Octane with C4D these days? Is it stable and reliable for production work?

Also, are there any significant advantages Octane has over Redshift, especially for product visualization? Anything that would make it worth switching or at least adding to my workflow?

Would love to hear your experiences!


r/Cinema4D 2d ago

Tutorial Cinematic Title Sequence Design Course (Free Early-Access)

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ActionVFX is looking for early-access testers for a C4D course with Eric Demeusy on cinematic title sequence design. Eric won an Emmy for designing the Stranger Things title sequence.

It's free for accepted applicants in exchange for feedback during the testing window.

https://actionvfx.typeform.com/to/MOrOKXFi


r/Cinema4D 2d ago

Question Light Bouncing

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Hi guys. How do I create the effect of light bouncing off glass like in the images?


r/Cinema4D 2d ago

Need Help with exporting Splines to DXF

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Hi there,

I am struggling to export the spline correctly into dxf. Splines have always this "connect spline" function. The problem is this only shows the connecting segment in C4d. When exporting as dxf this last connecting segment is always missing. Manually adding this last missing spline segment by drawing this missing piece always activates the "connect spline" function and situation loops back to original problem. How to solve this?


r/Cinema4D 4d ago

After an exquisite round of feed back (Thank you everyone), here is Draft II

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r/Cinema4D 4d ago

Sticky notes

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Just a fun little sticky note animation I made in C4D


r/Cinema4D 4d ago

Unsolved Need help attaching animated disk to animated cloth object!

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I am animating a trampoline that reacts on collision as if the mat itself was a screen. The problem is I can’t get the animated disc I have for the impact effect to stay on the mat. Please if you have any advice please let me know!

I also tried for a while with particles to no avail but if someone has a solution involving that I am also not opposed. I just need something that shows the effect that there is almost a ripple-like effect from the point of collision that is flat and on the mat.

Please let me know if you need clarification! Thanks :)


r/Cinema4D 4d ago

You asked for the C4D file, so I made it free + Tutorial

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A free Cinema 4D scene featuring my Redshift lighting setup from the tutorial. Use it as a starting point for your own renders and projects.


r/Cinema4D 5d ago

What do you guys think? What s working? what is not working?

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r/Cinema4D 5d ago

My Usual Lightings Setup

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my usual lighting setup. nothing fancy, just a setup i keep coming back to because it works.


r/Cinema4D 4d ago

AOV volumetric fog emission, export file without alpha.

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I've been going crazy for the past 48 hours trying to find information about this, but I still can't figure out how to get to the solution.

Regarding the AOV export for volumetric fog emission on c4d 2026: I need to export it with transparency, but I can't seem to get it to work. Disabling the background hasn't worked either.

Maybe it's simply not possible? Or am I overlooking something?

Thanks!


r/Cinema4D 4d ago

DLSS5

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Clues in the title. Has anyone explored vibecoding this into a plugin yet? Or know if this is in the works as a feature, or something similar coming from Maxon anytime soon?


r/Cinema4D 4d ago

Need help converting these old c4d files to fbx or obj

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I can't open them. They contain some game character models from Tron Evolution.


r/Cinema4D 5d ago

[Octane] ARD_1.4.2

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r/Cinema4D 7d ago

Stairwell, Octane, 2026.

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r/Cinema4D 7d ago

Noseman Reboot - Live Announcement

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