Free 3D & VR Tutorials for Vectorworks, Cinema 4D & Unity
Turn on indirect and ambient lighting to achieve heightened realism in your Vectorworks renderings. These settings bounce light around your scene to create a unified look and can contribute to an overall mood in the scene. When I first started rendering I had no idea what Indirect Lighting was for. All I knew was itContinue Reading “Indirect & Ambient Lighting in Vectorworks Renderworks”
Speed up your Vectorworks workflow and increase realism with a custom renderworks style & panoramic background. Renderworks styles are ideal for projects that have multiple camera viewports sharing the same render settings. You can update a renderworks style from any given camera viewport and the change will occur project wide. This is a huge timeContinue Reading “Custom Renderworks Style with Panoramic Background”
Virtual Reality is proving to be an increasingly accessible and desirable tool for 3D Visualization. As a designer with a Vectorworks background, there are several different ways to step into the VR/AR space, including 360 renderings, stereoscopic video, and interactive VR & AR apps. Each option has its pros and cons. Read on to findContinue Reading “VR/AR Options for the Vectorworks Designer”
The Vectorworks Export to Panorama option exports all visible objects in all design layers into one 360 image. It uses the internal origin as the camera. You can choose your favorite renderworks style/mode, choose a standard resolution from a few dropdown options, and obtain a shareable link for distribution to teammates & clients. There areContinue Reading “Vectorworks Export to 360 Panorama”
We all want to ‘wow’ clients with jaw-dropping renderings, yet we can’t find the time to learn how. Luckily, improving realism doesn’t require a huge time investment. Instead, it’s a matter of knowing which settings to enable or disable. Seriously! A few strategic clicks can make a world of difference. For more info direct from Vectorworks,Continue Reading “8 Settings for Impressive Vectorworks Renderings”
Use Photoshop’s action window to batch edit a PNG image sequence using Automator. For example, if you are baking images on a sphere to create a 360 image as seen in our Animated 360 Spherical Video tutorial the baked images will render as inverted. Instead of manually flipping every image in your sequence you can setContinue Reading “Batch Edit Flip Image Sequences with Photoshop Automator”
Create an animated 360 video with a stationary camera for use on youtube, facebook, vimeo and Samsung Gear VR. We will create a static environment with moving images/ stock video on screens. Then we will render out image sequences using Cinema 4D baked texture tags and compose in After Effects using a top and bottomContinue Reading “Animated Screen VR 360 Spherical Video using Cinema 4D Lite Baked Images”
Create a 360 video with a stationary camera for use on youtube, facebook, vimeo and even the Samsung Gear VR (see “Hack” in post footer). In about 45 minutes (not including render time) we will bake 360 images in Cinema 4D Lite and compose them in After Effects to create a top and bottom stereoscopic video.Continue Reading “Static VR 360 Spherical Video using Cinema 4D Lite Baked Images”
Below is a windows workflow to prep a file for rendering your Cinema 4D Lite project in After Effects. We will cover how to import your Cinema 4D file into After Effects and provide the essential render settings. The final product is a quicktime file. That’s it! I hope this information helps make rendering in Cinema 4D easier.Continue Reading “Rendering Cinema 4d Lite in After Effects for Windows”
