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Hey all,

Love seeing everyone’s input on this—great perspectives all around!

Like I mentioned earlier, all three (Redshift, Octane, Arnold) are solid options and work in very similar ways, so switching between them isn’t too tough if the need ever comes up.

Personally, I made the switch to Redshift mainly because:

• It’s fast (on par with…

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I guess I’m the odd one out lol.

I still use Octane. For the specific aesthetic that I want for my projects, I find that Octane gives me that out-of-the-box in fewer steps than Redshift.

I knew I wasn’t going to be an artist that goes back and forth between renderers so I asked myself a similar question before going all in on one renderer. …

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And… what made me switch too was that Redshift is always updated alongside C4D, unlike Octane. For example, displacement doesn’t work with vertex maps in Octane.

However, I love how volumes work in Octane—it’s a whole different story in Redshift, kind of crazy! It would be amazing if we could combine the best of both render engines.

No worries, did you get it working?

That’s fantastic! Thanks Dave.

I think I cover a bit of animation in the course, the essential tools anyway so you should be covered

Seems like there is a much newer version of the Daz3d to C4D Bridge. I haven’t tested it yet, but I am about to. It looks much less automated. It is not on the Daz page it’s on github. But it is the official version and updated in Nov 2024

GitHub – daz3d/DazToC4D: Daz to Cinema 4D Bridge

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GitHub - daz3d/DazToC4D: Daz to Cinema 4D Bridge

Daz to Cinema 4D Bridge. Contribute to daz3d/DazToC4D development by creating an account on GitHub.

So, the 2015 thing was a typo. I meant 2025, sorry about that. I did try using it again and it seems like it worked for the most part. I had some other confusions, but I may be able to finish that course.

I am more interested in learning about animation than making still renders, so I hope there is a course that will help me with that after…

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Dave,

Very appreciative for your quick response and tips. I will look into these.

_sam

Hey Sam,

It sounds like your Picture Viewer might be showing an old frame or rendering from a different take. Try these steps:

1. Check Render Range, Frame Settings & FPS

   • In Render Settings, make sure:
     • Frame Range is set to Current Frame (if rendering a single frame).
     • The frame number matches what you expect.
     • Your Scene FPS (Project Settings:…

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