Mash

What we do with C4D is frivolous and unimportant to the world. We draw pictures of products which could have been photographed. We draw architectural visuals which could have been sketched. We add special effects to movies which could have been filmed. What we do is make visuals that look a bit nicer than those which came before, for slightly less money. If all 3D software vanished overnight. No lives would be lost, we would all just pick similar careers and continue living with different job titles. The point of sanctions is to piss people off, to the point where they start rising up and demanding that something be done. If all it takes is depriving people of one specific brand of cheeseburger, forcing them to move from an apple phone to android, digging out some dvds because netflix closed and downloading blender; then that isn't such a bad cost. The more companies join in, the more likely the russian people are to rise up against their "democratically" elected leader who has lead them to this situation. If the options are literally a third world war with nuclear armed states, or telling Alexei to download Blender, then I'll even send a few blender usb sticks out myself.

Almost every laptop touch pad has the option of using 1, 2 or 3 fingers for left, right and middle clicks. Unless you got some rubbish that ships with the terrible synaptics drivers.

From our tests, going from x16 pcie3.0 lanes to x8 loses you 5% performance. Going from x16 to x4 loses 20%. The difference between x16 pcie 3.0 and 4.0 is almost impossible to measure. Unless you have a system with a high number of pcie lanes, almost certainly a second gpu will be knocking you down to x8 lanes.

Just replying to tag myself in for replies. I looked into this a while back, and to be honest the quality/compatibility of c4d's gltf export left a bit to be desired. The only way I found to get decent results was to go through a platform like sketchfab and do the export via fbx with animation in the take system. The problems, animation in c4d's take system is miserable. You need to remake materials in the web editor once exported, so if you need to reexport to update things, you need to redo a lot of your material and lighting work. In short, we've put our web 3D plans on hold until c4d improves, or three.js improves, or someone learns enough blender which apparently has better exporters.

In short, its difficult. Just today Im on a job which needs me to match a turquoise colour, for days we've been going back and forth with the client telling me the colour doesnt match, it isnt close enough etc. So they finally sent me a physical sample instead of a photo and... the colour of the product is so far out of the srgb colour space, it isn't even funny. Their photos are miles off reality, my render based on pantone references are miles off, because the srgb version of the pantone reference is also miles off. Is your work going on a screen or getting printed? You may find you literally cannot match the colour for most people. If you want to really match the colour, truth is youre going to have to adjust the render in post production in a properly colour managed app like photoshop, using a screen you know is accurate, and youll need to consider, the majority of computer screens are trash and will screw up your colour representation anyway.

Currently expanding the UK St Albans office, a few roles will be available this year. Kicking off though is a full time motion graphics artist. In short we need someone to use C4D with Octane to product stills and videos. Starting with provided 3D CAD and physical samples, work them up into full photographic product renders and then produce 1-2 minute product videos. Octane not essential, we can teach that, but you've got to be happy taking a brief and running with it. You'll be taking on entire jobs start to finish. Pay and benefits are great for a full time position, pay will depend on experience and ability. Example work: Great chance to get outside of London if you've had enough of the high prices and small apartments. Email me if you're interested or know anyone that might be. matthew.oneill@corsair.com

We're pretty well covered in the UK, most places will have a dozen companies to choose from, though ultimately theyre all coming down the same wires. A bit like having a dozen gas and electric companies, its mostly just a question of back end admin and prices. Personally in a small town I have the choice between ADSL2 (80 down, 30 up) or cable (1200 down, 30 up). I stick with the ADSL weirdly. I'd like more download speed, but working from home its honestly the upload speed thats the limiting factor, and unless you go for the gigabit cable connection, all cheaper 100-500mbit packages have progressively worse upload speeds (10-20mbit). 80 down 30 up ADSL sets me back £20 a month, gigabit would be about £60. I'll switch if and when they stop dicking around with the upload speed. Modem is a netgear wrt7000 reflashed with DDwrt firmware. The default firmware kept killing vpn and voip connections. CAT6 fitted throughout the house. My stats tell me Im averaging 1.2TB a month downloads and 200GB a month up.

R20: Gave us node materials, fields, volumes and the CAD importer, 9/10 R21: Cheap versions removed, Subscriptions added. new extrude bevels and Windows 4k support, 3/10 R22: Lots of smaller bits and general improvements, 5/10 R23: Nodes, but nobody uses them, USD, but nobody uses it, Magic bullet but poorly implemented, 2/10 R24: Online content browser, placement tools, currently useless scene browser, 3/10 R25: So bad, they didn't even give it it's own press release, 1/10 R26: X implemented, X overhauled, X overhauled, dozens of new X tools, X also implemented, 9/10 You can see why so many perpetual owners all stopped at R20. Everything since then has been a bit of an anti climax. Useful bits, but nothing that's going to change your life. R20 was nice for its 4k support, but the job is only 80% finished, too many elements are still low res. You can add bonus points if you happen to need USD support or GLtf export, but they're not complete enough implementations imho. "We don't talk about R25, no no no..."

I read that as Yes, all versions of xparticles will have gpu acceleration. They refer to Fused as the general product name now, as xparticles is just one of the features within it.

They're not mutually exclusive. Of course I can't say whats going to be in the software, but I am impressed by what they've put together. I'd be giving it a solid 9/10. To clear up any confusion, My name is Matthew, in real life my nickname is Mash. My online username is almost always imashination and I cofounded 3D Fluff.

Well, this is the first time in years that I'm actually looking forward to reading the C4D forums when it gets announced.

We still use xparticles + Octane + c4d r20 here at the studio, it works fine, but we're starting to hit age related compatibility issues. If we upgrade octane beyond a certain version, it breaks xparticles compatibility with our older permanent licence. But updating one means we need to update the other. TBH we'll probably move the entire thing over to the latest subscriptions shortly. Plus R26 is shaping up to be a great update...

In short, the online basic elementary knowledge test is just there for shits and giggles. It isn't meant to be taken seriously, it doesn't mean anything, it is essentially a facebook "test your knowledge on the Kardashians!" test, but for c4d. FWIW, I got 92% on it without opening c4d. But the idea is that its testing if you can work out how to find the answer. In the real world, you have google, you have the software, so long as you know how to find the answer quickly, whether or not you know the answer there and then doesn't matter. The trainer test is another matter, obviously you do need to be able to answer most questions students ask you straight away without flipping to the manual every time.

Yeah thats a bit of a crap one. H for Heverything, O for object, S for selection, I neither knew nor cared that ctrl+H would frame geometry

"Its a cash cow" Its good to be skeptical, but in this case it really isn't. There isn't a mountain of money to be made in certifying people at this scale compared to getting certified in MS or Adobe software. The scheme really is a response to companies wanting a quick way to know that someone they are hiring is at least competent to a certain level. Yes, portfolio is king when it comes to being hired or not, but a portfolio can have been made over an extended period of time; a timescale which just isn't commercially viable outside of a hobby. We've had this problem ourselves when hiring. Someone looks great on paper, in theory has years of experience, has some ok looking stuff to show; but when they get down to it, they're clicking around like a dolt that has never really used the software and takes 10x longer to do anything. The certification isn't there to make a load of money, or to teach the artist, its there so that someone can get a job more easily. Its in its early stages but it has to start somewhere. Regarding your specific fail reasons, obviously I don't know the details, but was it a case of not using enough shortcuts or not using shortcuts at all? If you use no keyboard shortcuts, then you will be measurably slower than somebody who does. Perhaps you know where every command is in the menu, but you've still got to navigate there. I would expect at the absolute minimum for somebody to be using the basic os commands such as copy/paste. I would sincerly hope for them to use navigation shortcuts. I know people that don't, and whilst their work is fine, watching them work is honestly quite painful. Imagine a video editor not hitting the space bar to play and pause a video, but instead click the play and pause icons every time. Or who doesn't know how to cut a video clip without a text menu. Which tools are you referring to when you say you'll fail because you don't use the tool enough? there are naturally basics which everyone need to know, im curious if there is genuinely something in the test that is too difficult. Re: rigging tools, Every character animator needs rigging tools, but not everyone who needs rigging tools is a character animator. A cable needs rigging tools for animation for example

My question would primarily by why? Employers in this industry generally don't care that much about university qualifications. Looking at your portfolio of work will count for 90% of whether or not you are appropriate for the job. If you want the degree because it is required for you to move to another country, then ok that is fair enough. But if you want the degree because you think its needed to get a job, then you need to know that it counts for very little in the real world. If you want to do the degree to learn the skills, then ok, thats your choice, but in my humble experience most people can learn just as much, if not more by simply following the mountains of free or cheap tutorials available online. There's nothing your uni teacher will know about 3d modelling that you can't find for free or a fraction of the price elsewhere. In fact, you will often find teachers tend to be a bit behind the curve; They won't often be using the latest software or techniques, they will be teaching what they themselves learnt years ago and unless there is some external pressure, they will tend to stick with what they know. Im not saying dont do the university degree. Im just saying, think about what it is you believe ~3 years and tens of thousands of euros will actually get you at the end of the process. My real world advice is to find a job using the skills you already have and continue learning at work and in your own time.

Crucially, have you found a way to get the Bruno song out of your head yet? No? no, no....

I hear their cement trucks are still being used even today https://maxon.com/equipment/track-mounted-maxcrete/

I dunno about you, but I've never seen them in the same room

...Reticulating splines...

It is a model series, but for once the model number actually stands for something significant. There used to be GT, GTX and other meaningless models names, but now the RTX cards have Ray Tracing sections on the chip. Re: pcie lanes, dont worry about it too much. With gen 3, x16 and x8 have a couple percent difference in speed, it only really drops off once you reach x4 speeds. With pcie gen 4, you move everything up a notch. So 16 or 8 lanes of gen 4 makes virtually no difference. Going from 8 to 4 lanes gives a couple of percent drop, then down to 2 or 1 lane you start to notice a real difference.

What do you think the RT in RTX stands for? RTX varies a lot scene to scene depending how much glass, metal, fog etc is used, but it probably averages out to a good 30% speed boost in octane. Some scenes it will get you 10%, others it will half render times.

You want every folder on your harddrive to remember a specific position, size and display setting?... So I open my documents, then open up the textures folder within it, but now it jumps 6000 pixels to the right, on a new screen and changes shape, just because thats what it last looked like?...

Windows 11 installed. Nothing exploded C4D R20 - R25 all work, Octane 2020 works, photoshop, After effects, premiere all work Windows screenshot tool is broken, but thats a known issue apparently. Rysen 5950x, 128gb, 4tb m.2 gen 4, gf3090

We're not writing your outdated university term paper for you.