3D Rendering for VFX, Motion Design and Games – ULTIMATE Online Course

On June 25, 2022

Release date:2021

Duration:23 h 58 m

Author:lfodesign, Roland Friedrich

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Cinema 4D / Redshift 3D – Online Rendering course “Ultimate Edition”

The course is created by Roland Friedrich Lead/Senior visual effects artist with more than 19 years of experience. Roland has worked on movies such as Star Wars, Avengers, Transformers, Warcraft, Interstellar, Gravity, Iron Man, Thor, Ready Player One, Aquaman, Bumblebee and many more.

We’ve already created more than 200 video tutorials of Redshift 3D content and we are still recording additional new chapters for our students. Our goal is to cover as many as possible topics about Redshift 3D rendering. This course is constantly updated and covers the latest RS v3.0+ and RS v3.5 improvements.

NEW chapters coming in 2022 as well.

All updates are free for all our students.

What you can expect from our “ULTIMATE EDITION”?

– 66 chapters beginners levels. Its section where we explained all parameters and showed quick tips or examples.

– 135+ Intermediate levels chapters. Where we will not explain parameters, but instead we will show step-by-step techniques, similar as you can see in our free chapters.

– Bonus chapters and C4D Scenes:

Redshift v3 and RS 3.5 Updates
NEW RS Color Management
ACES CG chapters
CG Landscapes include GAEA Textures
CG Clouds and Skies VDB pack
Volume Operations scenes
X-Particles scenes
Fume FX scenes and VDBs
Taiao Grass and Plants
and bonus assets…

As a bonus, you will get the following: Animated VDB files, CG Clouds pack, CG Landscapes pack, Volume Scenes, Volume shaders, Hair scenes and shaders, SSS shaders, X-Particles scenes, Fume FX scenes, Basic HDRi maps, IES lights pack, RS layouts, links for free assets and many more… We will also provide our photo references and other materials which can help you speed up process in your daily production.

Table of Contents

— Licence Agreement — PDF48.1 KB1 page
PROJECT FILES and LINKS ! PDF39.2 KB3 pages

——- BEGINNERS CHAPTERS ——- JPG44.1 KB
00_HOW TO STUDY COURSE MOV137.5 MB4m 15s
01_Intro MOV36.9 MB1m 3s
Project Settings JPG209.7 KB
02A_How to create Scene MOV227.7 MB7m 33s
02B_High-Poly Model Optimization MOV92.0 MB3m 33s
02C_Cinema 4D Layout MOV28.5 MB0m 54s
03_Menu MOV85.0 MB3m 15s
04_Nodes MOV168.3 MB7m 49s
05_RenderView MOV338.9 MB9m 42s
06_RenderView Performance MOV38.2 MB0m 58s
07_Reference Materials MOV92.9 MB1m 20s
Links for FREE REFERENCE PDF43.9 KB1 page
08_Lights MOV368.7 MB11m 26s
09_Area Light MOV155.7 MB4m 41s
10_Dome Light MOV159.4 MB4m 46s
11_IES Light MOV42.7 MB1m 29s
12_Infinite Light MOV46.6 MB1m 41s
13_Point Light MOV34.6 MB1m 3s
14_Spot Light MOV53.0 MB1m 42s
15_Portal Light MOV116.6 MB2m 3s
16_Physical Sun MOV105.5 MB2m 50s
17_Sky Sun Rig MOV137.2 MB5m 21s
18_Sample Basics MOV83.5 MB2m 56s
19_HDRi MOV121.3 MB2m 40s
FREE HDRi Maps – Manhattan Nights PDF45.1 KB1 page
20_Volumetric Lighting MOV177.5 MB4m 55s
21_Fog MOV160.1 MB4m 23s
22_Noise Environment MOV179.5 MB3m 29s
23_3Point Lighting MOV152.0 MB4m 45s
24_Lighting Tricks MOV209.4 MB6m 4s
25_GI MOV156.4 MB4m 21s
26_Object Tag MOV231.1 MB6m 48s
27_Caustics MOV144.7 MB5m 51s
28_Caustics Tricks MOV85.2 MB3m 38s
29_Camera MOV181.2 MB3m 26s
30_Camera Tag MOV269.9 MB5m 41s
31_Bokeh MOV345.9 MB6m 14s
FREE Bokeh pack PDF37.5 KB1 page
32_PBR MOV91.8 MB1m 10s
33_Linear Workflow for Nodes MOV228.9 MB9m 26s
34_RS Material MOV110.2 MB3m 26s
35_Diffuse and Translucency MOV101.4 MB3m 8s
36_Reflection MOV204.7 MB6m 8s
37_IOR, Edge, Metalness MOV231.0 MB4m 48s
IOR_database PDF251.5 KB2 pages
38_Refraction MOV159.1 MB3m 33s
39_Single SSS Transmittance MOV238.9 MB5m 59s
40_Single SSS Extinction MOV180.8 MB4m 13s
41_Multi SSS MOV227.2 MB5m 3s
42_Coating MOV176.7 MB2m 58s
43_Overall and Emission MOV200.0 MB4m 58s
44_Optimizations and Advanced MOV82.3 MB2m 8s
45A_Texture Node Intro MOV48.8 MB1m 57s
Links for FREE TEXTURES PDF35.0 KB1 page
45B_Texture Node and Textures with UV MOV147.9 MB5m 5s
46_Bump and Normal Map MOV148.4 MB4m 44s
47_Round Corners MOV60.7 MB1m 51s
48_Ramp Node – UV Map MOV209.0 MB6m 16s
49_Ramp Node – ALT MOV138.3 MB3m 51s
50_Color Correct MOV123.0 MB2m 25s
51_Fresnel Node MOV111.2 MB3m 39s
52_Ambient Occlusion MOV194.7 MB5m 23s
53_State Node Introduction MOV47.4 MB1m 30s
54_State Node Normal MOV186.1 MB4m 48s
55_State Node Raylength MOV66.4 MB2m 48s
56_State Node Rayposition MOV126.0 MB3m 22s
57_Curvature Node MOV193.7 MB4m 59s
58_Curvature Radius Variations MOV104.0 MB4m 12s
Curvature Breakup Scene ZIP11.1 MB
59_Noise Node MOV184.8 MB5m 29s
60_Change Range Nodes MOV278.6 MB10m 15s
Change Range Scene Examples C4D238.9 KB
61_TriPlanar Projection MOV288.7 MB7m 27s
62_Displacement and Displacement Blender MOV282.8 MB9m 13s
63_Tessellation Workflow MOV203.0 MB5m 56s
64_Material Blender and Bump Blender MOV246.2 MB7m 16s
65_Color Layer, Mix, Composite MOV265.1 MB7m 39s
66_Math Nodes MOV133.5 MB5m 11s
Bonus – Basic Procedural Techniques MOV1.2 GB45m 19s

——- INTERMEDIATE CHAPTERS ——- JPG46.3 KB
00_Intermediate Chapters – Intro MOV95.0 MB1m 49s
01_Volume Shader – Explosion MOV294.9 MB11m 36s
Explosion C4D Scene + HDRi ZIP11.1 MB
Explosion VDB files ZIP15.4 GB
02_Render Setting – Volume MOV145.9 MB4m 40s
03_Volume Tricks MOV404.8 MB10m 8s
Smoke VDB files + C4D scene + HDRi ZIP2.6 GB
Volume Tricks – C4D ZIP391.6 KB
04_Volume Scene MOV371.9 MB8m 6s
Volume Scene – C4D C4D425.8 KB
05_SSS Materials – Single SSS MOV368.8 MB10m 3s
SSS Materials P1 / C4D Scene + HDRi ZIP2.4 MB
06_SSS Materials – SSS Shader and Multi SSS MOV417.6 MB11m 26s
SSS Materials P2 / C4D Scenes ZIP156.4 KB
07_SSS Tricks MOV154.2 MB5m 42s
SSS Tricks – C4D Scenes ZIP227.9 KB
08_Incandescent Shader MOV212.3 MB6m 55s
Incandescent Examples – C4D C4D383.6 KB
09_Nodes Tricks MOV186.3 MB7m 35s
Node Tricks Scenes – C4D ZIP178.7 KB
10_Imperfection – Intro MOV69.1 MB2m 39s
11_Imperfection – Edges MOV109.1 MB4m 9s
12_Imperfection – Color, Roughness, Bump MOV178.6 MB6m 43s
Imperfection Example Scene – C4D C4D327.7 KB
13_Procedural Scratches MOV194.2 MB8m 5s
Procedural Scratches Scene – C4D C4D280.8 KB
14_Procedural Dirt MOV213.5 MB6m 40s
Procedural Dirt Shader – C4D C4D320.5 KB
15_Procedural Dust MOV138.2 MB4m 21s
Procedural Dust Scene – C4D C4D323.7 KB
16A_Procedural Terrain – Part 1 MOV150.7 MB5m 50s
Procedural Terrain Scene Part1 – C4D C4D270.2 KB
16B_Procedural Terrain – Part 2 MOV129.7 MB4m 25s
Procedural Terrain Scene Part2 – C4D C4D277.0 KB
16C_Procedural Terrain – Part 3 MOV167.9 MB4m 30s
Procedural Terrain Examples – C4D ZIP259.6 KB
17_Procedural Surface Generator MOV550.9 MB10m 27s
Surface Generator Scenes – C4D ZIP11.6 MB
18_Car Paint Shader MOV328.9 MB8m 42s
19_C4D Shader MOV195.1 MB7m 5s
20_Skin Shader – Workflow MOV311.6 MB10m 48s
Skin Shader Scene – C4D C4D288.8 KB
21_Skin Shader – Tricks MOV131.2 MB4m 1s
Skin Shader Models / Textures Links RTF947 bytes
22_Sprite Shader MOV307.0 MB7m 49s
Megascans Assets Links RTF629 bytes
23A_Hair Shader – Part 1 MOV350.7 MB9m 40s
23B_Hair Shader – Part 2 MOV492.8 MB14m 33s
23C_Hair Shader – Part 3 MOV407.8 MB12m 6s
Hair Scenes – C4D ZIP5.4 MB
24_Render Settings – Fast Technique MOV406.7 MB14m 43s
25_Render Settings – Unified Sampling MOV108.0 MB4m 29s
26_Render Settings – Effective Technique MOV340.2 MB12m 10s
27_Environment Shader MOV177.7 MB6m 37s
28_Iridescence Shader MOV328.3 MB12m 27s
Iridescence Shader Scene – C4D C4D577.3 KB
29_X-Ray Shader MOV142.9 MB5m 20s
X-Ray Shader Scene – C4D C4D435.5 KB
30_Experimental Shader MOV356.6 MB10m 43s
Experimental Shader Scene – C4D C4D338.6 KB
31_Multi Projection Mapping MOV201.5 MB6m 36s
Multi Projection Mapping – Scene and Textures ZIP98.9 KB
32_Matte Shadow Catcher MOV202.0 MB7m 4s
Matte Shadow Catcher Scenes – C4D ZIP270.1 KB
33_Vertex Weight Map MOV203.0 MB6m 31s
34_Fields Workflow MOV268.6 MB9m 9s
35_Vertex Paint and Fields MOV296.5 MB7m 38s
36_RS Proxy MOV232.2 MB7m 37s
37_Random MOV206.5 MB6m 2s
38A_CG Integration Ex1 MOV221.9 MB7m 20s
38B_CG Integration Ex2 MOV121.8 MB4m 27s
39A_AOV Workflow MOV265.1 MB11m 59s
Mech_AOVs – EXR passes ZIP80.8 MB
39B_Custom AOV MOV76.9 MB3m 2s
40_Post FX MOV142.1 MB5m 42s
41A_Lighting Techniques P1 MOV417.4 MB11m 15s
41B_Lighting Techniques P2 MOV189.1 MB5m 25s
Cinematic Lighting Videos RTF996 bytes
42A_Double Sided Materials MOV175.6 MB5m 8s
42B_Shader Switch MOV195.9 MB7m 54s
42C_Ray Switch MOV163.3 MB3m 29s
DoubleSided_ShaderSwitch_RaySwitch – C4D Scenes ZIP446.3 KB

——- CINEMA 4D R21 / REDSHIFT v3 ——- JPG145.3 KB

—– X-PARTICLES CHAPTERS —– JPG116.0 KB
43A_Xparticles Intro MOV111.8 MB3m 24s
Xparticles – C4D Scenes ZIP7.3 MB
43B_Xparticles Simulation MOV344.8 MB11m 54s
43C_Xparticles Rendering MOV225.7 MB7m 38s
43D_Xparticles Cache and Motion Blur MOV259.8 MB7m 49s
43E_Xparticles from Textures MOV320.0 MB9m 51s
43F_Xparticles Trails MOV251.4 MB10m 48s
43G_Xparticles Trails – Hairs MOV144.8 MB6m 20s
43H_Xparticles Collisions MOV164.3 MB4m 40s
43I_Xparticles Fluid Dynamics MOV146.1 MB4m 39s
43J_Xparticles OpenVDB Mesher MOV134.0 MB5m 50s
43K_XP OpenVDB Mesh – Rendering MOV177.7 MB5m 12s
43L_XP Trails Algorithm MOV95.9 MB3m 34s
XP Trails Algorithm – C4D Scene C4D5.4 MB
44_XP Open VDB Mesher vs Volume Builder MOV186.1 MB7m 20s
45_Volume Builder Rendering MOV211.2 MB7m 30s
Volume Builder + 3D Noise – C4D Scene C4D255.6 KB
46_Xparticles Quick Tips MOV245.9 MB5m 34s
XP tips – C4D Scenes ZIP503.8 KB

——- TEXTURING WORKFLOW ——- JPG137.3 KB
47_Specular vs Metalness + MOV238.2 MB11m 43s
Specular vs Metalness materials ZIP2.1 MB
48_Substance Workflow MOV338.6 MB12m 35s
49_Megascans Workflow MOV210.6 MB7m 24s
50A_Quixel Mixer Part 1 MOV440.4 MB15m 1s
50B_Quixel Mixer Part 2 MOV395.4 MB6m 38s
51_Texture Tiling Fix MOV290.2 MB12m 15s
52_Procedural Shading MOV276.2 MB10m 7s
Procedural Texture – C4D Scene C4D560.8 KB

——- XP EXPLOSIA FX ——- JPG123.5 KB
53A_XP Explosia FX Simulation MOV239.2 MB9m 12s
53B_XP Explosia FX Rendering MOV329.8 MB12m 16s
53C_XP Explosia Forces and Advection MOV242.7 MB7m 23s
XP Explosia FX – C4D Scenes ZIP417.9 KB
54_Explosia Render Tips MOV126.9 MB4m 31s
Explosia – Fire Shaders ZIP485.0 KB

——- COMPOZITIVE ——- PNG195.5 KB
NUKE Compositing MOV1.5 GB1h 13m
AOVs + Camera + Nuke materials ZIP1023.9 MB
Details about Compozitive PDF13.2 MB26 pages

——BONUS CHAPTERS without VOICEOVER—— JPG128.5 KB
Empty Redshift Scene for Bonus Chapters – C4D R21 C4D130.0 KB
Empty Redshift Scene for Bonus Chapters – C4D R23 C4D87.8 KB
00_Bonus Chapters Intro MOV70.0 MB1m 24s
01_SSS Effect MOV573.2 MB20m 3s
02_GI Modes MOV188.5 MB4m 57s
GI Scene – C4D C4D446.7 KB
03_FOG with Noise Breakup MOV426.7 MB10m 46s

——- BONUS CHAPTERS with VOICEOVER ——- JPG132.3 KB
04_C4D R23 Scene Nodes – P1 MOV420.4 MB19m 19s
05_C4D R23 Scene Nodes – P2 MOV548.8 MB23m 39s
06_C4D R23 Scene Node Assets MOV235.4 MB7m 12s
C4D Scenes – R23 Node Assets for Download ZIP687.5 KB
07_AOVs – Scene Setup MOV347.7 MB11m 36s
AOVs – C4D Scene and EXR Render ZIP78.7 MB
08_Maxon Noise MOV122.2 MB4m 26s
MAXON Noise – Patterns PDF581.1 KB1 page
09A_Redshift v3 – Part 1 MOV225.3 MB8m 23s
09B_Redshift v3 – Part2 MOV407.8 MB13m 16s
10_C4D / Redshift Workflow and Color Management MOV334.1 MB13m 59s
11_ACES CG Workflow MOV547.6 MB21m 1s
ACES Links and Downloads RTF1.7 KB

——- C4D R23 / REDSHIFT 3.0.50 + ——-
4K Bonus Chapters JPG131.0 KB
01_NEW RS Color Management MOV486.4 MB9m 30s
02_ACES AOVs MOV240.6 MB6m 5s
03_ACES Redshift-Comp Pipeline MOV616.1 MB13m 46s
04_ACES Workflow Comparison MOV393.9 MB6m 47s
05_Grading and Custom LUT MOV109.8 MB7m 37s

——- BONUS C4D SCENES ——- JPG25.4 KB
Bonus Scenes – Intro MOV45.9 MB1m 36s
01-XP Spawn Trails C4D293.7 KB
02-XP Scale Trails C4D276.5 KB
03-XP Water Flip C4D216.5 KB
04-XP Flow Disintegration C4D356.8 KB
05A-XP Lighting Simple C4D265.6 KB
05B-XP Lighting Anim Noise Fog C4D321.5 KB
06-Displacement Grow C4D204.9 KB
07-VDB Clouds – Intro MOV60.7 MB1m 2s
CG Skies and Clouds C4D Scenes ZIP2.6 MB
VDB Clouds P1 ZIP15.8 GB
VDB Clouds P2 ZIP9.4 GB
09-CG Landscapes – Intro MOV107.2 MB2m 41s
CG Landscapes P1 ZIP9.3 GB
CG Landscapes P2 ZIP10.5 GB
10-Landscapes Lighting MOV735.3 MB10m 14s
11-Custom Bokeh MOV86.8 MB2m 48s
Bokeh by LFO Design ZIP1.2 MB
12-Light Maps MOV211.3 MB3m 2s
Light Maps by LFO Design ZIP2.0 MB
LightMaps – C4D Scenes ZIP1.2 MB

——- QUICK TIPS ——- JPG29.2 KB
01-ACES CG Scene Example MOV251.4 MB6m 2s
02-ACES CG Hybrid Workflow MOV217.3 MB4m 30s
03-Decals and UV projection node MOV223.8 MB8m 20s
Logo – Flat Projection Examples – C4D Scene ZIP89.6 KB
Decals – Examples – C4D Scene ZIP83.3 KB
04-Cloner vs Matrix MOV358.3 MB4m 56s
05-Cloner Optimization MOV693.1 MB8m 31s
06-Scattering Part 1 – Displacement MOV127.5 MB4m 40s
06-Scattering Part 2 – Effectors MOV342.8 MB7m 34s
Effectors – C4D Scenes ZIP204.1 MB
06-Scattering Part 3 – Scene Practicing MOV201.0 MB3m 24s

——- FUME FX Chapters ——- JPG25.5 KB
01_FumeFX – Workflow MOV244.6 MB7m 30s
02_FumeFX – Fire MOV467.4 MB13m 12s
FumeFX-Fire Scene and Shaders C4D412.8 KB
FumeFX-Fire VDBs by LFOdesign ZIP8.6 GB
03_FumeFX – Smoke MOV619.5 MB16m 50s
FumeFX-Smoke Scene C4D264.7 KB
FumeFX-Smoke VDBs by LFOdesign ZIP1.9 GB
FumeFX-Smoke+Fire VDBs by LFOdesign ZIP6.6 GB
04_FumeFX – Particles MOV417.2 MB10m 28s
FumeFX-XP Scene C4D362.6 KB
FumeFX-XP VDBs by LFOdesign ZIP3.6 GB
BONUS FumeFX-C4D Scenes by LFOdesign ZIP1.6 MB
FumeFX-Scene05 VDBs by LFOdesign ZIP2.7 GB

——- VOLUME OPERATIONS ——- JPG19.0 KB
01_VDBs with Motion Blur MOV106.2 MB3m 6s
MotionBlur-Scene Setup C4D197.1 KB
MotionBlur VDBs ZIP13.1 GB
02_Volume Operations – Objects MOV269.9 MB6m 56s
03_Volume Operations – VDBs MOV116.0 MB1m 48s
VolumeOPS C4D Scenes by LFOdesign ZIP9.8 MB

——- RS MATERIAL CHAPTERS 2022 ——- JPG52.9 KB
Mat01 – Clip Geo Shader MOV171.0 MB3m 31s
C4D Scenes – Selections ZIP545.8 KB
Mat02 – Opacity vs Refraction vs Thin Walled MOV152.5 MB2m 59s
Opacity vs Thin Walled – C4D Scene C4D336.7 KB
Mat03 – Taiao Grass MOV978.5 MB12m 54s
Mat04 – Taiao Plants MOV821.8 MB10m 52s
REDSHIFT 3.5 – New STANDARD MATERIAL Workflow MOV514.2 MB7m 7s
Redshift 3.5 – Reflections MOV317.5 MB4m 16s
Redshift 3.5 – Diffuse Model MOV137.9 MB1m 51s
Redshift 3.5 – Transmission MOV441.2 MB5m 42s
Redshift 3.5 – Dispersion and Caustics MOV196.9 MB5m 14s
RS35-Caustics-C4D Scene C4D233.3 KB
Redshift 3.5 – SubSurface MOV187.4 MB3m 49s

——- ASSETS for Practicing ——- JPG19.9 KB
3D Assets for Download MOV520.4 MB7m 8s

——- DOWNLOADS ——- JPG54.7 KB
LFO Design Reference Photos ZIP30.6 MB
LFO Design HDR Sun pack ZIP47.8 MB
LFO Design HDR Experimental pack ZIP359.9 MB
LFO Design IES pack ZIP24.0 KB
C4D Layouts ZIP219.5 KB
Main Scene – C4D ZIP1.7 MB

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01 BEGINNERS CHAPTERS
00_HOW TO STUDY COURSE
01_Intro
02A_How to create Scene
02B_High-Poly Model Optimization
02C_Cinema 4D Layout
03_Menu
04_Nodes
05_RenderView
06_RenderView Performance
07_Reference Materials
08_Lights
09_Area Light
10_Dome Light
11_IES Light
12_Infinite Light
13_Point Light
14_Spot Light
15_Portal Light
16_Physical Sun
17_Sky Sun Rig
18_Sample Basics
19_HDRi
20_Volumetric Lighting
21_Fog
22_Noise Environment
23_3Point Lighting
24_Lighting Tricks
25_GI
26_Object Tag
27_Caustics
28_Caustics Tricks
29_Camera
30_Camera Tag
31_Bokeh
32_PBR
33_Linear Workflow for Nodes
34_RS Material
35_Diffuse and Translucency
36_Reflection
37_IOR, Edge, Metalness
38_Refraction
39_Single SSS Transmittance
40_Single SSS Extinction
41_Multi SSS
42_Coating
43_Overall and Emission
44_Optimizations and Advanced
45A_Texture Node Intro
45B_Texture Node and Textures with UV
46_Bump and Normal Map
47_Round Corners
48_Ramp Node – UV Map
49_Ramp Node – ALT
50_Color Correct
51_Fresnel Node
52_Ambient Occlusion
53_State Node Introduction
54_State Node Normal
55_State Node Raylength
56_State Node Rayposition
57_Curvature Node
58_Curvature Radius Variations
59_Noise Node
60_Change Range Nodes
61_TriPlanar Projection
62_Displacement and Displacement Blender
63_Tessellation Workflow
64_Material Blender and Bump Blender
65_Color Layer, Mix, Composite
66_Math Nodes
Bonus – Basic Procedural Techniques