Dominik Dammelhart of Curse Studios shows an overview of how to get started using V-Ray for Cinema 4D. It may be relevant to note that there is no official solution offered by The Chaos Group for Cinema 4D – (that is to say that they don’t make version of V-Ray for Cinema 4D at all).
Dominik uses VRAYforC4D which is a product bundle that is created for Cinema 4D users that enables them to use V-Ray in Cinema 4D with a typical Cinema 4D type workflow. Typically all versions of the V-Ray product coming from the Chaos Group is similar regardless what host application that you use it in, and in this case, as VRAYforC4D is a value added offering, it is slightly different in some places in it’s Cinema 4D integration. Dominik Dammelhart notes that
…This is my first tutorial for Vray (expect more to come) who gives you a quick overview and some basics…
Dominik runs through pretty much everything you need to know to get going with using V-Ray in Cinema 4D including setting up scenes for rendering with V-Ray, and a bit of how the general workflow for V-Ray Materials, lights and some of the settings. In all, this represents a pretty good overview of how the marriage of Cinema 4D and V-Ray works together if you are interested in looking at using V-Ray in Cinema 4D.
VRAYforC4D is a product created by LAUBlab KG Vienna who licenses V-Ray from the Chaos Group and adds their Cinema 4D integration (V-Ray Bridge) to it and then retails VRAYforC4D for around $980.00 US for c4d 11-5 to c4d 13.0. When you purchase VRAYforC4D you also receive support from LAUBlab as well as the Chaos Group as you have in essence purchased a standard license of V-Ray.
