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How to Render Diamonds by Using Clipping Materials in Octane for C4D

By February 14, 2023No Comments

SilverwingVFX dives into Nested Dielectrics and Clipping Materials in Octane to make real-looking diamonds.

Check out this new tutorial from SilverwingfVFX (Raphael Rau) that shows how to render great-looking diamonds and metal using Octane for Cinema 4D.

The tutorial shows how to work with Nested Dielectrics and Clipping Materials for a mix of transparent (Diamonds) and opaque (Metal) objects to make it easier to visualize jewelry.

Rau often takes specific rendering techniques and does a deep dive showing off things like working with nested dielectricsray switch nodes, and working with cryptomatte.

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