Chaos Phoenix

Chaos Phoenix, formerly known as Phoenix FD, is a versatile fluid dynamics plugin that can simulate fire, smoke, liquids, ocean waves, splashes, and foam. It uses a hybrid simulation approach, combining both particle and voxel-based methods to achieve realistic results. Phoenix is known for its ease of use and integration with V-Ray, making it a popular choice for artists who need to create high-quality fluid simulations quickly. The plugin supports major 3D software like 3ds Max and Maya, and it is optimized for GPU acceleration to improve simulation times.

Host support: Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya

Chaos Phoenix Examples

Phoenix for 3ds Max Playlist

Phoenix for Maya Playlist

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Chaos Phoenix

Fluid dynamics simulation software

Take your simulations to the next level with Chaos Phoenix 5. New tools give you more control than ever before. New and enhanced presets.

Learn MoreTry Chaos Phoenix for free!

Free 30-Day Trial

Try V-Ray, Phoenix, Vantage, Cosmos, Player, and Scans for free with a 30-day trial. Tech support included.

Tech support included.

Chaos Free Trials

Chaos Phoenix

Fluid dynamics simulation software

Take your simulations to the next level with Chaos Phoenix 5. New tools give you more control than ever before. New and enhanced presets.

Learn MoreTry Chaos Phoenix for free!

Free 30-Day Trial

Try V-Ray, Phoenix, Vantage, Cosmos, Player, and Scans for free with a 30-day trial. Tech support included.

Tech support included.

Chaos Free Trials

Are you an After Effects user? See: In Depth: Particle Plugins for After Effects within your Budget.

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The idea of network rendering, or distributed rendering, is to distribute your render over a network, or farm, of computers, to speed up your render times. This can be done in many different programs with a myriad of different setups, so it isn’t as straightforward and clear-cut as I’d like it to be.

Creating the right storage and management can be a challenge but it’s important to get that in place first. There are tons of resources out there but I’m keeping this short and sweet so this will be a page of resources more than actual instructions. If you have a great resource, let me know. If you’re a vendor and you’d like your information added or updated, please contact us.

Featured image credit: stevepb at Pixabay

Setting up Render Farms or Network Rendering for After Effects

aerender

aerender is a command-line rendering set up for After Effects. The aerender application can be used for running a render farm on multiple computers and it can also be used for batch operations on one computer. There’s a full section about Automated Rendering and Network Rendering in the Adobe After Effects User Guide and comes with After Effects. Network rendering works best on a very fast network with rapid connectivity to storage devices.

You’ll need all the plug-ins

How to Setup After Effects CC 2017 Render Farm (Network Rendering)

Ty Audronis explains how to set up a render farm properly. He says not to mix up Macs and Windows on your network. Stick to just one OS due to problems with plug-ins.

Network Rendering with RenderGarden

RenderGarden is a script for After Effects that will help you increase your render speeds on one machine but also lets you render faster with hyperthreaded rendering on each network render node. Plus, you do not need to have Creative Cloud serialized to run aerender. Simply follow the directions above to enable Render-Only mode for aerender, which doesn’t require you to sign into your Adobe account.

Network rendering features of RenderGarden

• Grid multiple computers together on your network.
• Render QuickTime/AVI Movies or Image Sequences.
• Hyper-threaded Rendering is supported on each render node.
• Easy to set up. No custom scripting or network config.
• Unlimited Render Node licensing.

Read: Toolfarm Introduces RenderGarden Plug-in for Dramatically Faster Rendering in Adobe After Effects

Review: RenderGarden accelerates After Effects renders

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RenderGarden news: Update: RenderGarden v1.1 for After Effects – Now with Done Alert Option

aescripts + aeplugins BG Renderer MAX for After Effects

BG Renderer can help make network rendering easier. There is a new portable app/folder feature that makes it easy to create an ad-hoc render farm quickly by simply copying this portable app to all the machines on your network and just double-clicking it to launch the render on that machine.

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Nexrender rendering Node

Nexrender is a tool for render automation for Adobe After Effects that also allows users to set up a render network and render several projects simultaneously.

More info at NPM

Freebie: After Effects: WatchDog-ae Render Manager for After Effects

AG CodeWerks Watchdog-ae is a free and open-source watch folder render manager for After Effects that is simple and efficient.

Learn more

Freebie: Render Brain

Render Brain is a Local and Network Background Render for After Effects that speeds up your workflow.

Get Render Brain

 Cinema 4D Team Render

I wrote up a feature in December, C4D Spotlight: Setting Up A Render Farm in Cinema 4D with Team Render, which was what actually prompted me to update this article. Unfortunately, the video featured in that article is no longer on YouTube In the article, I talk about how Team Render replaced Net Render in R15 and that Team Render is fully integrated into Cinema 4D, making it very easy to set up a network render.

• Cinema 4D Team Render – multi-part tutorial at Cineversity
• Cinema 4D R25 includes five (5) Team Render nodes for Cinema 4D.
• CINEMA 4D – Render: Team Render (Setup) – This is a quick visual guide from Maxon, walking you through the steps of setting up Team Render.

Autodesk BackBurner for Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, Flame, and more

Autodesk Backburner is a free render manager from Autodesk that allows Autodesk users to network render. It’s for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Download Backburner

• Network Rendering with Backburner in the Autodesk Knowledge Network
• Backburner User Guide and Installation Guide documents
• Starting Network Rendering (3ds Max)
• How to download and obtain Backburner for 3ds Max 2019
• Backburner render farm licensing and setup with 3ds Max
• Where is the download for Backburner for Maya?

Chaos V-Ray Swarm

V-Ray Swarm is an evolution from Distributed Rendering (DR) for V-Ray. “Swarm gives users the ability to capture all the compute power of their local network and render using either the CPU or GPU. It can be used for final frame rendering or progressive rendering, and will drastically speed up workflow allowing for more design iterations and feedback.”

• Learn more about V-Ray Swarm Distributed Rendering
• Distributed Rendering for V-Ray 3ds Max
• Distributed Rendering for V-Ray for Maya

Other Tools

Pipeline

Pipeline from Brave Rabbit is an uncomplicated tool for distributed rendering for 3D, including Maya, V-Ray Standalone, Nuke, After Effects and Cinema 4D. You can also use it with Modo, Blender, and Redline with Renderer descriptions.

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Pixar’s Tractor

After publishing the article, Matt Silverman got in touch with me to recommend Tractor. He said, “It’s surprisingly inexpensive and bullet-proof (i.e. good enough for Pixar is good enough for me), but requires a smart Python person to set it up. We wrote custom submit scripts for direct queuing from AE, Nuke, C4D, Houdini, Handbrake, and others…” Perhaps they will build create a product in the future so that others can buy and use it too. Perhaps…

More info on Pixar’s Tractor

Digital Rebellion Pro Media Tools

Not exactly a render farm tool or a tool that you render with in any way, but it will help with syncing plugins, maintaining, optimizing, and troubleshooting over a network for Final Cut Studio, FCPX, Avid, and Adobe Premiere Pro!

Note: This item has been discontinued at Toolfarm

Learn more | Buy Digital Rebellion Pro Media Tools

Aeriform Ramma

Ramma is not a tool to help with setting up your render farm, per se, but I’m including it because its purpose is to spot corrupt, dropped, or non-contiguous frames in rendered sequence and it works over a network. This could save you from so many render headaches!

“Intended for post-production professionals—large facilities as well as smaller or indie shops—producing motion graphics, visual effects, color grading or other video and animation work, working with Autodesk, Adobe, Foundry, Blackmagic Design, Maxon or any products that render to image sequences.”

Learn more | Buy Ramma

Related: The Importance of Image Sequences

Using your Plug-ins and Software on a Network Rendering Setup

If you need to get plug-ins for a couple of computers that you will use for rendering purposes only, do you have to pay full price? Great question, indeed!

Companies have many different policies about using their plug-ins and software on networks/render farms. Below, we have a list of companies and their policies for using their plug-ins on a rendering machine. Some are free for render nodes, others have discounted render nodes, some limit the number. Of course, many products do not have any sort of render node policy.

If you’re a developer and your information is out of date or needs to be added, please email Michele at Toolfarm, and we will update your information

3d-io Flatiron for 3ds Max

Network rendering requires that the plug-in is installed on all machines that are participating in the rendering. Render nodes do not require a license. Just having the unlicensed plug-in installed is sufficient for the machine to render a scene that was prepared on another machine.

ABSoft Neat Video

Neat video: Full license purchase must be made for each render used. Multi-user licenses are available.

Adobe

A single-user license allows you to install and activate the full version of After Effects on two computers, but users can install an unlimited number of After Effects CC render engines on computers without using these two activations.

• See installing After Effects CC render engines with Adobe Creative Cloud
• What is network rendering? taught by Richard Harrington at LinkedIn Learning
• Using Adobe Media Encoder as a Remote Render Farm for Adobe After Effects from School of Motion

AE Scripts-related products

Several products have render-only licenses available.  Render-only licenses are available in the Product Options pulldown for a variety of prices. Click on the specific products to find out more. Note: This list may be incomplete because new products are always being added. Also, not all plug-ins from a company may have a Render-Only option.

• AE Pixel Sorter
• Bao Plug-ins
• Fast Camera Lens Blur
• Plug-in Everything
• Rowbyte

Allegorithmic

Network Rendering support with Autodesk Backburner.

Anima Pro

The standard Anima license comes with 3 render nodes in addition to the fully interactive version. Instructions

Autodesk

3ds Max: Starting Network Rendering

ArtVSP

ArtVPS Shaderlight Network Licensing

AXYZ Anima

Render Farm Support – AXYZ offers credit for RebusFarm, Ranch Computing, Renderflow, RenderNation to all new anima customers.

Blackmagic Design

How to set up a RENDER SERVER in DaVinci Resolve (Windows Remote Render Complete Guide)

How to set up a REMOTE RENDER SERVER in DaVinci Resolve (LINUX Remote Render Complete Tutorial)

Boris FX

The Upgrade and Support plans include 5 Render nodes per Full License.

• Boris Continuum – Upgrade and Support Plan
• Boris Mocha Pro Upgrade and Support Plan (Annual)
• Sapphire Upgrade and Support Plan

cebas finalRender

A 1-Year Unlimited Network License is available.

Chaos

• Chaos Cloud: Simple, fast cloud rendering. Directly from V-Ray’s UI. More about Chaos Cloud
• Annual Rental: Chaos V-Ray Next Render Node – Annual Rental – Currently works only with V-Ray Next for 3ds Max, Maya, & Sketchup
• Perpetual License: Chaos V-Ray Next Render Node – Perpetual – Currently works only with V-Ray Next for 3ds Max, Maya, & Sketchup
• Monthly Rental: Chaos V-Ray Next Render Node – Monthly Rental – Currently works only with V-Ray Next for 3ds Max, Maya, & Sketchup
• Universal Render Nodes for V-Ray for 3ds Max, V-Ray for Maya (available in v3), and V-Ray for Softimage
• Universal Render Nodes – Academic

Corona Renderer

Corona Renderer works with Team Render out of the box, making it easy to harness the power of all your available machines to contribute to render (or to share frames of animation across machines using the Team Render Server). You can network-render using Autodesk Backburner and Thinkbox Deadline, or use Corona’s integrated DR solution.

Any purchased Corona Renderer license (other than a Student License) includes a minimum of three additional render nodes, so you can leverage multiple computers that you own to reduce render times. Corona is also supported on a number of commercial render farms.

See: How to use Distributed Rendering?

Generally, Autodesk Backburner should be used in “each PC is rendering a single frame” scenarios, while Corona’s DR works by rendering a single frame across all PCs in the network simultaneously. [Source]

Digital Anarchy

Free install on all render-only computers.

Digital Film Tools (Discontinued)

Digital Film Tools software is set up for free rendering on render farms. When a user is using an After Effects Render node to render a project that contains DFT filters, no license is needed for rendering on the Render node machines.

But, licenses are only needed if the full GUI version of After Effects is running.

ePhere Ornatrix

ePhere Ornatrix for 3ds Max, Maya, and Cinema 4D includes Render farm points and discounts.

e-on Vue

RenderNodes are designed to work efficiently alongside the other tools in your production facility. They are controlled by your render farm manager using simple command-line instructions.

The RenderNode license will enable you to use a 3rd party network rendering application to manage and distribute the rendering of both VUE scene files (.vue) AND integrated scenes (.max, .ma or .mb, .c4d, .lws, .scn) over a network of computers.

e-on Software Rendernodes

Frischluft

Free install on all render-only computers.

Greyscalegorilla

The plugins now run without any licensing requirements for Team Render Clients, as well as when run via the Command Line (for render farms). However, we require that networks with 5 or more render clients have an annual Plus account. This means that monthly Plus subscribers may use up to 5 render nodes at once.

This requires that you’ve updated the HUB to v1.113 or higher, and the plugins must be at v1.010 or higher.

More in the Greyscalegorilla FAQ

Insydium Cycles 4D

Cycles 4D Render Nodes are available for purchase.

• 5 or more $75.86
• 10 or more $71.87
• 20 or more $67.88
• 50 or more $63.88
• 100 or more $59.89

Learn more

Native Network Render with Blender/Cycles Tutorial

iToo Software

There are regular licenses and network licenses available. In-Network license mode, for example, a pool of licenses is available on the server, for use in any computer on the network. You only need to have licenses for the maximum number of simultaneous users expected, however, not for each computer where the software will be installed.

Luxion KeyShot

KeyShot Network Rendering comes with 32 cores for the Enterprise license only. Network rendering nodes start at 32 cores for $480. The number of slave machines is limited to the number of cores. 256 cores are the largest offered but they can work with you if more cores are needed. Learn more at the bottom of the Details tab on the KeyShot page.

If you have questions, please contact us.

See Questions about setting up KeyShot Network Rendering

Maxon Cinema 4D, Redshift, Red Giant / Trapcode Products

Maxon One and Cinema 4D include five (5) Team Render nodes for C4D. Redshift subscription for C4D does not include Team Render nodes.

See Setting Up A Render Farm in Cinema 4D with Team Render

Red Giant / Trapcode

Red Giant render-only licenses are available at no cost to Red Giant Complete Teams customers. Render-only licenses are provided via RLM.

Newtek Lightwave

Amleto is a Lightwave 3D Network rendering controller that is on GitHub.

Next Limit

• RealFlow Simnodes Pack – Next Limit RealFlow Node License
• Maxwell Render – Render Nodes

Pixelan Software

Pixelan Software allows for a free install on all render-only computers.

RE:Vision Effects

Custom quotes are made for render-only licensing based on the number of render stations.

• DE:Flicker – click for pricing
• DE:Noise – click for pricing
• FieldsKit – click for pricing
• ReelSmart Motion Blur – click for pricing
• RE:Flex – click for pricing
• RE:Fill – click for pricing
• RE:Map – click for pricing
• SmoothKit – click for pricing
• Twixtor Pro – click for pricing
• Video Gogh currently does not offer render-only licenses.

SiNi Software

All SiNi Software plugins are designed to render on local and cloud-based render farms without having to purchase additional licenses. The products will need to be installed on each render node to read and render. The DeSipher license server will need to be installed on the network. SiNi Products are free for rendering and render farms.

Download the free 3ds Max RenderFarm installer

Sitni Sati

Every FumeFX workstation license ships with an additional simulation license (FumeFX SL). It can be used to run FumeFX simulations on any machine with BackBurner Server running.

Cinema 4D/Team Render: If you need to render then you don’t need any extra license,  just the FumeFX installed on that machine. You will want to run a simulation on that machine, then you would need the FumeFX SL installed and an SL license.

3ds Max and Maya –  There is an Arnold shaders render node (at an extra cost) only if the user is using FumeFX Standard Shader. Please contact us for more information.

Superluminal Stardust

2 render nodes included in the purchase.

Synthetic Aperture

Synthetic Aperture gives you a free install on all render-only computers.

Video Copilot

Video Copilot Optical Flares: Each Optical Flare license can be installed on up to 5 render-only machines, though unique license files will be required, and is dealt on a case by case basis.

Note: Video Copilot Optical Flares for Nuke has a Render Node License that is sold separately. Contact sales for purchasing info. Minimum purchase required. Requires at least 1 full license of Optical Flares for Nuke Render only, does not have Flare Editor

Video Copilot Element 3D: It is possible to use Element on a network render farm but we do not recommend or support it because of inconsistencies in GPU rendering. Since Element renders with impressive speed on a single GPU it is ideal to pre-render any 3D elements before pushing them to the render farm.

Zaxwerks

Zaxwerks allows two installs (for instance, a desktop and laptop) with one copy active at a time.

However, Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic does not work across a network.

Updates

• 4 March 2022: Added Sitni Sati
  
• 26 October 2021: Updated Maxon content, added Render Brain.
• 11 September 2019: Updated Maxon, Red Giant, Sini Software, and Corona Renderer and added Anima Pro and Superluminal Stardust.
• 10 May 2019: Added Bao Plugins, Rowbyte, and other AE-Scripts products. We also added Sini Software information and updated Boris FX
• 7 March 2019: Added Luxion KeyShot, Allegorithmic, Cycles 4D, Corona Renderer, 3d-io Flatiron for 3ds Max
• 29 January 2018: Ramma information and RenderGarden news.
• Late 2017 In 2015 we produced a very popular article on Render Farms and Network Rendering. A lot has changed since then, so this is a follow-up with new information.
  • Setting Up a Network Rendering for After Effects
  • Network Rendering with Render Garden
  • Cinema 4D Team Render
  • Autodesk BackBurner for Autodesk Maya
  • 3ds Max, Flame, and more
  • Chaos V-Ray V-Ray Swarm
  • Digital Rebellion Pro Render
  • Aeriform Ramma
  • Plug-ins and Software on a Network Rendering System

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I may be an expert on the topic of learning new software or learning in general. Over the years I have dabbled in so many different software to learn them and I’ll be honest, the only two I have really felt like I have a solid knowledge of are Adobe After Effects and Photoshop. I have a basic understanding of Cinema 4D, Maya, Modo, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Illustrator, Resolve Studio, and Nuke. I’ve even learned Dreamweaver, Director, and Flash (I hated Flash!), as well as this DVD authoring software that you’ve likely never heard of. And Commotion. Remember Commotion?

Yes, that’s a big list of tools, but I’ve been at this game for a while. I’ve picked up some learning habits along the way. I use these habits for other things as well: language learning, meditation, and yoga practice, etc.

An expert is someone who, over many years, manages to remain confident enough to keep trying and humble enough to keep learning.

James Clear

Get a plan together and get organized

You wouldn’t go on your road trip without a map, would you? This is not an easy part and a lot of people fail to set a clear plan for themselves. Without a clear plan, you will not stay on track.

Whatever plan you choose, make sure it covers what you want to learn. Of course, you may not know exactly what you want to learn yet, and that’s fine, but you should at least have a rough idea when you look at the curriculum.

Figure out which training and resources you will use to learn.

eLearning vs. One-on-One Training

Both have their pros and cons.

You are not married to the plan. Whatever you choose, you can change over time if you find that you don’t like the training, or you learn of something better for your needs. It’s a map to get your learning on its way. The key here is to just get started.

• Ask around. Get recommendations from people who have used the training.
• Use a free trial and try them out. How do you like the trainer’s style? Are they teaching what you want to learn?

So, what about YouTube?

YouTube incorporates fantastic tutorials from very talented professionals, but from my experience, it’s a giant rabbit hole. For example, you see a video from a pro user and you love their final result. You watch the tutorial and try to follow along but they skim over a basic skill that you haven’t yet acquired. Then you have to look up how to do that thing that they skimmed over, throwing you off track of learning and wasting your time. YouTube can be a distraction machine, so I don’t recommend it for Stage 1 of learning software (unless, it’s a great series, like the Free Training: DaVinci Resolve 17 Video Series)

That said, if you’re in Stage 2 of learning, by all means, go to YouTube and have fun!

Create a routine by scheduling your learning, and set deadlines

To stay on track, schedule your learning at the same time every day or every week. If you are learning something for work, ask your boss or your team if you can spend three hours every Monday learning your software, for example. Then put it in the calendar so you will do it.

Timebox. Set a smaller window of time for learning, you’re less likely to procrastinate. To illustrate, wide-open 8 hours will not be nearly as effective as a focused 90 minutes. Learn more about timeboxing.

“Chunk up” your learning.

Rome wasn’t built in a day and you can’t expect yourself to learn a gigantic program like Cinema 4D or After Effects in only a few weeks. Instead, focus on small achievable goals each week.

How? Chunk up your training for higher retention. Science says that learning speed has a direct correlation with retention. In other words, focus on one thing at a time and build upon each thing you learn. Yes, this takes time but learning slowly will help you to work quickly later on.

For effective chunk learning, timebox and set short term goals.

• Set short term goals but be flexible. Set a goal of an hour, for example, as opposed to “learn to do xyz by 4:00pm”. You don’t know how long something will actually take to learn. I like to set my goals by time, not by topic. I can’t expect myself to learn everything about UV mapping in 2 hours, but I can spend 2 hours learning it, and maybe another 2 hours practicing it until I feel comfortable, and then move on to the next topic.

A few more quick tips for learning quickly

Take breaks while learning.

On those breaks, stretch, take a walk or just move. You can’t spend too much time watching training or sitting in front of the screen because you will, at some point, stop retaining important information. Clear your head so you can quickly get back to learning.

Get out of your comfort zone.

Once you’re in the second stage of learning, when you’re comfortable with it, try something that is more difficult than you are used to. Share your projects on social media (but be prepared for trolls). Ask peers questions on forums.

… but have your expectations in line with reality.

You are just learning. Your renders are not going to look like the work of someone who has been using the software for years and uses it 10 hours a day to make a living. When you compare your work to other artists’ work, you’re only poking holes in your self-esteem. By all means, look to others’ work for inspiration, but don’t get caught in the trap of comparison. It will only make you feel inadequate and you will likely quit.

Just start.

Grab a notebook and jot down some ideas. Check out some training at LinkedIn or other places. This software isn’t going to learn itself!

Further Reading

If you are interested in setting habits in all aspects of your life, not just learning software, I highly recommend checking out the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. It’s even streaming on Spotify.

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Project Template
Default Cinema 4D Scene
Cinema 4D Layouts

Sugar Stacks pt.01 – How to set up a granular solve inside of RealFlow for Cinema 4D

In the first video, you are walked through reference videos to get an idea of how the particles should flow. In addition, you’ll learn the basics of setting up the Granular Solver.

Sugar Stacks pt.02 – How to art direct the granular solver using RealFlow

In the second part of the Sugar Stacks tutorials, learn which parameters to adjust to create a stack of particles. He also takes you through some art direction of the second set of particles that will be added to the original stack.

Sugar Stacks pt.03 – How to link Thinking Particles with RealFlow

In the third part of Sugar Stacks, learn the process of linking Thinking Particles with Realflow. In essence, this will give you access to the particles for rendering inside of Redshift.

Sugar Stacks pt.04 – How to render RealFlow particles using Redshift

It’s the final Sugar Stacks chapter. Set up custom objects for the Particle Geometry. After that, set up lights and materials while adding motion blur. Motion blur will add realism to the final render.

Next Limit RealFlow | Cinema 4D

Fluids Inside Your Platform

RealFlow | Cinema 4D gives you the best in fluid simulation, directly inside Cinema 4D. Now you can achieve high-end simulations with an even easier workflow.

And, it’s fast! In fact, RealFlow | Cinema 4D 2.5 is built on RealFlow’s 10 Dyverso multiphysics solver. In essence, you get the best in fluid simulation quality and performance, with an easy workflow.

Learn More Try Realflow | C4D for free!

Maxon Cinema 4D S22

3D for the Whole World

Cinema 4D S22 is Maxon’s first subscription-only release giving customers early access to performance and workflow advances including UV unwrapping and editing tools, improved selection and modeling tools, organizational licensing for volume customers, and updated viewport technology with support for Metal on macOS.

Maxon has also boosted Cinema 4D’s pipeline compatibility with GLTF export, GoZ integration for Z-Brush, and support for node-based materials in FBX and Cineware.

Cinema 4D S22 is immediately available for subscription customers. Perpetual license holders of Cinema 4D will enjoy a release that will incorporate the features of S22 and much more later in the year.

Cinema 4D S22

Try Cinema 4D for free!

Maxon Cinema S22 Compatibility – The Definitive List

We’re elated about the release of Maxon Cinema 4D S22, the first subscription-only release. But, as with any major release, the issue of compatibility comes into play. Developers are working diligently to make sure everything will work smoothly with the new S22 release.

We have put together a list of products and information to keep you informed about plug-in and product compatibility.

Maxon Cinema S22 Compatibility

Learn More about Redshift

The world’s first fully GPU-accelerated, biased renderer.

Redshift is a powerful GPU-accelerated renderer, built to meet the specific demands of contemporary high-end production rendering. Tailored to support creative individuals and studios of every size, Redshift offers a suite of powerful features and integrates with industry-standard CG applications.

Learn more | Get Redshift      Try Redshift for free!

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Below the videos, I’ll list a few third-party plugins that I’d recommend for creating weather effects, such as rain, clouds, snow, and other elements. I’ll also link to a few older In Depth articles about weather creation.

Make a SUPER REALISTIC Storm Scene in After Effects Tutorial

Make a SUPER REALISTIC Snow Scene in After Effects Tutorial

Plug-ins for Realistic Weather Effects

• Boris Continuum Unit: Particles – One of my favorite weather creation tools. Create Realistic Explosions, Fire, Rain, Fog, Snow and Other Organic Matter with Full 3D Camera and Lighting Control. 3D organic matter and streams.In addition, the Particles Unit is included with Boris Continuum Annual Subscription and Boris Continuum Perpetual License.
• Red Giant Trapcode Particular ships with some nice presets for weather elements.Particular is available in Red Giant Trapcode Suite and Red Giant Complete – Annual Subscription.
• If you’re looking for 3D, Next Limit RealFlow is a primo fluid generator. You can simulate not only a rainstorm, but a tsunami! Also, check out Next Limit RealFlow | Cinema 4D, Next Limit RealFlow | Maya and Next Limit RealFlow | 3ds Max.
• Insydium X-Particles is a particle system for Cinema 4D. Make rain, snow, fire, and much more complex particles.

Realistic Weather Tutorials

• In Depth: Rain Generators. This is an older article that compares rain plugins. A lot of the information in
  the article is still valid.
• Tutorial: After Effects: Realistic Rain Drop FX – Video Copilot. Learn how to create a procedural water effect with refraction in AE, without using any 3rd Party Plug-ins with this rain drop tutorial from Andrew Kramer.
• Make it Rain with Boris FX and mocha AE
• Creating A VFX Rainy Scene
• Creating a Snow Shader with Redshift and Autodesk 3ds Max
• How to make Snowy Object in Maya
• Creating snow on objects with nParticles – Maya
• MtoA 206 | Snow and Ice | Material series using Arnold 5 with Maya 2018
• Burning Question: How Do I Create Snow? Here’s another that goes way back, this time to 2014. There are still useful elements here though.

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Tutorial

Next Limit RealFlow | Cinema 4D

RealFlow | Cinema 4D gives you the best in fluid simulation, directly inside Cinema 4D. Now you can achieve high-end simulations with an even easier workflow.

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There is a sale currently happening on RealFlow, and therefore, there is sale information at the bottom of the page. Be sure to scroll down!

Note that none of these tutorials have sound. There are several more on their Vimeo channel too.

RealFlow | Maya: Easy Workflow

RealFlow | Maya: How To Work With Visualizer

RealFlow | Maya: Adding Emitters To The Scene

RealFlow | Maya: How To Work With Offset For Meshes and Fluids

Caching Fluids in RealFlow | Maya

RealFlow | Maya: How To Work With Velocity Channel Set

Sale: Next Limit RealFlow 20th Anniversary Sale + 10.5 Release

Indeed, RealFlow is turning 20, and to celebrate, Next Limit is offering a special bundle of RealFlow 10.5 and your favorite RealFlow plug-in at a reduced price.

RealFlow 20th Anniversary Bundle

RealFlow 10 + Your favorite RealFlow plug-in only $1295.00

Choose your favorite plug-in:

• For Cinema 4D users, we have RealFlow | Cinema 4D 
• Are you a Maya user? RealFlow | Maya
• Also, for 3ds Max, there’s RealFlow | 3ds Max

Most importantly, this bundle is only available for a limited time. Get yours today.

Buy Now   Sale and 10.5 Update Info

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Who’s The Kid with the Oreo Cookie? It can be you! I learned this morning that Oreos are vegan, but this tutorial certainly has a lot of meat!

Oreo Commercial Tutorial

Arthur Whitehead explains his workflow for making Oreo cookie that splashes into some milk and caramel or liquid chocolate, made in RealFlow. RealFlow | Cinema 4D gives you the best in fluid simulation, directly inside Cinema 4D. Now you can achieve high-end simulations with an even easier workflow.

Arthur uses several applications in making this Oreo animation but this is pretty simple to follow, and interestingly, he starts with the soundtrack. He also gives tips on working with 3D scenes, time-saving tips, simulations, and outputting for Instagram. Finally, he brings it all together!

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RealFlow | 3ds Max

RealFlow | 3ds Max brings the well-know RealFlow fluid simulation tools directly to Autodesk 3ds Max®. Stay in 3ds Max® to perform your liquid, granular, viscous and viscoelastic simulations. RealFlow | 3ds Max is available for Autodesk 3ds Max® 2017, 2018 and 2019.  Get started with the tutorials below.

Learn more about RealFlow | 3ds Max

How to Set up A RealFlow Basic Scene

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