{"id":45520,"date":"2014-09-11T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T19:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=45520"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:06:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T15:06:03","slug":"cinema-4d-video-tutorial-realistic-steel-texture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/cinema-4d-video-tutorial-realistic-steel-texture\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema 4D Video Tutorial: Realistic Steel Texture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"the-r16-cinema-4d-updates-add-new-texture-effects-in-this-post-we-share-a-tutorial-and-free-project-file-for-creating-a-realistic-steel-effect-in-c4d\">The R16 Cinema 4D updates add new texture effects. In this post, we share a tutorial and free project file for creating a realistic steel effect in C4D.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-11-at-10.31.59-AM.png\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-45523\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Screen Shot 2014-09-11 at 10.31.59 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pbblogassets\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Screen-Shot-2014-09-11-at-10.31.59-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Applying realistic textures in Cinema 4D is essential to &#8216;selling&#8217; the realism of your models. As you may know, Cinema 4D has been updated to version R16 with a myriad of new features, one being a reflectance parameter to make texturing much easier.<\/p>\n<p>In the following Cinema 4D video tutorial you&#8217;ll learn how to create a realistic steel texture in Cinema 4D. The tutorial covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Setting Up Textures in Photoshop<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Creating Textures in Cinema 4D<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Working with Bump and Reflectance Modifiers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Texturing is a science and good texture usually requires the use of more than one program. For the following tutorial you will need to have access to Adobe Photoshop. If you don&#8217;t have Photoshop you can download a free trial from\u00a0<a title=\"Creative Cloud\" href=\"https:\/\/creative.adobe.com\/plans?sdid=KKQWP&amp;kw=semoverview&amp;skwcid=AL!3085!3!53305204360!e!!g!!creative%20cloud&amp;ef_id=U@0HvAAABLzYYJye:20140911153806:s\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Adobe&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">[maxbutton id=&#8221;25&#8243;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow along here [<em>best viewed full screen<\/em>]:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/105883631\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Find free Cinema 4D textures and materials in our previous\u00a0<a title=\"Free Textures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/free-cinema-4d-textures-and-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Free Textures and Materials<\/a> post. 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