{"id":47730,"date":"2014-10-30T16:31:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T20:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?post_type=video_tutorial&#038;p=47730"},"modified":"2014-10-30T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T20:49:09","slug":"quick-topographies","status":"publish","type":"video_tutorial","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/vt\/quick-topographies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema 4D Video Tutorial: Quick Topographies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"learn-how-to-easily-create-detailed-topographies-using-this-quick-cinema-4d-technique\">Learn how to easily create detailed topographies\u00a0using this quick Cinema 4D technique.<\/h2>\n<p>Working with generators can be extremely taxing\u00a0on your computer, especially when the objects\u00a0generated are all 3D. Typically\u00a0when rendering objects with topographic\u00a0landscapes you can\u00a0expect the process to be long, but not with the following effect created by <a title=\"Greyscalegorilla\" href=\"http:\/\/greyscalegorilla.com\/blog\/tutorials\/fast-3d-topographies-in-cinema-4d-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Greyscalegorilla<\/a>. In the following tutorial you&#8217;ll learn\u00a0how to build quick topographies\u00a0using the hair generator built into Cinema 4D. The whole process is\u00a0surprisingly easy and the results are absolutely stunning. The tutorial covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Using the Material Editor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Working with Projections<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimizing Materials in Photoshop<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lighting<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Notice how\u00a0much\u00a0more compelling the scene looks when using complex materials. If you want to learn more about manipulating materials using the new material editor in R16\u00a0we highly recommend checking out our post on the &#8216;<a title=\"R16 Features\" href=\"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/14-new-cinema-4d-r16-features-you-should-know-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">14 R16 features you should know about<\/a>&#8216;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/104735802?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>This tutorial was first created by\u00a0Chris Schmidt of <a title=\"Grey Scale Gorilla\" href=\"http:\/\/greyscalegorilla.com\/blog\/tutorials\/fast-3d-topographies-in-cinema-4d-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Greyscalegorilla<\/a>. 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