The Most Comprehensive Training Available for C4D Octane

Octane Master Course

The Octane Master Course is the first fully comprehensive series of video tutorials for Octane Render in Cinema 4D. This training follows a linear progression from beginner level all the way to advanced, so you can dive in no matter where you are at. If you’ve been wanting to learn Octane from the ground up, this is the course you’ve been waiting for!

90+ videos, and over 30 hours of training. Plus continuous updates for over a year after launch! 

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Topics include:
• Basic introduction
• Overview of all the Lights, Materials and Objects,
• Compositing in 3rd party Applications such as After Effects and Photoshop
• The Node Editor
• Overview of Every Node in Octane
• Octane Scatter
• Working with hair
• Sub Surface Scattering
• Fog and Volumetric Lighting
• Toon Lights
• Render Layers
• Firefly Removal
• Rendering with an Alpha Channel
• X-Particles, Turbulence FD, and Substance Painter Integration
• Optimizing Render Performance
• and so much more.

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OVERVIEW

  • Overview: 3 Mins
  • What is Octane Render: 10 Mins
  • Why You Should Buy Octane: 56 Mins
  • How to Download and Install Octane and C4D Plugin: 17 Mins
  • Introduction to the Octane Interface and Live Viewer: 16 Mins
  • Setting up a Octane Layout: 13 Mins
  • Basic Material Overview: 31 Mins
  • Basic Render Settings: 38 Mins
  • Overview of the Camera Imager: 39 Mins
  • Recommended Render Settings and How to Save: 6 Mins
  • Adjusting Basic Interface Settings: 15 Mins

LIGHTING

  • Using Octane Lights Part 1: 32 Mins
  • Using Octane Lights Part 2: 15 Mins
  • Using Toon Lights: 11 Mins
  • Using Octane Daylight: 24 Mins
  • Using Textures With Lights: 12 Mins
  • Using HDRI and Texture Environment Objects: 18 Mins
  • Using HDRI and Daylight Objects Together: 20 Mins
  • Using Objects as Lights with Materials: 12 Mins

MATERIALS

  • Diffuse Material: 44 Mins
  • Glossy Material: 56 Mins
  • Specular Material: 54 Mins
  • Toon Material: 40 Mins
  • Mix Material: 10 Mins
  • Octane Material Manager: 18 Mins
  • Using C4D Shaders in Octane: 17 Mins
  • Octane Open LiveDB: 19 Mins
  • Saving Materials (Quick Tip): 5 Mins

CAMERA

  • Camera Overview: 12 Mins
  • Depth of Field (Quick Tip): 10 Mins
  • Using Motion Blur: 28 Mins
  • Depth Of Field and Thinlens Settings: 32 Mins

NODES

  • Introduction To Nodes: 26 Mins
  • Node Editor Settings (Quick Tip): 8 Mins
  • Setting Up A Node Layout: 3 Mins
  • Material Node: 13 Mins
  • Mix Material Node: 6 Mins
  • Image Texture Node: 46 Mins
  • RGB Spectrum Node: 4 Mins
  • Gaussian Spectrum Node: 23 Mins
  • Float Node: 8 Mins
  • W Coordinate Node: 8 Mins
  • Baking Texture Node: 29 Mins
  • Transform Node: 15 Mins
  • Projection Node: 33 Mins
  • Checker Node: 5 Mins
  • Dirt Node: 16 Mins
  • Falloff Node: 20 Mins
  • Marble Node: 17 Mins
  • Noise Node: 18 Mins
  • Random Color: 12 Mins
  • Ridged Fractal Node: 10 Mins
  • Side Node: 7 Mins
  • Turbulence Node: 9 Mins
  • Clamp Texture Node: 7 Mins
  • Color Correction Node: 8 Mins
  • Cosine Mix Node: 10 Mins
  • Gradient Node: 40 Mins
  • Invert Node: 3 Mins
  • Mix Texture Node: 7 Mins
  • Multiply Node: 10 Mins
  • Add Node: 7 Mins
  • Subtract Node: 5 Mins
  • Triplanar Node: 21 Mins
  • Displacement Node: 33 Mins
  • Black Body and Texture Emission Nodes: 6 Mins
  • Absorption Medium Node: 19 Mins
  • Vertex Map Node: 15 Mins
  • Bitmap Node: 14 Mins
  • Colorizer Node: 7 Mins
  • C4D Gradient Node: 12 Mins
  • C4D Noise Node: 9 Mins

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES

  • Advanced Settings: 33 Mins
  • Removing Firefly’s: 28 Mins
  • Octane Render(er) Panel Overview: 13 Mins
  • How to Save Octane Renders (Quick Tip): 16 Mins
  • How to Save Octane Renders: 38 Mins
  • Rendering With An Alpha Channel: 14 Mins
  • Render Passes (A.K.A. Multipass): 51 Mins
  • Using Octane Scatter: 54 Mins
  • Using CSV Files with Octane Scatter: 21 Mins
  • Using Fog and VDB Volumes: 50 Mins
  • Fog and Volumetric Lights With Octane Environment: 57 Mins
  • Rendering The Hair Object: 36 Mins
  • Rendering Splines as Hair-Mesh: 13 Mins
  • Subsurface Scattering With Diffuse Materials: 45 Mins
  • Subsurface Scattering With Specular Materials: 30 Mins
  • Irradiance Mode: 7 Mins
  • Substance To Octane Workflow: 21 Mins

X-PARTICLES AND TURBULENCE FD

  • Using the X-Particles Emitter: 28 Mins
  • Using Turbulence FD with Octane: 47 Mins

 

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FAQ

 

Q: How long do you plan on updating the course?

 

I will continue to update the Octane Master Course with new content and updates for over a year after launch till its fully completed on August 15, 2019.

 

Q: What’s Included​​​​​​​?

 

90+ videos: All the videos in this course will be available to stream online. Topics include, but are not limited to: Basic introduction, render settings, material creation, node editor, Octane lights, Octane HDRI environments, Octane daylight, object buffers, multipass, compositing in 3rd party applications such as After Effects and Photoshop, render layers, fog, and volumetric lighting, 3rd party plugins and programs like X-Particles, Turbulence FD, and Substance Painter, and much more.

 

Continued updates: I will continue to update the Octane Master Course with new videos that will reflect any changes that are made to Octane Render C4D, including updates for Octane render V4.0.I will continue to do this till the course is fully completed on August 15, 2019.

 

Additional videos: More videos will be added periodically that will reflect any new effects, techniques, or just anything cool I figured out how to make or do. Plans currently include Neon lights, Magic Potion Bottles, a Realistic Earth, and Diamond textures, with more to come.

 

Scene Files: Complete with free PBR Octane materials, 3d models, and VDB volumes to help you see firsthand how things are done.

 

Octane Master Course Discord Channel: A place for all members of the Master Course to hang out and ask questions, complete with live support from me on any Octane-related questions.