In this tutorial, Dustin Valkema walks us through how to create a realistic-looking glass beverage and carrier in Cinema 4D and Redshift. This tutorial is the perfect companion to the Intro To Modeling tutorial with Geoff DeVries as we're bringing both projects together to create one awesome product. Covering everything from subtle imperfections, logo placement, stacking materials, product lighting, rendering, and post-production, Dustin shows us the entire process in this project-based tutorial.
We're using Redshift inside Cinema 4D for its speed and flexibility during the material creation process and rendering. We'll dive into mixing various materials and texture maps together while previewing our changes easily. While we're using Redshift, the fundamentals of our project will carry over quite well in Octane Render.
By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a great grasp of what it takes to create awesome beverage work and gain the confidence needed to start with your own projects. You'll be introduced to various ways of thinking and problem solving as Dustin navigates this project from start to finish.
Dustin's final stage before post-processing is taking a moment to look his scene over and then render his image. In this video, you'll get to take a look at what this process looks like.
Dustin shows us how he likes to organize his Photoshop files before starting his compositing process.
Dustin walks us through the process of building a bloom and glare layer for use in post-production, using render layers.
Dustin shows us how to rebuild our beauty render in Photoshop, to match our final render.
In this video, we get to see Dustin's compositing process while making local adjustments using masks and other photoshop tools.
Dustin uses Camera Raw to apply the finishing touches to his composite while discussing his thought process behind doing so.
In this video, Dustin discusses the export process needed to create an SRGB image of our composite.
Dustin gives students a challenge in making their own version of their composite from scratch.
In this video, Gary Martin uses his vast experience working in the beverage industry to offer Dustin some creative insights and critique.
