You need to open the prefs and open the “other folder” and copy that into the same location in the R19 prefs other folder, that copies all setting over including cache setting, Profiles etc... and the Octane Presets.

C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\MAXON\CINEMA 4D R18_12345678\ and copy to

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Out of interest, can you retiime a VDB sequence to speed it up?

Hi all, sorry if this seems a daft question, but I am new to XP. I am using the workflow of ObjectTag on the emitter, creating a sphere and referencing that in the particle rendering, but then was struggling when displaying spheres in the emitter or particle group to have them match the size of the ...

I'm pretty sure you log in with the same details and then uncheck the Offline Activation. Activate in cinema, close it and change the method back to Offline. That's what I did and I don't have any issues starting C4D and don't have the lag of activation every time too. May be wrong though

Hi guys, I am still struggling like hell to get the correct settings for reducing noise / reasonable rendertimes in V3 when the scene is dark. Have been trying a few things, doing renders and making small changes, but I cannot get to a point whereby the noise is acceptable and the render times ...

I thought you could by adding the various mix mats to a Null?

Hi, yes, have tried that and makes no difference. Have just updated all to V3.07-R2 to see if that made a difference but it doesn't.

Hi guys, am having an issue whereby i'm bringing in an alembic file with a camera, a mesh and setting up a background object to show a drone photo, but whilst the viewport shows them aligned, the mesh is shifted within the LV and PV.

Any thoughts on why this would be?

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Have to say, this is something that is really playing with me too. There are a few aspects that I think need the help updating. Don't get me wrong, I'm little more than a basic user, but the intuitiveness on some of these features is difficult to grasp.

After watching the IBC2017 vids I want to try this too but haven't gotten around to it. Surely there would be some way to bake the texture out to define areas of snow / rock or similar and then use that to define the location of the different octane materials?

Would love to hear your thoughts or ...