Please dont insult my intelligence with smart ass remarks about magic buttons.

If you have read and understood what I have spoken of in this thread you will know that
I am enthusiastic about working with fully functional software that has the tutorial support to aid in enhanced and accelerated ...

For clarification. I read the manual. It, like any manual it says what things do, not how best to utilize them. They are great reference but not great learning tools for me YMMV.

Ive read many manuals over my 30 year career as an editor. And they are no substitute for visual tutorials which are ...

LOL! I guess you are the obligatory A--hat here Frankie boy. Thanks for dropping in and entertaining us. Now please go away

I dont have the time or interest in learning the stand alone. You are right, I will return to using Octane when its out of beta. Silly of me to think it could be used for clients projects.
I will try using it again when its ready for prime time.

Giovanni Im glad Octane is working for you now.

But as a professional in the video industry your suggestion to...

"and lets all slow down and enjoy octane "

is not very helpful or realistic. I have to say that when learning new software to be used at work, time is of the essence. And the great ...

Marcus, thanks for taking the time to post that file. I updated the stand alone and the C4D plug in as well.

When I first bumped into the issues, I had generated Octane stuff using the drop down menus on the Viewer. FYI that light was set for area light and shadow.

This time I just created C4D ...

Sorry buddy, in my experience you are dead wrong. Ive had to learn lots of software over the years . Compared to C4D it is extremely obtuse. The managers for material creation are way more convoluted.

Hell, I can get s shadow in 10 seconds with C4D. Still not getting one as documented in the ...

I find I have a positive experience with software when I have good tutorials to educate me on its use.

As a CMX/Avid/FCP/Premiere/After Effects editor for the past 30 years I think tutorials speed up and enhance the learning process for me.

Part of my repulsion to Octane is most likely due to a ...

Sorry, Octane is much to obtuse for my needs. I am deleting it for the moment from my system and sticking with the standard C4D. Its not worth the extra learning curve it seems to demand.

Yup. I tried all the lighting types in the kernal AND all various light types as well as daylight. No shadows. It really shouldn't be this difficult to generate a shadow.

I will check back in a few months to see if this software has improved at all. At this point I would suggest folks not purchase ...