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I'm experimenting Octane a few days and I'm really enthusiastic!

C4d r13 + octane render.

That looks beautiful. Well done.

Thanks

Yeah, looks cool. Especially the texturing.

One thing I don't like (and its not your fault) is how the lamps are all blown to pure white, yet the actual illumination of the scene is still dim. This is an Octane thing that I never liked - your emitters must be completely blown, for them to produce any decent light.

Maybe having the ability to control the ratio between emitter brightness vs how much lighting it produces, would lead to better looking renders. Those 100% white cut-outs certainly don’t look nice (or realistic).

Though this can be corrected by masking the lamp areas with a second render with lower exposure / power, it's still a hassle.

Thanks for the comment. in fact I had some difficulties to handle the power of the lights. I hope this feature will be improved in the next upgrade. The overexposure however it is my choice. as well as the neutral coloring. This is the first experiment with Octane. I hope to do better in the next work.

Another Setup of the same scene.

I think the problem with lights is that in reality, its a small bulb with a mirror behind it and glass in front. In Octane, we generally make the outside (which should be glass or plastic) the actual emitter. Now, I've tried doing this realistically, and it is not a good idea. I agree, there should be some kind of faking for it.

Another Setup

Very cool, I love all the detail.

Thank you!
Here are the last two setups. I inserted a human figure to give a sense of proportion. And with this I close this scene. For me it was a test to see how they work with the lights OCTANE. I will not make other rendering of this scene.