Greyscalegorilla Podcast

This is the first part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on June 3, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about all things workflow. That thing you don't really want to think about, but it can make all the difference in saving you and your team's sanity.  Check it out!

We are partnering with our friends at OTOY to give you an amazing 3D package! Throughout the month of August, when you purchase an annual subscription of Plus, you'll get 3 months of OctaneRender free + 100 RNDR tokens. Existing annual Plus members also get 100 RNDR tokens to render out your projects at lightning speed using RNDR, OTOY's blockchain GPU rendering network. Learn More: https://greyscalegorilla.com/greyscalegorilla-and-octanerender/

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Chad's Cineversity talk - https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytu...
• Takes - https://greyscalegorilla.com/speed-up...
• Tokens - https://greyscalegorilla.com/cinema-4...
• Work Faster in C4D - https://greyscalegorilla.com/how-to-w...
• ACES in Octane in 5 minutes - https://greyscalegorilla.com/better-r...
• Surface Imperfection Training - https://greyscalegorilla.com/surface-...
• Neon Materials Training - https://greyscalegorilla.com/neon-mat...
• Chad's new computer - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing...
   

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on May 20, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about what you get stuck on with C4D materials, emissive materials, and so much more. Want to watch when Chad dives in and starts demonstrating his favorite tricks with emissive materials proper? Check it out!

We are partnering with our friends at OTOY to give you an amazing 3D package! Throughout the month of August, when you purchase an annual subscription of Plus, you'll get 3 months of OctaneRender free + 100 RNDR tokens. Existing annual Plus members also get 100 RNDR tokens to render out your projects at lightning speed using RNDR, OTOY's blockchain GPU rendering network. Learn More: https://greyscalegorilla.com/greyscalegorilla-and-octanerender/

Links mentioned in today's show:

• All about Chad's new system - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing...
• Make some fog in Redshift - https://greyscalegorilla.com/blade-ru...
• Greyscalegorilla Dust - https://greyscalegorilla.com/product/...

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on May 6, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about materials, our surface imperfections, ACES, favorite renderers, and a rather spicy debate about Mac vs PC. Want to watch when Chad dives into Octane proper? Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Better Renders with ACES in Octane in Under 5 Minutes - https://youtu.be/4t3qHtwyWcs 
• Why Cinema 4D Artists Should Care About ACES - https://youtu.be/4cCQ3pTRfmU 
• Which Renderer Should I Use in Cinema 4D? - https://greyscalegorilla.com/what-ren...

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on April 22, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about the formal launch of Greyscalegorilla Plus, staying sane in the pandemic, and more.

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Greyscalegorilla Teams - https://greyscalegorilla.com/teams/
• Greyscalegorilla for Education - https://greyscalegorilla.com/education/
• Greyscalegorilla Testimonials - https://greyscalegorilla.com/testimonials
• Licensing FAQ - https://greyscalegorilla.com/plus-licensing-faq/
• Greyscalegorilla Merchandise - https://greyscalegorilla-merch.creator-spring.com/

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on April 8, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about Greyscalegorilla Plus, including the lens scripts we released, NFTs, developing your portfolio, why Chad is using Octane now, and more. 

Pop on over to watch Nick demo the Lens and Rotation scripts they walk about in the show.  Click here to watch the fun.

Links talked about in this episode:

• Plus Perks Blog
• Learn ACES in Octane in Under 5 Minutes
• Chad Ashley on Foundation
• Shawn Astrom on Foundation
• Nick Campbell on Foundation 
• Greyscalegorilla Academic Pricing
• The Creative Gap: Becoming Better Than Most

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on Feb 17, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about lighting, HDRIs, Greyscalegorilla, and more. 

Audio is only half the story. Follow along as Chad jumps in and demonstrates some high level lighting concepts in 3D. So simple, yet so effective.  Click here to watch the fun.

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on March 04, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about cameras, cinematography, Greyscalegorilla, and more. 

Want to watch the part where Chad jumps into Cinema 4D and starts really showing how to work with your cameras in Cinema 4D? Click here to watch the fun.

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on March 18, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about lighting, Greyscalegorilla, and more. 

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We are coming back, bringing you some of the highlights of the Q&A section of our Live Show, in pure audio form.

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Check out last week's Live Show, where Nick and Chad  answer people's questions, and then get down into the thick of it messing up some perfectly nice materials.

Show Notes:

• Maxon Cinema 4D S22
• Arnold and Otoy collaboration
  • Arnold GPU on their RNDR service
  • Otoy to support Arnold's standard surface

Our Thoughts on the New C4D S22 Features:

Automatic UV's

Chad

• super easy to use, very convenient
• not bad but no real control over distortion settings
• I like the overlap mirrored geo, nice way to save space
• cant reset to default settings

Shawn

• 3 Impressive out of the box automatic solutions licenced from Quel Solaar.
• Easy to use!

New UV Workflow

Chad

• Great start, way better layout
• good enough for most
• slightly confusing workflow
• couple of quirks
• decent auto packing and auto unwrap
• needs a relax brush
• no UDIM support
• overlap mirrored geo is nice
• no ability to right click and reset your settings to default
• tad slow on complex meshes

Shawn

• Wonderful new UV layout
• Love all of the view modes (Show tiled texture) for example
• Would love to see a nice grid in UI beyond 0-1 UV space.
• Need Alignment tools (Snapping does not seem to work)

Modeling Improvements

Chad

• Steps in the right direction, but a long ways to go to compare to Maya + Max
• bridge is ok, but still far behind what other DCCs are doing
• untriangulate works well

Shawn

• Love the new mirror selection! Huge
• Vertex normal via the phong tag is great
• Untriangulate Command is much improved
• Close Polygon Hole function is much better
• Fix non-manifold geometries command very welcome

Nodal Material Export to FBX

Chad

• not really anything here that interests me

Shawn

• Seems great for those who still use Physical and Standard Renderers

GoZ Bridge

Chad

• I don't use Zbrush but this seems useful

Shawn

• Works great! Was not possible in R21 officially and now supports Polygroups!

Viewport Enhancements

Chad

• viewport enhancements is a step in the right direction but doesn't work with redshift. Was hoping it would be closer to what Maya and Blender have.
• viewport filters are a great quality of life feature. BUT the individual presets are not found in the customize commands options and cannot be turned into a button or shortcut. However, the preset selector can be docked in the UI, but this is not ideal.
• would be easy to set up for play blasts

Shawn

• Viewport filter icons rule
• Setting up Viewport filter shortcuts DON'T work as expected
• Love the new viewport resolution option
• Instances now show full geometry
• Hair now looks amazing and much closer to final render

gLTF Support (Export Only)

Chad

• I don't do AR, but this seems very useful to those that do

Shawn

• Another great exchange format.
• Great for WebGL needs
• Is a one-size fits all file format (SketchFab)