by Pixel Lab·Rendering
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Earns its place in the toolfarm library by packaging 20 ready-to-use Redshift studios, each with an Xpresso rig for hands-on adjustment of the lights and colors.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials is a set of 20 fully customizable studio lighting scenes for Cinema 4D, built for use with Redshift. Each scene is put together with a full Xpresso rig, so the lights and colors can be modified directly within the studio.
The 20 studios cover a range of setups: clean and seamless product studios, a shooting room for high-detail models, back-lit and hard-light rigs, a car studio for vehicles, jewelry and beverage packaging displays, a foggy scene for volumetric illumination, cinematic and portrait lighting, and a disco studio with adjustable colors, animation and flickering. Some scenes, such as Big Studio, include a moody fog option.
The pack downloads as a .lib4d file, which makes the setups accessible through the Cinema 4D content browser. It requires Redshift 2.5 and above. A demo video is available.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials is best for cinema 4D artists lighting product, vehicle, jewelry and portrait renders in Redshift.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials is completely free to download and use.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials requires Redshift 2.5 or above running in Cinema 4D. Versions of Redshift older than 2.5 are not supported, so you'll need to be on 2.5 or a later release to use the lighting studios. Because the scenes are built specifically for Redshift, a Redshift installation within Cinema 4D is needed rather than a different render engine. For current compatibility details, check the developer's page.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials downloads as a .lib4d file, which is designed to be accessed through the Cinema 4D content browser. Once the library is in place, you can reach the 20 lighting studios directly from the content browser. Each scene can then be brought into your work and adjusted through its Xpresso rig. For step-by-step setup instructions, the developer's page is the best reference.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials gives every one of its 20 scenes a full Xpresso rig, so you can modify the lights and colors within each studio. Certain scenes go further: the Disco Studio, for example, lets you change colors, animation and flickering. Scenes such as Ray of God and Big Studio also include fog options for volumetric lighting. All adjustments are handled through the Xpresso setup built into each scene.
Pixel Lab Redshift Lighting Essentials is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change over time, so it's worth confirming the current status and any usage conditions on the developer's page before downloading. The pack includes all 20 lighting studios along with their Xpresso rigs delivered in a .lib4d file. A demo video is also available if you'd like a look before getting it.
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