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LennyLenfestey
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January 30, 2018
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Aliasing issue with Cinema 4D renderer

  • January 30, 2018
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Hi all

I looked around for a solution for a long time, but couldn't find. Feel free to point me in the right direction if this is old hat.

I'm modelling a simple iPad type device in 3d and my mac pro is only configured to use the Cinema 4D renderer (can't use ray traced).

The problem is this, as I rotate the camera around the object looking slightly up at it, I'm getting a lot of aliasing. Is there any way to avoid this?

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    olivert89019884
    Participant
    October 3, 2021

    In After Effects, under the Cineware effect settings, go to render and set to render settings to "current" instead of "viewport". I was looking around a long time for this small piece info, its an easy thing to miss when "current" doesn't sound like the HQ setting one looks for before rendering

    OFFICER#88
    OFFICER#88
    Inspiring
    June 4, 2020

    I do have this problem too, everything is maxed out in the settings of C4d renderer, but i am facing to the aliasing problem with per character 3D layer... 😞

    Ofcourse88
    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    January 31, 2018

    Well, what are actualyl your render settings in the C4D scene? Typically one would simply crank up the AA settings and use a more advanced filter like Sinc or Gaussian...

    Mylenium

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    LennyLenfesteyAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    January 31, 2018

    Hi Mylenium, thanks for the reply.

    Forgive me if I come across a bit naive, the scene is built in after effects with an extruded shape layer using C4D renderer in AE. The quality settings (and so the AA settings too) are cranked up to max. It's rendering at full resolution too. If I switch back to Classic 3D, obviously the extrusion disappears, but so does the aliasing.

    You say use a more advanced filter - are you talking about an effect in AE? It sounds like you're talking about the extruded shape as part of a C4D render.

    I'm trying not to use C4D as I'm due to pass this on to a total newbie, who wants to be able to mess with the camera angles easily and render out quickly.

    Please feel free to slap me down for being stupid here

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 7, 2018

    Thanks again, really appreciate this.

    So, last question:

    How do I access the C4D settings without leaving AE?

    I'm not using a C4D file, so the only option I have within AE is the quality slider in the C4D render options:

    I'm assuming Adobe wouldn't add a render engine to their application which gives you control over basic 3D properties, but for which you have to leave the application to alter most of the settings. If I do have to go into C4D to alter the settings, do I do it by altering the default settings for C4D to see an improvement in the aliasing in AE? I'm confused (not hard to confuse me).

    I'd normally do this kind of thing in C4D and then import the file, extract all the cameras, nulls etc, but it seemed like such a simple way to do it if I can just extrude shape layers in AE and such a perfect way to hand off a simple file to someone with little knowledge of AE and none of C4D.


    Hi LennyLenfestey,

    I do know you can set up various takes and then call them up with After Effects. Would that assist your workflow?

    Thanks,
    Kevin

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