In addition, artists can apply toon outlines to renders: either at the outline of the model at material or colour boundaries or based on the angle and distance of an edge from the camera, to generate internal details. It is also possible to combine the base colour gradient with bitmap textures or Cinema 4D’s native noises. The software’s new NPR material comes with standard controls to adjust the colour ramp, plus a range of interpolation modes, making it possible to create hard-edged bands of colour, or smooth colour gradients.Īs well as the Color channel, the NPR material includes Specularity, Emissive and Rim Light channels, so the toon-shaded highlights respond both to material properties and scene lighting. The main new feature in U-Render 2022.4 is the non-photorealistic rendering system, which enables users to render toon-shaded images in real time. U-Render 2022.4: versatile new non-photorealistic rendering toolset The software is now fully integrated into Cinema 4D, making it possible to use as a viewport renderer.

It supports PBR materials – standard Cinema 4D materials are automatically converted – with displacement and subsurface scattering volumetric rendering and a range of post effects. U-Render promises genuine real-time rendering – the software is designed more like a game engine than a conventional offline renderer – with good support for Cinema 4D’s core features, including MoGraph. U-Render has also also discontinued to perpetual licences of the software in favour of annual subscriptions.Ī genuine real-time render engine with good support for Cinema 4D’s native features Other changes include support for Screen Space Global Illumination and multi-materials. U-Render Visual Technology has released U-Render 2022.4, the latest version of its physically based ‘really real-time’ render engine for Cinema 4D, adding a new non-photorealistic rendering toolset.

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