• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Grayscale image of distance from camera

  Posted by Ideazonepd on January 12, 2007 at 6:31 pm

  I’m wondering if there is an easy way to create a rendered image of a 3D model that comes out in grayscale according to its depth (or distance from the camera). Think of it as the reverse of a bump map. If I had a 3D model and I wanted to create a grayscale image to be used as a bump map (not that it makes much sense, but it’s what I need), how would I go about doing that in C4D?

  Ideazonepd replied 19 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Mylenium

  January 12, 2007 at 8:01 pm

  Depth is a standard pass in the Multipass rendering. It’s dependenat from the cameras near and far distances, so you need to enable that first for the depth to show up.

  Mylenium

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  Ideazonepd

  January 12, 2007 at 9:06 pm

  OK, I found the depth option in the multi-pass rendering. But how do I enable the camera’s distance?

  Thanks for the help.
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  Ideazonepd

  January 12, 2007 at 9:27 pm

  Mylenium,

  Never mind, I found it. It is one of the characteristics of the camera (I forgot to put a camera in). Then I had to play around with the depth distance.

  Thanks again for the help.

  Myles

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