• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Software and Hardware Renders render viewport

  Posted by Jonah Michael on January 26, 2011 at 9:57 pm

  Hello, i have a problem, and perhaps someone could assist me.

  When i select Software Preview or Hardware Preview and make the preview, it just gives and image of the viewport, un-rendered.

  Only when i select Full Render does it actually render the image.

  Here are the pictures

  What it looks like with Software or Hardware Preview

  How it is supposed to look

  Why is this happening?

  Tim Shetz replied 15 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
• 3 Replies

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  André Irniger

  January 27, 2011 at 6:02 pm

  Hy there,

  the Cinema help can be quite useful:

  – Full Render: CINEMA 4D or Advanced Render render engine will be used
  – Software Preview: CINEMA 4D will render the scene as it looks unrendered in the Viewport
  -Hardware Preview: CINEMA 4D will render the scene as it looks unrendered in OpenGL display mode. If this
  option is selected an Options menu will appear in the left column of the Render Settings menu.

  Cheers,
  André
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  Jonah Michael

  January 27, 2011 at 10:37 pm

  Thank you. It didn’t cross my mind to acess that. However, i do not get the point of ‘rendering’ the viewport, with the same elements you view while you model or animate them. It doesn’t actually render.
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  Tim Shetz

  January 27, 2011 at 10:49 pm

  I use the “Render Preview” option as a way to check my animations and timing, not to check one or two frames. In that case, I’m not as concerned about it actually rendering it…I just need to see camera moves and objects.

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  Tim Shetz
  c4dtraining.com

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