• Maxon Cinema 4D

  OBJ’s imported into Cinema are too shiny!

  Posted by Rolf Tollerud on September 12, 2015 at 12:29 pm

  Whether there is a mtl file or not, they all look the same. What can I do to make the “default render” more like a Keyshot render?

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  Rolf Tollerud replied 10 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Adam Trachtenberg

  September 12, 2015 at 7:32 pm

  Cinema’s native obj. import doesn’t read mtl files. Add your own material to the object.
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  Brian Jones

  September 12, 2015 at 7:57 pm

  R17 does read .mtl files, I don’t import enough .obj to know how good it is but it seems to work for the few I’ve tried.
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  Rolf Tollerud

  September 12, 2015 at 10:22 pm

  Thank you Adam, for reminding me of C4D own obj import/export which I have not used for years. Since c4d 11.5 in fact. Actually it imports correct! The error is in Riptide. With Riptide I can import an obj file with the specular set to,

  Ks 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
  Ns 5.000000

  And yet the component has unwanted specularity after import. Moreover, if I export with Riptide ganz richtig I now have,

  Ks 1.000000 1.000000 1.000000
  Ns 50.781250 In the mtl file.

  And there is no way I can get rid of it inside c4d even if I uncheck the whole Reflectance parameter.

  But – I can use c4d’s obj import. I suppose it is safe now after so long time. Or do you know about any issues with it?

  I am really ashamed that I have not discovered the error in Riptide before now. I observed it but thought it was nothing to do.
  Oh well..

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