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  • C4D Lite Default Environment?

    Posted by Craig Berman on April 17, 2021 at 6:55 am

    I am new to C4D Lite, so this could be an easy one, but when I load a new layer to Reflectance it gives me a reflection of these trees (see attached image) and not the image that I have used in Enviroment. Can anyone please tell me what is going on?

    Jim Scott replied 5 years ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Jim Scott

    April 17, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    The tree image is the default reflection used in the viewport. I have never used C4D Lite, but assuming it acts in the same way as the full version if you’re going to use both the Reflectance channel and the Environment channel you need to set the Attenuation in the Reflectance channel to “Additive” in order to see the Environment channel. All the settings in C4D can easily be confusing, so I would recommend getting familiar with the Help files. You can right click on any parameter and select “Show Help” to access them. Here’s a screenshot from the Help files for the Environment parameters concerning what I referred to above:

  • Craig Berman

    April 18, 2021 at 4:08 am

    Thanks Jim! I will check this out

  • Jim Scott

    April 18, 2021 at 5:05 am

    You’re welcome. Hope it helps.

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