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Silverwing: New in Octane 2026.1 Alpha: Gaussian Splats

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 7d

In this weeks #TUTORIAL I go over Octanes new Gaussian Splat integration in Octane C4D 2026.1 Alpha

youtu.be/OGh7_h8wbo0

As always, I hope you enjoy ✨

#OTOY @octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #c4d #cinema4d

Silverwing: Tonemapping ACES or OCIO to 8bit TIFF, JPG, or PNG in C4D Octane

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 13d

Blue Dice
So simple yet so detailed ✨
I made this dice for a recent video tutorial about color profile baking out of Octane for C4D and decided to give it the turntable treatment ☺️
#octanerender #c4d #fusionstudio

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 14d

And another tut!
How to bake out your ACES or OCIO looks from C4D Octane... into 8bit or 16bit Images.

youtu.be/FxSt37RWQNk

Due to a lot of requests I show what to do if you are not saving out EXRs but just want to save and be done.

#OTOY @octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #octanerender #c4d

Silverwing: Attention Octane Cinema 4D 2026 Color Mismatch!

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 15d

Today I released a special tutorial going over color changes in C4D and how they impact Octane color handling.

youtu.be/3Q2im3QfEzw

It's a short one. The "normal" tut will still follow tomorrow!

#C4D #OTOY @octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #octanerender

Silverwing: New in Octane 2026.1 Alpha: Trace Sets

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 21d

Hello everyone. My new tutorial is out about Octanes 2026.1 TRACE SETS.

youtu.be/EUrMt2FkEIc

A feature that was asked for since the very beginning of Octane!

I hope you had a great early week and a fantastic time ahead☕✨

#otoy @octanerenderitalia.bsky.social @maxonvfx.bsky.social #octanerender

Encore v3 Collaboration (Product Video)

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 25d

Happy Friday everyone!

The Encore keyboard collaboration video with Matthew Encina is now online on YouTube:

youtu.be/kB8wJquosLI

Enjoy!
@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social @blender.org @blenderartists.org @rndr.bsky.social #b3d #cycles #keebs #encore

Silverwing: Octane Motion Vectors in Fusion and AE

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 28d

Guess who's back, back again. Guess who's back, tell your friends:

This week talking about motion vectors in Octane to produce post motion blur in After Effects and Fusion:
youtu.be/T98LFbd4HJs

@OTOY @MaxonVFX #octanerender #tutorial #3d

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Sep 19

Aaaand my #BCON25 #b3d talk is already online!
It was (and is) an amazing experience.

Thank you so much @blender.org OTOY Render-Nnetwork and of course the amazing audience for having me 🥰

Hopefully you can take something away from it 🧑‍🎓

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCia...

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Sep 18

Got to meet Jules Urbach from Otoy again after a long time ✨

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thank you very much. Great to hear!
Oh, I tell you. I did neither. I had not even planned to go because the beginning of the year was disastrous job wise.
But then Otoy and the Render Network invited me and even gave me a talk 😯
Looking forward seeing you 🙏✨

Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hey everyone.

Otoy's Render Network invited me to hold a Talk at Blender Conference 2025.

If you love keyboards, raytracing and have sympathy for a blender noob finding his way through the software, then this might be something for you ⌨️✨

#b3d #bcon25

conference.blender.org/2025/present...

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Sep 14

Hey hey.
Ja, ich war im Sommerurlaub. Und gerade bereite ich einen Blender Conference Talk vor. Hab dafür extra ein Projekt gemacht. Das hat so viel Zeit in Anspruch genommen, dass ich keine Tuts machen konnte 😢
Ende September geht's aber dann endlich weiter 🙌

Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Jul 29

This weeks tutorial is online 🎉
Creating condensation droplets with MoGraph and Octane.

youtu.be/LH9La8BwXl4

As always I hope you enjoy and can use it in your projects!

#c4d #cinema4d #octanerender #tutorial

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Jul 26

That's a great suggestion and question!
I have tried and found it to be very difficult and until now have not found a satisfactory way to simulate the depth and therefore the interaction with reflections, light and shadow of the crackles in a realistic way.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hey everyone. I need a bit of a push from you today 😇

I guess I am in the midst of a summer low. So I need your ideas for a nice and snappy tut video this week ✨
Throw your ideas at me 💡

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Jul 3

I was asked by a community member how I would do a beer bottle setup to help him with a scene. So I thought I would create a scene for him and then also share it here.
Win Win if you ask me.

This scene it straight out of the render. No comp.
www.patreon.com/c/Silverwing...

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Jun 28

As far as I understand, sort of. It uses another protocol compared Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube ect. And therefore needs to be bridged.

Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Jun 26

I joined the #fediverse and am now on Mastodon:
mastodon.social/@silverwing

And Pixelfed:
pixelfed.social/Silverwing

I am very new to all this. So join me and watch me make mistakes XD

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · Apr 24

Looks really good though and a big plus is, that you can touch it and play with it. I just can stare at my screen instead 😇