Andreas Lettner – Cinerender Methods, Tips & Tricks

Andreas Lettner – Cinerender Methods, Tips & Tricks

Learn how to use the Cinerender engine like an expert without becoming an expert

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Andreas Lettner

CINERENDER as one of the most professional render engines on the market comes with many new parameters and settings which are new for us ArchiCAD users.

We should understand some of them for avoiding long render times and unexpected results.

We will learn to create our own presets, our own render style which can be used afterwards out of the box.
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1

Simple Rendering with Basic Surfaces and No Interior Lights

This design sketch conveys the basic spatial relationships however it feels rather artificial and “plastic”.
2

Interior Lighting Added

The same view without sunlight and the ambient light turned down; interior lighting starts to make it feel more natural.
3

More Interior Lighting and Texture Effects

Notice that the window in the back is dark (rather than appearing light as in the first two images); the carpet has depth, and there are additional subtle lighting interactions. Still not a great rendering, but getting more interesting.

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We will learn about:

How to use ArchiCAD`s new Cinerender engine effectively
Techniques to decrease the render time
How to set up your own Surface Materials
Multilayered surfaces and procedural shaders
Background and foreground objects, plants cars and people, high res and low res poly objects
The grass function as a hair simulation tool ( carpets … )

1

Simple Rendering with Direct Sunlight and Soft Shadows

This basic rendering gets the general idea across.
2

Indirect lighting on a cloudy day

The same view with the sunlight made more diffuse. Notice the environmental reflections in the right-most glass door panel using an HDRI image-map.

Working with Lights and Lamps on indoor scenes
Working with Lights and Lamps on outdoor scenes
The studio light setup, creating stunning renderings of a preliminary design which look like a real model
Creating a feel with the ambient light
Ambient coming from the physical sky vs. ambient from a hdri
Cameras and focus, the depth of field
The physical render engine
Standardizing your settings in scenes which can be used without repeating the setup
Setting up size and resolution
Batch rendering in ArchiCAD
Animations in ArchiCAD
Calculation of the needed render time
Working with Render Farms