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▲ 17 r/RedshiftRenderer

Help with Fading Parametric Effect but with Texturing

I feel I'm pretty decent at modelling and Texturing but I feel like this can only be done really with parametric modelling such as grasshopper. Or is there a simpler way?

2nd Image is my attempt with modelling, not sure how I'd do it with texturing I've tried using vertex maps and gradients but can't seem to get it right.

u/RJ9717 — 5 days ago
▲ 29 r/RedshiftRenderer

How would you recreate this glass material and lighting setup in Redshift?

I'm trying to recreate the attached renders in Cinema 4D 2026 + Redshift, and I'm getting close, but I can't seem to get the glass material and lighting exactly how I want it.

The reference images are AI-generated, so I know it's not 100% physically accurate, but I need to get as close as possible for a project.

I'd really appreciate any advice, node setups, lighting diagrams, or example scenes. Even general direction would be incredibly helpful since I'm trying to reverse engineer an AI render into something physically plausible.

Thanks!

u/lobo516 — 10 days ago
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Looking at updating our render computer, What do you recommend?

Looking for some advice on upgrading/replacing our render machine.

I work on a small motion design team. Three of us do 3D work, and a few years ago I built a dedicated render machine with a Threadripper CPU and 3x RTX 3080s.

Recently the GPUs started overheating. I've tested each card individually and they all still overheat, so I'm assuming the cards themselves are reaching the end of their useful life.

My original plan was to replace the GPUs with a single RTX 5090, but I suspect the older Threadripper would become a bottleneck. That would likely mean upgrading the CPU, motherboard, and possibly RAM as well.

The thing that's making me reconsider is that I recently switched from a Windows laptop to a MacBook Pro with an M5 Max and have been really impressed with it. One of my coworkers suggested that instead of rebuilding the render box, we look at a Mac Studio or Mac mini.

Most of our 3D work is done in Cinema 4D and Redshift, but we also get some fairly heavy After Effects projects. The current render machine was built mainly with GPU rendering in mind and isn't particularly great for larger AE jobs.

I'm curious what people would do in our situation:

  • Rebuild the render machine around a 5090?
  • Buy a Mac Studio?
  • Something else entirely?

Thanks!

Currently our Render machine looks like this
AMD Threadripper 1900X
3x 3080 turbos
ASRock X399 Taichi ATX sTR4 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

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u/ALiiEN — 14 days ago