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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I finally released TEMPUS. Experience it on @Behance be.net/gallery/2568... Massive thanks for Lukas Guziel for his amazing soundtrack, Ameen Taher for his voice talent, and SunnyOsahn & the @rendernetwork.bsky.social for making rendering this peace possible through a Grant!

Thumbnail with the word "Tempus" showing a gate in a canyon reflecting on a water surface on the bottom of the canyon in a backlit sunset situation that puts huge godrays across the landscape toward the camera.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My new project: "Tempus - A Reflection on Time, Transience, and Memory" will drop tomorrow. I will be at #creativconnect presenting a small making off. Many thanks to the @rendernetwork.bsky.social for the Grant. Would not have been possible without the vast render capabilities!

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Did you know that you can use ACES 2.0 in Octane? Notice the oversaturated purple spot in the first image and compare it. As comparison I am also adding sRGB and AgX This ACES 2.0 distribution works: github.com/AcademySoftw... 4.0.0 does not currently work. #sRGB #ACES #AgX

CGI Material ball holding a highly dispersive (prism effect) material in the raw sRGB output.

CGI Material ball holding a highly dispersive (prism effect) material interpreted in the ACES 1.2 to sRGB tonemapping.

CGI Material ball holding a highly dispersive (prism effect) material interpreted in the ACES 2.0 to sRGB tonemapping.

CGI Material ball holding a highly dispersive (prism effect) material interpreted in the AgX to sRGB tonemapping.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I did another render to test the capabilities of the upcoming Blender 5.3 Principled BSDFs Dispersion. Native Blender, 64 total Light Paths. No Clamp, no Glossy filter (for path-traced caustics) 16k Samples. 1:20 Min / Frame Should I do Diamonds next? #blender #b3d #dispersion

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Native #Blender 5.3.0 with Principled BSDF Dispersion #b3d #dispersion It took a bit to render to get the nice caustics. But it's awesome to see to get this goodness natively out of Blender!

$A 3d rendering showing a backlit glass cube with a lot of colorful refractions created by the prism effect of light dispersion. On the floor there also colorful caustics of the light refracting through the glass body.$

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Octanes new "Physical Optics Material" in Octane 2027.1 Alpha Let's you create a vide variety of new materials including Diffraction Grating Standalone Files are on my Patreon: patreon.com/SilverwingVFX Needs the latest alpha to work! #diffractiongrating #cgi #octane #otoy

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Here's a render I did in Octane with the CAD file from Max Heuwekemeijer on #GrabCad I used to show my Axis Workflow with. grabcad.com/library/driv...

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

D-20 Dice Turntable: The reference had this nice anisotropic flow structure inside of it. Recreating it I went the physical route with a million small strands swirling inside of the dice. Not really efficient, but a prove of concept. #otoy @maxonvfx.bsky.social #c4d #octane

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

And yet another post from me for today: Octane 2026.3 for Cinema4D - v1.9.1 is online: With new features, lots of improvements and bug-fixes: render.otoy.com/forum/viewto... #otoy #octane #c4d

It's a screenshot of the list of features and fixes of the new Octane 2026.3 - 1.9.1 C4D release.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Here's the "downwash" effect of the tutorial I made in action: youtu.be/oSJJPguQVJk Of course rendered in #Octane I stole the laser light animation from another video of mine 😇 youtu.be/FmGthbW6JwM @maxonvfx.bsky.social #fluiddynamics #c4d #simulation

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

New tutorial out: Bubbly Bubbles: youtu.be/mqj5NMmLijI As always, I hope you enjoy. And if you happen to be at #FMX, see you there! @octanerenderitalia.bsky.social @maxonvfx.bsky.social #bubbles #mograph

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#losangeles and #RenderCon is amazing. I had the most fantastic time Thank you for all of you who came up to me and the engaging conversations!

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Octane 2026.2 for Cinema4D - 1.9.0 is out: With lots of revisions and fixes! render.otoy.com/forum/viewto... #c4d #octane #otoy

Octane splashscreen of the 2026.2 octane version showing some out of focus red lines.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I am very happy to announce that I will be visiting RenderCon 2026 Really looking forward meeting a lot of you legends there 🙌 @rndr.bsky.social #otoy #octane #rendercon #conference #losangeles rendercon2026.com

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Octane Render 2027.1 Alpha 1 just dropped: render.otoy.com/forum/viewto...

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Opal Ring using octanes "Realistic Camera" for the analog look. Made with #cinema4d Rendered using #octane 8K SPP on the #rendernetwork : 2560 x 1440 px Tier 3 Compositing / Denoising in Fusion Studio Opal from the recent tut I made: youtu.be/qv4zsUDZGzI #c4d #opal

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Dice Chapter II This was mainly made to explore Octanes "Realistic Camera" emulation. Lens Imperfections as a style... wait for the closeup! #Octanerender #c4d #lenssimulation Rendered on the #rendernetwork

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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 · 19/09/2025

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 · 18/09/2025

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

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

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 · 29/07/2025

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 · 03/07/2025

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 · 07/04/2025

Here's a render I made of the final Watch CAD asset in #c4d and #octane from our current #plasticity video series. youtu.be/P5ADvNj2L_4 Shading will beging in the next tutorial

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I got around modeling the wrist-band (sds) as well as shading the watch model I created in my last two plasticity tutorials. So you can see how the model can look like shaded (Which we will be probably doing (shading) in the last two sessions) The next will be CAD export. Tut youtu.be/2MegQlItj5M

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Aaaand one last time the RaspberryPi (for now) This time the marvelous back side in all it's capacity... capacitory goodness... with a lot of capacitors! Took me quite some time arranging all of those little buggers. @maxonvfx.bsky.social #cinema4d #octanerender #plasticity

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Some more RaspberryPi renders. I hope I am not boring you with it 😇 This time a couple of tasty details as well as the back. Created in @maxonvfx.bsky.social #c4d Some additional modeling in #plasticity Rendered in #octanerender Comped in #digitalfusion

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

As I am currently working on some print files to pretty up my office I re-lit the #RaspberryPi I created lately. Modeled and assembled in @maxonvfx.bsky.social #c4d Rendered in #octanerender Comped in #digitalfusion I modeled a portion using #plasticity So not all of it has nice SDS wires.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Compact-Cassette Stills I want to create a collage of data storage devices to frame on a wall so I made some clean #cassette beauty renders: Modeled with Plasticity, lit and rendered in Octane for Cinema 4D 📼 @getplasticity.bsky.social @maxonvfx.bsky.social @octanerenderitalia.bsky.social

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Compact Cassette following up other "Data Storage Devices" as the Compact Disc and the MiniDisc I decided to create a Compact Cassette. Modeled in #plasticity3d Animated in #cinema4d Textured and Rendered in #octanerender Composed in #fusionstudio I hope you like it 🙌

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Lately I did some more MiniDisc renders for a musician that releases on the MD format. One render I am especially proud of is the Maxell OZ-Black Disc version MD. I just love the light play in this clear one! Though I also love the colors ones as the Sony Color Collection. #octanerender #minidisc

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

And another animation I did for my latest tutorial. Or vise versa. Building this led to my tutorial. Where I go over Octanes Photon Tracing and caustics generation tips and tricks. youtu.be/yLcuZCPtSdQ P.s. the scene is available on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/SilverwingVFX

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hey everyone. Happy 2025 to all of you. I make a small animation in Octane and Cinema 4D for the new Year.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I made another tutorial about putting weathered / used decals on surfaces. lnkd.in/eXdixJFw I thought about places where you would see them usually. And traffic light posts came to mind. So I modeled a typical German traffic light button to put some stickers on to. #octanerender #cinema4d

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Today a nostalgic post. Though it was not wide spread in Germany (where I am from) I just love the MiniDisc. It has some really retro SciFi vibes. Also one of the few disc products that came in a cartridge. 💽 Created in #cinema4d rendered with #octane

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Another one of those 100frame animations I do with Blender lately to test it's mograph capabilities. Again with the help of Geometry Nodes. Rendered with Cycles on the @rndr.bsky.social #b3d #mograph #geometrynodes

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

This week I made a setup with Octane and C4D. I call it "Rim-Bubbles" I don't know any term to describe those any better, but if you see the attached video, you know what I mean 😇 Tutorial: youtu.be/VfO5Z-FCGRE I hope you like the video and have fun with the tut if you decide to watch it 🙌

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Today I want to post one of my all time favorites "Meters" SDS modeled with C4D R19 shaded and rendered in Octane Render V4. Also find more info in the dedicated Behance project page: www.behance.net/gallery/7766... #3d #cinema4d #c4d #octanerender

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I made some cool sequences for my new tutorial dealing with "ethereal" or "dreamy" product renders that you can see used more and more in CGI renderings. This technique uses sub-frames in C4D and Octane. Link to the Tutorial on YouTube: lnkd.in/ezygB_ua

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

2nd Shot: This scene uses some Geometry Nodes. I am sure I could have optimized it a bit better. But I am just uploading it as it was used to render the scene. #b3d #motiondesign

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

I have been testing #blender #cycles on the #rendernetwork beta. The scenes are super simple. I have uploaded the Blender 3D files to my Patreons: www.patreon.com/silverwingvfx I hope you like it! #b3d #motiondesign

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Raspberry Pi 5 I thought it would be interesting to recreate a less cinematic but more video camera personal recording style video. Inspired by Moonshake3D I worked on a handheld camera setup. Video on YouTube: youtu.be/15MmXUURb-8 And also some nice renders:

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Yesterday I remembered that I had this very cool project laying around that I finished but never really showed and only teased once Behold one of my first GPUs. The Orchid Fahrenheit 1280 #octanerender #maxon #cinema4d #3d #CGI #retrocomputing #art #3dart

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Small work in progress for an upcoming #octane tutorial. I managed to get the #cgi #foam #shader working with noises in volumes and the same on the surface with displacement.

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Following last weeks Blender Cycles tutorial where I talked about shading glass in general I worked a bit further on the scene and made the liquid SSS by using volumes and gradients 🍹 Link to the tut here: lnkd.in/eMZJJAMn #blender #cycles #volumes #productviz

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

SLV Console has landed. My biggest #Blender project yet! Make sure you watch the 1:30 min animation! For a lovely all around experience visit Behance: www.behance.net/gallery/1909... Huge thanks for the amazing score to Lukas Guziel #Blender #3D #CGI #Artwork #Cycles

Console Retro Screen 3D CGI Blender Artwork Cycles

Wireframe Console Retro Screen 3D CGI Blender Artwork Cycles

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Raphael Rau / Silverwing @raphaelrau.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

Happy new Year everyone. This Years 1st tut is online. This week about Depth / Distance based Shading. youtu.be/ucgYAWj88hs I hope you like it. Please let me know what tutorials you want to see in 2024 🙌

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