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C4D Render Tutorial Photoshop Tips and Tricks

Part 1

Let’s first start with removing the ‘black’
background that was rendered from C4D:

In Cinema 4D we need to make sure we
save using the following settings:

1st go to your “Render Settings” and make sure to click the “Alpha Channel” on.

The format as Targa works for me, but feel free to experiment with others. I believe the TIFF format would work as well.

After you have created your C4D Render, and have “rendered to picture viewer” it is time to save. Use the following settings.

Here’s my saved render:

Part 2

1. Open Photoshop
2. Duplicate your Render
3. Switch to your Channels Layer View

4. Deselect the RGB layer and turn on your
Alpha 1 layer.

5. Click on your Alpha 1 layer and drag it to the
bottom left circle in the Channels window.
This will load the Alpha layer as a selection

6. Switch back to your Layers Tab
7. Hit ctrl+shift+I to invert the selection
8. On the dupliate render we made earlier
hit ctrl+x to cut the black and make your
background transparent.

That’s it! Now your render should look like this:

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