Dirt Simulator Plugin for C4D?

[Odie]

Hello everyone. This is my first official post here. I've known about this community for years, but have spent most of my time on other boards. Today, I felt was time to join, as I have a specific question for y'all...

 

So, I've been a long-time user of 3DS Max, but I think my next software upgrade will be a switch to C4D R11.

 

I'm curious to know if there is a dirt simulator for C4D that is at least as good as DirtyReyes was for Max. This was by far my favorite plugin. So far I haven't found much with Google.

 

I know that a similar effect can be applied using ambient occlusion. DirtyReyes, seemed a little bit more realistic than that, though. It always gave that believable, "splotchy" look.

 

Anybody have any ideas? Thanks!!

[Frosty]

Try this.

http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/13957-cinema-4d-dirt-effect.html

[Odie]

Thanks for the link, Frosty. I'd heard of this "dirt" shader, and that it uses the same basic principles as Ambient Occlusion (or it is AO, not sure).

 

I was curious to know, though, if anyone had encountered a plugin for C4D (or internal settings) that rivaled DirtyReyes output for Max. I'm still not 100% sure I'm going to switch to C4D, but I'm heavily leaning in that direction.

 

I also heard that the Dirt Shader was added, then removed in later versions. Is that true?

 

Cheers!

[William Alexander]

Dirt Shader was not removed ... renamed to AO and made available on a global and shader level.

 

I've never seen a 'plugin', though there might be predifined shaders that use the AO function as a shader for Dirt. Should 'smell like almonds' SLA shaders at one point in time.

 

The controls for AO occlusion are in depth and a plugin almost seems redundant ... given how the scene and object sizes vary the settings to get AO to generate 'Dirt-grunge' for sure. Ambient occlusion for making lighting based effect (Old Dirt terminology) it's even easier.

 

My 2 cents

[Odie]

Ok, so it looks like AO does essentially the same thing. I knew there had to be a reason why they stopped releasing those dirt plugins... I've been out of the 3D loop for a while.

 

Thanks for your help, guys!