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Shawn Astrom

@shawnastrom

3D Generalist, Look Dev Artist, & enthusiast of high quality pies. Owner of SA Studios in Denver, Colorado. https://sastudios.xyz/

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Silverwing: Octane Vectron in C4D
Silverwing: Octane Vectron in C4D YouTube video by SilverwingVFX

This week I present you all something long requested:
Octane# VECTRON:

In this tut I go over the basics of Vectron and how to actually model with it.

youtu.be/D7w7LMzMuXk

@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #octanerender #c4d #vectron

10.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really love getting notifications on my phone in the form of text messages emails and general notifications and then also my tablet and computer all of the same time it is super convenient.

04.03.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Silverwing: Octane Distorted UVW Node - Randomize Textures Natively
Silverwing: Octane Distorted UVW Node - Randomize Textures Natively YouTube video by SilverwingVFX

Hey everyone. I am finally back with a new tutorial:

About the "Octane Distorted UVW Node"
youtu.be/u_xyzOkKoLk

Find the scene files for Blender and C4D here:
www.patreon.com/SilverwingVFX

@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #octane #octanerender #c4d #b3d

24.02.2026 08:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s Be Clear: Artists & Creators Must Have Transparency NOW! Every single day we don’t have transparency, the value of copyright loses ground and the harms inflicted to creative industries grow. California has always been on the forefront of policies that can ...

πŸ”΄CALL TO ACTION to fight AI! Takes 10 seconds!πŸ”΄

Please sign and share this petition to send to legislators in California to support the AI Transparency Act. It would force AI companies to provide a list of work they trained on to IP holders. ANYONE can sign!

actionnetwork.org/petitions/le...

07.11.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Silverwing: New in Octane 2026.1 Alpha: Meshlets
Silverwing: New in Octane 2026.1 Alpha: Meshlets YouTube video by SilverwingVFX

With another Octane 2026.1 Alpha Feature "Meshlets"
Find out how to set them up in C4D Octane.

youtu.be/kWVw5sLku9E

Spoiler... it's surprisingly easy.
Have fun watching 😊

@OTOY

@octanerenderitalia.bsky.social #OctaneRenderIt
#cinema4d #c4d

21.10.2025 06:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@wesmcdermott.bsky.social Hey Wes! Wanted to ask an expert about this strange issue I've noticed since the new GPU renderer was added. In Substance 3D Designer with Windows scaling set to 150% the 2D is not showing the correct true 100% scale. Is this a bug? @adobe.com

13.10.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hahaha, GOOD.

24.09.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Silverwing: Octane Motion Vectors in Fusion and AE
Silverwing: Octane Motion Vectors in Fusion and AE YouTube video by SilverwingVFX

Guess who's back, back again. Guess who's back, tell your friends:

This week talking about motion vectors in Octane to produce post motion blur in After Effects and Fusion:
youtu.be/T98LFbd4HJs

@OTOY @MaxonVFX #octanerender #tutorial #3d

23.09.2025 06:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is GREAT news but right now WACOM drivers don't work correctly within Blender. Custom button mappings are broken! Is there a fix in the works?

12.09.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@blender.org hey what's the deal with the more recent versions of blender and Wacom tablets I can't get my custom button mapping to work anymore The only way is to run blender in administrative mode and then once you switch to another application and back they are broken again!

28.08.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's amazing I think nothing is more important than a great user interface and they've knocked it out of the park with the refinements!

28.08.2025 01:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for sharing this @greyscalegorilla.bsky.social !!

29.05.2025 14:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Shawn Astrom - Working Simple in Production | SIGGRAPH 2024
Shawn Astrom - Working Simple in Production | SIGGRAPH 2024 YouTube video by Maxon

@maxonvfx.bsky.social Thanks again for having me present at last years SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver, CO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-pN...

23.05.2025 03:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi, i'm open for freelance and roles again, feel free to reach out for any and all CG environments related work!

linktr.ee/josefbsharah

20.05.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
NAB 2025 | Sebastian HΓ€fele and Jonas Pilz - Sneak Peek - Future Features in Cinema 4D
NAB 2025 | Sebastian HΓ€fele and Jonas Pilz - Sneak Peek - Future Features in Cinema 4D YouTube video by Maxon

@maxonvfx.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=63cZ... Amazing new features teased here in this NAB video! 2025.3!

16.04.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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More... Great to see displacement supported!

14.04.2025 03:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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@maxonvfx.bsky.social Redshift Toon time. Finally getting around to playing with the new toon stuff in RS. Too much fun! I think I'm going to play around with some more NPR rendering soon.

14.04.2025 00:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The best 3D tress in the world! Thanks for the update!!

12.04.2025 18:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

07.04.2025 13:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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www.sastudios.xyz/3d-assets

Moved my assets over to Lemon Squeezy because Squarespace has an insane 300mb file size limit! Also lowering prices across the board since everything else on the planet is becoming more expensive. #C4D #3D #blender #Octrane #Redshift

04.04.2025 23:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!!

12.03.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cinema 4D Scene Nodes

@maxonvfx.bsky.social Scene Nodes Tutorial series up by the brilliant Athanasios Pozantzis!! cineversity.maxon.net/en/series/ci...

07.03.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just enrolled! Thrilled to get my Zbrush chops back in order!

18.02.2025 22:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Earlier today, I was trying to grasp the size of a single atom. I calculated that if a silicon atom were scaled up to 1 foot across, the straight-line distance between LA and Portland would be equal to the number of silicon atoms that fit across 1mm 🀯

07.02.2025 02:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing!

07.02.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dusk Skies. Who doesn't love a good dusk sky?

29.01.2025 03:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you want #cinema4d #3d on Windows to feel a bit more "Apple OSX" you can simply swap the GUI Font out to Apple's beautiful SF Pro!!! @maxonvfx.bsky.social developer.apple.com/fonts

02.01.2025 20:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Print Shop is open!

A couple classic scenes
A bunch of brand new ones
And the 2 legendary scenes that started this journey

Get some new wall art for the holiday season and use code HOLIDAY15 for 15% off!

paa.ge/caldermoore/en

12.12.2024 17:39 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We need you on the beta stat!

04.12.2024 20:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Woah!!! More amazing stuff added to my favorite 3D app! @maxonvfx.bsky.social πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™

04.12.2024 16:12 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0