StarScape

StarScape is a plugin for Cinema 4D.

If you’ve tried to create a space scene in Cinema 4D, you will have surely tried to use the ‘Starfield’ shader provided. And been sorely disappointed with the result. The shader only produces an extremely simple star field; what is really needed is one where you can adjust star numbers, colour, size, and so on. This shader tries to give a better star field; it is entirely procedural, highly configurable, and doesn’t require that you search for a suitable bitmap instead (and end up using the same one as everyone else). Now you can create star fields that are unique to your scene.

This screenshot of the user interface shows the available controls in star field mode (you can also generate large single stars complete with sunspots):

The shader has up to 10 layers, all of which have their own set of parameters. In the image at the top of this page, four layers were used; three with starfields with stars of different sizes, then a single star on the top layer. You can mask out parts of the star field, with some other shader such as Noise, for example, and each layer can have its own mask.

With StarScape you can produce almost any starfield you like and apply it to an object (such as a Plane object) or the Background or Sky objects in Cinema 4D.

Availability

StarScape is the first in a series of 'space scene' shaders and objects, and will be released soon. And it will be, of course, completely free.

Page last updated August 30th 2024