Working with Splines - MAXON CINEMA 4D R16 Studio: A Tutorial Approach - page 79

1. Choose Create > Environment from the main menu; a cascading menu is displayed.
Choose the Background option from the menu; Background is added to the Object
Manager.
Next, you will change the background color to white.
2. Make sure that Background is selected in the Object Manager; the Background Object
[Background] settings are displayed in the Attribute Manager. Choose the Basic button,
if it not already chosen; the Basic Properties area is displayed. In this area, select the
On option from the Use Color drop-down list; the Display Color parameter is activ-
ated. Make sure the white color is set for the this parameter.
Saving and Rendering the Scene
In this section, you will save and render the scene. You can also view the final render of the
scene by downloading the file c02_cinema4d_r16_rndr.zip from www.cadcim.com . The
path of the file is mentioned at the beginning of the chapter.
1. Choose File > Save from the main menu; the Save File dialog box is displayed. In this
dialog box, browse to the location \Documents\c4dr16\c02 .
2. Enter c02tut2 in the File name text box and then choose the Save button.
3. In the Perspective viewport, set the camera angle using the Viewport Navigation Tools.
Next, choose the Render to Picture Viewer tool from the Command Palette. Altern-
atively, press SHIFT+R; the Picture Viewer window is displayed, as shown in Figure
2-55.
4. In the Picture Viewer window, choose File > Save as ; the Save dialog box is displayed.
5. In the Save dialog box, choose the OK button; the Save Dialog dialog box is displayed.
Next, browse to the \Documents\c4dr16\c02. In the File Name text box, type
c02_tut2_rndr . Next, choose the Save button; the rendered image is saved at the desired
location. The output of the model is shown in Figure 2-31.