Brian Rodgers Jr.
I just received my M1 Ultra Mac Studio with 128GB of unified memory, 64 Core GPU, and 4TB SSD. Many have asked, how well does this computer perform for 3D and CGI work? In this video, I’ll dive into my experience using the brand new Apple M1 Ultra Mac Studio with Cinema 4D and Redshift.
IMPORTANT UPDATE 5-8-22:
Just thought I’d follow up from my Youtube video and let you guys know that after playing with some Redshift settings, I’ve been able to significantly speed up render times on the M1 Ultra Mac Studio since making this video. As I mention in the video, I make my living as a commercial photographer and digital artist. I’ve recently been getting into CGI and I’m still learning Redshift, but after lowering the bucket quality from the default “Medium” setting to “Low” and adding a bit of denoising, I was able to get the hero shot of the desk scene that I built from a 20 minute render down to a 6 minute render. The overhead desk scene shot went from 6 minutes and 46 seconds to just 3 minute and 41 seconds.
You can’t tell a difference in render quality until you zoom in maybe 200%-300% in Photoshop and look at them side by side. Furthermore, the School of Motion scene that I rendered is also rendering in 4 minutes and 18 seconds now instead of 9 minutes. And the Greyscale Gorilla animation that I originally rendered in 10 hours finished in just 2 hours and 55 minutes.
Again, I’m still learning Redshift and all of it’s idiosyncrasies, so I’m sure there’s more optimal settings that would provide the right mix of quality and render speed. If anyone has suggestions on this, please feel free to leave a comment below the video.
Timestamps ⬇️
Mac Studio & CGI Intro – 00:00
Mac Studio Configuration – 01:00
Cinema 4D & Redshift Demo – 01:37
Redshift IPR Viewer Playback – 03:30
M1 vs M1 Ultra for 3D Rendering – 11:15
Final Thoughts – 17:58
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Check out my full length Fstoppers tutorials on commercial product photography here:
The Hero Shot: https://fstoppers.com/product/hero-shot-how-light-and-composite-product-photography
The Well Rounded Photographer: https://fstoppers.com/product/well-rounded-photographer-8-instructors-teach-8-genres-photography?fsa=43071
As you can imagine, filming in depth photography education is no joke. It literally takes weeks of time to write lesson plans, test ideas, travel, film, edit and promote. This means that I’m putting other projects on hold and saying no to client work in order to produce this kind of training. It’s a really big commitment.
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Free tutorial I produced for Fstoppers: How To Photograph And Composite A Commercial Beverage Image In Photoshop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqa9pbsTJQ0&t=506s
Check out my self produced tutorials at DATR EDU:
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Other 3D Stuff You’ll want to check out:
School of Motion Intro to Redshift (Practice File): https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/intro-to-redshift-renderer
Prolist Blog – Further Insight on the Mac Studio from someone who works at Maxon
https://prolost.com/blog/macstu