The ML Light Kit for Cinema 4D and Redshift makes rendering and animating moving lights easier, faster, and more realistic. Designed for illustrators and concept artists, it’s ideal for creating visuals for concerts, events, theater, or any project requiring precise lighting. ML Lights are non-brand-specific instruments that look great from any angle while keeping polygon counts low. Custom user controls put focusing, coloring, and adding gobos right at your fingertips. Built for simplicity, the system streamlines your workflow for maximum efficiency.
Copy and paste units into your own scenes
Control whole lighting positions from one control panel for ease and speed
Animatable and works great with Cinema 4D’s Takes system and Symmetry object
Clean Topology
Requires Redshift 3.6.02+ and tested back to Cinema 4D R25.
AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A BUNDLE
It's not just that LightKit renders instantly, looks amazing, and is easy to control in every way imaginable. But beyond that, it's just fun to explore Evan's techniques and learn for future projects. Great stuff.
-Malte Kreutzfeldt
ML LIGHT KIT 01: $75
The full package of all current instruments at a cost savings.
ML 01
ML02 v2.0
ML 03
ML VIDEO WALL
ML 01: $25
Comes with 8 different variations: Hanging Units and Floor Units
Built in Cloner capabilities: straight or curved runs and fully adjustable
Pan and Tilt controls or focus with a Target Object
Adjustable Beam size and Color controls
Separate controls for Intensity, Exposure and Volumetrics
Animatable and works great with Cinema’s Takes system
Watch the ML 01 User Guide to see all the functionality before you buy
ML 02 v2.0 : $25
Comes with 7 different variations: Hanging Units and Floor Units
Works with Gobos: b&w or full color patterns and images
Built in Cloner capabilities: straight or curved runs and fully adjustable
Pan and Tilt controls
Adjustable Cone angle and Color controls
Separate controls for Intensity, Exposure and Volumetics
Animatable and works great with Cinema’s Takes system
Watch the ML 02 User Guide to see all the functionality before you buy
ML 03: $25
Comes with 4 different variations: Hanging Units and Floor Units
Bar Fixture at 1 meter length: seamless lens pattern over long runs
Built in Cloner capabilities and fully adjustable
Tilt controls
Adjustable Beam size and Color controls or color can be image driven
Adjustable and animatable with MoGraph Effectors
Separate controls for Intensity, Exposure and Volumetics
Animatable and works great with Cinema’s Takes system
Watch the ML 03 User Guide to see all the functionality before you buy
Watch additional video on using Effectors with the ML 03
ML VIDEO WALL: $15
Easy adjustable LED wall tool with 1M x 1M tiles
Panel details on back side
Separate controls for Screen brightness and Light output
Drag and Drop content imagery
Animatable and works great with Cinema’s Takes system
Watch the ML Video Wall User Guide to see all the functionality before you buy
Watch training video on working with Symmetry, Animation, and Cinema 4d’s Takes system
Such amazing tools! Where has this been all my life?
-Butch Allen
FAQ
What software versions do I need to run this?
Redshift 3.6.02 or higher is needed. Any modern version of Cinema 4D that can run this version of Redshift should work. We tested back to Cinema 4d R25 with no issues.
How do I install the Kit?
The ML Light Kit is not a plugin - these are native Cinema 4D files that contain the lights and tools. You just copy and paste what you need into your working scene files.
Is this Previz software?
No. These tools are meant to help you with illustrations, concept art and animations inside of Cinema 4d. They speed up your workflow and make “writing cues” easier, but they exist inside the normal parameters of Cinema 4d renders.
Can I use other render engines?
The kit is currently only built for Redshift, with it’s lights and materials. If there is enough interest in other render engines we will explore this in the future. Please reach out to me and let me know what other engines you are interested in for future consideration.
Why can’t I see my light beams in my scenes?
Volumetrics for the lights require a Redshift Environment in your scene. There is one in each ML light file that you can copy and paste into your working scenes.
Can you make me a Sharpie or a Megapointe or a xxxx light?
The kit is specifically designed to be non-brand specific and since they are mostly in the dark, this will work for the majority of use cases. I am staying away from making specific brand fixtures, but you can make them yourself! I have a tutorial on rigging moving lights on my YouTube page.
How powerful a computer do I need to run the light kit?
This is very subjective based on the complexity of your scene and the amount of lights you put in. The units use standard Redshift lights and materials and the controls use Cinema 4d Xpresso in the background - so the kit shouldn’t add much more strain to your system then working in vanilla Cinema 4d and Redshift. For reference, all the training videos and demos are made on a PC with 128MB of RAM and a RTX 4090 GPU.
What’s the difference between the ML 01 and the ML 02?
The ML 01 uses an Area light to create a visible lens and give a good flare, but this light won’t let you use gobos. The ML 02 uses a Spotlight which lets you use gobos, but doesn’t have a visible lens. UPDATE: ML 02 v2.0 is now live and part of the download when purchasing. This new light lets you have a gobo with a visible lens, so it will cover most of your use needs for lights with or without gobos. The ML 01 does give a softer light that is better for just flaring or with a really wide beam spread, so I’m keeping them in the roster of usable lights.
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Are you making more lights?
Yes! I am actively working on more fixtures and other tools for future releases.
