I've been a photographer for 18 years and am brand new to the concept of using CG modeling as part of my work. I know literally nothing. I purchased an architectural model of a loft on here with the intention of compositing that with a female model I photographed and for now I'm attempting use C4D Lite in after Effects to create the composite. I can open the file but it appears to be just the grayed non rendered image. There was a popup about VRay, doe I need that program as well? I'm assuming I bought the fully rendered file because I can see all of the material files so I know they're there, just not how to see them in the image. Basically at this point I want to be able to move the view around the room and composite a person into the scene. Is AE/C4D Lite all I need or do I have to acquire other programs like VRay as well?
You did not buy fully rendered file. You bought file that can be rendered.
As I understand, you can't render in c4d Lite but you must us AE forrendering the scene.
Now, I'm not c4d user but few clicks away I've found some links that might be usefull for you...
"How to export images and video from Cinema 4D Lite":
(https://www.3dfordesigners.com/blog/how-to-export-images-and-video-from-cinema-4d-lite-guide)
"Cinema 4D Lite Saving Rendering":
(https://community.adobe.com/t5/after-effects/cinema-4d-lite-saving-rendering/td-p/9043532)
This scene requires Vray Render Engine. It mentions this on the second line:
rendered with vrayforc4d 3.60
This means you will need to install Vray for Cinema4D
https://www.chaosgroup.com/vray/cinema-4d
If you want other scenes always check the description first and see if it matches your software. For Cinema4D it comes with Default & Physical render engine (look for those keywords). Otherwise there is plenty of paid render engines such as Vray, Corona, Redshift, Octane etc which should be in the description for each model you buy.
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