woodstar

Hi I have a simple xpresso setup on a null which simply just controls the grid size of the document (I know it's simple) BUT in order to use it you have to open up the document I made it in, otherwise xpresso unlinks the parameters. I just wondered if there was a way of turning this into a plugin like function where I could hit a button and it creates the object with the relevant xpresso linked to the current document. I would like to learn how to do things like this because I'm always trying to improve my workflow by creating 'rigs' or templates, but would love to take this to the next level. Would I have to go down the Python route or is there a simpler way? I did find this (http://www.mattrittman.com/how-to-create-macros-actions-in-cinema-4d) Which seems perfect but didn't work as it doesn't record the Xpresso part of the setup and is very limited in other areas. Would love some advice on how to achieve things like this, if there's any techniques or training you can point me to?

We've been using Octane for our animations and although its faster than most CPU renders, it's not much faster for interiors. It buckles when doing indoor scenes, I've got it down to a minute per frame but it's super grainy..We have 2x Pascal Titan X so I'm just not too happy with the render times, there's only so much you can do in post. Don't really get how a game engine can render at like 150fps at 4k but 1 awfull looking 720p frame takes a whole minute. Does Redshift offer decent render times for animation/interiors? Would love to get hold of a sample file to see what speeds I get before jumping into learning it.