Here is the gif

Thanks Grendel...

Thats help me a lot...

Cheers !

Very nice final render Grendel, even down to the barista foam pattern in the cup!

- Michael

No problem Anis, that is the purpose of the exercise. Forgot about the time, it is right at one hour for the render in C4D.

Thanks Michael, a small update with a little more tweeking of almost everything, now I am probably done.

Grendel.......man, its not just your design, its the Look too. Incredible!
I would like to hear more on that side of your work too.

Thanks jiro, for the rendering I use two apps most of the time, either Carrara or Cinema4D. I am trying to switch to Cinema4D as my main one. I don't have a good feeling about the development of Carrara under DAZ.

I try to keep my scenes simple, in Carrara I would use a HDRI to drive the GI then one or two lights to fill in and pick up highlights. Maybe render out an AO pass to accentuate boundaries on components. I don't usually use a backdrop as this takes to long to render and then just drop a gradient in the background for visual interest

In C4D I use one or two area lights and an infinite light and an AO pass. I may or may not use lightcards if depending on reflection requirements.