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Cinema 4D Studio is the very best that MAXON has to offer for professional 3D artists. If you want to create advanced 3D graphics but need a helping hand to ensure you create jaw-dropping graphics quickly and easily, then this is the choice for you.
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Cinema 4D is the professional 3D package for your needs. If you want to create advanced 3D graphics and need a helping hand to ensure you create jaw-dropping graphics quickly and easily, then Cinema 4D is the choice for you. It comes in four different flavors for everyone's taste.
Why Cinema 4D?
Easy to learn and extremely powerful: Cinema 4D is the perfect package for all 3D artists who want to achieve breathtaking results fast and hassle-free. Beginners and seasoned professionals alike can take advantage of Cinema 4D’s wide range of tools and features to quickly achieve stunning results. Cinema 4D’s legendary reliability also makes it the perfect application for demanding, fast-paced 3D production, and a range of attractively priced software packages is available to fit any artist’s needs.
Ease of Use
Getting started in the world of 3D is a blast when you can quickly create great-looking results! Cinema 4D’s intuitive and easy to understand operation and logically arranged interface makes it easy for beginners to jump right in and take control. And it never ceases to amaze professional users just how easy Cinema 4D is to use. Countless tutorials and a global, highly-skilled community play an important role in bringing beginners to a professional level of use.
Intuitive Interface
Cinema 4D is a pillar in our users’ everyday workflow. This is why we make sure from the start that new functions work intuitively and are exactly where users will expect to find them. The Cinema 4D layout can also be easily customized to precisely fit a user’s needs and saved for later use.
Stability
Cinema 4D’s stability is renowned throughout the 3D community and beyond. All new features and functions are thoroughly put through their paces by our QA and beta testers before being released. Our free service packs, which are released on a regular basis, further optimize Cinema 4D and let us rapidly respond to changes in operating systems and drivers!
Powerful System Help
Any questions about a specific function can be quickly answered by right-clicking on it and jumping straight to the integrated software documentation.
Procedural Workflows
Stay flexible from beginning to end! Staying flexible for last-minute changes is important no matter which project you’re working on. Cinema 4D offers numerous options for working non-destructively: parametric modeling, procedural shaders, textures and more. And the Cinema 4D Take System lets you save and manage multiple versions of a scene in a single file!
CINEMA 4D RELEASE 20 – Welcome to the Deep End
Cinema 4D Release 20 marks a huge leap in technology, introducing massive new frameworks that put tremendous power in your creative hands. The possibilities are endless, your creativity is unleashed – it’s time to jump in the deep end.
Node-Based Materials
From simple references to complex shaders, you can build extraordinary materials in a node-based overview. Complex effects created via nodes can be wrapped as assets and delivered as simple materials, with just the necessary parameters exposed. Release 20’s node-based materials have the power to change the way you work, whether you directly create amazing shaders through nodes or simply make use of assets shared by those who do.
MoGraph Fields
Use more than just simple shapes to control effectors, deformers, weights and more. Fields will revolutionize the MoGraph feature set, making it easy to create complex effects by combining falloffs. You’ll never use Cinema 4D the same way again.
CAD Data Import
Say goodbye to conversion woes – most popular CAD formats can be imported with a simple drag-and-drop. Get the models you need, with the quality you want thanks to the robust and flexible import of STEP, Solidworks, JT, Catia and IGES files.
Volume Modeling
powered by OpenVDB
Better Booleans are only the beginning – create models by combining shapes, splines, particles and noises. It’s all thanks the power of voxels and OpenVDB. Import and export VDB and even use volumes to control MoGraph effects.
ProRender Enhancements
The next generation of native GPU rendering is here – and it’s packed with production-level features to help you get the job done. Render sub-surface scattering, motion blur and multi-passes on your super-charged Nvidia PC or your state-of-the-art iMac.
But wait, there's more!
Motion Tracking
Integrating 3D elements with 2D footage has never been easier thanks to some great workflow improvements to Motion Tracking in Cinema 4D Release 20. The Motion Tracking toolset has consistently matured since it was introduced in Release 16, supporting camera and object tracking, distortion correction and scene reconstruction. Release 20 focuses on refining the overall workflow, making these fantastic features even easier to use.
TRACK VIEW – The Track View magnifies and focuses on a specific 2D track so you can easily monitor and tweak its position. With the Tracker View, you can see the luminance values used internally to track the footage, making it easy to adjust the color filter for the best contrast and automatic tracking.
INTUITIVE LAYOUT – The entire Motion Tracker layout has been redesigned around the new Track View window and provides an ideal workflow with easy access to key managers and commands.
ENHANCED 2D TRACK LIST – It’s easy to manage user tracks in a new list view. You can easily rename, reorder and organize tracks into folders, as well as adjust key parameters like the track size and shape directly in the list.
VIRTUAL KEYFRAMES – Placing keyframes dramatically improves the automatic tracking of manual features, but it’s tedious. The new Virtual Keyframes option automatically adds virtual keyframes based on the error threshold or frame interval.
Multi-Instances
Cinema 4D’s MoGraph tools make it easy to create lots of objects and the new Multi-Instances feature makes it easier to manage them. With Multi-Instances, your cloned objects are handled more efficiently and you get drastically better performance in the viewport. Speed things up even more by simplifying the display of each clone to its bounding box, matrix box or axis point. Multi-Instances do support MoGraph Color – even in the viewport!
ADDITIVE MULTI-PASSES – With new purely-additive passes in Cinema 4D’s Standard and Physical Render, you can easily composite the direct and indirect lighting to match the beauty render. This makes it easy to apply denoising on the indirect lighting without losing texture and shadow detail.
TEXTURE GIZMO – Placing textures in Cinema 4D has never been easier! Simply switch into the Texture Mode (flipping the axis mode isn’t necessary anymore) and choose from three display modes in each Texture tag – a simple display of the projection axes, the classic grid, or a new UV pattern display.
SCRIPTING AND PLUG-IN ENHANCEMENTS – As part of the transition to a more modern Cinema 4D core, there are lots of API changes with Release 20. Unfortunately, that requires third-party developers to adapt and recompile their plug-ins but it comes with more power and sets the stage for things to come. There’s also an all-new Console that makes it much easier to debug and develop scripts, and a standalone Python interpreter to support auto-complete and debugging in popular code editors.
MODELING CORE ENHANCEMENTS – Thanks to ongoing efforts to enhance the modeling core, you’ll see improved interpolation of UVs, Vertex Maps and SDS Weights when using the Extrude, Extrude Inner and Matrix Extrude tools. There are new, improved default UV maps for the Pyramid and Platonic objects. Plus, the Structure Window now automatically switches to match the active component mode and points are now optionally deleted at the same time as their related polygons.
CINEMA 4D Release 20 Complete Feature List
General
- Faster Picture Viewer playback
- Speed and memory optimizations
- Installer Command Line Interface (CLI) mode
Exchange
- SketchUp
- Update to SketchUp 2018 SDK
- Null objects with only one child polygon object now create one combined object instead
- Alembic
- Update to Alembic 1.7.7 SDK
- Performance improvements by caching matrices
- Users can now bake selected objects to Alembic
- New animation retiming controls
- Set Frame (for manual animation control via keyframes)
- Offset Animation
- Playback modes (Play, Loop, Ping Pong)
- Speed setting
- Time Remap Curve Interface
- FBX
- Update to FBX 2018.1.1
- Support for instances
- Axis preferences:
- Flip Z Axis
- Up Axis (Default, X, Y, Z)
- New CAD imports (CATIA V5, JT, Solidworks, STEP, IGES)
- Houdini upgrade to 16.5.536
- AI importer: Illustrator splines now load in at the correct scale
Modeling
- Enhanced modeling kernel
- Several commands migrated to the new modeling kernel provide much better preservation of surface attributes (UV, etc.)
- Delete Components command with much faster performance and better behavior (e.g., deleting disconnected points)
- Triangulate command
- Triangulate N-gons
- Re-Triangulate N-gons
- Remove N-gons
- Align Normals
- Reverse Normals
- Several tools migrated to the new modeling kernel
- Extrude Polygon
- Extrude Inner
- Matrix Extrude
- Primitives now use the new modeling kernel
- Sphere (Icosahedron, Octahedron mode), Platonic and Pyramid primitives now generate non-overlapping UV coordinates
- An option is available to convert legacy primitives from old scenes to use the new behavior
- Several commands migrated to the new modeling kernel provide much better preservation of surface attributes (UV, etc.)
- The Structure Manager now automatically switches the Component mode (Points, Polygons, ...) to the mode selected in the Structure Manager
- Custom Data tag
- A new API allows 3rd-party developers to create custom Data tags, which store surface attributes and can also provide interpolations functions.
- Commands and tools using the new modeling kernel will respect these surface attributes and use the interpolation functions provided
- OpenVDB
- Volume Builder Generator
- Converts a polygon object, spline object, particle object or a Field into a Volume object
- Can create Signed Distance Fields and Fog volumes
- Several parameters of the resulting Volume object can be controlled (e.g., Voxel Size)
- Filter Objects
- Smooth Filter / Smooth Layer
- Different Filter Types
- Signed Distance Field: Gaussian, Mean, Median, Mean Curvature, Lablacian Filter
- Fog: Gaussian, Mean, Median
- Different Filter Accuracy settings for Signed Distance Fields: First Bias, Second Bias, Third Bias, WENO 5, HJWENO 5
- Different Filter Types
- Reshape Filter / Reshape Layer
- Different Filter Types
- Signed Distance Field: Dilate / Erode, Close / Open
- Fog: Offset, Range Map, Curve
- Different Filter Accuracy settings for Signed Distance Fields: First Bias, Second Bias, Third Bias, WENO 5, HJWENO 5
- Different Filter Types
- Smooth Filter / Smooth Layer
- Objects and Filters can be layered using different mix modes
- Signed Distance Fields (Union, Substract, Intersect)
- Fog (Normal, Max, Min, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide)
- Volume objects can be referenced as a Field Layer
- Converts a polygon object, spline object, particle object or a Field into a Volume object
- Volume Mesher Generator
- Generate a polygon object from a Volume object
- User can control the Voxel Range Threshold or the Surface Threshold
- Meshing can be adaptive
- Import / Export .vdb
- Volume objects can be imported and exported from and to the industry standard .vdb file format.
- Volume Loader object
- References and loads volume files and volume file sequences
- Volume Mesh command: Remeshes and combines polygon objects using a volume-based approach.
- Generate a polygon object from a Volume object
- Volume Builder Generator
Rendering
- ProRender
- ProRender now supports:
- Subsurface Scattering
- Linear & Angular Motion Blur
- Sub-frame Motion Blur
- Out of Core Texture streaming to render textures that exceed the total GPU memory
- Multi Instances
- Texture Selection tags on instances
- MoGraph Color shader
- Physical Sky
- Compositing passes
- Direct Illumination
- Indirect Illumination
- Emission
- Environment
- World Coordinate
- Texture Coordinate
- Geometry Normal
- Shading Normal
- Depth
- Object ID
- Object Group ID
- Material ID
- Anti-Aliasing can be enabled for
- World Coordinate
- Texture Coordinate
- Geometry Normal
- Shading Normal
- Depth
- Object ID
- Material ID
- Object Group ID
- Shadow Catcher
- 2D Noises: users now can use all 2D noises except 'sparse convolution' in the legacy base shader.
- New Seed setting: users can now specify a seed that is used for rendering.
- Ray Depth can now be restricted (Diffuse, Glossy Reflection, Refraction, Glossy Refraction)
- Shadow Ray Depth can now be set
- Support for Metal 2
- Compiling kernels on demand, shaders that introduce a big chunk of GPU kernel code will not be included in the initial kernel compilation. The kernel compilation is triggered when such a shader is added.
- Scenes are now cached when animations are rendered to the Picture Viewer.
- New Reload Scene per Frame option to enforce R19 behavior
- General performance enhancements
- ProRender now supports:
- Physical Renderer
- Improved progressive rendering performance
Materials
- General
- Immediate low-resolution baking for Viewport
- Improved shader / material baking for the Viewport
- Updated Material previews
- Updated scene setup
- Several new scenes
- MoGraph Beat Shader now accepts float values for BPM
- New node-based materials
- Over 140 nodes available
- Projection nodes can be visualized in the Viewport
- Node networks can be turned into material assets
- Node based Materials can be edited in the Node Editor, Material Editor and Attributes Manager
- New Node Editor based on new UI framework
- Attributes Area, displaying the parameters of the selected nodes
- A specialized version of the Attribute Manager
- New connector element showing dependencies within the shading/rendering context
- The Connector context menu allows to:
- Connect Nodes
- Textures
- Load Textures
- Replace Nodes
- Insert Converters
- Copy
- Paste (Link)
- Paste (Duplicate)
- Remove
- Mute Ports
- Propagate Ports
- Basic tab
- Name
- Asset Version dropdown shows the different versions of a node (if available)
- Custom Node color
- Inputs tab
- The input attributes of the selected node
- Nodes can have a dynamic number of inputs (e.g., the gradient can have a variable number of Knots)
- The command Show Sub-channels can switch the layout to also show sub-channels of a parameter (e.g., Color.R, Color.G, Color.B, Color.A for 'Color')
- Context tab
- Enables users to replace the context of many Nodes, e.g., to change the UV mapping for this node.
- Asset area
- Lists all available assets provided by MAXON or stored by the user
- The asset list can be filtered by name and keywords
- A keyword filter can set certain parameters in a node (e.g., a search for 'Buya' will show a Basic Noise Node with Buya set as the Noise type)
- Context menu
- Create New category
- Create Node
- Import Assets
- Create New Database
- Mount Database (Folder / Zip File)
- Unmount Database
- Export Database
- Nodes area lists all the Nodes in the current setup
- The Nodes list can be filtered
- Nodes can be cut, copied, pasted, deleted and duplicated
- Info area, displaying information about the selected Node / asset / Wire (name, version, warnings, ...)
- Nodes commander, allows the user to search for assets by name and keyword
- Node view
- Nodes
- Header (displays the title, preview and node state toggle)
- Can be colored to give users a way to organized their Node networks
- Naming of the Node can be changed
- Body (includes in- / out-port groups, port bars, port slots and port names)
- The body can display all ports, no ports or only the connected ports
- Nodes can have two major states (full and collapsed)
- Nodes can be displayed in vertical or horizontal layout
- Ports
- Node ports can have different states (unconnected, connected, propagated, converted, group ports, error)
- Node ports are color coded to make it easy to differentiate between different types of ports.
- Ports can be renamed
- Wires
- Several ways to connect a Wire to a port:
- Connect a Wire straight to a port
- Release a Wire on the port name
- Release a Wire on the group port name. A pop-up will appear with compatible ports of the group the Wire can connect to
- Release a Wire inside the empty area of the Node. Again a pop-up with all compatible ports will appear
- Wires can be displayed as Linear or Bezier curves
- Wires can be muted (displayed as a dotted line)
- Several ways to connect a Wire to a port:
- Special Nodes
- Start Node: the Node's attributes will be displayed in the Material Editor and the Attribute Manager when the Node material is selected
- Solo Node: allows the system to use the data from this Node to be displayed in the Viewport and previews
- Group Node: a Node that contains a nodal network
- Asset Node: Group Nodes can be converted into Assets
- Header (displays the title, preview and node state toggle)
- Users can use different techniques to navigate the Node View, including touch gestures.
- Navigator mini map shows an overview of the complete Node network, can be used to quickly navigate the Node network
- Group bars on the left and right sides of the Node View can be used to propagate the ports to the outside of the group.
- Nodes can snap to the grid when moved
- Toolbar shows:
- Breadcrumb display of the path to the currently edited Node
- Filter Field
- Nodes
- Attributes Area, displaying the parameters of the selected nodes
- Uber Material
- Material Asset, build with the new Node system
- Three reflection channels
- Diffuse Channel: renders diffuse reflections
- Reflection Channel with three reflection modes
- Artistic - blends between two user defined colors
- Dielectric - for dielectric reflections, such as plastic
- Conductor - for conductors, e.g., metals
- Coating channel, a simplified dielectric reflection layer to render effects such as a clear coat
- Emission layer for emissive effects such as luminous materials
- Transparency for refractive materials such as glass
- Opacity to control the material’s opacity
- Bump to control global bump mapping
- Normal to control global bump mapping
- Displacement to control the displacement of the material
- New Node materials
- Car Paint
- Ceramic
- Concrete
- Cutout
- Emission
- Gold
- Granite
- Marble
- Metal
- Plastic
- Rock
- Wood
- Material Manager
- New commands in the Create menu
- New Uber Material
- New Node Material
- Node materials (displays all materials in the asset repository folder)
- Can now open the Node Editor
- New commands in the Create menu
Workflow/UI
- Compositing tag now has a ProRender tab
- Shadow Catcher Alpha
- Light Portal
- Object Group ID
- Multi Instances
- New Instances integrated in the Cloner object, Instance object and supported by all internal Render Engines
- Multi Instances are stored as one object internal, resulting in higher performance and less allocated memory
- Supports different render modes in the Viewport (Off, Points, Matrix, Bounding Box, Object)
- Supports the Color shader and MoGraph colors
- Project Settings
- Use Color Channel for Node Material'´ setting
- New Console
- Categories provide more overview
- Python console can now completely replace functionality of the Command Line
- Output can be written to files
- Drastically improved performance
- New gradient
- Updated interface
- Gradient color bar can be displayed in 3 different sizes (small, medium, large)
- Selected knots now have an orange outline
- If more than one Knot is selected, selection handles appear. The allow to move all selected Knots at the same time to to scale the range
- New Double Selected Knots and Distribute Selected Knots command in the Context menu
- New Interpolation mode Blend
- Interpolation can now be set per Knot
- Intensity renamed to Brightness (only available in the Legacy gradient)
- New options if gradient is used in User Data'´ (COLOR, ALPHA, NOEDITCOLOR, NOPRESET,NOINTERPOLATION, NOKNOTPOSITION, NOBIASPOSITION, NOBRIGHTNESS)
- New Gradient Node
- Can display textures and shaders in the gradient color bar
- Can display alpha
- Color Chooser is extended with an Alpha slider
- Blending Space can be set to Linear or sRGB
- Knot symbol changes: if this Knot is driven by a Node input
- Enhanced Color Chooser
- Color Chooser now can store alpha values in swatches
- Color Picker now is always available when the Color Chooser is collapsed
- Color Chip context menu now offers option to enable/disable Alpha (where applicable) and to copy & paste a color
- The Color Chooser in the unfolded state is now responsive to the size of the manager it displays
- In the Color Wheel mode it is possible to click on the number on the right side to define the amount of color samples directly
- The Hex mode now can be enabled directly in the Color Chooser Interface
- Linear Numeric Values switch allows to display the color sliders linearly in the nodes interface
- Alpha slider in the nodes interface
- Texture Manager
- Channel column is renamed to Material Path, also supports node-based materials and displays the path within the material
- Edit menu now contains commands formerly only available in the context menu (Show File in Explorer/Finder, ...)
- New Open File in Manager behavior - a new command and Show in Attribute Manager now displays the attributes of the bitmap shader / Image Node.
- Open Material in Manager is now exposed as a command.
- Preview shows resolution and bit depth now and small images are centered
- Attribute Manager was adapted to the Nodes' workflow
- New Connector interface to handle node connections
- Preferences
- Interface: new dropdown menu Field Remapping Graph (Hide, Show, Hide in Field lists)
- Input devices: new setting to enable touch devices
- Files / Path: new Fields lists for file assets and database search paths
- Plug-ins: new Field list for plug-in search paths
- Units / default sets: new Alpha mode and Hexadecimal mode check boxes
- New group Gradient
- Size drop-down menu (Small, Medium, Large)
- Selection handles check box
- New group Alpha
- Grid Color drop-down menu (Light, Medium, Dark)
- New group Gradient
- Renderer / ProRender: new group Out of Core Cache
- Custom Location check box
- Location path
- Material (previously Material Preview)
- New group Node-based Materials
- Node Preview Size drop-down menu (Small, Medium, Large, Huge)
- 3D Preview Scene drop-down menu
- Node Previews check box
- Preview HUD check box
- New group Node-based Materials
- Modeling/Sculpting (previously Sculpting):
- New group Modeling
- Disconnected Points on Delete drop-down menu (Remove (press Shift to preserve), Preserve (press Shift to remove))
- New group Modeling
- Import/Export:
- Settings for new CAD formats:
- CATIA (*.CATPart, *.CATProduct, *.cgr) Import settings
- IGES (*.igs,*.iges) Import
- JT (*.jt) Import
- Solidworks (*.SLDPrt,*.SLDAsm,*.SLDDrw) Import
- STEP (*.stp,*.step,*.p21) Import
- Settings include:
- Settings to enable/disable the import of geometry, splines, instances, helper and hidden objects
- Settings how to import Normals, display colors, layers and materials
- Combine by None, Original Bodies, By Topology, By Color or By Layer
- Heal and Stitch
- Optimize Hierarchy
- Setting to import Source Mesh
- Settings to import LOD with JT
- Settings to influence the tessellation, also scale-based tesselation
- FBX (*.fbx) Export
- General: new Instances check box
- Additional: new Flip Z Axis check box and new Up Axis drop-down menu (Y Axis (default), X Axis, Z Axis)
- FBX (*.fbx) Import
- General: new Instances check box
- Additional: new Flip Z Axis check box and new Up Axis drop-down menu (Y Axis (default), X Axis, Z Axis)
- Volume (*.vdb) Export
- Scale input field
- Animation check box
- Name drop-down menu
- From and To input fields
- Selected Only check box
- Volume (*.vdb) Import
- Volume Grids list field
- Scale input field
- Animation check box
- Name drop-down menu
- From and To input fields
- Group Objects check box
- Import to Project Location check box
- Settings for new CAD formats:
- Assets
- Node-based materials and Node networks can be stored as Assets
- Save Assets dialog
- Name: name of the Asset
- Version tag: the version number of the Asset
- ID: Asset ID
- Database: the database the Asset will be stored in
- Category: Asset Category (Color, Context, Conversion, Generator, Info, Material, Math, Shape, String, Surface, Uncategorized, Utility, New Category)
- General
- Send to PictureViewer now supports all Viewport renderings (also OpenGL)
- Camera 2D mode for the Viewport
- New Export Selected Object as ... menu entry in the Object Manager
- The Compositing Project File for Nuke now supports Alembic
- New Viewport display modes for the Texture tag (Simple, Grid, Solid)
- Improved UVs for Sphere (some types), Pyramid and Platonic
- New Bake as Alembic and Bakes as Alembic + Delete commands
- New command Save as Default Scene
- Updated Visualize layout
- New Multi-Passes
- Direct Diffuse
- Indirect Diffuse
- Direct Specular
- Indirect Specular
- Texture mode now works as the former Texture Axis mode. Texture Axis mode isn't available anymore.
MoGraph
- MoGraph Fields
- MoGraph Fields replace falloffs in all areas where formerly Falloffs were used
- Field Objects are Objects in the scene and can be freely placed and animated
- Some Fields can have Sub-Fields, modifying one of their special parameters
- Fields can write values into certain maps (Vertex Maps, Vertex Colors, Point/Edge/Polygon selections, MoGraph selections, MoGraph Weights)
- Old falloffs are loaded as legacy falloffs, can be converted to Fields
- MoGraph Fields UI allows for layering of Fields
- Different Blend modes available (Normal, Min, Subtract, Multiply, Overlay, Max, Add, Screen, Clip)
- Opacity slider
- Value, direction (for certain Effectors) and color modification of each layer can ben enabled/disabled
- New Field Objects (Box, Capsule, Cone, Cylinder, Linear, Spherical, Torus, Formula, Python, Radial, Random, Shader, Sound, Group)
- New Modifier Layers (Clamp, Color Filter, Colorizer, Curve, Decay, Delay, Formula, Freeze, Invert, Noise Remap, Python, Quantize, Rangemap, Remap)
- New Field Layers (MoGraph Object, Particle Object, Point Object, Solid, Spline Object, Step, Time, Variable Tag, Volume Object)
- Fields Interface
- Blending tab: here are the Blending options that are also found in the Field Layer interface.
- Field tab: here are the field-specific parameters of the object
- Optional sub-fields tab: this tab offers a Field Layer UI for the sub-fields
- Remapping tab: this tab holds the integrated remapping parameters of the Field value.
- Color Remapping tab: this tab holds integrated remapping options for the Field color
- Direction tab: this tab holds integrated remapping options for Field direction
- Optional View Settings tab: this tab holds the Viewport settings for the Field
- Field object interface
- Same as Fields Interface, minus the Blending tab, plus Direction tab
- Direction tab: Direction Mode drop-down menu (No Remap, Custom Direction, Attenuate by Strength) and Normalize Direction check box
- MoGraph Cloner object now supports Multi-Instances
Motion Tracking
- Updated Motion Tracker layout
- Simplified workflow to create a Motion Tracker object and to load the footage
- Show dope sheet style data representation for selected track in the Graph Mode of Graph View.
- The tracking direction can now be defined per keyframe
- Tracks can now be frozen, to prevent them from being changed by other edits
- Newauto re-keying options automatically inserts a key whenever the 2D error reaches a certain threshold to
- improve tracking for tracks where the size or orientation of the surface changes significantly
- New 2D Tracks editor mode
- User Tracks list
- Selected tracks are highlighted in the Cinema 4D standard way
- Individual tracks can be renamed directly within the GUI
- Full set of standard selection interactions supported
- Ability for user to re-order tracks
- Multiple column data display to show the main track settings
- Support for folders
- Cursor navigation
- Ability to delete track(s) using the Delete key
- Pop up context menu with relevant controls.
- Tracking direction indication in Graph View
- Multi-selection and editing of mask vertices is now supported
- New dockable Track Window that shows the zoomed view of a 2D Track
SDK
- C++
- New MAXON API
- Project tool
- to generate project files for different operating systems
- support (optional) style and syntax checks
- Python
- Integrated Python updated to version 2.7.14, including updated OpenSSL module
- Script Manager: Python scripts can now also set the menu state, as it was possible in previous versions with C.O.F.F.E.E. scripts
- Improved developer workflow due to better integration into external IDEs, including code auto completion
- First exposure of MAXON API in Python
Minimum System Requirements Cinema 4D and BodyPaint 3D
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or higher on Intel or AMD 64-bit CPU with SSE3 support or MacOS 10.11.6 or 10.12.4+ with 64-bit CPU running on Intel-based Apple Macintosh 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), OpenGL graphics card supporting OpenGL 4.1 (dedicated GPU recommended)
The GPU renderer requires an NVIDIA or AMD graphics card on Windows or AMD on MacOS that supports OpenCL 1.2 or newer. Metal support requires MacOS 10.13.2 or newer. We recommend at least 4 GB VRAM for GPU rendering.
USB port, registration is required.
Graphics cards
Although Cinema 4D and BodyPaint 3D support all OpenGL 4.1-capable graphics cards, we recommend using a dedicated 3D graphics card with an AMD or NVIDIA chip set.
MAXON is not responsible for the compatibility of individual graphics cards with the OpenGL, OpenCL or Metal mode. Due to the large number and types of available chip sets, operating systems and driver versions we cannot guarantee the compatibility of all systems.
Please make sure that you always use the most current official graphics card driver (no beta versions).
Important notice
We test the compatibility of our products with the driver and OS versions available at the time of the announcement of a new Cinema 4D/BodyPaint 3D release and focus on typical mid-range to high-end systems and basic coverage on low-end (min. requirements) systems. Additionally, we try to keep up with hardware, driver, and OS updates as soon as they are released.
Nevertheless, please understand that we cannot guarantee support of new hardware and operating systems shipped after the announcement of this Cinema 4D/BodyPaint 3D version.
The technical specifications of MAXON products are constantly changing. Please use the most current demo version of the software to test its compatibility on your computer (especially if you have a more elaborate configuration).
Regarding NVIDIA 3D Vision
A quad buffered graphics card is required to use NVIDIA's 3D Vision Shutter glasses for viewing the stereoscopic display in Cinema 4D.
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6 reviews
83% of reviewers recommend this product
6 reviews
83% of reviewers recommend this product
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This review is for Cinema 4D R19 only. I’ve been a Cinema 4D user for over a 15 years. I started with R6 so I know a little bit about what I am talking about. All I have to say is that Maxon has dropped the ball. The R19 offers a few upgrades but nothing life changing. 3rd party work arounds for all these upgrades have been around for years so there is nothing really new. The only thing that made the R19 upgrade seem valuable was the new ProRender. This had possibilities. I have been using RedShift for years but a native render is just what I was looking for. Unfortunately it’s garbage! Also, there is no GPU support for mac. I contacted Maxon support to make sure I was running the best hardware to use their render and Maxon support was beyond useless. I begged for the littlest bit of information and they refused to give it. All I wanted to know was what graphics card they tested the software on and they refused to tell me that. More bad news. R19 is incredibly unstable. Maxon used to be one of the most stable platforms for 3D work. With the R19 upgrade it has become the most unstable application on my system. Constant crashes, sometimes so severe it reboots my computer. Cinema 4D has never been able to close completely, forcing me to force quit every time. Honestly I’m so disappointed with what Maxon has become. A completely unstable platform with horrible customer service. I would recomend anyone new to 3d design to start with any other 3d platform, Lightwave, Maya or 3DS Max. If you decide to still go with Cinema 4D. . . good luck.
Would you recommend this product to a colleague? No
By: Richard Swindell
Date: December 27, 2017
Date: December 27, 2017
Cinema 4D Studio
A fantastic product. Though it is extremely deep and complex it is fairly easy to get started with and learn as you go. Lots of online tutorials to learn from on YouTube, etc. Great integration with After Effects.
Would you recommend this product to a colleague? Yes
By: James Scott
Date: April 14, 2012
Date: April 14, 2012
Powerfull and easy to use
Cinema 4D is the tool to use if you need good results pretty fast. This powerfull 3D package is becoming more and more the secret weapon among post houses and studios all over the world. If you want power combined with ease of use this is the 3D package for you.
Would you recommend this product to a colleague? Yes
By: Diogo Valente
Date: April 11, 2012
Date: April 11, 2012
Geared toward motion designers. Insanely good support.
When making the leap from 2.5D compositing and animation (using After Effects) to a 3D app, I found that all the designers I follow use Cinema 4D. After taking a few courses through FXPHD.com, I fell in love with the package and never looked back.As of R13, integration between C4D and AE has become an exceptionally strong feature, making the process of working in my most familiar environment (AE) in order to help me work through my 3D projects effortless.Aside from the really fun Dynamics and Mograph features, probably the best selling point of the software is the team that supports it. Every interaction I've had with Maxon has been a positive one-- it's clear they really love their users, and they've helped make my transition into the 3D world a much easier one than I imagined.
Would you recommend this product to a colleague? Yes
By: Jared Flynn
Date: April 09, 2012
Date: April 09, 2012
Plays well with AE
Cinema 4D R13 integrates very-well with After Effects, exporting multi-pass files, camera data, lights, mattes. Now C4D R13 imports AE cameras, comps & lights as well, making it easier to design organically. And that's just the beginning...
Would you recommend this product to a colleague? Yes
By: Stephane Dehais
Date: April 06, 2012
Date: April 06, 2012
Earns the Microfilmmaker Magazine's Award of Superiority
I wish more software companies followed Maxon's customer centric method of developing products. I always approach software updates with fear and trepidation because with many companies, it's always a guessing game about what 'improved' work flows they engage that totally trash your current methods. If you've spent any time with Adobe products, than you know they are a hero at mucking about with interface elements. (Great software but annoying habits.)
Maxon does the opposite. When a feature is engaged, it remains in the same location. and on the rare occasion something moves, users can create shortcuts to mitigate it or rearrange the interface to their liking, which is absolutely fantastic. Users don't have to slow production down to pick up a new edition of C4D. Maxon's implementations are well thought out and wonderfully implemented. Improvements are seamless and easy to use. Like a good wine, C4D keeps getting better with age.
Read the full review for Maxon Cinema 4D R12 by Mark Bremmer at Microfilmmaker Magazine, November 1, 2010.
Maxon does the opposite. When a feature is engaged, it remains in the same location. and on the rare occasion something moves, users can create shortcuts to mitigate it or rearrange the interface to their liking, which is absolutely fantastic. Users don't have to slow production down to pick up a new edition of C4D. Maxon's implementations are well thought out and wonderfully implemented. Improvements are seamless and easy to use. Like a good wine, C4D keeps getting better with age.
Read the full review for Maxon Cinema 4D R12 by Mark Bremmer at Microfilmmaker Magazine, November 1, 2010.
Would you recommend this product to a colleague? Yes
By: Jeremy Hanke
Date: April 05, 2012
Date: April 05, 2012
Release 20 SP2
This service update (version 20.057) improves the stability and performance of Cinema 4D and is highly recommended for all Release 20 users. A complete overview of all improvements contained in Release 20 SP2 can be found in the official improvements list.
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More...Vectorize Voronoi Texture Tutorial
Ryan Somerville explains how to create a Voronoi texture in Cinema 4D with the Vectorizer object in Cinema 4D to rasterize the image into a spline objects (like creating outlines in Illustrator). Featured in C4D Spotlight: Voronoi Diagrams in Cinema 4D.
More...VoronoiGenerator for Cinema 4D
Developed by Dominik Ruckli, the VoronoiGenerator is a Python plug-in for Cinema 4D that generates a 2D Voronoi Diagram or a Delaunay Triangulation.
More...How to Restrict Fracturing in MoGraph Setups
Jonas Pilz explains how to adjust the amount of fracturing on clones, depending on the weight. Featured in C4D Spotlight: Voronoi Diagrams in Cinema 4D.
More...Shatter An Object In Cinema 4D R18 with Voronoi Fracture
Learn how to make a Shatter animation using Fracture Voronoi. ***** Learn how Transform can help you Animate With No Keyframes in Cinema 4D.
More...C4D R18 Tutorial | Voronoi fracturing
From Rob Redman, Cinema 4D R18 has been announced but there's a while to wait before you can get your hands on it, so why not have a little look at what is on the way?
More...Cinema 4D R18 Voronoi Fracture - Break Objects In Cinema 4D
Nick Campbell from Greyscalegorilla explains the features of Voronoi Fracture in Cinema 4D. Featured in C4D Spotlight: Voronoi Diagrams in Cinema 4D.
More...Cinema 4D: Free Book Generator Tutorial
Joren Kandel from the Pixel Lab recently found a “secret” book generator hidden inside of Cinema 4D that many people might not know is there. Watch his tutorial to learn where to find and how to use this rig.
More...Cinema 4D: The 4 Most Important Parts for Soft Bodies
Chris Schmidt from Greyscalegorilla teaches you the most important settings for soft body dynamics in Cinema 4D, so you can quickly and intuitively create whatever consistency you want on your objects.
More...Create Nike Flyweave Using X-Particles in Cinema 4D
Right now we have a great 3-day sale happening on X-Particles so we thought it would be a great time to give you a tutorial. This one was new yesterday and comes from Greyscalegorilla.
More...Cinema 4D Tutorial - Creating Soft Body Dynamic Strings
EJ at Eyedesyn shows you how to make Silly String with an often overlooked feature in Soft Body Dynamics, 'Made of Clones'. This one is brand new as of today! Fresh!
More...Control Softbody Dynamics with The Mesh Deformer
Nick Campbell of Greyscalegorilla shows you how to make a low-poly mesh that affects a high-poly dynamic object with the mesh deformer. Basically, make anything bouncy and stretchy.
More...Tips For Using Soft Body Dynamics
Joren of The Pixel Lab has some great tips on using the Soft Body Dynamics Feature in Cinema 4D. He talks about some problems he has encountered and how to get around them. He goes into 'how to make and use a cage with the Mesh Deformer, and how to use Vertex Maps to refine your soft body animation.' Joren uses The Pixel Lab Industrial Pack 2 in this tutorial, which is a HUGE pack with over 20 industrial models, 10 C4D Terrain Shaders, 5 Complete 3D Scenes, 30 Industrial Textures, 24 HDRIs and a Studio set! I really hope this pack will be helpful to you!
More...An Introduction to Soft Body Dynamics in Cinema 4D
EJ at Eyedesyn gives a quick introduction to using Soft Body Dynamics and how to loop soft body dynamics to make an inflated rubber spheres GIF!
More...3 Tutorials on the Pose Morph Tag in Cinema 4D
The Pose Morph Tag is a fun and easy way to animate between poses. Here are three tutorials on the Pose Morph Tag, plus three that we’ve previously shared.
More...Character Animation in Cinema 4D
This is a webinar with Jonas Pilz where he explains how to animate a shark. The shark model can be found on Turbo Squid.
More...How to Rig a Character in Cinema 4D
EJ shows you how to create a walk cycle for this super cute lemon character in Cinema 4D, with an introduction to Spline IK.
More...Cartoon Heart Character Modeling, Rigging, and Texturing
EJ Hassenfranz of Eyedesyn explains how he modeled, rigged, and textured a cute little candy heart in Cinema 4D. EJ has made a lot of tutorials about character animation, so you'll see a lot of his stuff here today. So, thank you to EJ for being a great teacher and for being so willing to share his knowledge!
More...Creating a Procedural Wood Texture in After Effects and CINEMA 4D
Learn how to generate realistic wood grain textures from scratch in After Effects with this tutorial from Joshua Cam Smith.
More...Improve Your Workflow with Cinema 4D’s Take System
Chad Ashley from Greyscalegorilla talks about the Take System in Cinema 4D and how it can help with workflow.
More...5 min Strawberry Modeling C4D Tutorial + Quick Tip HD
Daniel Mozbäuchel shows you how to make a strawberry in Cinema 4D.
More...Cinema 4D: Team Render 101 - Turn Your Old Computers Into A Render Farm For Cinema 4D
Nick Campbell from Greyscalegorilla show you how to use Team Render in Cinema 4D to utilize some of your old computers (or even newer ones) to create a render farm and vastly speed up your renders.
More...Cinema 4D to After Effects: Working with Nulls
If you ever have a problem with nulls misbehaving when you bring a project form C4D into AE, Joren at The Pixel Lab has a workaround that might help.
More...Reset PSR: How to Center any Object in Cinema 4D
The Reset PSR Button is hidden by default but this button makes it super easy to quickly reset any item’s position to zero.
More...After Effects: Create Cel Shaded 3D Objects Using the Cinema 4D Renderer
EJ Hassenfranz from Eyedesyn teaches us about the brand new Cinema 4D renderer included in After Effects CC 2017 & how to create a cel shaded 3D object.
More...C4D R18 Tutorial: Push Apart Effector + Free Blueberry Model
A free blueberry model that looks good enough to eat and a C4D Quick Tip on the Push Apart Effector from The Pixel Lab. What could be better?
More...Cinema 4D: Plexus Particle Trail Animation Tutorial
Dennis Wei shows you how to make a very cool particle trail using Plexus, C4D, After Effects and a few other things, like Trapcode Particular and Optical Flares.
More...Modeling, Texturing & Rendering a Gingerbread Man in Cinema 4D
Aleksey Voznesenski shows you how to model a gingerbread man in Cinema 4D in this 2 part tutorial from Tuts+.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Squash & Stretch
I’ve joined the Greyscalegorilla Cinema 4D Animation Fundamentals and our first assignment was the Squash & Stretch Deformer. There will be more later on the training, but this is a peek at the first assignment.
More...C4D: Optimize Ambient Occlusion Renders in Cinema 4D
Learn 5 ways to speed up your Ambient Occlusion rendering in Cinema 4D from EJ Hassenfratz at eyedesyn.
More...Cinema 4D - Bouncy Logo Animation using the Jiggle Deformer Tutorial
EJ Hassenfratz shows you how to create a bouncy cursive logo animation in C4D using the jiggle deformer and how to integrate it into 2D workflows.
More...Tutorial: 2 Tutorials about Displacement Maps in Cinema 4D
Here are two tutorials about generating and working with displacement maps in Maxon Cinema 4D.
More...Tutorial: Cinema 4D: Making Googly Eyes using C4D Dynamics
EJ Hassenfratz shows you how to model, texture & animate googly eyes quickly and easily using Dynamics in Cinema 4D!
More...C4D Workflow Quick Tips from The Pixel Lab
The Pixel Lab has some more great tips for Maxon Cinema 4D! Joren shares a couple of his favorite workflow efficiency tips.
More...CINEMA 4D - Animated Wind Effect
Check out this very cool tutorial on creating a stylized wind effect in CINEMA 4D, using MoSpline (Studio and Broadcast). Thanks to Chris Schmidt at Greyscalegorilla for sharing this unique effect!
More...Tutorial: Halloween Themed Tutorial Round Up
Demons are rising, ghosts are haunting and blood is flowing with these Halloween themed tutorials that we have collected to help take the horror out of making frightening creations. Updated: October 25, 2016.
More...C4D: Shallow Depth of Field, Create a Microscopic Look
Learn how to take an Atom Array, A Mograph Cloner and Depth of field to create a simple yet beautiful looking C4D Scene.
More...Tim Burton Inspired Concert Poster Using Cinema 4D and Photoshop
Pete Maric, founder of Triplet 3D, offers a step by step guide to creating a Tim Burton inspired poster. Topics covered: concept development, 3D modeling, lighting, rendering, and post-production.
More...Tim Burton Style 3D Tutorials + Free Fonts
No one is a bigger fan of Tim Burton’s films than my daughter, and who can blame her! His work is dark, wacky, beautifully detailed, and always unique. There’s no better time to celebrate Tim Burton’s work than Halloween and here are a couple of tutorials to inspire you.
More...Cinema 4D and After Effects: Advanced Compositing Tips
Joren from the Pixel Lab has a couple of quick tips to help you set up your C4D scenes so you can get a more realistic composite in AE.
More...C4D: Using Dynamic IK for Animating a Group of Tentacles
Pryce Duncalf has a silent tip video showing how to use Dynamic IK to move a group of tentacles in Cinema 4d.
More...Tutorial: Plumbing with RealFlow for CINEMA 4D
Steven Emerson from Next Limit shows you how to create a scene with water flowing through plumbing using CINEMA 4D and the new RealFlow for C4D.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 6: Toolfarm’s NAB Survival Video Open
If you’ve had a chance to check out our NAB Survival Video, you should! It’s lots of fun. I dove back into Cinema 4D to create the open animation. Here’s how I did it.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 3: After Effects & Cinema 4D Integration
Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm continues her journey learning Maxon Cinema 4D, this time focusing on the plug-ins for After Effects that connect the two programs. She also talks about more resources for getting started with Cinema 4D, downloading models at TurboSquid and the Content Browser within Cinema 4D, which can help new users get going.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 2: Training, Wacom & Shortcuts
Michele talks about getting started with Cineversity, 1on1 Training with a Maxon Trainer, setting up a Wacom tablet and the Help Menus.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 1: WOEIMD?
Join Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm on her journey of learning Maxon Cinema 4D. Episode 1: What on Earth is Michele doing? will give an overview of the project she’s taking on for the next 2 months.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 7: Making a Brain
Michele shows you how she created a brain in Cinema 4D, starting with a sphere object, then uses the sculpting tools to modify the shape add brain texture.
More...CINEMA 4D R18 Compatibility Information - 3rd Party Products
Wondering if your plug-ins, renderer, or other add-ons are compatible with R18? We will keep this page updated with new information as we receive it.
More...Cinema 4D Tutorial: R18 Cloner Updates
The Pixel Lab has a short overview of some of the updates to the Cinema 4D Cloner object in R18.
More...X-Wing Hologram using Cinema 4D and After Effects
Dennis Wei explains some of the techniques he used to create an X-Wing Hologram animation using Cinema 4D and After Effects, using the awesome free X-Wing model from videocopilot.net.
More...In Depth: MAXON Cinema 4D Release 18 New Features Roundup
With the upcoming September release of MAXON C4D R18, we wanted to know more about all the new features and figured you did too. From Voronoi fracture & mograph enhancements, to new shaders and tools, C4D R18 had tons of new additions to unlock your 3D creativity.
More...C4D and AE: 3D Pokemon Title
Ignace Aleya from Tolerated Cinematics takes you through the steps to create a pretty cool looking 3D Pokémon title using both Adobe After Effects and MAXON Cinema 4D.
More...Optimizing Scenes in Cinema 4D
Tim from Helloluxx shows us several tricks for optimizing Cinema 4D Projects, from speeding up render times to increasing editor playback.
More...CINEMA 4D R18 Feature Videos at Greyscalegorilla
Greyscalegorilla breaks down all their favorite new features of Cinema 4D R18 including Voronoi Fracture, the Push Apart Effector, New Mograph Features, more.
More...X-Particles Explosions in Cinema 4D
Noah Witchell has a tutorial on making a fiery explosion using the FLIP Solver, which is built into X-Particles.
More...Model a Glass Pitcher in Cinema 4D
Pete Maric, triplet3d.com shows how to model a pitcher with spline and lathe NURBS, editing the points to create the top lip. He uses the Explosion FX deformer to add thickness to the walls of the pitcher then explains how to model the handle of the pitcher using sweep NURBS and scale curves. This is tutorial #3 on the page, so scroll down to watch.
More...Using Transparency and Refraction Channels to Create Glass
Lynda.com has a free episode of their Creating Materials in CINEMA 4D course. This is tutorial #2 on the page, so scroll down!
More...Creating a Thin Glass Material with Proper Refraction in CINEMA 4D
If you apply a glass material to an enclosed object, you will see a lot of refraction, making the object look like it’s a solid mass of glass, like a bowling ball or paper weight. Noah Witchell shows you how to create the look of thin, delicate glass, the type you might see on a light bulb or nice wine glass.
More...How to Edit HDRIs with Cinema 4D
Learn how to roundtrip your HDRI’s from C4D to Photoshop for editing, and back again, in this tutorial from The Pixel Lab.
More...BodyPaint: UV Mapping and Unwrap for Maxon Cinema 4D
Maxon’s BodyPaint is a tool that allows users to create beautiful sculptures for 3D work. It contains several UV Tools that are made for lining up your models and your materials. There are brushes, selection tools, filters, erasers, and projection painting, which allows for perfect fit of UVs.
More...C4D: Color Correction Basics for 3D Renders
Want your 3D renders to have that polished finish? Nick Campbell walks us through 3 basic color correction tools and shows how some subtle tweaks with can improve your 3D scenes.
More...Burning Question: What can I do with the Hair Renderer in Cinema 4D?
The Hair Module.... can it do more than just make hair? Oh, there are lots of things! Make a tree, grass, and much more! Lots of fun stuff!
More...C4D: Depth Pass Tips
Chad Ashley from Greyscalegorilla explains “the correct workflow for doing Depth of Field and Motion Blur in After Effects…(that doesn’t) result in artifacts or other anomalies.”
More...How to Create Cartoon Mountains in Cinema 4D
“In this tutorial, I’m going to walk you through how you can create some cartoonish mountains. ” - EJ Hassenfratz
More...Rendertime Object Swap and the Variation Map in R
“Each skull in the render you see above has about 750,000 polygons in it. That’s a whole lotta triangles!” - Chad Ashley
More...Smooth To Cracked Transition in Cinema 4D
“In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a smooth to cracked transition in Cinema 4D using Xpresso and proximal shader, also I will show you how to make an xpresso rig to easily animate the transition effect.” - Mustapha FERSAOUI
More...Creating an Abstract Tentacle Creature with X-Particles and Octane
“As I was creating one of my daily renders I came up with a technique to create an abstract tentacle sea creature using X-Particles in Cinema 4D.” - LockedAndLoading
More...C4D: From Images to Splines to Geometry - Bridges, Cracked Ice, and Stone Work
Using a fairly procedural technique you can create bridges, cracked ice, and stonework in C4D. How you ask? Chris from Greyscalegorilla explains it all.
More...How to Create and Animate an Umbrella Using Mosplines in Cinema 4D
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how you can find a very handy use for the often ignored Cinema 4D Mospline object.
More...Cineversity Tutorial Series for After Effects Users new to 3D
Do you know After Effects but want to learn 3D? This new, FREE Cineverstiy tutorial teaches After Effects artists the basics of Cinema 4D Lite so they too can add 3D elements to their compositions.
More...C4D Motion Tracker to Create Handheld Camera Moves
Ever wanted to create a handheld camera move to your animation in MAXON Cinema 4D? Joren Kandel from the Pixel Lab figured out a simple way to get a great looking handheld move using motion tracker in C4D.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D Ep. 6: Toolfarm’s NAB Survival Video Open
If you’ve had a chance to check out our NAB Survival Video, you should! It’s lots of fun. I dove back into Cinema 4D to create the NAB Survival Video Open.
More...Summit 77 - Cloth Simulated Fire in C4D
“We’re back! Today we’ll tackle creating a versatile fire animation inside Cinema4D and a touch of After Effects. This is a great way to start creating cloth simulations and dynamics.” - Summit 77
More...Rigging a Simple Cartoon Character in C4D
“In this tutorial, I’m going to introduce you into the world of rigging in Cinema 4D by showing you a workflow I use to easily create a simple cartoonish arm & leg IK rig.” - EJ Hassenfratz
More...Understanding Basic Studio Lighting Techniques
In this tutorial by Brandon Clements, we’ll understand the basic principles and fundamentals of studio lighting in Octane Render for Cinema 4D.
More...Eyedesyn Live Design: Modeling a Character in C4D parts 1 and 2
EJ Hassenfranz from Eyedesyn live streamed these tutorials, giving us a closer look into his thought process and workflow while modeling a little bull character in Cinema 4D.
More...Making My Everyday Render Rainbow Wet Grass
“Making my every day render for the week for the GSG Renders Page.” - Nick Campbell
More...MochaBlend C4D Basics #4: Creating a camera solve from a mocha perspective track
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use MochaBlend C4D to turn a perspective track in mocha into an object solve in C4D. You’ll learn the best way to track a plane in mocha for MochaBlend’s Perspective-Solver, and how to identify some common problems when working with the solver.
More...MochaBlend C4D Basics #3: Creating an object solve from a mocha perspective track
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use MochaBlend C4D to turn a perspective track in mocha into an object solve in C4D. You’ll learn the best way to track a plane in mocha for MochaBlend’s Perspective-Solver, and how to identify some common problems when working with the solver.
More...MochaBlend C4D Basics #2: Creating 3D motion from a non-perspective mocha track
In this tutorial, you’ll learn about creating 3D motion from a non-perspective track in mocha. We’ll be using MochaBlend C4D’s 2.5D solver to create the 3D motion. You’ll learn how to analyze the motion in your shot so you can both track it properly in mocha, and choose the correct solver in MochaBlend C4D.
More...Cinema 4D: Creating 360° Panorama Rendering Tutorial
Learn how to setup cameras for 360° renderings in Cinema 4D, with Konstantin Magnus.
More...Creating Line Art Animations Using Cinema 4D Lite, Cineware, and After Effects
'This one is for all of you After Effects CC & Cinema 4D Lite users! In this tutorial, I'll reboot my previous tutorial on how I used Sketch and Toon to create line art in C4D.' - EJ Hassenfratz
More...Rendering a Sci-fi Gun and Scene With VrayForC4D
'Curse Studio’s Dominik Dammelhart walks through rendering a realistic scene with VrayForC4D including lights materials and settings.' - Lester Banks
More...How to Create an Elevation Map Using Cinema 4D’s Sketch and Toon
'In this tutorial, I’ll be covering a cool way to create an elevation map using, you guessed it, Cinema 4D! ' - Eyedesyn
More...Greyscalegorilla C4D and Motion Graphics Resources
The good folks over at Greyscalegorilla were kind enough to put together a large resource page for all of your Maxon Cinema 4D and Motion Graphics needs!
More...Logo Reveal with X-Particles
Starting with a simple polygon object, Tim Clapham of helloluxx takes you through the entire process on how to create a logo reveal with X-Particles in Cinema 4D
More...Setting Up and Animating Depth of Field Easily
“A few little tips on setting up depth of field with the cinema4d physical renderer and animating it very easily. It’s a little technique I prefer so I can easily visualize what’s in focus and animate it quickly. Hope it helps you out!” - Joren Kandel | The Pixel Lab
More...Using 3D Cinema 4D Files in Adobe Photoshop
A lot of people don’t know that you can import .c4d files into Adobe Photoshop and use them in a 3D environment. This can come in handy if you need to change textures for print campaigns etc.
More...Getting Started Creating 2D Style 3D Animations w/ Cineware
This week's Tutorial Tuesday focuses on training for CINEMA 4D. In this tutorial, Mt. Mograph’s Matt Jylkka creates a flat, 2D-style 3D animation using CINEMA 4D and After Effects.
More...Octane Render: Creating a Skin Shader for CINEMA 4D
Learn how to create a realistic looking skin shader with Octane Render in Cinema 4D.
More...How to Create an Abstract Drippy Effect
In this Ask GSG, “mariobuendia108″ asks how to create an abstract drippy effect like in this great render from Beeple.
More...Fill Text or Shapes with Dots in CINEMA 4D
Nate Vander Plas makes a fun effect that looks like a color blindness test.
More...Creating Cel Animation Style Paint Strokes in Cinema 4D
Learn how to recreate the popular cel animation style paint stroke/splash effect you see in a lot of 2D animations using Cinema 4D without third party plug-ins.
More...Streamline your Cinema 4D to Element 3D Workflow
Need a better workflow for sending projects and files from Maxon Cinema 4D to Video Copilot Element 3D? We know, there are a lot of numbers and fancy words in that sentence but the process itself, as it turns out, is not that difficult!
More...Animating a Holiday Ribbon Tree
In this holiday-themed tutorial, learn to create a 3D ribbon tree animation in Cinema 4D.
More...Cinema 4D Inner Glow Effect with Ambient Occlusion
“Equiloud created a really nice C4D quick tip and asked me to share it on the blog. Heck yes, I will. It’s a really nice quick tip for using Cinema4D Ambient Occlusion in the Luminance channel. The effect is very cool!” - Joren Kandel | The Pixel Lab
More...Animating BB-8 with Cinema 4D and Signal
If you did not spend the last 30 years on a uncharted island, you probably heard about this thing called Star Wars. A couple days ago the 7th episode came out and introduced to us BB-8, a new spherical droid.
More...Achieve 2D Cel Shading in C4D Without Sketch & Toon
Our friend EJ Hassenfratz from Eyedesyn shows us how to achieve 2D cel shading, using only the native tools found in Cinema 4D.
More...Gain Control Over Your Ambient Occlusion
“In this quick Cinema4D tip I’ll show you how to get more control over your Ambient Occlusion so you can save render times and dial in your shadows easily.” - Joren Kandel
More...Cinema 4D Project Splines Onto an Object
“In this C4D tutorial I’ll show you how to use Spline Project to have your splines stick properly to an object that is not flat. It’s important if you want text or a spline based object to look like it belongs. ” - Joren Kandel
More...Cinema 4D Bezier Plane Object
If you don’t have much experience with Maxon Cinema 4D’s Bezier Plane Object then follow along with tutorial and see how it can lend a hand!
More...How To Make A Sci-Fi Fire Look In Cinema 4D and After Effects
“In this AskGSG Jake Vardaman asks us how to make this cool Sci-Fi fire look by Raoul Paulet using C4D.” - Greyscalegorilla
More...Creative Type with Cinema 4D Hair, MoGraph & XParticles
Follow along in this great tutorial from helloluxx and you will learn how to make all sorts of beautiful new type in Cinema 4D!
More...How to Stick Objects onto a Conveyer Belt in Cinema 4D
EJ Hassenfratz shows us how he made the ‘sushi-go-round’ conveyer belt in Cinema 4D.
More...C4D Tips and Tricks Grab Bag by Simon
This Cinema 4D Tutorial is packed with tips and tricks by Simon Spencer-Harvey.
More...Adding Smoke and Dust to a Destruction Simulation in Cinema 4D
“Florian Thamer shows how to use both X-Particles and Turbulence FD to enhance a destruction sim in C4D.” - Lester Banks
More...Model, Texture, and Light a Jellyfish in Cinema 4D
In this Tutorial, Patrick Goski and Nick Campbell answer a question from Brett Morris during AskGSG about how to make a jelly fish scene similar to this great render by James Gardner-Pickett.
More...Inflated Text in Cinema 4D
Learn how to create a cool inflated text effects using the pressure parameter in C4D in this 2 part tutorial from Helloluxx. And don’t miss MAXON’s Santa Sidegrade Sale!
More...X-Particles & Octane in Cinema 4D
This is supposed to be a basic introduction of how to render X-Particles in Octane for Cinema 4D.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 4: Working with Illustrator Files
After a long hiatus, Michele is back with episode 4 of Michele Learns CINEMA 4D. Play along and learn the software with me!
More...Ambient Occlusion and Problems with Transparency
Have you ever had problems with something not showing up behind transparent items in your renders. This quick Cinema4D tutorial might help you out. It’s about Ambient Occlusion and Evaluate Transparency.
More...Quick Tips for Cinema 4D
The Pixel Lab tipped us off to these awesome quick tips for Maxon Cinema 4D.
More...Cinema 4D Quick Tip - How to Model Smarter #3 - Duplicates
Rob Redman offers his quick tip #3, in his How to Model Smarter series, covering duplicates.
More...Michele Learns Cinema 4D: Episode 5: Sand Dunes
Learn Cinema 4D along with Michele! In the latest episode of Michele Learns CINEMA 4D, Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm talks about the CV-ArtSmart plug-in from Cineversity, and then goes into a full tutorial about creating sand dunes like you might see along Lake Michigan, complete with dune grass made with hair.
More...Burning Question: How do I create a Walk Cycle?
If you’re animating some characters and need to make a natural looking walk cycle quickly and easily, do we have some great resources for you! Here is some reference, tutorials and scripts to make your next walk cycle animation a breeze.
More...Baking Deformers or Effectors in C4D - The Pixel Lab
“Quick C4D tip based on a request. This is showing you how to bake a a mograph effector or deformer so you can access polygon faces/points etc. Nifty little feature to know about. Hope it helps some of you out!” - Joren Kandel
More...Burning Question: How do I Make Grass in CINEMA 4D?
The Hair Module makes lovely grass in CINEMA 4D and here are some resources to help you make a lush lawn or field of waving grains. Includes lots of tutorials and freebies!
More...Cinema 4D Release 17 Quick Tips
MAXON Cineversity offers an entire series on quick tips for the newest release of C4D.
More...C4D Spotlight: MoGraph Tracer Object
I have a big list of topics that I’d like to cover in CINEMA 4D as I’m learning it. What better time to start a new series! I’m calling this C4D Spotlight and the first is meant to give you some ideas on what you can do with the MoGraph Tracer Object
More...How To Make Any Type Of Screw In Cinema 4D + free plugin
In this tutorial from HeyPresto2010, you will learn how to create any type of screw or bolt using Oliver Vogel’s free plug-in.
More...C4D R17 Tutorial: Spline Tool Updates
The newest release of C4D brought many new and intuitive updates to the spline tool and this tutorial will help you become more familiar with them.
More...Creating a Car Crash Test Animation with DRIVE
In this 4 part tutorial, Klaus Heyne, of Heyne Multimedia, explains how to create a vehicle crash test using the DRIVE plug-in in C4D.
More...RealFlow and Cinema 4D Workflows
Thomas Andrease explains the integration and workflow of RealFlow and Cinema 4D, at IBC 2015.
More...Animating Cameras Easily with No Keyframes
The Pixel Lab offers this quick tip on creating camera animations with just a couple of clicks. No Keyframes needed.
More...Mapping DEM Data in Maxon Cinema 4D
In this tutorial Kevin Snyder will teach you how to map DEM Data in Cinema 4D.
More...Creating a Tear Effects in C4D Using the Vertex Map Animator Plugin & Cloth
“Vertex Map Animator updated to version 3 including a new vertex map proximity controller adding the ability to create complex cloth effects.” - Lester Banks
More...C4D: How To Use Dynamic Joint Chains To Make A Flapping Wing Rig
In an episode of AskGSG, Nick and Chris were asked to create a flapping wing rig in Cinema 4D. See how they did it.
More...Maxon Cinema 4D - Sketch and Toon Help
Here is a round up of tutorials that should help you with Maxon Cinema 4D’s Sketch and Toon module!
More...Cinema 4D Deformers
Looking for a little help with Maxon Cinema 4D Deformers? Look no further!
More...Camera mapping a head using camera mapping and sculpt tools
'Here is a very quick and crude example of camera mapping Russell Crowe's head using the camera mapping setting in the texture tag, and sculpt tools. You would need to spend much more time tweaking and adjusting the sculpt and camera position, but the video should give you an idea of the process.' - Munk Studios
More...R16 and R17 Motion Tracker for Handheld Camera Move
'I found a fun little technique to use the R16 or R17 Motion Tracker in a unique way to create some great handheld camera moves. In this tutorial I’ll show you how it’s done.' - Joren Kandel
More...C4D: 3D Sound
Learn the basics of using 3D sound in Cinema 4D.
More...Setting up a macro shot in Cinema 4D
Konstantin Magnus shows you how to use Cinema 4Ds physical render engine to quickly model and setup flowers and some basic grass for a macro shot.
More...C4D X-Particles Tutorials
Here are 3 different tutorials utilizing X-Particle in Cinema 4D. Learn to create custom geometry, a smoke flower, and how Arnold works with X-Particles in C4D.
More...How To Make A Sci-Fi Fire Look In Cinema 4D and After Effects
In this AskGSG Jake Vardaman asks us how to make this cool Sci-Fi fire look by Raoul Paulet using C4D.
More...Plexus Style in C4D
Jump into Cinema 4D and easily create a look that is similar to the plugin Plexus for Adobe After Effects.
More...Create an Aquarium in Cinema 4D
This tutorial covers the process of modeling, texturing and rendering an aquarium scene inside of Cinema 4D.
More...C4D R17 Features: Take System
“The Take System of Cinema4d R17 should be a real boost to your workflow and pipeline. Our Lead3d Matthias Zabiegly walks you through all the features it offers.” - Aixsponza
More...How to Create Colorful Feathers in Cinema 4D
“In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create colorful feathers inside of Cinema 4D. ” - EJ Hassenfratz
More...Advanced and Unusual ways of using C4D’s HAIR
In this presentation from Siggraph 2015, Chris Schmidt presents this tutorial on Advanced and Unusual ways of using C4D’s HAIR.
More...32 Cinema 4D Quick Tips For Any C4D User Level
Mograph Candy offers a tutorial that's really a conglomeration of many different tutorials all wrapped up in one neat little package. Some of the tips touched upon are Thinking Particles, Hot Keys, and modeling tool basics.Here is the table of contents::07 Adding Points To Splines:50 Animated Noise Shader Previews1:35 Weld and Dissolve Tools3:30 Volumetric Light Sample Distance4:56 Knife Tool Visible Only Option6:22 View Clipping8:20 Simple User Data and Xpresso Setup11:15 Thinking Particles, Cloner objects, and Shapes12:52 Slide Tool Basics14:55 Single Hair Guides15:40 Knife Tool Offset For Perfect Cuts17:27 Restrict To Selection18:25 Protection Tag Limiter19:17 Viewport Point Size20:42 Vary Symmetry With Brush Tool22:50 Measure and Construction Tool25:09 Enlarged Material Preview26:17 Moving Points with Move and Live Selection Tools28:25 Hot Key '7'29:23 Hidden Extrude and Inner Extrudes30:12 Generate UVW Coordinates With Projected Materials31:30 Full Animation Redraw32:30 Focus Distance33:54 Dynamics Random Seed35:04 Deformed Editing35:53 Create Outline Spline37:09 Cloner Spline Morphs39:00 Camera Lock Pivot40:13 Replace Command41:45 Matrix Extrude Modifier Keys42.38 Brush vs. Magnet Tools50:27 Backface Culling53:48 ASE Swatches In C4D
More...10 Tips for better lighting in Cinema 4D
Learn the basics of lighting and how it can help you when lighting a scene in Cinema 4D.
More...Octane Render and Mograph Shaders in C4D
Learn how to use the Mograph Shaders in C4D with Octane Render to achieve the look you want.
More...Growing Neurons / Dendrites Using X-Particles in Cinema 4D
Learn how to create and animate dendrites, or neuron like cels using X-Particles in Cinema 4D.
More...C4D Modeling Process Video: Hospital Stretcher
Our friends over at the Pixel Lab have been busy creating this modeling process video. There's no VO, so just watch the process and pick up tips and maybe learn a different way to do something.
More...Soft Bodies with X-Particles in Cinema 4D
helloluxx offers up this tutorial on how to simulate soft bodies using X-Particles 3 in Cinema 4D.
More...Basic Character Rigging in Cinema 4D
Learn the basics of character rigging in Cinema 4D beginning with understanding how C4D calculates hierarchal orders and how this can help with rigging. Orestis Konstantinidis created this highly detailed tutorial on the basics of character rigging in C4D. It's a great starting point for the beginning rigger.
More...Strawberry Modeling Tutorial + Quick Tip for Cinema 4D
iDani shares a great tip for creating the indents on a strawberry model that won't slow your computer down.
More...Gerbera Daisy Cinema 4D Modeling Tutorial
Learn how to model, texture and light a realistic flower for a close up. Nate Vander Plas takes you step by step through the process using the Cloner.
More...C4D: How to emit particles from a shape
Learn how to emit particles from a shape - without third party plug-in or TP in Maxon Cinema4D.
More...Understanding Maxwell Materials the easy way
Topics covered in this video:Assisted materials: minute 9:25Advanced materials: begins at minute 15:32 …Diffuse materials: minute 17:27 (surfaces with high roughness)Metals – reflective, smooth, specular materialsPlastics – glossy surfaces: minute 1:05:26Translucent materials: minute 1:24:29 (transparency with scattering)Multi-layered materials: minute 1:31:05 (decals/labels, opacity/masks)
More...Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Solid to Liquid
This C4D Quick tip with Mustapha Fersaoui demonstrates the use of the Solid To Liquid Tool, showing how it can be employed using different parameters.
More...Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Quantize Function
Learn how to model smarter using the quantize function in MAXON Cinema 4D.
More...Case Study: Fluid Dimension - Josh Clos
Josh Clos, the winner of the RealFlow / Cinema 4D Fluid Dimension Challenge in December 2014, takes us step-by-step in the creation of his winning RealFlow fluid sim.
More...In Depth: Digital Trees and Plants
Need to add some trees and plants to your scene quickly and easily? If you’re short on time, budget or knowledge about adding trees to your animation, 3D scene or your still imagery, here are several options to help you get started with adding some arboreal goodness to your work, without having to wait for Spring!
More...The Importance of Compositing: A Layer By Layer Breakdown in After Effects
Learn how important compositing is for your 3D renders, as every shot needs color correction and/or compositing, in this tutorial from Greyscalegorilla.
More...Cinema 4D Custom Material ID Pass Tutorial
Ryan Snider of TangleWire.tv, shows you his customized compositing render pass that will allow you to make targeted color corrections, and changes to your C4D renders in Adobe After Effects.
More...Wireframe Renders in Cinema 4D
In this tutorial from the Pixl Blog, you will learn how to make wireframes of your objects using the Proximal Shader.
More...Creative Type with Cinema 4D Hair, MoGraph & X-Particles
Follow along in this great tutorial from helloluxx and you will learn how to make all sorts of beautiful new type in Cinema 4D!
More...Essential Animation Quick Tips for MAXON Cinema 4D
Learn some quick tips to help you become a better animator in this tutorial from eyedesyn.
More...Toggle Sub-Division Surface in CINEMA 4D
Happy Tutorial Tuesday once again. I’m Called Andy has a tutorial explaining how to toggle the Sub-Division Surface generator (hypernurbs) in CINEMA 4D. Note: This toggle technique will work between any parent generator.
More...CinemaPlugins DEM Earth Overview Tutorial #gettingstarted
DEM Earth allows users to easily generate dynamic Digital Elevation Models and geo-reference them in real-time to your world imagery. CinemaPlugins has released a new point update to this week that adds improves and adds new features and fixes a few issues. All owners of v2 are advised to update.
More...Maxwell Render Introduction for MAXON CINEMA 4D
Hello on this fine Tutorial Tuesday! There is several hours of training on this page! Learn about how Maxwell Render engine works inside of CINEMA 4D in this really thorough tutorial from Curse Studio. Download the source files too. Then, check out several Maxwell Render for CINEMA 4D tutorials, produced by Maxwell Render. Also, there’s a sale on Maxwell Render products that you don’t want to miss. It runs from November 3 to December 19, 2014.
More...How Set-up a Wacom Tablet for AE or CINEMA 4D
Jeff Foster, aka Pixelpainter, explains setting up the Wacom Intuos tablet for the time consuming and often tedious job of rotoscoping in After Effects. If you are rotoscoping or painting in AE (or any program), I’d highly recommend using a Wacom. It will save your sanity! And, here’s an older tutorial from yours truly about setting up a Wacom tablet for CINEMA 4D.
More...Create Realistic Smoke in MAXON Cinema 4D
Learn how to create organic looking smoke effects inside Cinema 4D – no third party plugins required!
More...Reflectance Theory: The Reflectance Channel in Maxon Cinema 4D
Maxon Cineversity offers a detailed tutorial on the reflectance channel and how it works in Cinema 4D. Learn the basic concepts of the Reflectance layers.
More...Smoke vs. Fire in CINEMA 4D
Ben Watts uses a program from Jawset called Turbulence FD for CINEMA 4D to create a basic, but interesting, particle collision simulation. He also walks viewers through a dynamic lighting setup in CINEMA 4D, goes throgh color grading and talks about some benefits of the 32-bit workflow.
More...How to Morph Between Splines in Cinema 4D
Here’s a great tutorial that teaches you an easy was to morph between splines in C4D with a 2D to 3D workflow. Using this method, you can design your splines anyway you want without worrying about matching spline points.
More...MAXON Cinema 4D Rock Goo
This tutorial utilizes many tools that can be helpful in creating a variety of different structures. Part 1 covers techniques for making a single volume mesh in the shape of a cluster of crystals or minerals. Part 2 explains several different ways to cut the geometry into 2 pieces, and create and rig a mesh that has proper goo behaviors. Covered topic are joint rigging, mesh deformer, smoothing deformer, and pose morph tag. Part 3 explains how to light, texture and animate for the final render.
More...Create Water Drops With Splash Ripples MAXON Cinema 4D
Learn how to make water drops with splash ripples using C4D. No additional 3rd party plugins required.
More...13 Cinema 4D Presentations From Siggraph 2014
If you weren’t able to make it out to SIGGRAPH 2014 this year well, you missed some good stuff. But never fear, Greyscalegorilla filmed their demonstrations and they are available to watch here!
More...Burning Question: How Do I Get that Low Poly Look with MAXON CINEMA 4D?
Have you seen some of the uncomplicated, but strikingly angular 3D lately known as Low Poly Modeling? Here are several examples and some tutorials on how to achieve the look with with MAXON CINEMA 4D.
More...3D Rooms with Cineware / AE and Automatic Follow Through
It’s days 10 and 11 of 30 Days of After Effects from School of Motion in Sarasota, Florida. Joe explains how to use Cineware to set up a scene in a 3D environment. In the second part, he focuses on animating the dog in the room with an expression.
More...Topographic Images using Hair in MAXON Cinema 4D
Chris Schmidt from Greyscale Gorilla, was inspired by some gorgeous renders by Lee Griggs, and attempted to recreate rolling hills of geometry in C4D. He didn't want to use MoGraph clones as the shear number needed would be overwelming. So he set out to create a more procedural technique and came up with using the Hair Module.
More...GI Area Light Script and Tutorial for Reflectance Channel for MAXON CINEMA 4D R16
Nick from Greyscalegorilla has a useful script to help you properly light a scene with the Reflectance Channel and his GI Area Light Script.
More...The Next Limit Realflow to MAXON CINEMA 4D Pipeline
RealFlow Expert Thomas Schlick give us a detailed description on how to use RealFlow with CINEMA 4D. You will learn:The difference between the connectivity plugins and the RFRKBasic import features & file formats of the connectivity pluginsHow to export point level animationThe new RealFlow MeltMaterialConnecting RealFlow particles wtih PyroClusterThe Basic RFRK workflowMeshing in Cinema 4DWork with vertex mapsImporting particle dataAnd more!
More...News: See What’s New in MAXON CINEMA 4D R16
Cinema 4D Release 16 places a greater emphasis than ever before on visual effects and realism, with key features like Motion Tracking and multi-layered reflections. Here’s a wonderful collection of tutorials for all the great new features.
More...Using an Area Light’s Built-In Softbox Option in Cinema 4D
Did you know the Area Light in Cinema 4D has it’s own built in softbox? Learn about it in this tutorial from Eyedesyn.
More...Alien Planet
Ben Watts has a new tutorial up showing how to create an otherworldly rocky terrain in CINEMA 4D and After Effects. Ben says, 'In this tutorial we'll build up a displaced surface using layered noise maps. After that we'll create a wet looking surface & water shader for the deep section. Finally we'll take care of some basic lighting & colour correction in After Effects.'
More...Modeling an Armchair in Cinema 4D by Subdivision Modeling
Konstantin Magnus will teach you how to use Subdivision Modeling Techniques in MAXON CINEMA 4D to create an attractive Armchair!
More...How To Create Dynamic Spheres With CINEMA 4D
Some C4D knowledge coming your way for Tutorial Tuesday! IcedUpGFX shows you how to make a sci-fi snail shell type of sphere in CINEMA 4D. This effect could be great in a logo animation or an an abstract background.
More...Choosing the Correct Focal Length for Cinema 4D Cameras
When Nick Campbell posts a tutorial then you know it’s bound to be gold. Check this one out that discusses different focal lengths and their primary uses!
More...Fill A Volume with Clones Without Intersections In CINEMA 4D
Nick Campbell of Greyscalegorilla released a new tutorial yesterday that explains how to fill an object with clones without having them intersect. Nick also shows how to color your clones by using a plain effector. This tutorial touches on dynamics, lighting, mograph, rendering and texturing.
More...Subdivision Modeling to Model an Armchair
Learn how to use Subdivision Modeling to create a rather plush armchair using MAXON CINEMA 4D.
More...It’s Paper from Pingo van der Brinkloev with a Bonus Tutorial
Here’s some Midweek Motivation for you. Pingo creates amazing folded paper animation in CINEMA 4D.
More...2D Splash Effects with X-Particles
Mattias Peresini shows how to use X-Particles for CINEMA 4D to quickly create parametric splash and trails, with homage to the classic look of 2D cell animation. The tutorial is in English and French.
More...Particle Advection X-Particles With Turbulence FD Fluids
Lester Banks always serves up fine content on his blog and here's another via Lester. We first linked to this one in February 2014, but here it is again if you missed it.
More...Introduction to Explosions Using X-Particles and Turbulence FD
Josh Johnson from VFXDaily.com makes explosions in CINEMA 4D using X-Particles to drive the Turbulence FD Fluids.
More...Make a Tornado with X-Particles
Mike Batchelor explains how to create a tornado rig with X-Particles.
More...Dynamics Fake with X-Particles
Mike Batchelor explains how to use X-Particles constraints and deformer to create a bouncing, bending motion. It's not true dynamics, hence the name. He uses dynamic springs with constraints and collisions to achieve the effect.
More...Motion Blur for X-Particles
Mike Batchelor shows a couple of ways to create motion blur using X-Particles default material and objects.
More...Procedual Growth with X-Particles
X-Particles 2.5 is used to generate procedural growth structures to create organic forms.
More...Nebula Project with X-Particles
Mike Batchelor shows how to create a Nebula structures. He does a great job explaining features of the X-Particles rendering and materials.
More...Intro to Dynamics in X-Particles
Mike Batchelor takes a look at the constraints (multi physics) and the SPH fluids in X-Particles.
More...Intro to X-Particles Collisions
Learn about Collisions in X-Particles v2.5
More...Objects To Sand With X-Particles
Ben Watts turns text into sand in CINEMA 4D.
More...Create a Cool Spiral with Sprites Attached with X-Particles
FxChannelHouse shows how to create a twistedly fun effect with X-Particles.
More...Easy Paint Peeling Effects with X-Particles Fragmenter
Mike Batchelor uses the X-Particles Fragmentor Object to create peeling effects.
More...Intro to the Fragmenter in X-Particles
The Fragmenter has the ability to turn any objects faces or objects into controllable particles.
More...Corrosion Effect with X-Particles
Mike Batchelor shows how to create a corroded look in CINEMA 4D, using features in the X-Particles Emmitter, Skinner and Cache Object features.
More...Introduction to the X-Particles Skinner
Mike Batchelor's quick start guide to the Skinner. The skinner features a powerful mesher object that can use several particle sources: X-Particles, standard CINEMA 4D emitter, Thinking Particles. It can also use scene objects, completely replacing the CINEMA 4D metaball, to work in conjunction with the fluid system.
More...X-Particles 2.5 Fluids and Foam
Here's a look at the new fluids system in v2.5 of X-Particles and how they use the core SPH fluids.
More...Intro to the X-Particles Emitter
The screaming fast emitter in X-Particles allows for an unbelievable maximum particle count of 1 billion particles! Some of the features are covered in tutorials below are:fluid simulation with wet map generationmultiphysics constraintscollision engineMike Batchelor of slouchcorp.com is an expert in X-Particles so you'll be seeing his name here a lot. He does tutorials on his own and for INSYDIUM LTD, the maker of X-Particles. He put together six basic quick start guides on some of the X-Particles features to get you started with X-Particles.
More...Particle Advection X-Particles With Turbulence FD Fluids
Not only did Mike Batchelor teach me how to create a beautiful particle animation with X-Particles for CINEMA 4D by using fluid created with Jawset Turbulence FD to drive their motion, but I learned what the word ‘advection’ means!
More...3D CAMERATRACKER Plug-in Tutorial by The Pixel Lab
Joren from The Pixel Lab shows the workflow of working with footage tracked with The Foundry’s CAMERATRACKER in After Effects and then bringing that footage into MAXON CINEMA 4D.
More...Model A Microphone with A Wire Mesh Texture in Cinema 4D
In this Greyscalegorilla tutorial by Chris Schmidt, he will show you how to uses dynamics, modeling, and texturing to create a 3D microphone in Maxon Cinema 4D.
More...Using the Spline Shader to Create Text as a Material in CINEMA 4D
EJ Hassenfranz explains how to skip Photoshop and use the Spline Shader and text (or any spline shape!) as a 2D resolution independent material. He goes deeper, explaining how to use a bump or displacement channels of a material for embossed or stamped metal looks.
More...Use The Matrix Object In Cinema 4D to Sculpt Dynamically with Particles
In this tutorial Günter Nikotin shows how you can sculpt particles using the matrix object in Maxon Cinema 4D.
More...Create Background Loops in CINEMA 4D
Use a simple Clone Set-Up to create background loops.
More...CINEMA 4D Acid Effect (Sticky Liquid)
Ben Watts of Ben Watts Design shows how to make some icky viscous liquid using X-Particles and CINEMA 4D.
More...Cheating a Flocking Simulation in C4D
SioPio walks through using standard C4D tools to easily cheat a flocking simulation that can be used in many situations.
More...Creating Turbulent Fluid Effects Using X-Particles for CINEMA 4D 4D
This tutorial will teach you how to create ink drop like fluid effects using X-Particles for CINEMA 4D 4D.
More...Render an Abstract Low Poly Look in C4D - Greyscalegorilla
Nick Campbell of Greyscalegorilla creates an artistic low poly look based on color image refractions on transparent objects - inspired by Justin Maller’s Facets renders.
More...Adventures in Map Animation with QGIS, After Effects, C4D & Illustrator
Victoria Nece explains the open source software GIS, Geographic Information Systems, to make mapping jobs easier.
More...Krakatoa for CINEMA 4D Webinars
Let’s start out Tutorial Tuesday with a bang with all of the great Krakatoa for C4D webinars given last week by Thinkbox’s Technical Director Borislav (Bobo) Petrov!
More...Create Animated 3D Paint Strokes with CINEMA 4D and After Effects
Post by Kevin Snyder at CGtuts+: 'Learn how to create and animate eye catching 3D paint strokes using a combination of After Effects and Cinema 4D in this tutorial from Kevin Synder.'Additional Files & Scripts:Paint it Black Texture Pack (Dan Stevers)Riot Gear (Video Copilot)Unmult (Red Giant)Sortie Script (AE Scripts)
More...ShuffleArray Effector for CINEMA 4D
Douwe shares his new simple MoGraph Python Effector script, as well as a tutorial on how to use the script.
More...Getting Started With Camera Mapping and Camera Projections in Cinema 4D
Post at Lesterbanks: 'Tyler Jordan offers a look at getting started with camera mapping and camera projection techniques in Cinema 4D. Jordan shows his workflow that involves taking a couple of photographs and setting them up so you can move through them in 3D space in C4D.' - Plus, a resource/ guide for additional cameramapping resources.
More...Tutorial: FLOW series from EJ Hassenfranz and Craig Whitaker
Welcome to the April Fool’s Day version of Tutorial Tuesday! We’ll start it out with a bang with 3D artists Craig Whitaker and EJ Hassenfranz. They have a multi-part series focusing on workflow for motion graphics in Nuke and CINEMA 4D, focusing on the “how” and “why”.
More...Painterly City Tutorial by Greyscalegorilla
The talented Chris Schmidt has provided a great tutorial on how to create a fun sketchy, painterly style cityscape using MAXON CINEMA 4D.
More...How to create an embossed business card in MAXON CINEMA 4D
Need to make some stunningly beautiful 3D business cards? Let Chris Schmidt of Greyscalegorilla show you just how to do that!
More...Track a 3D object into live footage with After Effects and Cinema 4D
Track a 3D object into live footage. Mike Griggs at Creative Bloq talks about working with a virtual camera between After Effects and Cinema 4D.
More...Chiseled Bevels in CINEMA 4D
Ben Watts has a new tutorial that shows how to make a chiseled bevel in CINEMA 4D on a complex letter. He covers a quick VRAY render setup too.
More...Modeling with the Brush Tool in CINEMA 4D + Timelapse Example
In this tutorial, Sam Welker shows the Brush Tool in CINEMA 4D R13. Sam explains, 'This tool is incredibly useful for quick modeling and should work as far back as at least R12. This is not sculpting and will not work with huge poly counts nearly as well as sculpting does however it is a little similar in usage and quite the tool you should all be using.'
More...Burning Question: Mac vs Windows tutorials?
Check out our new column, Burning Questions, where we will answer questions from newer users that you may be afraid to ask!
More...Use CINEMA 4D as Poor Man’s Chrono Sculptor
Yader (aka Derya Öztürk) explains how to get a ChronoSculpt like workflow in CINEMA 4D. Very clever! LightWave ChronoSculpt from NewTek is a new standalone product that 'revolutionizes working with animation and dynamic simulation cache files from any application by allowing you to use sculpting and transformation tools over time. ChronoSculpt also introduces a radical new geometry engine based on our 'Hydra' technology which allows the deformation and manipulation of 8 to 10 million polygon objects with ease.'Yader gives a short demo on how you can bring this type of feature into CINEMA 4D using the Rate option on the Matrix Object and the Morph Motion Effect on the Inheritance Object. There's more to it but you'll have to watch the tutorial!
More...Waxy Shader in CINEMA 4D
Tim Clapham at HelloLuxx has a new tutorial on making waxy looking elements with metaball typography in CINEMA 4D with lights and shaders.
More...AE & C4D - AE & C4D - Abstract Particles Using Trapcode Form and OBJs
VinhSon Nguyen shows a cool, basic technique that you can use to create unique and interesting forms for titles, background elements and more.
More...Stylish 3D Wooden Text Structure with CINEMA 4D
Our Tutorial Tuesday Extravaganza continues with a tutorial from Rory at Rate My Funeral, which is a stack of wooden numbers created for Fortune Magazine’s 40 under 40.
More...Make a Dynamic Metaball Title Sequence in Cinema 4D
Post at Greyscalegorilla. 'In this tutorial, we will make a short title sequence in Cinema 4D using metaballs and dynamics. Then, we will light the scene using HDRI Studio Pack. Finally, we will use the new global illumination settings in R15 to render animation without flicker or noise.'
More...Creating and Lighting a Space Scene, Part Two - Textures and Basic Lights
Part 2 of 3 part series by Shepperd Oneill. Part 2 of 3 of the space lighting series deals with textures and basic lights.
More...Creating and Lighting a Space Scene, Part One - Modeling
Cinema 4D Tutorial - Space Lighting - Part 1 - Modeling. Part 1 of 3 of the space lighting series. I go over one of the most overlooked aspects of lighting, which would be modeling. Without proper modeling, even the best lighting wont help.
More...Tutorial: Creating Node-based Materials and Shaders Using cmNodes in Maxon Cinema 4D
Lester Banks gives you the rundown on how to use cmNodes, developed by Chris Montesano, to create some pretty powerful stuff within Maxon Cinema 4D.
More...Business Card Stack in CINEMA 4D
Post by Ben Watts: 'In this beginner's tutorial we'll create a business card template in Photoshop which will serve well for our card stack. After that we'll create the stack in Cinema 4D using basic mograph effector techniques, then finally we'll render with the physical renderer utilizing depth of field. The free project file is available here: benwattsdesign.com/portfolio/tutorial-13-business-card-stack/ '
More...Switching Cameras with Stage Object in CINEMA 4D by The Pixel Lab
Joren Kandel of the Pixel Lab is back with another timesaving C4D quick tip. 'In this quick C4D tutorial I’ll show you how to quickly cut between cameras in Cinema 4D with the Stage Object. It’s an easy technique usually overlooked by beginners and could save you tons of render time.'
More...Tutorial: Springy Motion in Cinema 4D
www.helloluxx.com recently added a tutorial for creating a Springy Motion in Maxon Cinema 4D. Check out this post to learn more!
More...Tutorial: Maxon Cinema 4D Quick Tip 01
Quick tips for maximizing your Cinema 4D experience? Yes please!
More...Intro to Explosions with Turbulence FD
We have two tutorials for explosions in Turbulence FD, oddly enough! Josh Johnson shares his new tutorial at vfxdaily.com.
More...Tutorial: Explosion with CINEMA 4D and Jawset Turbulence FD
Ben Watts covers how to create an explosion and dust wave in Cinema 4D with the TFD plugin.
More...Burn Shader by Ben Watts
Ben Watts - “I thought it would be cool to create a multi-layered shader in Cinema 4D that could completely change the appearance of an object as it travels across it’s surface. I’ll also cover a basic fire sim setup and how to create ash with X-Particles.”
More...30 Minutes of Tutorials, Tips, and Tricks for Cinema 4D from Greyscalegorilla
At Half Rez 2013 in Chicago, Chris Schmidt of Greyscalegorilla presented a rapid fire series of tutorials, tips, and tricks for Cinema 4D. Covering everything from shader options, previewing hair instantly, spring tricks, and secret checkboxes to make your Sketch & Toon scenes render properly, this video covers it all!
More...Tearing Cloth Ball in Cinema 4D
Ben at BW Design uses Adobe After Effects and CINEMA 4D to create some lovely broadcast design elements, with a soccer ball tearing through some fabric. This is very useful stuff!
More...Olympus Has Fallen Breakdown from Motionworks
I watched John Dickinson’s fantastic presentation at After Effects World in Seattle a few weeks ago in which he walked us through creating the flag in the Olympus Has Fallen promo.
More...Optimizing your scene to render faster in CINEMA 4D - GSG
Post by Nick Campbell / Greyscalegorilla. Some great tips on speeding up the render process regardless of machine.
More...How to optimize your scene to render faster in CINEMA 4D
Post by Nick Campbell / Greyscalegorilla: 'An expensive new computer may make your renders 2-8X faster. But learn how to optimize your scene, and it can speed up your renders 10-100X. In this video, I show you some ways to optimize your scene in Cinema 4D for faster rendering so you can hit that deadline and still make it look great.'
More...Create Plexus-Style Organic Lines in Cinema 4D
By Joren Kandel at the Pixel Lab: In this Cinema 4D tutorial I'll show you how to use the free plugin called RayConnector. It's a really cool plugin to easily make plexus style organic lines using particles. Make sure to watch their full demo video for even more ideas on how to use the plugin.
More...Create a Stylized Snowman and Xpresso Driven Trees in CINEMA 4D
Tutorial Tuesday continues with a CINEMA 4D tutorial. Aleksey Voznesenski created this fun 4 part series for CG Tuts+. Check it out!
More...3D Printing with Cinema 4D and Makerbot
3D printing has become more and more popular these days. Thanks to companies like Makerbot you can purchase your own 3D printer small enough to fit on your desk. In this tutorial we'll show you how to model an alien space craft in Cinema 4D then take it into Makerbot's Makerware software to create a 3D print.This tutorial was created for the awesome team over at thehivecentral.com - Posted by Ryan Boyle
More...C4D Pixel Shards with PolyFX
Tutorial by Joren Kandel/ The Pixel Lab. 'In this tutorial I'll show you how to have pixel shards slowly bleeding off of an object. The effect will be made using Cinema 4D PolyFx.'
More...Creating Dynamic Floor Tiles
This video tutorial by Ben Watts will teach you how to make fancy and attractive floor tiles in Maxon Cinema 4D. Visit his blog to keep updated on news & NEW tutorials: benwattsdesign.com/blog/
More...Camera Tracking In AE and C4D - Tracked Ship
Chris Martin, Freefxtutorials.com, one of Toolfarm’s affiliates, shows how to motion track footage using After Effects CC’s powerful new camera tracker to get a 3D solution, then send it back to AE for compositing and final render.
More...Maxon Presentations from SIGGRAPH 2013 - Archives Now Available
If you didn’t get a chance to watch the livestream from Siggraph 2013, now’s your chance to catch up on the incredible talent shared during the show.
More...Cinema 4D Cloth Unroll Effect
Post at Motion Squared: 'In this short tutorial, we take a look at how to create a cloth unroll effect /animation using the cloth dynamics tag in Cinema 4D. Enjoy!'
More...Export 3D Camera Tracking to Cinema 4D
“Imagineer Systems Product Manager Martin Brennand takes you through exporting Camera Solve data from mocha Pro and setting it up inside Maxon Cinema 4D.” - Imagineer Systems
More...Creating a Disco Party Animation with C4D and After Effects
'In this tutorial you’ll be creating a full motion graphics 3D animation for a disco party. You’ll start by creating some basic models and deforming them. We’ll dig quite deeply in shading to achieve some detailed and organic textures. Finally, we’ll animate all the elements in an attractive way and create a rotating camera to follow the whole scene. We’ll finish up in After Effects where we’ll add some sexiness to the animation.' - Daniel Lorenzo of cgtuts+
More...Multicam Setup in Cinema 4D and Import Into AE CC
By Vic Garcia. Create a Chase Scene in C4D using Multiple Cameras, Stage Object and importing into After Effects CC using the Cineware plugin.
More...How to create a trampoline in Cinema 4D
In this tutorial we will be taking a look at “connect objects” as well as “point selection tags” with in Cinema 4D. These awesome tools will give us the ability to create a trampoline with dynamics.
More...Hollywood Movie Titles Series - The Great Gatsby
We’re going to be looking at the animation style of “The Great Gatsby”. We’ll make this title style using Cinema 4d for the modeling of the logo and After Effects for the final composite. The real core of this tutorial is how to get the logo from a 2d drawing to a complex 3d model. Once you know the secrets of how to get the logo with all its molding, the remaining design of the background come naturally.
More...Model a Ghostbusters Ghost Trap in Cinema 4D
Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday at Toolfarm! How do you catch a ghost in Cinema 4D? You model a Ghostbusters Ghost Trap!
More...Add Depth Of Field To Your CINEMA 4D Composite Using Cineware and After Effects
In this tutorial, Nick Campbell of Greyscalegorilla shows how to set up a depth pass for rendering depth of field for 3D objects using CINEMA 4D, Frischluft Lens Care and After Effects.
More...Cineware and Cinema 4D Lite Quickstart Tutorial
Nick at Greyscalegorilla has put together a quickstart guide to Maxon Cineware and Cinema 4D Lite, now shipping with Adobe After Effects CC.
More...Natural Lighting in CINEMA 4D by Rob Redman
An overview of lighting techniques in scenes where exterior natural lighting illuminates interior objects- how to get realistic results.
More...Tutorials: MAXON CINEMA 4D Integration in After Effects CC
Chris and Trish Meyer have posted some quick tutorials on importing and rendering C4D projects in the upcoming version of After Effects CC.
More...How to create an override material in MAXON CINEMA 4D
Yader posted a short and time saving tip for quickly setting up an override material in C4D. He says: All you have to do is to select one Texture Tag, go to the Filter Manager, select all. Textures with a double click on the Texture Icon and then keyframe your Texture Tag slots, that's it Hope this will come in handy. This works without any third party plug-ins and also with 3rd party render engines like VRay.
More...Bend 2D Layers Along Paths Using After Effects & Cinema 4D
EJ Hassenfranz posted some tutorials to his site, eyedesyn.com, which explain how to create a Bendy Arms effect, using After Effects and Cinema 4D.
More...Displacement and Deformation Techniques in Cinema 4D
In today’s tutorial, new Cgtuts+ author Mario Brajdic will introduce you to working with displacement and deformers in Cinema 4D and show you how this powerful combination can be used in conjunction with custom materials, lighting, and post effects to create some truly unique and visually stunning results.
More...Baking Textures in Cinema 4D for Element 3D
By Harry Frank: 'CInema 4D has a couple ways of baking textures for your objects and this is one of them.'
More...Tutorial: MAXON and After Effects Integration using CINEWARE- Party Balloons
Check out these free new tutorials at Cineversity that explore upcoming C4D/ AE integration features.
More...Stick Textures to Fallen Dynamic Clones In MAXON CINEMA 4D
In this tutorial, Nick Campbell shows you how to stick a texture to your dynamic objects so that when they fall to their resting place, their combined textures make an image.
More...Tutorial: Greyscalegorilla: Setting up CityKit to Work as a Holographic Interface
In this quick tutorial, Chris shows you how to add some effectors to City Kit so you can focus in on just a few buildings, and then zoom around the city. A similar effect was used to make part of Iron Man’s heads up display. Keep an eye out in the future for a follow up where we push this effect even further!
More...Model, Light And Animate A Pin Sculpture In Cinema 4D
Post by Chris Schmidt at Greyscalegorilla: 'In this two part tutorial, we show you how to model, rig, animate, light and render this Pin Sculpture Toy in Cinema 4D. Follow along as Chris shows you how to build the model and set up the Mograph and Shader Effectors to drive the pins using a depth pass. Then, in part 2, I will show you how to animate the pins using a video depth pass. Finally, we will light, texture, and render the sculpture for output to your compositing program.'
More...Create a Valentine’s Day Themed Animation in Cinema 4D & After Effects
Post by Stefan Surmabojov at CGtuts+ : “In this tutorial we are going to create a Valentine’s Day themed animation in Cinema 4D and After Effects.... Use particles and forces in Cinema 4D, as well as MoDynamics and Effectors to put everything together to create our final animation. Finally we’ll add materials, light and render the scene before finishing it up in After Effects with some compositing and post effects.'
More...Snow Mountain Titles with Element 3D and Cinema 4D
By VinhSon Nguyen at Creative Dojo. 'In this in-depth tutorial, we’re going to explore how to quickly create a motion graphics style mountain titles using primarily After Effects and some Cinema 4D. We’re going to cover all sorts of things, from creating a basic landscape, to creating camera rigs and incorporating 3D elements within our scene. This is one of the longer tutorials I’ve done which was a rough run through, so I hope you’ll take your time and tweak it to perfection!'
More...Cinema 4D Scene OBJ Export to Trapcode Form
Posted by Peder Norrby. Tutorial showing how to create a scene in Cinema 4D and export an OBJ and Cinema’s camera. And import all this in Adobe After Effects so the Cinema render perfectly matches Trapcode Form.
More...Disintigration and Reintigration in Maxon Cinema 4D
Post by Rob Redman/ Pariah Studios. How to destroy object in Cinema 4D without plug-ins or external tools.
More...Animate An Object To A Path Or Spline in Cinema 4D by Nick Campbell/ Greyscalegorilla
Post by Nick Campbell at Greyscalegorilla: “In this tutorial, I show you how to use the Spline Effector and Mograph to animate an object along a spline. Then, we add dynamics to allow our object to behave naturally during the animation. Sorry for the fuzzy audio in this one. I had the wrong mic on. Better audio in the next one for sure.”
More...Model, Light, And Render A Coffee Pot In Cinema 4D
Post by Nick Campbell/ Greyscalegorilla: 'In this two part tutorial, Chris and I show you how to model, texture, light, render, and composite this 3D Scene. First, Chris will show you how to model the coffee pot using some traditional modeling techniques and loft nurbs. In the second video below, I will take over where chris left and show you how to light the scene using HDRI Studio Pack. Then I will tweak some textures and render using the Physical Renderer. Finally, we will head in to Photoshop and do a bit of final color correction and compositing.'
More...Create a Shattering Glass Animation in Cinema 4D & AE – Part 3 Rendering
Post at CGtuts+: 'Today’s lesson is all about prepping for rendering. You’ll start by finalizing the animation with some slight tweaks to the timing. Once done you’ll move onto the material setup and learn how to create realistic glass and metal shaders using Cinema 4D’s intuitive material editor. Finally, Cyril will walk you through lighting the scene. This lesson includes building a dynamic light rig using XPresso and fine tuning it’s position to generate correct caustics at render time.'
More...Create a Shattering Glass Animation in Cinema 4D & AE – Part 2 Cameras & Pre-Viz
Post at CGtuts+: 'In part two you’ll get an in-depth lesson on how real-world cameras work. Cyril provides detailed insight on working with focal length, aperture, depth of field and motion blur and how these principles and settings apply to your Cg cameras. Then it’s back to Cinema 4D where you’ll learn how to block out shot timing, and find the best camera positions for the animation by running through a detailed pre-visualization process.'
More...Create a Shattering Glass Animation in Cinema 4D & AE – Part 1 Modeling & Animation
Post at CGtuts+: 'Create a cool slow-motion shattering glass animation using Cinema 4D and After Effects. Over the course of this massive lecture, professional artist Cyril Kotecky will teach you the ins and outs of working with dynamics and what goes into creating such a shot. Including the benefits Pre-Viz can have in the early stages as you block out your shot timing and camera positions.'
More...New Keyframe Look For Maxon CINEMA R14: What Are Those New Triangle Icons?
Nick Campbell at Greyscalegorilla talks about the new triangle keyframe things in Maxon CINEMA 4D R14.
More...Animate With Music: Using The Sound Effector in CINEMA 4D - Greyscalegorilla
In this tutorial, Nick Cambpell of Greyscalegorilla will show you how to use the Sound Effector in CINEMA 4D to make a render that animates to music. No keyframes needed. First, he will go over some of the basic settings of the Sound Effector, then we will use what we learned to make a dynamic abstract animation set to any music or sound effect you like.
More...How To Make A Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkin In Cinema 4D
Chris and Nick at Greyscalegorilla will show you how to make a Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin scene in Cinema 4D.Chris shows you how to model it using a Loft Nurb, the connect object, a boole for the face cutout, and displacers to make the pumpkin bumpy.In part 2, Nick will show you how to light, texture, and render your pumpkin scene for compositing in After Effects.
More...Creating Object buffers and Depth mattes in CINEMA 4D and using them within After Effects
Check out this tutorial from AE Templates about creating Object buffers and Depth mattes in CINEMA 4D and using them within AE.
More...Depth Compositing in After Effects
Post by Andrew Kramer/ Video Copilot: 'In this tutorial we’ll use a technique called Depth Compositing to combine stock footage with 3D rendering and the use a Z-Depth pass. This method allows you to place 2D elements like stock footage into the depth of a 3D render. I also demonstrate how to export a Z-pass from 3D max, Cinema 4D and even use Element 3D to output a depth channel.'
More...Exporting Models from CINEMA 4D to Video Copilot Element - Workflow
Post by Joren Kandel at The Pixel Lab: 'David Biederbeck, from beckmotion.com, has been helping me out with converting The Pixel Lab model packs into Videocopilot Element 3D ready packs.'In this extensive tutorial he’ll go through the entire process of exporting a model from C4D to Element 3D. This includes how to bring in the geometry and also the textures. It’s a bit tricky, but this tutorial should give you a good picture of the workflow.'
More...How to Create Button Badges with Maxon CINEMA 4D, Parts 1 & 2
In this tutorial, Ridvan Maloku will show you how to Create Button Badges with Maxon CINEMA 4D from scratch. He explains a bit about Loft NURBS, Sweep NURBS, Boole, etc. and preparing the model for animation. In the second part, he shows how to texture the Button Badge, light the scene, create the floor, and set up the HDRI Reflection. He has some nice tips ion how to set up a Studio Light Reflection. Project files are included below, after the videos.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Light Colors, Camera Morph, And Filters
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Plastic Deformation
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Setup Your Interface
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Camera Calibration
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Camera Calibration: Sculpting Tools
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Camera Calibration: Aerodynamics
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Cinema 4D R14 Quick Start Tutorial: Camera Calibration: Shift-C
Nick Campbell from GreyscaleGorilla produced several tutorials last week on Getting Started with CINEMA 4D R14 tutorials.
More...Understanding Thinking Particles Fundamentals
Post at Motioneers.net: 'Here is a video tutorial about Thinking Particles. This time we will go as basic as we can by avoiding presets and instead using the most fundamental nodes the particle system has to offer. We’ll set up an emitter from scratch and then build a simple particle simulation. This tutorial is – once again – not about creating fancy renders, it is meant to teach you the core techniques of Thinking Particles. I hope you learn something.'
More...Inspirations/ Tutorial: Video Copilot Element 3D Examples by Serge Mustu
Post by Serge Mustu on Vimeo: “Here are some MoGraph like animations I’ve done with Element 3D (plugin from Video Copilot). I broke up the text inside of Cinema4D and imported the models into E3D.”
More...Tutorial: Tentacles in Maxon Cinema 4D (with Hair)
Equiloud explains how to create organic tentacles in c4d with hair. (Update from Equiloud: you don´t have to trick the transparency, just deselect 'Render Hairs' in the Generate Tab.)
More...Fully Dynamic Popping Popcorn Tutorial for Cinema 4D
Post at Greyscalegorilla: 'In this “Tag Team Tutorial”, Chris and I show you how to model and texture a dynamically popping popcorn kernel and get them to behave like real popping popcorn. Just in time for summer blockbuster season.' Part 1: Modeling, Dynamics Texturing and Animation / Part 2: Baking, Lighting and Compositing.
More...Cinema 4D Setup Breakdown/ Whiskey Bottle and Glass by Matt Beckham
Check out this excellent studio shot breakdown for creating a whiskey bottle and glass tumbler, using Cinema 4D, by Matt Beckham.
More...Creating Moss, Snow, and Dust With The Falloff Shader in Cinema 4D
By Chris Schmidt at Greyscalegorilla: 'In this tutorial, Chris shows you how to use the Falloff Shader to create organic effects on your textures. Follow along to make effects like Snow and Dust on your textures that usually only collect on the top of objects.'
More...Water Freeze Tutorial - Cinema 4D & Realflow
RiTutorialsHD uploaded this great freeze tutorial: In this video theyl teach you how to create the effect where water freezes in Realflow and Cinema 4D.
More...The Cinema 4D Tutorial For Absolute Beginners
In this tutorial, Chris starts from the VERY beginning and very briefly cover a lot of topics. The goal here is that a brand new user can get their feet wet and create a very basic final render that includes some modeling, texturing, lighting, and animation! Based off of the first session of an old Introduction to C4D course he used to teach.
More...Inspirations/Tutorial: DROPLETS - making of with Maxon Cinema 4D
Simon Fielder explains how he made the effects in his film DROPLETS, an experimental movie about feelings, using Cinema 4D.
More...Cinema 4D Scene OBJ Export to Trapcode Form
How to create a scene in Cinema 4D and export an OBJ and Cinema’s camera, import all this in Adobe After Effects so the Cinema render matches Trapcode Form.
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