Jonas Pilz covers working with the new gradient feature that popped up in R20. With the release of Cinema 4D R20 came a new Gradient that sports a new interface along with a new way
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Calder Moore covers the Arnold Toon Shader in Cinema 4D in this new series of tutorials. A while back Calder Moore posted a render that tried (and succeeded) to get the style of “Akira.” He
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Silverwing shows how to use an OSL Fresnel Shader in Octane to create a clear coat reflection layer. Previous to using an OSL Fresnel shader Raphael Rau (Silverwing) used a falloff map method to get
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Colorcubic has a nice 2-part series on how to make a basketball in Cinema 4D. When people first get into modeling with a bit of confidence under their belts, they inevitably come to some objects
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Merkvilson shows how to create a water-like dripping effect in C4D using vertex maps. Cinema 4D tools are pretty amazing when they come together. I love applications where the sum of the parts are greater
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Motion Science shows how to create a depth of field post effect in After Effects to renders coming out of C4D. One thing that is notoriously a long render time in 3D is a depth
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Isaac Taracks shows how to create a pyro simulation in Houdini for an Octane render in Cinema 4D. In this short description tutorial, Isaac Taracks works with Houdini and Cinema 4D to create an RBD
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Glenn Frey shows a super-easy way to select a row of polygons in Cinema 4D. Some quick tips while simple, are incredibly helpful especially if they can save you a ton of time. One thing
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Jonathan Winbush shows how he put together water effects in the shape of a sphere using Cinema 4D and X-Particles. Check out this new tutorial from Jonathan Winbush who shows how he created his last
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Stormz dives into a step by step look at how to layer textures in Redshift C4D. Even though some rendering engines are accessible and super-easy to use, there are some sticking points where new users
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Glen Johnson shows that it is possible to use material selections sets on primitives in C4D. Material selections and sets are incredibly useful in Cinema 4D. One tip from Maxon’s Glen Johnson shows how you
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Glenn Frey shows how to get perfectly round spheres when working with volume builder in r20 using Intersect. Using dice as an example, Maxon’s Glenn Frey offers a couple of Volume Builder quick tips if
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Glen Johnson’s latest tutorial shows how to create a cylinder full of holes using parametric techniques. A popular technique for creating a cylinder full of holes is to create the surface as a flat shape
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Learn how to create intuitive controls in the C4D Viewport that can control textures when working with Redshift. Youtuber Stormz posts a look into a way to better control textures when working with Redshift inside
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SilverWing shows how to create scratched and worn edges With Octane using dirt or Ambient Occlusion. Most render engines will allow you to work procedurally, and some things are pretty much the same no matter where
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Travis Davids shows how you can create a simple Xray material with Octane in Cinema 4D. Are you looking to create a neat-looking Xray material? The process is quite simple not matter which rendering engine
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Stormz shows how to create an effect where leaves blow in the wind using Cinema 4D, X-Particles and Redshift. It seems that the motion graphics industry standardized pretty quickly on a set number of tools.
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Jonas Pilz shows how you can reuse a group in Cinema 4D by creating a node asset. Have you ever created a node group in Cinema 4D and wished that you can package and reuse
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Rhett Dashwood shows three ways to use a background image when working with Octane in Cinema 4D. Octane is a popular renderer for Cinema 4D largely due to its ease of use versus the incredible
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Nicolas Nami shows how to create those Facebook 3D photos that react to scrolling. You may have seen some of those 3D-like photos on social media, where user scrolling will activate a parallax effect. If
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Glen Johnson shows the power of modeling procedurally in Cinema 4D featuring standard tools like the Wrap Deformer. We quite often hear the term modeling procedurally or parametrically, but what does that mean? In it’s
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Glenn Frey surprises with a little known feature in R20 that can help visualize UV projections in the viewport. Maybe you’ve noticed since Cinema 4D R20 there is a new attribute called projection display under
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CG Shortcuts shows how you can create a nifty dynamic twisting rope animation in C4D using the free HoRope Plugin. Cinema 4D made more than a few 3D workflows easy and accessible to the masses.
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Find out what light portals are and when and how to use them in Cinema 4D. Are you rendering an interior scene? Light portals are an essential part of getting great renders, but also decreasing
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Winbush shows how easy it is to convert Cinema 4D materials to Redshift ones. If you find yourself opening old Cinema 4D files over to Redshift, there is an easy way to convert C4D materials
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Shawn Astrom shows an easy way to get Xparticles working with Corona Renderer in Cinema 4D. Both xParticles and Corona Render are fantastic additions to a C4D suite of tools. It’s too bad that at
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Jonas Pilz shows how you can use the formula field and Modulo to create tricky selections easily. Every time I see a new trick that makes use of the Cinema 4D fields feature, I am
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Equiloud shows how to make elaborate objects in Cinema 4D with the help of MoExtrude. Abstract shapes allow for experimentation involving modeling, lighting, and rendering. It’s likely why artists have a penchant for creating abstract
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Shawn Astrom how you can use the Corona standard material applied to a hair object to create some lush looking grass. Corona for Cinema 4D is in beta, and new features are coming all the
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QuickVFX has a look at using Cinema 4D R20 Fields to create a decaying apple effect. Fields are a great way to do some pretty intricate things in C4D R20 and QuickVFX has a new tutorial
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Jonas Pilz shows how to use C4D Fields to select random polygons and how to restrict selections manually. One of the best things about having a feature so pervasively integrated is that it can have
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Winbush shows how to create multiple decals for objects using RS Material Blender. Labels, stickers or decals. No matter what you call them, placing them on objects in 3D might be tricky – Especially if
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Glen Johnson shows how to build manufactured knurling using familiar tools in Cinema 4D. We’ve all seen the grip-style raised diamond pattern on tools and other items that have a grip. It’s called knurling, and
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Glenn Frey shows a quick tip for turning any noise in C4D into geometry using the Volume Builder in R20. Volume rendering doesn’t only offer new modeling opportunities but also rendering one too. Check out
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Jonathan Winbush shows a quick tip for keeping your trees vertical in C4D when using the Matrix and Mograph Cloner in C4D. If you find yourself scattering objects for environments using the Matrix cloner in
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Lonnie Busch shows how to build a complex conveyor system in Cinema 4D using Mograph. Lonnie Busch’s tutorials often cover how to create complex machinery and animated intricate devices in C4D. His latest tutorial is
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Dennis Wei covers creating a jellyfish animation for scratch in C4D working with Octane for Rendering. Jellyfish are mesmerizing to watch. It’s likely why there are more than a few tutorials out there that show
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Glen Johnson covers working with the Boole object in C4D and how to manage clean results using a “containment” technique. Glen Johnson is an in-house artist at Maxon HQ whose work often reflects the intricate
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Jonas Pilz shows how to easily expose parameters that may be hiding in C4D’s Node Editor. Nodes offer an excellent workflow for connecting and driving attributes. However, it’s impossible to display every attribute in a
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Glen Johnson shows his process to model a nut in Cinema 4D using generators, deformers and more. Usually, if you need nuts, bolts and screws, you take a trip to a model library and find
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Mograph Plus shows how to create realistic fabric shaders in Corona C4D. Rendering expert Kamel Khezri (MographPlus) has training products for a lot of different render engines that are out there. Some of the concepts
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Glen Johnson offers some great tips for how to optimize C4D scenes using what he calls “containment modeling.” Generators and splines in Cinema 4D are useful tools for modeling, but some caveats come with that
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Jonathan Winbush shows how to use X-Particles Explosia in C4D to create VDB Clouds, rendered with Redshift. Winbush returns with another tutorial post, this time looking at how to work with X-Particles and the Explosia
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MographPlus shows how to turn a day scene into night one using LightMix in Corona for Cinema 4D. Kamel Khezri shares a look into a powerful feature for rendering in Cinema 4D, that is Corona’s
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