MographPlus shows an approach to creating common realistic materials with Redshift. As with any renderer, you will end up making some common photorealistic materials without question. Some of these will include plastics, wood flooring, Concrete,
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MographPlus shows how to integrate 3D models into HDRs or Photographic backplates with Redshift for C4D. This new excerpt from the Ultimate Introduction to Redshift for Cinema 4D shows MographPlus integrating 3D models into an HDRi, or
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Expresso Mechanic TV shows how to make a scissor lift mechanism in C4D. The latest weekly tutorial from Expresso Mechanic TV shows how to make a working scissor lift mechanism and rig in Cinema 4D using some
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Expresso Mechanic TV looks at the color array and how to color clones within a Cloner. A new installment of Python Bytes sees Expresso Mechanic TV showing how to alter the color of clones within a cloner
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Polygon Pen shows how to unwrap UVs for a hard surface model in C4D R25. Creating UVs for a model seems much harder than it is. The reality is that UVing anything isn’t that hard;
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Expresso Mechanic TV offers some insights into the color temperature node in Cinema 4D Xpresso. A new installment of Expresso Mechanic TV’s Xpresso nuts and bolts offers a look into the color temperature node in Cinema 4D.
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Jonas Pilz shows how you can automatically change the color of clones based on their sizes. This new quick tip from Maxon’s Jonas Pilz shows how you can colorize clones in Cinema 4D based on how big or small
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Lee Griggs shows more randomizations in Arnold, covering how to change exposure and color in Cinema 4D. In Arnold’s last couple of tips in Cinema 4D, Arnold Rendering Specialist Lee Griggs has shown us how Arnold can
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Expresso Mechanic TV shows how to work with scale using Python in C4D within a Python effector. A new installment of Expresso Mechanic TV’s Python Bytes looks into how you can work with scale within a Python
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Digital Meat shows how you can use splines to cut polygons in Cinema 4D. Splines are incredibly useful in 3D. In Cinema 4D, you can even use them to cut polygons. Check out this quick tutorial
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Expresso Mechanic TV shows how to make a basic HUD animation using Xpresso, Python, and the Mograph Tracer. In Cinema 4D, you can expand on the power that Mograph offers by using Xpresso and even further by
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Polygon Pen shows how you can model seams and stitching details in realistic-looking leather. This new tutorial from Polygon Pen shows some modeling and rendering techniques to create realistic-looking leather complete with seams and stitching using Cinema
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Polygon Pen shows how to model, shade, animate and render a low-poly world in Cinema 4D. One of the cornerstones of motion graphics is a low=polygon look using simple 3D shapes and elements. This
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Silverwing offers a concise and straightforward setup for a roundtrip ACES workflow between C4D, Octane, and After Effects. Let’s face it; not everyone can incorporate an intelligent and easy color workflow into their product offerings,
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Vincent Schwenk covers how to set up meshes for soft-body simulations. Soft-body dynamics are so fun to set up and watch. The base mesh for the object becomes essential, especially when dynamics start to deform your
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Expresso Mechanic TV covers making an accurately working drive chain in Cinema 4D using Xpresso and more. This new tutorial from Julian Field, the Xpresso Mechanic, shows the definitive way to build a chain drive system in
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Expresso Mechanic TV looks into the matrix array within a Mograph effector to move clones around with Python. A series of tutorials from Julian Field, the Xpresso Mechanic, offers some essential tidbits for working with Python in
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Zak shows a few ways to make stickers and overlays on top of objects with Redshift in C4D. There are more than a few ways to place stickers and the like on objects in 3D. If you
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PolygonPen shows the process for modeling a toy plane in C4D from reference. Check out this new hard-surface modeling tutorial from Polygon Pen that covers the process of creating a realistic toy plane from scratch. Polygon Pen
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Julian Field takes a look at what’s possible with the Range Mapper Node in Xpresso. Julian Field, the Xpresso Mechanic, offers some insights into working with Operators in Xpresso under Cinema 4D. His latest dives
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New Plastic shows how to make rocks embedded in snow procedurally in Cinema 4D under Octane. A new tutorial from New Plastic shows how you can add rocks to a procedural snow shader and have
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Julian Field shows how you can create a “lazy align to spline” set up in Cinema 4D. This new multi-tech tutorial from Julian Field, the Xpresso Mechanic, shows how you can use Xpresso and Python
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Arthur Whitehead shows the render and material settings to get realistic jewelry renders from Octane in Cinema 4D. According to Arthur Whitehead, realistic jewelry renders can come down to the technicalities in lighting and render settings. Check out
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New Plastic covers a quick tip for getting super-realistic snow using Octane and Cinema 4D. Check out this new tutorial from New Plastic that shows how to make a procedurally-based snow material using Maxon Cinema
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Julian Field shows how to use both Xpresso and Python to get the position of an object in Cinema 4D. This new multi-tech tutorial from Julian Field, the Xpresso Mechanic, shows how you can create
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Jonas Pilz shows how to swap an instance with a reference in Cinema 4D. Have you ever wanted to swap out instances with its reference object in Cinema 4D? There is a thing for that. Check
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New Plastic shows how to create a realistic wood material using Octane Nodes in C4D. This new Octane tutorial, Guy from New Plastic, shows how to make a highly realistic wood material without even using a
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Jonas Pilz shows how you can quantize the random rotations of clones in C4D. It’s easy enough to get random rotations of clones in Cinema 4D, but what if you wanted them to snap to
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Polygon Pen shows how to model a glass vase with some creases and details in design. Sometimes when you see a completed model, you might not even know how it gets that way. Tricks aside,
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Jonas Pilz shows how you can close all holes in one shot by using a Voronoi Fracture object. In Maxon Cinema 4D, it’s pretty easy to close polygon holes and make an object watertight. What
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Aleksey Voznesenski shows how you can blend from motion capture and hand-keyframed animation in Cinema 4D. Check out this quick tip tutorial from Ace5’s Aleksey Voznesenski that shows how you can mix mocap and hand-keyed animation. The
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Julian Field shows how you can create a mechanical arm using Xpresso and Python. Julian Field adds another “multi-tech” tutorial to the growing list of Cinema 4D tutorials. This time the Xpresso Mechanic shows how
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Aleksey Voznesenski shows a surprising amount of ways to work with symmetry in C4D. Symmetry is one of those things that are important throughout a 3D application, from modeling to sculpting to painting, to mention
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Jonas Pilz shows how you can easily manage camera clipping in C4D. This new quick tip from Maxon’s Jonas Pilz (@jonaspilz3d) explains camera clipping in Cinema 4D, why it happens, and how to adjust it for
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Polygon Pen shows how you can model and bake tileable patterns for textures in Cinema 4D. There are many ways you can use to make tiling materials in 3D, often from 2D sources. This new
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Expresso Mechanic TV shows how you can use Python and Xpresso to create a light-driven engine valve sequence. Julian Field adds another “multi-tech” tutorial to the growing list of Cinema 4D tutorials. The Xpresso Mechanic
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New Plastic offers a look into creating complex procedural materials that push the limits of Octane’s node system. This new tutorial from New Plastic shows how you can create these weird and interesting alien-rock formations procedurally with
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Markus Gonser shows how to create a bubble wrap material using C4D and Octane. 3DBonfire (Markus Gonser) likes the look of plastic materials. His latest tutorial shows how to create a very realistic plastic and
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LFO Design compares various ACES workflows with Redshift and Cinema 4D. ACES is becoming more predominant in computer graphics and 3D. If you work with Redshift and Cinema 4D, there are a couple of ways
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CG Shortcuts uses joints, morph and jiggle to make a folding map. We’ve seen lots of tutorials out there that show you how you can fold paper-like objects and animate that. This new tutorial from CG Shortcuts
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Vincent Schwenk shows how you can make a rock setup that generates them with topology and UVs. This new tutorial from Vincent Schwenk shows how you can make a procedural rock generator in Cinema 4D using some
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New Plastic shows an easy way to get finer details sculpting in Cinema 4D. This new tutorial from Guy (New Plastic) shows how you can get better details using Cinema 4D Sculpting tools. The technique
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Expresso Mechanic TV shows how to create a convincing lava lamp using Xpresso and Python. This new tutorial from Julian Field (the Xpresso Mechanic) shows how you can create that trippy lava lamp effect in
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Athanasios Pozantzis shows how you can control the procedural animation of clones. In Maxon Cinema 4D, you can easily use the Mograph Module to control the keyframes and animation of clones using the Time Offset parameter through
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