Aleksey Voznesenski takes a look at how materials work in Cinema 4D with this Materials 101 presentation that covers layers, parameters, and the basics between transparency and alpha and everything you need to know to get up and running with Materials in Cinema 4D.

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Aleksey Voznesenski writes: This is not a project based tutorial. This is a 101 tutorial, which introduces you to how materials work in Cinema 4D. I will show you what layers are, and what the different parameters are. How to use them and what they do. Explain the difference between transparency and alpha, and other little details of the material system that I have learnt over time.