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C4D Scripting for People Who Don’t Know Python
Billy Chitkin Shows C4D Scripting Without Any Formal Python Knowledge. Scripting in any application can be a game changer when it comes to workflow. As artists, we are not always adept at fourth-level...
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Mix Textures and a Cel shader With C4D
Tigran Manukyan Shows How to Get a Cel Shader Look in Cinema 4D for Elements That Have Textures. We know that there is no shortage of Cinema 4D Cel shader or Cel Look tutorials out
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Using Volumetric Lights Creatively With Redshift for C4D
Equiloud Works With Volumetric Lights and Subsurface Materials for a Creative C4D Piece. Adding to what almost seems like a barrage of Redshift Volumetric Lights tutorials, is a new one from Uwe...
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5 Ways to Lock Objects in C4D
AJ Haines Shows a Few Ways to Lock Objects to Prevent From Accidentally Moving an Object Ever Again. Likely the majority of us have accidentally moved an object that we didn’t want to actually move.
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How to Control 3 Material Channels Using Effectors
Athanasios Pozantzis Shows How Effectors Can Apply and Control MoGraph Material Channels. How does one control more than one material attribute in a clone? Have you ever wanted to control various...
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Animate an Abstract Ring With Clones and Deformers
Dave Bergin Uses Clones and Deformers in Cinema 4D to Create an Abstract Ring Animation. CG Shortcuts (Dave Bergin) has a great YT channel and regularly posts engaging tutorials working with Cinema 4D....
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A Quick Setup to Unfold Clothes in C4D
Sam Tato Shares a Quick Technique to Unfold Clothes in C4D Using Deformers. Cloth effects usually mean Softbody or cloth dynamics, but not always. As with virtually anything in 3D, there is more than one
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Create a Universal Shader Deformer in C4D
Merkvilson Details How to Make a Universal Shader Deformer to Define Texture Influence. With so many plug and play renderers out there for Cinema 4D, there are almost an equal amount of workflows....
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Easily Switch Edit and Shot Cameras in C4D With ToggleCamera
Bret Bays Shares a ToggleCamera, a C4D Script that Can Switch Between Your Working and Shot Cameras. No matter what DCC you use, I’d bet you spend a lot of time switching between your working
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Learn the Fundamentals of Motion Graphics
CGMA’s 8 Week Online Workshop The Fundamentals of Motion graphics is a Great Way to Sharpen Skills. CGMA’s summer term registration for the Fundamentals of Motion Graphics recently opened. Classes...
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How to Create Striking architectural Deformations With Pose Morph
Niels ten Hulsen Shows That the Pose Morph Tag is More Than a Character Tool in C4D. Morph targets are typically thought of for character work. C4D’s Pose Morph indeed comes in handy for creating
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Grass Kit Updates to Support Physical, V-Ray and Corona
Bosko Lazovic’s Grass Kit for Cinema 4D Updates to Support Third Party Renderers. Grass Kit for Cinema 4D is a tool that lets you create and customize grass fields for realistic renders, quickly. A recent
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Check Out the Free C4D Character Rig, Bony4D
Ace 5 Studios Releases a Free Robust Character Rig for Cinema 4D, Bony4D. Always on the lookout for things to animate in Cinema 4D? Have a look at a new free character rig for Cinema
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Xpresso and Tracers Create a Heart Monitor Effect
Julian Field Shows How to Create a Heart Monitor Effect in Cinema 4D With a Bit of Xpresso. A new two-part series from the Xpresso Mechanic Julian Field shows how to create a heart monitor
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How to Create Particle Growth Using X-Particles
Bob Walmsley Shows How to Recreate a Particle Growth System from the X-Particles Reel. Insydium’s product reel often contains dazzling if not mind-blowing visuals. One scene that uses a procedural...
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How to Build Folding Meshes Using L-systems and MoSplines
Severo Ojea Covers Animating With Splines to Create a Folding Meshes Effect. L-Sytems often end up being an essential algorithm for animation. With Cinema 4D, if you are working with splines, there is...
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Building and Customizing Redshift Materials
Thom Haig Shares His Process for Making and Saving Redshift Materials in Cinema 4D. London based freelance 3D Motion Graphic Designer Thom Haig outlines his process for making Redshift Materials. His...
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Creating Particle Trails With C4D’s X-Particles
Dave Bergin Creates Fiber-Optic Particle Trails With X-Particles in Cinema 4D. “We’re going for that fiber optic look!” Says Bergin (CG Shortcuts) of his latest tutorial that plays with creating...
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Lock Transformation Axes Directly in The C4D Viewport
Glenn Frey Shows a Handy Tip for How to Lock Transformation Axes in the Cinema 4D Viewport. Locking specific transform attributes is an excellent way to prevent unwanted transformations. With Cinema...
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Working With Quaternion Rotations in Cinema 4D
Matthew O’Neill Discusses Rotations in Cinema 4D and Why Quaternion Rotations Can Be Helpful. As with most things in 3D, rotations are simple on the surface, but you can dive deeper into the seemingly...
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