How to Use C4D Fields for Parametric Selections
Jonas Pilz Shows How You Can Make Parametric Selections by Using C4D’s Fields. C4D R20 fields are already proving to be a great addition to C4D’s toolset. Fields entirely replace C4D Falloffs, but the...
View ArticleHow to Fix Light Fringe When Using Octane Fog
The Pixel Lab Shows How to Get Rid of Light Fringe When Rendering Octane Fog. You have your scene all set up, and it looks fantastic with moody fog and atmosphere. What’s this? There is
View ArticleJesper Lindborg’s “Hands”
Jesper Lindborg’s hand exploration animations turned into a full edit, the incredible Mount Audio helped out with the music. The focus lay in key-frame animation to mimic the intricate movements of a...
View ArticleUse Volume Builder to Get Great Looking Bevels on Anything
Sam Tato Shows How C4D’s Volume Builder Can Offer Nice Bevels to Models Without Having to Retopo. Few things put the fear into 3D artists than CAD models imported into your workspace. Often you know
View ArticlePaint Objects on to Surfaces With ObjectPainter for C4D
Scatter Objects On Surfaces By Painting them in Cinema 4D Using SmartRig’s ObjectPainter Plugin. Procedurally scattering elements on to other surfaces might not be as quick a process as you would like...
View ArticleGetting the Most From U-Render Shadows
How to Best Adjust the U-Render Shadows Map settings and How to Fix Common Shadow Artifacts. Formerly Tachyon Render, Uppercut’s U-Render is a new high-quality and real-time rendering engine for Cinema...
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Create a Boiling Liquid Effect in C4D
CG Shortcuts Shows How to Use Particles and Deformers in Cinema 4D to Create an Easy Boiling Liquid Effect. Cinema 4D offers the tools you need to make whatever you imagine. Both simple and complex
View ArticleNitroCap Caps Holes in C4D With Nice Topology
Nitro4D Releases NitroCap, a Plugin That Lets you Close Holes in C4D Models With Great Topology. Notri4D’s new NitroCap plugin for C4D is a new tool that modelers can use to close holes in meshes.
View ArticleC4D Dials to Get Drag and Drop Customization
Radial Menu Workflow Plugin for C4D, Dials, Will Get Drag and Drop Functionality for Easy Configurations. Daniel Sterckx’s plugin for Cinema 4D that brings radial or pie menus to Cinema 4D looks to be...
View ArticleHow to Take Control of Naming in C4D by Using Tokens
Ace5 Studios Shows How to Use Tokens for Easy File Path and File Naming in Cinema 4D. Anything that can save you some time is worth it. It doesn’t have to be huge. Just little
View ArticleAn Advanced Guide to Metallic Material in Octane C4D
Jonathon Burdock Does an In-Depth Summary of the Octane C4D Metalic Material. Metal and metallic surfaces are the mainstays for look dev artists everywhere. Understanding how to master metallic...
View ArticleHow to Create an Automatic Squish Effect in Cinema 4D
Alpha Pixel Shows How to Create an Interactive and Automatic Squish Effect for Objects in Cinema 4D. Have you ever wanted to create the realism of weight to your 3D objects? For example, have a
View ArticleHow to Paint Objects on Surfaces in C4D Without Plugins
Stormz Shows How to Paint Objects on Surfaces in C4D With an Easy Setup. If you are creating an outdoor environment, you need to scatter objects across the surface of other objects. For example placing
View ArticleEasily Control Vertex Maps with C4D Fields
Glenn Frey Shows Another Great Use for C4D Fields for Controlling Vertex Maps. Vertex Maps are an amazingly powerful way to control a lot of things in Cinema 4D. From controlling material attributes to...
View ArticleEasily Deform High Poly Objects With the New Nitro Edge Deformer Tool
Nitro4D Releases a New Edge Deformer Tool That Can Easily Deform Complex Shapes With a Light Spline-Based Edge. Modeling and animation typically live in a place with manageable polygons. However, if...
View ArticleAnimate Softbody Damage in Cinema 4D
CG Shortcuts Uses Softbody Dynamics in C4D to Animate Dents and Damage to an Object. Dynamics can create some fantastic things, not to mention that they are pretty fun too. Dynamics can drive all kind
View ArticleGrow Coral Structures in C4D With R20 Volumes
Niels ten Hulsen Shows How to Take Advantage of Mograph and the Volume Builder in C4D to Grow Coral Structures. When talking about C4D R20, it’s easy to mention some of the game-changing features....
View ArticleHow to Create a Camera Distortion Shader for Redshift C4D
MerkVilson Shows How You Can Create a Camera Distortion Shader for Redshift and Cinema 4D. Redshift offers multiple camera lens types that include Fisheye, Spherical, Cylindrical, and Lens Distortions....
View Article2 Ways to Create a Corona Car Paint Shader in C4D
Shawn Astrom Demonstrates Two Ways to Create a Custom Corona Car Paint Shader, With One That Uses the Skin Shader. Corona is a pretty fantastic renderer that can both operate as biased and unbiased. The
View ArticleHow to Route Edges in C4D to Get Nice Quad Topology
Shane Benson Shows Some Methods for Getting Quad Topology With Sub-D Modeling in C4D. Is quad topology something that you strive for when modeling with Sub-D’s in Cinema 4D? Sticking to quads is a...
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