How to Create Curly Hair for Characters in C4D
Laura Porat shows how to tweak C4D hair to create curly hairstyles for characters. Characters come with all kinds of challenges: modeling, rigging, and creating clothes and hairstyles. It is the latter...
View ArticleHow to Layer Materials in Redshift with the Material Blender
The You and Me Academy dives into stacking or layering materials in Redshift using the Material Blender. Most node-based material systems still allow you to use layers. Most systems will have a node...
View ArticleUsing Xpresso String Nodes to Create a News Ticker
Julian Field looks at using the Mid String Node, part of the Xpresso system presets in C4D. The Xpresso Mechanic, Julian Field, covers working with some of the Xpresso systems presets in Cinema 4D. The...
View ArticleHow to Create a Black Hole Effect in C4D using Arnold
Daniel Danielsson shows how you can create the “Interstellar” black hole effect pretty easily in C4D. A new tutorial from Daniel Danielsson works through creating a black hole effect with Arnold in...
View ArticleHow to Create an Animated Voxel Effect in C4D
CG Shortcuts shows how you can use Mograph and Effectors to create a voxel effect. A new tutorial from Dave Bergin shows the process for creating an animated voxel effect that you can loop infinitely....
View ArticleHow to Create a Laser Scanline Effect With C4D Octane
Rhett Dashwood shows how to create a laser scanline effect using projections in Octane. A new quick tip tutorial from Rhett Dashwood shows how to harness light projections in Cinema 4D and Octane to...
View ArticleHow to Create Proper Displacements With Cycles4D
Michael de Meyer shows the practicalities for creating proper displacements in Cycles4D. Render engines have some slight differences in workflows. Take displacements, for example. Creating...
View ArticleHow to Create Dynamic Materials With Redshift
Stormz shows how to create materials that change based on object-orientation. You may have seen demonstrations that show how game engines can create materials that can change based on the orientation...
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Create a Splat Effect With X-Particles
David Cantera shows a simple way that you can create a splat effect and transition in Cinema 4D. David Cantera adds another quick tutorial to his series that aims to simplify complicated setups in Cinema
View ArticleEasily Make Morph Targets from Sculpt Layers in C4D
Jonas Pilz shows the workflow for creating morph targets from sculpt layer poses. Like most workflows in C4D, the sculpting toolset is one that has a lot of uses. When creating character expressions...
View ArticleCreating a Find the Reject Effector for Cinema 4D
Julian Field continues his Python work in C4D, showing how you can create a Find the Reject Effector. Over the last little while, the Expresso Mechanic, Julian Field, is covering creating custom...
View ArticleMaterial Blending With Vertex Maps in Redshift C4D
Stormz shows how you can blend between materials using vertex maps and Redshift. The last tutorial from Stormz shows how you can dynamically place materials on objects that will change based on the...
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Create Dirt in C4D Using AO
Glen Johnson shows his technique for creating dirt effects using AO, Noises, and Layer Shaders. Creating wear and tear adds some life and realism to 3D work. While some applications such as Substance...
View ArticleHow to Create a Procedural Rocky Canyon in C4D
Magnol Pierre Francois shows how you can make a rocky canyon scene procedurally in Cinema 4D. Working parametrically (or procedurally) has its benefits in some instances. A new tutorial from...
View ArticleEasily Save Your C4D Viewport Filter Configs as Presets
Jonas Pilz shows how you can create custom viewport filter configurations. It’s not uncommon to get rid of things that are deemed visual noise in the viewport. Turning on and off elements in the view
View ArticleTips for Grading Renders in Octane & C4D
Jacob Torres covers how you can grade renders in Octane and Ae. Color is such a huge part of working, and in CG, it’s a whole thing. Color workflows are as crucial as they are
View ArticleHow to Easily Align a Motion Tracker Solve in C4D
Jonas Pilz shows an effortless way to align your scene from the C4D motion Tracker. Likely everyone’s first attempt at motion tracking (especially 3D tracking) works for the most part other than that...
View ArticleHow to Inflate and Deflate Parts of the Same Object in C4D
Markus Gonser shows how you can use Cloth and Fields to inflate and deflate parts of one object in Cinema 4D. A new tutorial from Markus Gonser (3DBONFIRE) shows how to create an intricate-looking...
View ArticleCorona 6 for C4D Updates Sky Model and More
Chaos Czech releases Corona 6 for C4D with a new sky model and more. Newly released Corona Renderer 6 for Cinema 4D focuses on allowing users to create even more realism while also speeding up...
View ArticleNew MographPlus Ultimate Introduction to Arnold 6 for C4D
MographPlus releases a new course for C4D Arnold users, packing a ton of info. MographPlus is known for its excellent training resources around rendering. Now there is a new release for Cinema 4D...
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