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SIGGRAPH 2011 – MAXON Unveils CINEMA 4D Release 13

August 1, 2011 / Blogs, Cinema 4D, Dave's Blog, News, SIGGRAPH, Tutorials

Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering Friedrichsdorf, Germany, August 1, 2011 – Today, MAXON announced CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, streamlined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily [...]

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FMC Tutorial – Getting started in Cinema 4D R11

July 30, 2009 / Cinema 4D, Tutorials

Today we look at getting started in Cinema 4D R11. We explore the tools, parametric objects, object and attributes manager, and we touch on nurbs, lights and more. Very entry level stuff. Dont forget to check out FXPHD.com for advanced classes on Cinema 4D. Enjoy!

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Tutorial: Import PSD into C4D

April 2, 2009 / Cinema 4D, Tutorials

Check out this cool tutorial on importing Photoshop files into C4D. Brought to you by Ko Maruyama of NinjaCrayon!

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Tutorial: 3D Clouds with Text using Cinema 4D!

April 2, 2009 / Cinema 4D, News, Tutorials, Videos

Our good friend Ko Maruyama of NijnaCrayon fame has posted a great tutorial on making 3D clouds with text in Cinema 4D. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Singapore Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match Time: ending soonest Time: newly listed Price: lowest first Price: highest first Price + Shipping: lowest first Price + Shipping: highest [...]

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Cinema 4D, Innovative Show Designs and the Super Bowl!

February 6, 2009 / Blogs, Cinema 4D, Dave's Blog, News, Tutorials

ISD (Innovative Show Design) was tapped to create the commentator sets for this years Super Bowl. The company used MAXON CINEMA 4D for its pre-visualization work on each virtual set mock-up, including texture and animations (usually video screens, lights and camera sweeps). CINEMA 4D is also used for lighting (XPresso in particular). For lighting, they start with an understanding of the “real” methods the show will use for lighting; and move forward to build imagery showing lighting that uses the [...]

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FMC Tutorial: Vector Illustrations into 3D

September 16, 2008 / Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Videos

I was cleaning out some of my files the other day and came across a folder full of stuff I grabbed at SIGGRAPH this year. I came across this great looking postcard from the gang at GoMedia . Their “Arsenal” royalty free vector art is amazing. I got inspired and thought “let’s make some cool 3D works with it!” So here we go.

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FMC Tutorial: Cinema 4D R10 Adding Cloth

August 31, 2008 / Cinema 4D, Tutorials

Adding cloth is easy in Cinema 4D. Today I show you how!

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FMC Tutorial: Cinema 4D R10 Adding an Array

August 31, 2008 / Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Videos

Today we add an Array object into our Cinema 4D project. Array objects are fun and powerful too! To follow along download Cinema 4D from www.maxon.net.

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FMC Tutorial: Cinema 4D R10 Adding Vector Images to make 3D objects

August 31, 2008 / Cinema 4D, Tutorials

I was cleaning out some of my files the other day and came across a folder full of stuff I grabbed at SIGGRAPH this year. I came across this great looking postcard from the gang at GoMedia. Their “Arsenal” royalty free vector art is amazing. I got inspired and thought “let’s make some cool 3D works with it!” So here we go.

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