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Cinema 4D is a true 3D development application with infinite possibility but you can get started easily and create realistic objects and effects with a variety of tutorials and aids. It?s worth noting that even ?primitives? are three dimensional in C4D and simply adjusting the dimension of a primitive shape begins to tap your vision of possibilities. Cinema 4d tutorial for beginners to enjoy and love the creativity. So today we collect C4D Tutorial: 25 + Advanced Collections oF Cinema 4D Tutorial

In this chapter of the Cinema 4D introductory series, we take a look at some basic texturing principles.

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In this tutorial, you will see a simple method for creating a star that is more than just a lens flare. Graham goes on to show you some basic Xpresso methods to make animating easier.

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In this tutorial we?ll be high above the Earth making some clouds that are natural looking and have some depth and volume, while not using the Pyrocluster plugin. After we create the materials, I?ll show you how to adjust the various settings to make a wide array of different types of cloud formations. The sky is the limit!

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A key element in the hit TV show Bones is the images on The Angelatron, an 8-foot screen that shows detailed images proving how the victim died. Khaos Digital?s David Watkinson creates all those images for Bones, and specializes in creating content for screens that play back in real-time during production. Creative COW looks at how it?s done.

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Method Studios was approached by Fox?s visual effects team to work on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and were offered some very tasty stuff to solve ? a train sequence with burning bridges, full CG fire, all in stereo. As CG artists, this is the kind of meaty work you really want to go after. Randy Goux shared his experiences on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter with Creative COW.

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In part 2 of the Water Tutorial, Neal Barenblat will show you some cool and useful compositing techniques in After Effects to get this scene singing! You?ll take a look at simple color correction, rotoscoping, and making a wiggle expression.

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In this tutorial, we?ll begin a two-part project constructing a cool looking news intro composition. In part one, I?ll show you some texture techniques, as well as using a combination of Mographs?s Plain Effector and Delay effector to achieve some really smooth, really nice text animating into view. I?ll also introduce my Softbox preset for Cinema 4D that I constructed inspired by GreyScale Gorilla?s (no legal issues here ? 100% self made).

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In this video tutorial, Neal shows how to get started making a stop-motion text effect using Cinema 4D?s MoGraph module. He?ll be taking a pretty good look at MoSplines and the Vibrate tag to create a text treatment that resembles shooting the same few frames over and over again, and repeating them.

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When it comes to shooting, David Allison?s experience in the editing room has helped him develop parameters that lead to better footage that embodies the sensible values of an efficient shooter.
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One of the wonders of the C4D platform is it?s interconnectivity with other sources of 3D models. Let?s be honest, who has time to handcraft thousands of blades of grass or populate the night sky one star at a time? But using the content available in Poser and the generators found in Vue, it takes just a little longer then this 5 1/2 minute tutorial to put that content into C4D for integrated scenes and robust animations.

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In this video tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to create an ultra-realistic image using the Boris Continuum Materials Unit in conjunction with Adobe After Effects and MAXON CINEMA 4D.

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In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Chris Martin takes a look at MoDynamics in Cinema 4D 11.5.

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In this video tutorial, Chris Martin shows you how to create a hole in a wall and track it using Syntheyes and Cinema 4D.

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In this tutorial, Broadcast Designer Jason Brown will show you how to use the fracture object feature in Maxon?s Cinema 4d to make a quick Breaking News open when you are pressed for time.

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In this tutorial, Broadcast Designer Jason Brown will show you how to use the fracture object feature in Maxon?s Cinema 4d to make a quick Breaking News open when you are pressed for time.

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In this first video with Creative Cow, Chris Martin goes over how to create a fluid logo using Realflow and Cinema 4D.

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In his last article in this series, Mylenium finally takes a look at working with sound in MoGraph, exploring techniques and tricks that will allow you to tie in sound with motion and create stunning visuals.

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In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates how to quickly create the popular 3D ribbon effect in Maxon Cinema 4D and Maya.

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Looking at the Tracer tool, Mylenium provides some basic clues for creating the now ever more popular light streaks look using this tool as well as other techniques.

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Last time, CreativeCOW leader Mylenium showed you how to texture your logo. So far, modo is more or less just a modeler with a built-in renderer for still images. Since it has no animation or other tools of that kind, you may want may want to transfer your textures and models to other programs. In this video, Mylenium will demonstrate how to do just that.

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In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Todd Groves reviews The Cinema 4D 9/9.1 Handbook (Graphics Series) by Adam Watkins and Anson Call and published by Charles River Media; Book & CD-Rom edition, 426 pages, Copyright 2005, ISBN: 1584504021 and writes, ??the moment I dove into it, I soon breathed a sigh of relief. Adam wastes no space between the front and back cover.? and ?Though Adam indicates that The Cinema 4D 9/9.1 Handbook is ?best for beginners? most any user of Cinema 4D of any level of expertise will most likely find useful and helpful information inside the covers of this book?

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Kino Gil, noted film effects artist and host team leader of Creative Cow?s Maya forum, gives his impressions of one ?the best kept secrets? in Computer Graphics Imagery. He gives an honest view of some of the strengths and weaknesses of the system and concludes that Xfrog 4 for Maya 6 ?..one of the best and most powerful ?plugins? for Maya I have found yet.?

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Jannis Labelle takes a look at Lighting & Rendering by Jeremy Birn, George Maestri and published by New Riders. Read on to find out why this book changed Jannis? mind abut non-specific software books.

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In this tutorial, Jannis Labelle demonstrates modelling and animating a bird in flight. This is a follow up of his head tutorial so he will not go into a great detail of describing techniques in minute detail, instead he will try to introduce you to some alternatives in modeling, texturing and animation. It is a tutorial for intermediate level users, you would need to know your way around the view ports, tools, the Attribute Manager and be comfortable with using Photoshop. Still, even as a beginner you will find a lot of information here, so with a bit of effort you should get going.The task will be to model a bird, texture it and animate it, using some shortcuts to demonstrate that there many ways to skin a cat, or a bird for that matter.

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This is the tutorial that I was looking for when I first started to learn about texturing a mesh, so I thought I would write it and help others avoid the headaches I went through. Having said that, this is not a tutorial for beginners, unless you are committed and want to have a go. Really it should suit intermediate or advanced users who might want to see another way of doing things.

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