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MAXON Unveils CINEMA 4D Release 13

Jeff McIntosh — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:58:51 +0000

Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering.

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, stream-lined 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 for a variety of industries.

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JMDesign 2011 Demo Reel

Jeff McIntosh — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:13:07 +0000

Cinema 4D R12 Has Arrived

Jeff McIntosh — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:42:03 +0000

My favorite 3D program Cinema 4D just got an upgrade. Maxon just announced today the release of Cinema 4D R12.

The new version comes with these hot new features:

Powerful new dynamics like hinges, springs, motors, soft bodies and more.
Enhanced render features.
New character tools
New deformers
Open GL 3 support
Python scripting

Check out GSG for a great video preview

Xbreaker for Cinema 4D

Jeff McIntosh — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:56:41 +0000

XBreaker is a fantastic plug-in for fracturing geometry by Nitroman. It works with primitives, nurbs objects, splines and polygons. Integrating seamlessly with mograph and modynamics, it takes just a few quick clicks to set up an entire scene. Integrating seamlessly with mograph and modynamics, it takes just a few quick clicks to set up an entire scene. (Requires Cinema4D 11.5 and Mograph)

Download: XBreaker ver. 1.71 (Put the file in maxon/library/scripts)
Nitroman’s official website: Cinema4D Plugins
Pariah Studios: XBreaker updates
Version history: XBreaker forum thread
Tutorial videos: Nitroman’s YouTube

Best Cinema 4D Grass Tutorials

Jeff McIntosh — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:53:57 +0000

Here is a list of tutorials that give good breakdowns on how to make grass in Cinema 4D.

Grass Tutorial Cinema 4D by 3D Tutorials
Very quick and simple way to make grass.

Hair-Force 1by Base 80
One of the best tutorials focusing on animating grass.

How to create 3D grass by Adam Woodhouse
A quick and simple way of using the Fur object to create realistic grass.

Hair engine. Grassy scene by Rob Redman
An insightful video tutorial on how to make a grassy scene.

Cinema 4D Tutorial: Grass by Tom Decker
Another simple step by step tutorial using the Fur object.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Modeling realistic grass in Cinema 4D by Matúš Laco
A complex approach to making realistic grass.

Cinema 4D Tutorial Website Roundup

Jeff McIntosh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:32:40 +0000

80+ Excellent Cinema 4D Tutorial and Best Practices

C4DTuts

3D Graphics Tutorials

3D Resources

The 123D

Creative Cow C4D Tutorials

Layered GFX

Jungle Clouds

Jeff McIntosh — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:51:17 +0000

1080p fifteen second cloud animation.

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Grassy Field Flyover

Jeff McIntosh — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:01:27 +0000

This is just a preset project file that comes with C4D. I thought it looked nice so I animated a camera and made a simple flyover composition. I thought it could be useful.

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