Ever heard of SDS Weighting? Sounds daunting and technical. It’s really just a fancy way of saying you can tweak your subdivision surface to quickly give you more control over what areas it affects. This quick tip was sent to me by Niko from nikomedia.at He’s got a lot of content over there. Make sure...Read More
This quick tip was sent to me by Julien Grandon. HUGE thanks to Julien for sharing! In this tutorial I’ll show you a super fast way to fix any 3D models that have geometry issues when you import them. This happens all the time with models imported from random places like Turbosquid. They come in...Read More
We just released the new Arnold Mutating Materials: Bricks Pack with over 270 epic materials! We wanted to give you a freebie too, so we’re giving away 10 of the materials for free. Enjoy! If you like these, check out our full pack with over 270 brick textures!Read More
We have an awesome freebie for you today! This is by Dominik, who goes by Boxoffrogs. You can check out his renders here: artstation.com/boxoffrogs The download is a Cinema 4D model of a sucker or lollipop. It’s lit/textured for Octane Render and includes many different lollipop texture variations. I really like the subtle cracks in...Read More
I very rarely post content that I haven’t made, but this one is really special so I’m sharing it. Gavin Shapiro (instagram.com/shapiro500) recorded this presentation for Maxon and the 3D and Motion Design Show. He shows his process for creating looping animations in Cinema 4D and it really blew my mind. The detail and explanation...Read More
Super quick tip for you today! I’ll show you how to project a Cinema 4D spline onto another object. It’s basic, but it’s super helpful if you didn’t know about it.Read More
After nearly a month of back and forth amongst all of our judges we are ready to announce the winners of the VDB Contest! We had 7 judges, in case you were wondering: EJ Hassenfratz: eyedesyn.com Rob Redman: Pariahstudios.co.uk Codrut Bolborojan: Screenglow.net David Broduer: lockedandloading.com Aaron Covrett: aaroncovrett.com Daniel Danielsson: processofmotion.com Joren Kandel: thepixellab.net After 4 rounds of judging our results are...Read More
In this C4D tutorial I’ll show you how to make your viewport lighter, and also your renders much faster, by taking high poly models and using the Remesh tool to make lower poly copies. Then we will use the LOD (Level of Detail) to switch between the high and low resolution versions of the model...Read More
In this C4D quick tip I’ll show you how to really quickly get color swatches from any source in to a Cinema 4D gradient, and save it out as a preset. It’s easier than you might think!Read More
