Maxon’s Fall 2021 Update Covers Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant
Maxon’s fall 2021 release brought updates to Cinema 4D R25, Trapcode Suite 17, VFX Suite 2, Redshift and other Maxon tools.
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Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Close All Polygon Holes at Once
Jonas Pilz demonstrates how to repurpose Cinema 4D’s Voronoi Fracture object to close every polygon hole in a mesh at once.
Cycles in Blender 2.8: Performance, Shaders and Workflow Updates
A detailed review of the Cycles improvements delivered with Blender 2.8, covering performance, hardware support, motion blur, Cryptomatte, displacement and shaders.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: Designing a Futuristic User Interface
Territory Studio motion designer Pedro Ramos demonstrates a Cinema 4D workflow for creating a futuristic user interface.
Corona 7 Webinar Covers New 3ds Max and Cinema 4D Features
Chaos Czech’s 90-minute Corona 7 webinar demonstrates the renderer’s new features in 3ds Max and Cinema 4D.
Cinema 4D Tutorial Recreates Free Guy’s Disintegration Effect
Jonas Pilz recreates the disintegration effect from Free Guy using Cinema 4D, Redshift, Red Giant tools and After Effects.
Fog Simulation| Eye-Candy
Shadows and fog: A group of award-winning 3D artists smoke themselves.
Bomper Studio | Workshop report
"Honey, do you want to animate my music video?" And other romantic stories with Cinema 4D.
Ricochet Adds Procedural Spline Animation to Cinema 4D
Rocket Lasso’s Ricochet plugin animated spline trajectories for sweeps, hair, plant growth, mesh volumes and FUI effects in Cinema 4D.
Maxon Show Reel 2021 Highlights Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant
Maxon’s 2021 show reel collects standout work created with Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant tools, including music videos and independent 3D projects.
Greyscalegorilla Launches Cloud Subscription Greyscale Plus
Greyscale Plus brought Greyscalegorilla plug-ins, materials, textures, HDRIs and training into a cloud subscription for Cinema 4D rendering workflows.
Andy Lefton Demonstrates Organic Environments in Cinema 4D
Senior 3D generalist Andy Lefton explains how he combines Cinema 4D, X-Particles and Redshift to create organic environments.
Nicole Ruggiero Builds and Animates Characters in Cinema 4D
Visual artist Nicole Ruggiero demonstrates character creation, posing, animation, compositing and finishing in Cinema 4D.
Noseman Demonstrates Product Visualisation in Cinema 4D
Athanasios “Noseman” Pozantzis demonstrates a Cinema 4D product-visualisation workflow by modelling and unfolding a Dell logo.
David Brodeur Creates an Infinite Zoom in Cinema 4D
David “Brilly” Brodeur demonstrates how to build an endlessly zooming Cinema 4D camera animation that moves through layered surreal worlds.
Jake Ferguson Creates Anime-Inspired Renders in Cinema 4D
Emmy-winning art director Jake Ferguson demonstrates modelling, lighting, animation and compositing for an anime-inspired short-film render.
Bryan Coleman Demonstrates Animated Displacement Maps in Cinema 4D
Motion designer Bryan Coleman demonstrates how to use animated textures as displacement maps in Cinema 4D.
Cinema 4D S24 Adds Placement and Asset Tools
Cinema 4D S24 introduces placement tools, a new Asset Browser, animation workflow updates, Scene Manager previews and Moves connectivity.
Emiliano Topete Breaks Down a Remote C4D Pilot
Emiliano Topete explains how a small team produced the 12-minute pilot Shu and the Resistance with Cinema 4D and Red Giant tools.
Peter Eszenyi Shares a Cinema 4D Workflow
Peter Eszenyi presents Cinema 4D workflow lessons drawn from Ghost in the Shell, Pacific Rim: Uprising and The Dark Crystal.
Robert Hranitzky Demonstrates Product Rendering
Robert Hranitzky explains remote product-visualisation workflows using Cinema 4D and After Effects in a 45-minute presentation.
Maxon’s 3D and Motion Design Show Goes Online
Maxon’s free online show brings together Cinema 4D, motion-design, VFX and visualisation artists for demonstrations and talks.
Corona Renderer Showreel Highlights C4D and Max
Chaos Czech’s three-minute Corona Renderer showreel features work created in Cinema 4D and 3ds Max by studios and independent artists.
3D Motion Show Shares Six Hours of C4D Advice
The IBC 2020 edition of the 3D Motion Show collects nearly six hours of Cinema 4D motion-graphics demonstrations and production advice.
Maxon Announces 3D and Motion Design Show Line-up
Maxon’s 2021 show programme covers Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant workflows, beginning with Jonas Pilz on procedural infrastructure.
Vue and PlantFactory Add USD and Arnold Support
e-on’s 2021.1 release adds USD export, Cinema 4D integration, Arnold materials, Vue relighting and PlantFactory leaf-cluster baking.
U-Render 2021.1.3 Expands Smart Material Presets
U-Render 2021.1.3 expands smart material presets, fixes live-mode previews and strengthens its Cinema 4D integration.
LWCAD 2020 Expands LightWave and Cinema 4D Toolsets
LWCAD 2020 adds LightWave mesh tools and topology inspection while improving its integration with Cinema 4D.
Tutorial: Creating a Fractured 3D Logo in Cinema 4D
EJ Hassenfratz demonstrates how to convert Adobe Illustrator splines into a fractured 3D logo with Cinema 4D dynamics.
Tutorial: 3D Lettering with Cinema 4D and Photoshop
Angelo Konofaos demonstrates a 3D lettering workflow using Cinema 4D, Photoshop, an iPad Pro and Procreate.
HDRI Projector Setup for Cinema 4D and Octane
Daniel Mozbäuchel’s HDRI Projector setup lets Cinema 4D and Octane users project HDR environments and move objects through them.
V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D Launches with Light Mixing and GPU Rendering
Chaos released V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D with Light Mixing, Adaptive Dome Light, GPU rendering and distributed-rendering tools.
Orhan Sayin Shares 3D and Motion Design Workflows
Cream Studios director and lead 3D artist Orhan Sayin discusses motion graphics, commercials, experience design and projection mapping.
Yambo Shares Motion Design and Cinema 4D Workflow Advice
Yambo Studios’ creative director discusses CGI, colour, texture, motion, composition and his work as a Cinema 4D trainer.
Mehdi Hadi at The 3D and Motion Design Show
VFX and motion graphics artist Mehdi Hadi discusses his multidisciplinary work at The 3D and Motion Design Show.
Isaac Taracks Connects Cinema 4D and Quixel at the Motion Design Show
VFX artist Isaac Taracks demonstrates a workflow connecting Cinema 4D with Quixel at The 3D and Motion Design Show.
Marc Angele at The 3D and Motion Design Show
Swiss CG and VFX supervisor Marc Angele discusses Cinema 4D, Arnold and his work in animation and visual effects.
Three Cinema 4D Quick Tips for Animation and Viewport Work
Three Cinema 4D videos cover camera jump cuts, isolating animated parameters and adding viewport bloom with Magic Bullet Looks.
Eran Stern Presents a Beginner Cinema 4D Workflow
Eran Stern demonstrates an accessible Cinema 4D workflow built around an astronaut scene for The 3D and Motion Design Show.
Tiny Giants Share Their Animation and VFX Work
Dutch animation and visual-effects studio Tiny Giants presents its work in a session with Bas Helmig and Bart Brinkman.
Trapcode Suite 16 Introduces New Particle Physics and Emitters
Trapcode Suite 16 expanded Particular with combined air and bounce physics, wind, flocking, meander behaviour and new Cinema 4D inputs.
Mario Domingo Shares Motion Design Tips in Cinema 4D
Dublin motion designer Mario Domingo demonstrates creative Cinema 4D techniques in a session for The 3D and Motion Design Show.
Augmented Reality-App | Houdini & Blender
The Adonis of AR apps. Byplay for Houdini, Blender and Cinema 4D.
Cinema 4D Adds Native Support for Apple M1 Macs
Maxon announced Cinema 4D support for Apple’s first M1-powered Macs, making it an early professional 3D application for Apple silicon.
DreamWorks Trainer Don Allen Stevenson Explores 3D and AR
DreamWorks trainer Don Allen Stevenson III demonstrates creative 3D and augmented-reality experiments in a one-hour session.
Recreating Bill & Ted Face the Music VFX in Cinema 4D
Daniel Hashimoto demonstrates a Bill & Ted-inspired VFX workflow using Cinema 4D, After Effects, Trapcode and Magic Bullet.
Divider Offers Free Procedural Fragmentation for Cinema 4D
The free Divider plug-in creates procedural polygon subdivisions and modular fragmentation effects inside Cinema 4D.
Arturo Wong Demonstrates Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant
Los Angeles 3D generalist Arturo Wong shares techniques spanning Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant tools.
Aleksey Voznesenski Demonstrates Cinema 4D Rigging
Aleksey Voznesenski demonstrates practical Cinema 4D character-rigging techniques in a session from Maxon’s 3D and Motion Design Show.
Cinema 4D Tutorial Builds Thor’s Hammer
Motion designer Sean Dove demonstrates how to create a comic-style version of Thor’s hammer in Cinema 4D.
Maxon Receives $200,000 Epic MegaGrant
Maxon received a $200,000 Epic MegaGrant to strengthen integration between Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.
Chaos Czech Previews Corona Renderer 7
Corona Renderer 7 was planned to add OpenVDB rendering, improved tone mapping, a new PBR material, better interoperability and Cinema 4D enhancements.
U-Render 2020.9.2 Integrates Live Rendering in Cinema 4D
U-Render 2020.9.2 adds direct Cinema 4D viewport rendering, improved reflections and volumetrics, clear-coat materials and RGB curves.
V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D | Free Public Beta
What Houdini can do, Cinema 4D can now do too: V-Ray 5 in public beta.
Cinema 4D IBC 2020 Reel Showcases Motion
Maxon’s IBC 2020 Cinema 4D reel combines film effects and motion graphics from Aixsponza, The Mill, Tendril and other studios.
Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Move the Time Slider
Jonas Pilz demonstrates how to move Cinema 4D’s Time Slider without directly dragging it in part 302 of Maxon’s Quick Tips series.
Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Open the Sky Manager
Jonas Pilz explains how to open Cinema 4D’s Sky Manager in part 301 of Maxon’s Quick Tips video series.
Blake Kathryn Builds a 360° Dreamscape
Visual artist Blake Kathryn demonstrates a 360-degree dreamscape workflow using Cinema 4D and Redshift.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: Abstract Spline Effect
Dave Bergin combines Dynamics and MoGraph Effectors to create a colourful abstract spline effect in Cinema 4D.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: Abstract Wave Effect
Vladislav Solovjov demonstrates how to create abstract wave forms with Cinema 4D and Redshift in a 15-minute tutorial.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: Fast Motion Graphics
EJ Hassenfratz introduces cloning, texturing, object animation and MoText in a practical Cinema 4D MoGraph tutorial.
Cinema 4D Quick Tip 300: Using Commander
The 300th Cinema 4D Quick Tip explains how Commander can locate commands and accelerate work in the Node Editor.
Cinema 4D Quick Tip: Viewport Filter Presets
Jonas Pilz explains how to customise Cinema 4D viewport filters, save presets and connect them to render settings.
Cinema 4D R23 Adds Character, UV and Scene Node Tools
Cinema 4D R23 introduced character-animation and UV improvements, Magic Bullet Looks integration, Python 3 and an early Scene Nodes system.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: Looping Voxel Effect
CG Shortcuts combines MoGraph Cloner, Volume Effector and Shader Effector to build a looping voxel animation in Cinema 4D.
Corona Renderer 6 Adds Sky and Distance Maps
Corona Renderer 6 for Cinema 4D introduced a procedural sky model, Distance Map, adaptive environment sampling and new bloom controls.
Alex Parker Shares Cinema 4D Character-Animation Tips
Alex Parker’s hour-long session covers character background, design decisions and practical Cinema 4D animation techniques.
Maxon and Conductor Bring Cinema 4D and Redshift to Cloud Rendering
Maxon and Conductor integrated Cinema 4D and Redshift with scalable cloud-rendering resources across Windows, macOS and Linux.
U-Render 2020.07 Enters the Viewport
U-Render 2020.7.6 integrates its real-time renderer into Cinema 4D with viewport and floating-window previews.
Sculpt Facial Poses in Cinema 4D
Jonas Pilz demonstrates how to turn Cinema 4D sculpting layers into morph targets for Pose Morph animation and keyframing.
Xpresso Left String Tutorial
Julian Field explains Cinema 4D's Left String node in part 41 of his Xpresso tutorial series.
4D Paint Becomes Free for Cinema 4D
4D Paint projected raster and vector artwork directly onto Cinema 4D models and supported OctaneRender's Live Viewer.
EmberGenFX Public Beta Released
EmberGenFX beta added GPU-based fire, smoke, particles and fluids with VDB and image-sequence export for OctaneRender workflows.
2020 3D and Motion Design Show
Maxon's three-day online event covered VR, AR, character animation, photoreal VFX and motion design during SIGGRAPH 2020.
Xpresso Soft Target Tutorial
Julian Field's seven-minute Cinema 4D tutorial explains the Soft Target system preset in Xpresso.
Loop Selection in Cinema 4D S22
Jonas Pilz demonstrates Cinema 4D S22's Loop Selection tool, including its boundary, non-quad and pole stopping options.
MoFractal Builds Fractals in Cinema 4D
MoFractal added procedural fractal primitives, presets and animation controls to Cinema 4D for static and motion-graphics work.
Red Giant’s 2020 Webinar Archive
Red Giant's 2020 webinar programme covered motion graphics, 3D workflows, compositing, colour correction and grading.
New Cinema 4D: Release S22
Cinema 4D S22 is Maxon’s first subscription-only version and offers new UV tools and improved modelling, viewport and licensing features.
Maxon Cineware for Unity
Cineware for Unity: the new free plug-in for Unity is here and supports geometry, materials, lighting and camera features!
Maxon Moves | Facial & Body Motion Capture (iOS)
Facial and body motion capture for iOS and Cinema 4D R21: Maxon’s “Moves” lets you transfer corresponding data via compatible iPhones and iPad Pro!
PlantCatalog Launched with 60 Species
e-on PlantCatalog launched with 60 adjustable plant species, multiple LODs, UVs, UDIMs and exporters for DCC and realtime work.
Ornatrix 1.0 | More Hair for C4D
After two years of development, the Ornatrix grooming system is now available in version 1.0 for Cinema 4D!
Fusion: Maxon and Red Giant
Maxon and Red Giant united from early next year: after years of cooperation, both companies have announced their merger.
Cinema 4D R21.1 and New Redshift Features
Maxon releases the first service pack for Cinema 4D Release 21, now with more Redshift support!
Corona Render 5 | Cinema 4D Release
Corona Render 5 has been released: following 3ds Max, the Cinema 4D release is now available too!
Maxon Cinema 4D R21 Released
Maxon's new release, Cinema 4D R21, is now available. With the new subscription options, Redshift can be purchased together with C4D for the first time.
Cloudy to fiery – Volumetric effects in Cinema 4D (Part 2)
In this two-part series of articles, we will provide the experienced Cinema 4D user with in-depth insights into the creation of volumetric effects with the onboard tools of C4D - without any plug-ins, particles or PyroCluster. In the second part of the series, we will first deepen our knowledge of volumetric texturing of visible lights and then turn to a mograph-based technique.
New Maxon Cinema 4D Release 21
Maxon announced Cinema 4D R21 at this year's Siggraph—with new features and a new sales model.
Cinema 4D: Camera Calibration
In this Cinema 4D physical camera workshop, we will look at what we can do with a calibration result once we have calibrated the position and focal length of a camera.
Looping Camera in Cinema 4D
Create organic camera loops? A useful tip and project file for the next endless loop.
X-Particles Public Release 2019
The new X-Particles features will soon be available in Public Release 2019 - we took a look at what the tool has to offer.
Maxon at FMX 2019
The Maxon workshops from FMX earlier this month are now online: motion design, VFX, feature-film graphics and more!
Maxon: Cinebench R20
Benchmarking for Cinema 4D in a new guise: Cinebench R15 is replaced by the new R20 version!
Cloudy to fiery – Volumetric effects in Cinema 4D (Part 1)
In this two-part series of articles, we will provide the experienced Cinema 4D user with in-depth insights into the creation of volumetric effects with the onboard tools of Cinema 4D - without any plug-ins, particles or Pyro Cluster. The first part of the series is dedicated to visible lights and their texturing with volumetric shaders.
Hey, monster! – Character animation with Rokoko Smartsuit
We produced a late night show for a new European music award with the somewhat unwieldy name "Music Moves Europe Talent Award" (a big hello to the EU marketing specialists).
Upgrade Time for C4D
Anyone who always looks longingly at the boss when starting C4D and begs for an update now has an additional argument - R20 at a special price.