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Create a Macro Shot in Cinema 4D
Macro shots rock—even when they are full CG. In this half-hour tutorial, Konstantin Magnus shows you how to create a macro shot in Cinema 4D.
An Astronaut and a Telephone Box, Please!
All assets and materials from our current cover model "Floating Astronaut in Front of Telephone Box," better known to our readers as "52Hz," are now available for 19 euros on Gumroad.
Fake a Fisheye Lens Effect in C4D
In this quick and practical tutorial, you will learn how to distort a room in Cinema 4D and thus imitate the camera effect of a fisheye lens.
animago Still Gallery: Product Visualisation
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented.
Create Shaders for the Iron Man Suit
In this two-part tutorial series, you will learn how to create the shaders for Iron Man's suit in Arnold for Cinema 4D.
Cinema 4D – Showreel 2016
Anyone who has not seen it yet can look forward to the latest C4D showreel.
Music Video from Israel
The music video for the song "Ma'agalim" (Circles) by the Israeli acoustic-folk-country trio Jane Bordeaux is nominated for an animago AWARD this year. The animation idea by Uri Lotan and Yoav Shtibelman visualises the lyrics extremely aptly.
Introducing: The animago AWARD Nominees 2016!
This year, the animago jury met at the NEC's new venue in Munich to select the nominees for this year's competition. And here they are.
animago AWARD 2016: Vote for the Best Still
It's Public Voting Time! Which computer-generated image deserves to win the animago trophy in the “Best Still” category? Vote for your favourite now!
Airy Shoes
The Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit sports shoe model is said to be ultralight—Aixsponza visualised this wearing comfort in a new spot for Nike
Weeked Cinema!
And what are your weekend plans? If the weather is miserable too, why not marvel at the new C4D features on video? Helge Maus shows the highlights of R18.
Current C4D Showreel
In its General Showreel 2016, Maxon shows the best CG work created with Cinema 4D.
C4D Film “Versus”
The short film "Versus" vividly demonstrates the beautiful CG things that are possible with Release 18 of Cinema 4D.
ftrack Now Runs in C4D
The project-management platform can now also be integrated into Maxon's Cinema 4D. 3D artists can improve their workflow with new features.
So Green It Grows
With Plants Kit 8, Potsdam CG studio Laubwerk brings out the new collection of realistic 3D plants for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D, Houdini and Python—ready to render.
animago Still Gallery: Still Lifes
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. But the other entries also deserve to be presented. From an art-historical perspective, still lifes are highly significant, and modern digital artists still like to choose this image genre.
Take a Look Everyone: Cinema 4D Release 18
The new version focuses on several things: MoGraph now with complex fragmentations, new features for BodyPaint 3D, Substance interface and fracturing and a few more things..
Character Animation in Creative Cloud
In this tutorial, Sam Welker shows how you can use Mixamo together with Photoshop, Cinema 4D and Houdini if you are a Creative Cloud subscriber.
Free Octane Material Library for C4D
Nice! Raphael Rau (a.k.a Silverwing) has created free Octane materials that he is now sharing with everyone. The library is designed for Octane 3 for C4D and contains 18 physically plausible materials.
animago Still Gallery: Robots
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Of course, many more entries from around the world also reach us and deserve to be presented. Here are the most beautiful robot stills.
Whale Animation
With this tutorial from Greyscalegorilla, you can save yourself the expensive trip to California and elsewhere: simply rig and animate your own whale!
animago Still Gallery: Interior Architecture & More
At the animago AWARD, in addition to the nominated works, we naturally receive many more entries from around the world that also deserve to be presented. Here are the best interior visualisations. If you also have an impressive still on the subject of "interior visualisation", submit it by 30 June—for the 20th anniversary there is a special architecture category in cooperation with the trade magazine Detail.
Modelling a Toy Jet with C4D
In this almost two-hour tutorial, Niko Schatz shows you how to model a toy jet with Cinema 4D.
“Clash of Kings” at nhb
The preliminary rounds of the European Football Championship are currently underway—nhb Studios previously had German national team captain Bastian Schweinsteiger in the pipeline for the new commercial for the browser game "Clash of Kings".
Scrolling text in Cinema 4D
For example, 3D letters are created from glass, plastic and wood, the surface of which peels off - and there are also breakdowns on texturing and lighting.
animago Still Gallery: Nature
Fancy a little digital relaxation? Here we show you the most impressive animago still submissions from last year on the subject of "Landscape and Nature".
Tentacles in the VFX Breakdown
In the VFX breakdown, artist Teahoon Park shows how tentacles are craeted with C4D R16, Octane, X-Particle, After Effects and Magicbullet Looks.
Tutorial: Cartoon Mountains
Using Terrain Masks and Cel Shader, EJ Hassenfratz creates cartoon mountains and converts them into low poly with just one click.
animago Still Gallery: Archviz
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year. Many more entries from around the world also deserve to be presented, like these archviz works.
animago Still Gallery: Creatures & Animals
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year. Many more entries from around the world also deserve to be presented.
Arnold Does Emily
This tutorial title has two meanings: it covers Cinema 4D rendering with Arnold, explained in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice.
New VR Plug-in for Cinema 4D
Maxon releases its "CV-VR Cam" plug-in for the C4D workflow on Cineversity, including extensive tutorials.
New Cineversity Tutorial Series for AE Users
In this tutorial series, After Effects artists learn the basics of Cinema 4D Lite so they can then add 3D elements to their compositions.
Take that – recordings in C4D 17
The take system in C4D 17 offers, among other things, the management of different versions of a scene within a single project. Why do we need this? Arndt von Koenigsmarck illustrates this with a working example.
VR Plug-in for Cinema 4D
At GDC, Maxon is showing the recently released CV-VR Cam plug-in for Cinema 4D, designed to render VR content.
EVE in C4D
Niko Schatz explains how to create EVE from "Wall-E" in Cinema 4D in this two-part tutorial. Part one: modelling, texturing, lighting. Part two will follow soon, according to the artist.
animago Still Gallery: Digital Beauties
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year, while many more worthy entries from around the world also deserve to be presented.
Fancy Some Short-Term C4D?
Maxon now offers quarterly and half-year Cinema 4D Studio licences for teams needing the full C4D package temporarily, without a subscription.
HDR Light Studio 5.3 Released
Lightmap has added the new Area Lights feature to version 5.3 of the HDR Light Studio lighting tool.
2D–3D Bridge
The new MochaBlend plug-in brings 2D and 3D closer by importing 2D planar-tracking data into 3D tools. It is available for C4D and Blender.
New Core for C4D
CTO and Managing Partner Harald Schneider has outlined the future plans for Cinema 4D on the Maxon blog.
Rendertime Object Swap in C4D
This video tutorial explains how to replace a low-resolution object with its higher-resolution counterpart, saving a great deal of time.
Between Times
The short film “Between Times” took part in the 2015 animago AWARD. Tiny Inventions combined classic stop motion with 3D animation.
Iray Plug-in for Cinema 4D
Nvidia has officially announced its physically based renderer Iray as a plug-in for Cinema 4D.
RealFlow in C4D Webinar (Update)
Maxon instructor Thomas Andreasen explains how to create really good fluid simulations yourself. Register quickly and join in!
Cineware 3.0 and AE Update
After Effects CC 2015 update 13.7 adds Maxon Cineware 3.0 for improved C4D workflow integration and more, including a free article PDF.
Tutorial: Jiggle Deformer in C4D
In the tutorial, EJ Hassenfratz explains the functions of Cinema 4D’s Jiggle Deformer and how it can be used for material simulations—for example, metal, fabrics and flags.
3D Scans with C4D for “Under the Open Sky”
3D scans of actors—with the Visense Vario system and C4D. by Marc Potocnik
Modeling a Chair in C4D
Rob Redman provides insights into the fundamentals of Cinema 4D and explains how to model a chair using simple methods.
Rendering OpenVDBs in C4D? Of Course, Thanks to Arnold!
In this four-part tutorial series, Helge Maus demonstrates an exemplary workflow between Houdini, Cinema 4D and the Arnold Renderer (C4DtoA) for creating volumetric renderings, such as clouds, fire and plasma.
Maxon Joins Khronos
The Cinema 4D experts are contributing their expertise to the international Khronos consortium for the definition and distribution of royalty-free, cross-platform formats.
animago Images 2015: CONFERENCE
There was a lot going on at the animago CONFERENCE 2015: Speakers from The Mill, Pixar, Weta Digital, Illumination Mac Guff, Trixter, Pixomondo, MPC and many other studios were there with exciting presentations. Here are the photos.
animago Images 2015: Trade Floor
Here are the pictures from our animago Trade Floor 2015, which as always could be visited free of charge.
Cinema 4D R17 – This and That, Something for Everyone
(Free PDF to download) We are not treated to completely new modules every time. Existing functions also need to be developed further and the workflow improved. by Arndt von Koenigsmarck
C4D R17 – Take System Videos by Helge Maus
Fancy some C4D for the weekend? Helge Maus shows render management in the video!
New Beauty Tool Kit from Boris FX and Imagineer
Insights into the new Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) and Mocha Pro 5 as an integrated plugin. Webinar on the new tool kit with prize draw.
Sharing Makes You Happy
(Free PDF to download) Who hasn't experienced it? You look for a model for a visualisation. A nice model is quickly found and downloaded. But the data is often in a form that is difficult to use. by Ronald Kissling
Feather(light?) Tutorial for C4D
Autumn is just around the corner, so here is something colourful: In this tutorial you will learn to create colourful feathers with Cinema 4D.
Iray for Cinema 4D
Nvidia and Maxon show the interactive rendering process with the GPU-accelerated Iray renderer for Cinema 4D.
Cinema 4D R17 Available
The latest version of the Maxon tool is now available to all users. C4D R17 will make its first European appearance at IBC 2015.
Carbon Scatter 2015.5 on the Market
New version of the landscape plug-in that is compatible with 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D.
C4D – Release 17 Is Here!
Color management, a render take system, more control in motion tracking, intelligent splines, fluids, Houdini interface and more - the new Release 17 of Cinema 4D is here!
Betatest: Houdini Engine in C4D
Side Effects Software and Maxon have launched a public beta programme to integrate the Houdini Engine into Cinema 4D.
A Deep Look into the CG Eye
Eyes without a body around them are always creepy: Dino Muhic’s breakdown of “The Eye”.
Video2Brain in DP 05 : 2015
This Video2Brain video explains how to use the Cineware plug-in in After Effects for optimal rendering. You can download it here free of charge.
Aixsponza studio portrait
Last year, Aixsponza won an animago AWARD for the best visualisation for the "Red Bull Spielberg Track Introduction". Here is a portrait of the studio from Munich.
Making-of “Industrial Bedroom”
(Free PDF download) This bed looks so realistic that you would like to lie down in it immediately. 3D artist Dusan Vukcevic created the visualisation of the industrial-design room with its detailed CG bed in Cinema 4D and V-Ray.
Calorie-Free Hamburger
(Free PDF download) This CG burger looks so delicious that even vegetarians might feel like taking a bite. Munich studio Aixsponza created the burger with Cinema 4D, 3D-Coat, Photoscan and the Octane Renderer.
Turtle Mode of the MoSpline Object
The MoSpline object is hidden in Cinema 4D’s MoGraph menu and is often used to generate abstract spline shapes and text distortions. However, a special Turtle mode can also be used for the parametric generation of shapes via scripts and character strings. by Arndt von Koenigsmarck
C4D Star Girl
This “Star Girl” was realised with Python inside Cinema 4D and is animated on a particle basis.
Life in Time Lapse
(Free PDF download) “A Single Life” from the Netherlands received an Oscar nomination in the “Best Animated Short Film” category in 2015 and an animago AWARD nomination in the same year. We met the “Job, Joris & Marieke” team at FMX 2O15 for an interview and learned how the Oscar candidate was realised with C4D.
A Multilayered Affair
(Free PDF download) One of the heavyweight new features in the current C4D release is clearly the material system’s Reflectance channel. We take a look at what it is all about and how it works. by Arndt von Koenigsmarck
Free C4D Tutorial for Avengers
Cinema 4D Tutorial has published a free tutorial on Ultron’s android named Vision from “Avengers: Age of Ultron”. The 3D model is also included as a downloadable file.
Don Quixote as a 3D Model
Most people are familiar with would-be knight Don Quixote’s battle with windmills. Here you can learn how to build one of the best-known madmen as a 3D model in Cinema 4D.
The Coati in C4D
(Free PDF to download) At the moment, it is hard to escape two things: the winter cold and advertising for an antidote. Hysan’s coati “Nasino” is omnipresent. It was created by the Munich studio Flexmedia. by Alexander Türcke
C4D Competition “99Frames”
99Frames, the Social Animation Project, invites the C4D community to experiment with the Maxon tool.
Congratulations to the DP Anniversary Promotion Winners!
We already began 2015 with a major anniversary, the 100th issue of DP. There was a large gift basket for the occasion, which is now being divided among the winners.
More CG Works from the Kitchen Wizard
In 2014, Cornelius Dämmrich's CG kitchen was among the nominated stills at the animago AWARD. Here are two more submitted works by the C4D artist, plus the Haze making-of from DP.
Coatis in Love
Great love stories sometimes depend on very mundane things – such as nasal spray at the right moment.
Mushroom City
(Free PDF to download) Stefan Haberkorn came up with the motif while working on a current short-film project. The film is about two mushrooms that travel through the universe and experience all kinds of adventures in search of a new home.
Windowlicker – A Tribute to Aphex Twin and Chris Cunningham
(Free PDF to download) Chris Cunningham made history with his interpretation of Aphex Twin's “Windowlicker”. The climax is an exaggerated grimace that appears at the end of the clip. by Phil Amelung and Daniel Hennies
Deadline Version 7
Thinkbox Software has released version 7 of its render-management tool Deadline. The VMX integration and expanded "Jigsaw" support are particularly important features.
VFX Winter Academy 2014
Pixeltrain is holding the VFX Winter Academy in Markt Hartmannsdorf near Graz from December 15 to 19, 2014. Specialist knowledge for Maxon's Cinema 4D will be taught.
C4D Hair Along a Spline Guide
With César Vonc's free Spline Guide plug-in for Maxon's Cinema 4D, CG hair can be dynamically aligned along a spline guide. Here is the download for version 0.8.
Improved Cineware Workflow
Integration of Cineware 2.0 and Cinema 4D Lite Release 16 into the latest version of Adobe After Effects CC.
Animate the Baymax Character with C4D
This tutorial explains how to animate the Disney Baymax character with Maxon's Cinema 4D Pose Morph tag.
The Inner CG Glow
In this tutorial, motion graphics artist Uwe Schweer-Lambers explains how to create an "Inner Glow" effect for a 3D object in Maxon Cinema 4D.
Particles with X-tra for Cinema 4D
A 3D software package should provide a good plug-in infrastructure in addition to its own feature set. An example from the C4D world. by Helge Maus
Cinema 4D R16
(Free PDF to download) With motion tracking, material system, parametric sample scenes and projects, modelling functions, a new Hair and “Sketch & Toon” renderer, et cetera, we are dealing with a very strong update here. Or are we? by Arndt von Koenigsmarck
Maxon User Meetings
Cinema 4D users can still attend two Maxon events in Düsseldorf and Munich this year.
Ornatrix V3 for 3ds Max Released
Manufacturer Ephere follows up and improves its hair software in many areas.
Flyover Rights for AE: Cineware in Use
(Free PDF to download) There are moments in everyday professional life when you ask whether you heard correctly. That happened last year when the company Maxon approached us and asked whether we would like to test a new type of integration between Cinema 4D and After Effects. by Robert Hranitzky
After Effects CC Update 13.1
Adobe Product Manager Steve Forde has announced update 13.1 for After Effects CC; it is expected to be available soon in the Creative Cloud download centre.
Colorway for Cinema 4D
In July, The Foundry released the Colorway application for design adjustments. Now the configuration tool's kit for Maxon's Cinema 4D is appearing.
Depth Pass for Cinema 4D
David Torno explains here how to create a depth pass for a smoke simulation in Maxon's Cinema 4D. The appropriate zip file for the tutorial is also available to download.
Solid Angle and MAXON Present Arnold for Cinema 4D
The new connection between the software solutions is being presented for the first time at the MAXON stand at Siggraph 2014.