CINEMA 4D Video Tutorials

Robust, Professional, Easy to Use 3D Animation Software Developer MAXON Computer GmbH Latest Release version 10.0 Latest Release Date October 2006 Operating System Mac OS X, Windows, Linux Website Maxon.net

The CINEMA 4D family of products has everything to satisfy your professional 3D modeling, texturing, animating and rendering needs. CINEMA 4D is fast, stable, powerful and delivers dazzling imagery. CINEMA 4D offers customizable configuration suitable for any industry and all skill levels.

Introduction

Introduction (VTC.com)
4 Elements of 3d Art (VTC.com)
Plan Your Ideas (VTC.com)
Opening & Closing C4D (VTC.com)
Mouse Techniques & Hot Keys (VTC.com)
GUI Customization (VTC.com)
Interface Overview (VTC.com)
View Window (VTC.com)
Place-Change-Delete in View (VTC.com)
View Icons (VTC.com)
Edit-Undo Redo View (VTC.com)
Edit Frame (VTC.com)
Edit - Last 3 Commands (VTC.com)
View - Camera Menu (VTC.com)
View - Display Menu (VTC.com)
View - View Menu (VTC.com)
Configuration Intro (VTC.com)
GUI Refresher (VTC.com)

Camera

basic camera setup for dv ntsc rendering (bendingpixels.com)
camera movement for capturing a moving subject (bendingpixels.com)

Basics

Menu & Comm Managers (VTC.com)
Chapter Summary (VTC.com)

Examples

Wispy Smoke (psionic3d.co.uk)
Shaders (4dtutorials.com)
Sweep Nurbs (4dtutorials.com)
Coffe Mug (4dtutorials.com)
basic lighting: creating a scene with diffuse lighting (bendingpixels.com)
creating graphic elements: fun with the array object (bendingpixels.com)
spline rail deformer object (bendingpixels.com)
using a quicktime movie as a texture (bendingpixels.com)
Apply a bark texture section (xfrogdownloads.com)
Making the leaves section, part 1 (xfrogdownloads.com)
Making the leaves section, part 3 (xfrogdownloads.com)
Create a 3D logo, using Photoshop, Cinema 4D & After Effects (YouTube.com)

Settings

General Settings - General (VTC.com)
General Settings - Views (VTC.com)
General Settings - Interface (VTC.com)
General Settings - Textures (VTC.com)
Project Settings (VTC.com)
Render Settings (VTC.com)
Viewport Settings (VTC.com)
Import & Export Settings (VTC.com)
Browser Settings (VTC.com)
Snap Settings (VTC.com)

finalRender

Misc.

creating illustrator files for import and extrusion (bendingpixels.com)
using still images on planes (bendingpixels.com)
simple rigging & binding (psionic3d.co.uk)
simple 4 leg rig-setup (psionic3d.co.uk)
Fine tuning section (xfrogdownloads.com)
calyx section (xfrogdownloads.com)
Cinema 4D Constraints: linking contraints to multiple objects using expresso (cmivfx.com) Link not working
Using Set Driven Key And the Hud (cmivfx.com) Link not working
Cinema 4D To Fusion Workflow (cmivfx.com) Link not working
Snow Accumulation using Experimental Ambient Occlusion Passes (cmivfx.com) Link not working
Transferring 3D Camera Data to Multiple Applications (cmivfx.com) Link not working
Faking advanced dynamics with cinema4d particles (cmivfx.com) Link not working
the new Estimate Focul Length tool in PFTrack 4.x and how to export camera data to Cinema 4D (cmivfx.com) Link not working

Older Versions

v. R10

CINEMA 4D packages (lynda.com)
Whats new in CINEMA 4D R10 (lynda.com)
Understanding the interface (lynda.com)
Working with the viewports (lynda.com)
Context-sensitive help (lynda.com)
Working with layers (lynda.com)
Using the Content Browser (lynda.com)
Managing a multi-document workflow (lynda.com)
Enhanced OpenGL (lynda.com)
Essential preferences (lynda.com)
Modeling with Parametric primitives (lynda.com)
Modeling with Landscape, Figure, and Relief primitives (lynda.com)
Polygonal modeling project 1: Building a spoon (lynda.com)
Modeling with polygons, points, edges, and HyperNURBS (lynda.com)
Working with Default, Automatic, and Tweak modes (lynda.com)

v. R9.5

Understanding the interface (Lynda.com)
Using the content browser (Lynda.com)
Managing a multi-document workflow (Lynda.com)
Essential preferences (Lynda.com)
Modeling with parametric primitives (Lynda.com)
Modeling with polygons, points, edges and HyperNURBS (Lynda.com)
Working with Default, Automatic and Tweak modes (Lynda.com)
Making selections (Lynda.com)
Understanding the Object Axis (Lynda.com)