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The Indispensable Cinema 4D Tutorials

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Maxon’s award-winning Cinema 4D is a robust and accessible application for creating high-end 3D images and animation. Its state-of-the-art technology and ease-of-use have made it an indispensable tool in every industry from movies and broadcast, games, design and visualization, architecture and science. This tutorial contains over 13 hours of instruction covering Cinema 4D’s modeling tools, lighting modes, texturing, rendering and output options and animation tools.

*Note: Although presented using version 9, most lessons taught in this tutorial also apply to version 10.
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Introduction
 Introduction (02:15)
New Features
 New Features (01:30)
Getting Started
 Installation (01:15)
 Hardware Requirements (02:13)
Basics
 Overview (00:32)
 Menus (02:47)
 Views (03:45)
 Camera Controls (03:57)
 Object Manager (03:19)
 Attribute Manager (04:34)
 Material Manager pt. 1 (02:14)
 Material Manager pt. 2 (05:55)
 Command Palette (01:21)
 Coordinates Manager (04:34)
 Placing Objects in a Scene (05:01)
 Object Controls (03:55)
 Move / Scale / Rotate (05:41)
 Points / Edges / Polygons pt. 1 (03:43)
 Points / Edges / Polygons pt. 2 (04:29)
 Object Axis (06:28)
 Tags (02:39)
 Rendering Objects (03:03)
Types of Stuff
 Overview (00:36)
 Primitives pt. 1 (04:04)
 Primitives pt. 2 (05:32)
 Primitives pt. 3 (04:05)
 Primitives pt. 4 (03:40)
 Primitives pt. 5 (02:50)
 Splines pt. 1 (02:51)
 Splines pt. 2 (04:13)
 Splines pt. 3 (06:38)
 Splines pt. 4 (04:16)
 Splines pt. 5 (03:17)
 Splines pt. 6 (03:41)
 Nurbs pt. 1 (04:24)
 Nurbs pt. 2 (05:06)
 Nurbs pt. 3 (02:43)
 Nurbs pt. 4 (07:17)
 Nurbs pt. 5 (04:53)
 Nurbs pt. 6 (06:11)
 Polygon Object (05:11)
 Background & Foreground Objects (02:45)
 Floor Object (03:35)
 Null Object (03:41)
Selecting Stuff
 Overview (01:21)
 Selection Filter pt. 1 (06:37)
 Selection Filter pt. 2 (03:44)
 Selection Tools (06:27)
 Loop / Ring / Outline / Fill (07:00)
 Convert Selection (04:10)
 Selection Commands (04:24)
 Set Selection (06:36)
 Set Vertex (06:49)
 Vertex Painting pt. 1 (04:03)
 Vertex Painting pt. 2 (03:49)
 Soft Selection pt. 1 (04:10)
 Soft Selection pt. 2 (05:51)
 Soft Selection pt. 3 (06:12)
Moving Stuff Around
 Overview (02:06)
 World vs. Local Coordinates (05:48)
 Modeling Axis pt. 1 (05:28)
 Modeling Axis pt. 2 (04:42)
 Snap Settings pt. 1 (05:41)
 Snap Settings pt. 2 (06:42)
 Snap Settings pt. 3 (04:01)
 Snap Settings pt. 4 (06:21)
 Measure & Construction pt. 1 (05:44)
 Measure & Construction pt. 2 (06:03)
 Arrange (06:10)
 Center (01:47)
 Transfer (02:08)
 Randomize (03:07)
 Construction Plane (06:23)
 Set Point Value (06:52)
Shaping Stuff
 Overview (00:39)
 Bevel Tool pt. 1 (04:51)
 Bevel Tool pt. 2 (04:38)
 Bevel Tool pt. 3 (04:03)
 Bevel Tool pt. 4 (07:16)
 Bevel Tool pt. 5 (02:33)
 Extrude pt. 1 (02:59)
 Extrude pt. 2 (04:41)
 Extrude pt. 3 (03:23)
 Extrude Inner (04:01)
 Matrix Extrude pt. 1 (04:01)
 Matrix Extrude pt. 2 (03:50)
 Smooth Shift (02:43)
 Normal Tool (02:17)
 Slide (01:45)
 Brush pt. 1 (05:11)
 Brush pt. 2 (05:37)
 Brush pt. 3 (06:51)
 Brush pt. 4 (03:48)
 Magnet pt. 1 (05:52)
 Magnet pt. 2 (04:17)
 Magnet pt. 3 (03:52)
 Iron (03:03)
 Collapse Function (01:20)
 Melt Function (02:06)
 Edge Cut (07:18)
 Knife pt. 1 (05:42)
 Knife pt. 2 (03:59)
 Knife pt. 3 (05:54)
 Subdivide (02:19)
Taking Stuff Apart
 Overview (00:33)
 Disconnect (03:24)
 Split (02:17)
 Explosion Deformer (04:35)
 Explosion FX pt. 1 (05:19)
 Explosion FX pt. 2 (05:31)
 Explosion FX pt. 3 (05:27)
 Shatter Deformer (05:44)
Sticking Stuff Together
 Overview (00:33)
 Bridge Tool (06:41)
 Close Polygon Hole (01:14)
 Stitch & Sew (03:39)
 Weld (04:49)
 Mirror pt. 1 (04:34)
 Mirror pt. 2 (03:00)
 Boolean pt. 1 (03:33)
 Boolean pt. 2 (03:37)
Bending Stuff
 Overview (00:33)
 Deformer Objects pt. 1 (05:04)
 Deformer Objects pt. 2 (05:49)
 Bone Deformer (05:12)
 Free Form Deformation Object pt. 1 (02:27)
 Free Form Deformation Object pt. 2 (06:36)
 Formulae Deformation (06:45)
 Wind Deformer (07:33)
 Melt Deformer (08:09)
 Wrap Deformer pt. 1 (04:45)
 Wrap Deformer pt. 2 (06:33)
 Spherify Object (04:10)
 Spline Rail Object pt. 1 (04:05)
 Spline Rail Object pt. 2 (03:36)
 Spline Rail Object pt. 3 (05:39)
 Spline Deformer Object pt. 1 (02:48)
 Spline Deformer Object pt. 2 (05:59)
 Spline Deformer Object pt. 3 (03:47)
Making Stuff Invisible
 Overview (01:21)
 Messing with the Mesh (06:09)
 Explosion Deformation (02:26)
 Explosion FX pt. 1 (05:36)
 Explosion FX pt. 2 (06:15)
 Boolean Operations (04:13)
 Alpha Channel pt. 1 (03:30)
 Alpha Channel pt. 2 (04:28)
 Near Clipping (02:58)
Duplicating Stuff
 Overview (01:16)
 Array Object (03:22)
 Symmetry Object (04:14)
 Instance Object (04:30)
 Duplicate Object pt. 1 (04:18)
 Duplicate Object pt. 2 (04:17)
 Duplicate Object pt. 3 (03:02)
 Array Function (05:11)
 Clone Function (04:34)
Other Stuff
 Overview (00:50)
 Atom Array (04:44)
 Metaballs pt. 1 (04:08)
 Metaballs pt. 2 (05:17)
 User Data (05:35)
Texturing Stuff
 Overview (00:46)
 Material Types (06:00)
 Material Preview (04:06)
 Color (04:02)
 Diffusion (04:17)
 Luminance (01:25)
 Subsection Title pt. 1 (03:53)
 Subsection Title pt. 2 (03:58)
 Reflection (05:07)
 Environment (03:14)
 Fog (02:27)
 Bump (02:04)
 Normal (02:29)
 Alpha pt. 1 (03:45)
 Alpha pt. 2 (04:14)
 Specular pt. 1 (03:09)
 Specular pt. 2 (03:49)
 Glow (04:44)
 Displacement pt. 1 (03:36)
 Displacement pt. 2 (03:25)
 Stick Texture (03:03)
 Animating Textures pt. 1 (05:07)
 Animating Textures pt. 2 (05:31)
 Animating Textures pt. 3 (04:17)
 Animating Textures pt. 4 (03:56)
 Animating Textures pt. 5 (06:01)
Lighting Stuff
 Overview (00:38)
 Light Types pt. 1 (05:07)
 Light Types pt. 2 (03:56)
 Light Types pt. 3 (02:24)
 Shadow Caster (01:03)
 Falloff (03:47)
 Near & Far Clipping (04:08)
 Visibility (05:51)
 Shadow pt. 1 (05:59)
 Shadow pt. 2 (04:28)
 Noise (05:49)
 Lens pt. 1 (03:43)
 Lens pt. 2 (03:37)
 Scene (02:31)
Particles
 Overview (01:36)
 Particle Emitter (06:59)
 Particle Modifiers (03:00)
 Particle Attractor (03:41)
 Particle Deflector (04:11)
 Particle Destructor (03:12)
 Particle Friction (06:08)
 Particle Gravity (06:32)
 Particle Rotation (05:19)
 Particle Turbulence (03:14)
 Particle Wind (03:19)
 Particle Flares (03:53)
Rendering Stuff
 Overview (00:32)
 Render Settings (01:12)
 Output Page (02:11)
 Save Page (04:13)
 Antialiasing Page (03:22)
 Post Effects pt. 1 (02:27)
 Post Effects pt. 2 (03:45)
 Options Page pt. 1 (03:13)
 Options Page pt. 2 (03:21)
 Options Page pt. 3 (04:01)
 Multi-Pass Rendering pt. 1 (03:29)
 Multi-Pass Rendering pt. 2 (03:49)
 Multi-Pass Rendering pt. 3 (03:45)
 QuickTime VR (02:10)
 Export Options (02:16)
Cameras
 Overview (01:04)
 Cameras (04:10)
 Camera Offset (04:37)
 Camera Rotation (05:34)
 Stage Object (03:13)
In Conclusion
 Wrap Up (01:46)
 About this Author (00:32)


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Title: The Indispensable Cinema 4D
Author: Cameron Bowyer
SKU: 33778
ISBN: 1-934743-08-9
Duration: 16 hrs / 236 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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