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CinemaPlugins DEM Earth Overview Tutorial #gettingstarted

CinemaPlugins DEM Earth Overview Tutorial #gettingstarted

November 20, 2014

DEM Earth allows users to easily generate dynamic Digital Elevation Models and geo-reference them in real-time to your world imagery. CinemaPlugins has released a new point update to this week that adds improves and adds new features and fixes a few issues. All owners of v2 are advised to update.

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Maxwell Render Introduction for MAXON CINEMA 4D

November 18, 2014

Hello on this fine Tutorial Tuesday! There is several hours of training on this page! Learn about how Maxwell Render engine works inside of CINEMA 4D in this really thorough tutorial from Curse Studio. Download the source files too. Then, check out several Maxwell Render for CINEMA 4D tutorials, produced by Maxwell Render. Also, there’s a sale on Maxwell Render products that you don’t want to miss. It runs from November 3 to December 19, 2014.

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Pixologic ZBrush – using the ZTree plug-in

Pixologic ZBrush – using the ZTree plug-in

November 17, 2014

ZTree is a plug-in for ZBrush that provides some extra tools that can be useful when working with ZBrush.  It does the tedious, repetitive steps for you.This next tutorial goes into much more depth including hotkeys, polygroups, sculpting, adaptive skin and more. Both of these tutorials were created by Dargelos Nezumi, the creator of the ZTree plug-in.  Check out his YouTube page for more great ZTree tutorials.

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Workflow between LightWave and After Effects #lightwave3d 

Workflow between LightWave and After Effects #lightwave3d 

November 17, 2014

If you work with both Adobe After Effects and Newtek LightWave, here are a few tutorials that may help with your workflow between the two programs.

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Create Realistic Smoke in MAXON Cinema 4D

November 4, 2014

Learn how to create organic looking smoke effects inside Cinema 4D – no third party plugins required!

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Reflectance Theory: The Reflectance Channel in Maxon Cinema 4D

November 3, 2014

Maxon Cineversity offers a detailed tutorial on the reflectance channel and how it works in Cinema 4D. Learn the basic concepts of the Reflectance layers.

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Animating Growth with Xfrog Plants

October 27, 2014

Today we had gorgeous fall weather and the leaves are so colorful. It inspired me to post this two part tree tutorial demonstrating how to animate the growth of a young hazel tree using Xfrog for CINEMA 4D.

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Smoke vs. Fire in CINEMA 4D

Smoke vs. Fire in CINEMA 4D

October 21, 2014

Ben Watts uses a program from Jawset called Turbulence FD for CINEMA 4D to create a basic, but interesting, particle collision simulation. He also walks viewers through a dynamic lighting setup in CINEMA 4D, goes throgh color grading and talks about some benefits of the 32-bit workflow.

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MAXON Cinema 4D Reflective Sports Badge

MAXON Cinema 4D Reflective Sports Badge

October 7, 2014

Learn how to create a 3D rotating sports badge in Cinema 4D. Topics include:

  • Working with Illustrator and Cinema 4D
  • Bevel Deformer
  • Reflection Tools
  • Boole Effect

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MAXON Cinema 4D Rock Goo

MAXON Cinema 4D Rock Goo

October 7, 2014

This tutorial utilizes many tools that can be helpful in creating a variety of different structures. Part 1 covers techniques for making a single volume mesh in the shape of a cluster of crystals or minerals.  Part 2 explains several different ways to cut the geometry into 2 pieces, and create and rig a mesh that has proper goo behaviors. Covered topic are joint rigging, mesh deformer, smoothing deformer, and pose morph tag.  Part 3 explains how to light, texture and animate for the final render.

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Doctor Who Inspired Titles

October 7, 2014

Paul Ezzy explains how to create some Doctor Who inspired titles with Boris Continuum Complete

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Create Water Drops With Splash Ripples MAXON Cinema 4D

Create Water Drops With Splash Ripples MAXON Cinema 4D

September 30, 2014

Learn how to make water drops with splash ripples using C4D.  No additional 3rd party plugins required.

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What’s New in AutoDesSys FormZ 8 Pro #gettingstarted

September 30, 2014

This video demonstrates the exciting new features of form•Z 8 Pro!

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How to dent a Garage Door VFX with Mettle FreeForm Pro

How to dent a Garage Door VFX with Mettle FreeForm Pro

September 23, 2014

Mettle offers up this tutorial regarding real-world 3D displacement with Freeform Pro.  Mike Sevigny explains how to track the footage with Adobe After Effects and project it back onto a plane.  He then shows you how to align the FreeForm Pro layer to that geometry and displace it in 3D space.  Using these techinques allows you to “dent” any footage, not just a garage door.

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Alex Dow of Zaxwerks on the RFShow

Alex Dow of Zaxwerks on the RFShow

September 23, 2014

Alex Dow of Zaxwerks, the ProAnimator Guru, lets his talent run rampant on for RFShow.TV! Watch Alex display the power and simplicity of ProAnimator 8!

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