3D (899 Tutorials)

Boris Continuum Spinning 3D Snowflake #TBT
November 28, 2014
Class up your holiday graphics with a gorgeous 3D Spinning snowflake with glints of light reflecting off of it. Here’s a fairly popular tutorial from about 5 years ago that is just as relevant today. Although all the software used has been updated, the formula is the same.

Essential Animation Quick Tips for MAXON Cinema 4D
November 25, 2014
Learn some quick tips to help you become a better animator in this tutorial from eyedesyn.

Toggle Sub-Division Surface in CINEMA 4D
November 25, 2014
Happy Tutorial Tuesday once again. I’m Called Andy has a tutorial explaining how to toggle the Sub-Division Surface generator (hypernurbs) in CINEMA 4D. Note: This toggle technique will work between any parent generator.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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!

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.

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.
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.
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
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.
Doctor Who Inspired Titles
October 7, 2014
Paul Ezzy explains how to create some Doctor Who inspired titles with Boris Continuum Complete
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.