Animation (170 Tutorials)
Tutorials: Stranger Things Titles and VFX – Recreating the Open, Upside Down Look
October 31, 2017
In honor of Halloween and the recent release of season 2 of the popular Netflix Series “Stranger Things,” we thought you might like another look at these tutorials. Learn how to recreate the 80’s-styled opening sequence in After Effects, and the “Upside Down” world Look – from Red Giant’s Seth Worley.
3 Tutorials on the Pose Morph Tag in Cinema 4D
February 7, 2017
The Pose Morph Tag is a fun and easy way to animate between poses. Here are three tutorials on the Pose Morph Tag, plus three that we’ve previously shared.
C4D R18 Tutorial: Push Apart Effector + Free Blueberry Model
January 6, 2017
A free blueberry model that looks good enough to eat and a C4D Quick Tip on the Push Apart Effector from The Pixel Lab. What could be better?
Tutorial: 2 Tutorials about Displacement Maps in Cinema 4D
November 29, 2016
Here are two tutorials about generating and working with displacement maps in Maxon Cinema 4D.
Tutorial: Cinema 4D: Making Googly Eyes using C4D Dynamics
November 15, 2016
EJ Hassenfratz shows you how to model, texture & animate googly eyes quickly and easily using Dynamics in Cinema 4D!
Tim Burton Style 3D Tutorials + Free Fonts
October 18, 2016
No one is a bigger fan of Tim Burton’s films than my daughter, and who can blame her! His work is dark, wacky, beautifully detailed, and always unique. There’s no better time to celebrate Tim Burton’s work than Halloween and here are a couple of tutorials to inspire you.
C4D: Using Dynamic IK for Animating a Group of Tentacles
October 18, 2016
Pryce Duncalf has a silent tip video showing how to use Dynamic IK to move a group of tentacles in Cinema 4d.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: R18 Cloner Updates
September 20, 2016
The Pixel Lab has a short overview of some of the updates to the Cinema 4D Cloner object in R18.
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.
13 Cinema 4D Presentations From Siggraph 2014
September 23, 2014
If you weren’t able to make it out to SIGGRAPH 2014 this year well, you missed some good stuff. But never fear, Greyscalegorilla filmed their demonstrations and they are available to watch here!
Render an Abstract Low Poly Look in C4D – Greyscalegorilla
May 6, 2014
Nick Campbell of Greyscalegorilla creates an artistic low poly look based on color image refractions on transparent objects – inspired by Justin Maller’s Facets renders.
Import 3D OBJ Models into After Effects in 3 Steps
May 6, 2014
Alex over at Zaxwerks hosted a recent tutorial thats getting a lot of attention. In it he uses ProAnimator to move 3D OBJ models into Adobe After Effects in a few simple steps!
Adventures in Map Animation with QGIS, After Effects, C4D & Illustrator
April 29, 2014
Victoria Nece explains the open source software GIS, Geographic Information Systems, to make mapping jobs easier.
Inspirations/Tutorial: How to Add Special FX to Instagram Videos
January 28, 2014
A little fun for Tutorial Tuesday! Dave and Shaun are Adobe UI designers and created all of these effects in After Effects. There are a variety of explosions, light sabers and more!
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