Maxon (230 Tutorials)

Create a 3D Environment from a Still Image in CINEMA 4D

January 7, 2016

Joren Kandel at The Pixel Lab shares another CINEMA 4D quick tip on using Camera Projection to create a 3D tunnel from a still image.

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Creating Cel Animation Style Paint Strokes in Cinema 4D

January 7, 2016

Learn how to recreate the popular cel animation style paint stroke/splash effect you see in a lot of 2D animations using Cinema 4D without third party plug-ins.

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Streamline your Cinema 4D to Element 3D Workflow

January 7, 2016

Need a better workflow for sending projects and files from Maxon Cinema 4D to Video Copilot Element 3D? We know, there are a lot of numbers and fancy words in that sentence but the process itself, as it turns out, is not that difficult!

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Animating a Holiday Ribbon Tree

January 5, 2016

In this holiday-themed tutorial, learn to create a 3D ribbon tree animation in Cinema 4D.

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Explode with Cloth in Cinema 4D

January 4, 2016

Learn how to make explosions using cloth dynamics in MAXON Cinema 4D.

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Cinema 4D Inner Glow Effect with Ambient Occlusion

December 29, 2015

“Equiloud created a really nice C4D quick tip and asked me to share it on the blog. Heck yes, I will. It’s a really nice quick tip for using Cinema4D Ambient Occlusion in the Luminance channel. The effect is very cool!” – Joren Kandel | The Pixel Lab

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Logo Reveal with Trapcode Tao

December 23, 2015

“In this tutorial, Peder Norrby covers a simple technique to reveal a logo or text with Trapcode Tao using paths from masks, offset and moving the camera.” – CG Terminal

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Achieve 2D Cel Shading in C4D Without Sketch & Toon

December 15, 2015

Our friend EJ Hassenfratz from Eyedesyn shows us how to achieve 2D cel shading, using only the native tools found in Cinema 4D.

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Gain Control Over Your Ambient Occlusion

December 15, 2015

“In this quick Cinema4D tip I’ll show you how to get more control over your Ambient Occlusion so you can save render times and dial in your shadows easily.” – Joren Kandel

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Low poly Cupcake Christmas tree with Trapcode Tao

December 8, 2015

Dominic Pons explains how to create a low-poly Christmas tree scene in After Effects using Trapcode Tao.

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How To Make A Sci-Fi Fire Look In Cinema 4D and After Effects

December 8, 2015

“In this AskGSG Jake Vardaman asks us how to make this cool Sci-Fi fire look by Raoul Paulet using C4D.” – Greyscalegorilla

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Creative Type with Cinema 4D Hair, MoGraph & XParticles

December 4, 2015

Follow along in this great tutorial from helloluxx and you will learn how to make all sorts of beautiful new type in Cinema 4D!

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Replace a Bland, Overcast Sky with a Gorgeous Sky in After Effects

December 4, 2015

Take a bland, colorless sky and make it into a vault of heaven! Create an alluring azure sky with fluffy clouds, a sublime sunset or an moody moonlight scene. I’ll give several options, utilizing plug-ins from CoreMelt, Video Copilot, Boris FX, Red Giant, SUGARfx and Imagineer.

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Compositing Tips from Greenscreen Made Easy by Michele Yamazaki

December 4, 2015

This one is from a while back but Michele Yamazaki has some great compositing tips from the book “Greenscreen Made Easy!” There's a new edition coming out in 2016!

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