Different Ways to Lock Objects in Cinema 4D
Hate when your objects move when you don’t want them to? Here I’ll teach you 5 different ways to keep your objects put.
Making Tetris in Cinema 4D
Tetris! Need I say more? We’ll take a look at creating everything from constructing the bricks to creating a random brick dropping animation natively inside of Cinema 4D quickly. Then we’ll fine tune the animation with some tools included in the scene file.
Easing Point Level Animations
Here is a quick tip on how to ease your PLA(Point Level Animation) keyframes in Cinema 4D in the Timeline. By default, PLA keyframes are linear and can’t be changed without the help of adding in a Time track in your timeline.
Masking In Cinema 4D
This is an update to a previous tip on how to mask objects in Cinema 4D. The update includes the tip of inverted masking which will keep only what is visible on the opposite side of the mask. This can be used to create some unique effects as well.
Custom Depth Mattes in C4D
Want more control over your depth mattes in composting? In this tutorial we look at how we can use simple shaders in Cinema 4D to move a depth matte around our scene in any way we want using any shader. It’s a fairly simple setup but just be sure to either save your scene as…
Save-At-Render Scripts for C4D
Hey Cinema 4D users, here’s a set of 3 scripts I made that could possibly save your butt someday. These scripts essentially save your scene to your render location automatically when you hit render. This may seem like a unnecessary step but having the scene file that you rendered your files with right there in…
Preset: X-Particle Noise Preset
Why another noise modifier? I love the standard noise(turbulence) in X-Particles but its get very chaotic very quickly and I wanted some randomness
Free Models: BMX and Fixie for C4D
This month the US celebrates National Bike Month encouraging you to get out and ride that bike! In honor I chose to create a few things based on my love for bikes:) What is it? Two very detailed bike models made in Cinema 4D. All parts are well labeled and easy to add materials too.…
Free After Effects Script: Render Instant Frame
I made this script because I was tired of having to do the whole SaveFrameAs process in After Effects. It exports the frame your currently on instantly to the location you set(desktop is default). The only thing to be aware of is that it only saves PNG images and it will save those with transparency,…
C4D Preset: On/Off Switch Update
Updated for R20+ Here is a simple but very useful tool for Cinema 4D that turns objects on and off easily without keyframes. I find myself trying to hide and reveal objects all the time, and its a pain to have to keep track of all those little keyframes. Well with ON/OFF Switch simply…