Cinema 4D Studio Preset The C4D Studio Preset is a free tool for Cinema 4D users looking to speed up their 3D workflow. This preset features a sleek white studio backdrop environment, designed specifically to create clean and professional renders. Ideal for motion graphics artists and product rendering specialists. Users can adjust the wall height,…
How To Install Plugins In C4D There are 2 methods for installing plugins in Cinema 4D R20 and later. Method 1 – Specify a plugin folder on your computer (Maxon Recommended) Open Cinema 4D and navigate to the preferences window Cinema 4D>Preferences, or hit Ctrl/Cmd + E. On the left tab select “Plugins” and on the…
How To Install Scripts In C4D Open Cinema 4D and go to the Cinema 4D Menu in the top left and click Preferences. In the bottom left click “Preferences Folder”. Navigate to the Library folder and then the Scripts folder If it is a single script you can drop it in this folder. If it…
Have you ever thought of testing out python in Cinema 4D but don’t know where to start? This tutorial will help you break into your first few lines of code that actually DO something and you’ll see that it’s probably easier than you think. We learn how to access objects, manipulate them, and then finally…
We all want to get there faster! These are 8 quick tips for Cinema 4D that aim to take the headache out of some of your daily tasks. Cinema offers many ways to do almost anything and here I try to point you to the fastest one. These tips are more general and should apply…
OK C4D users, here’s one that could save your butt some day. We have a freebie called Save-At-Render which is a collection of 3 scripts that add the functionality to save your scene file along with your render file output.
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.
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.
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.
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…