Monthly Archives: January 2010

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Interview with Peder Norrby of Trapcode

I recently sat down with Peder Norrby, the maker of Trapcode, at his apartment in Stockholm Sweden to talk about how Trapcode got started. He also talks about how Shine was developed by accident and what he thinks of Trapcode’s … Continue reading →

January 29, 2010 and filed in Design, Interview, Motion Design, Tech, Video
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How to make a Dynamic Chain with Cinema 4D

In response to a question from: ITV Teacher With help from This tutorial and CG Society. Final Result Podcast: Play in new window

January 28, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Nick Campbell of Greyscale Speaks at Hyper Island, Sweden

This is a recording of the lecture I recently gave at Hyper Island in Sweden. I spoke to their design, interactive, and design students about how to get a job as a designer. The talk goes for about 90 minutes … Continue reading →

January 26, 2010 and filed in Ideas, Inspiration, My Work, Speaking
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Do More Than Just Abstract

I came across this animation yesterday and love how he took unrelated, abstract shots and made them into an actual piece that feels somewhat whole and complete. It got me thinking about how everybody (including me) is getting so excited … Continue reading →

January 25, 2010 and filed in Ideas, Inspiration, Motion Design
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Cinema 4D Quick Tips

Check out Rob Redman’s Quick Tip series where he shows you some of the small, but important tips to keep in mind when using Cinema 4D. Great stuff to improve your workflow. Quick Tips 1 Quick Tips 2

January 20, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Inspiration, Tutorials
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3D World – HelloLuxx Mograph Tutorial

The video tutorial for this project is available for download at 3D World! Tim from HelloLuxx does a great job in showing off Mograph 2 and setting up this awesome scene. Buy a copy of this month’s 3D world to … Continue reading →

January 19, 2010 and filed in Downloads, Inspiration, News, Tutorials
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Five Second Project – “FAIL”

What Are Five Second Projects? We all want to make cool shit for our demo reel right? Sometimes you just need a theme to get you started… Some rules to fight against. Use the theme “Fail” to make a five … Continue reading →

January 18, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Camera Projection and GI in Cinema 4D Part 2: Compositing the Scene in After Effects

In part two, I show you how to set up your scene to render for compositing. We set alpha passes, depth of field passes, AO and GI passes. Then, In After Effects, we composite the scene using curves, colored solids, … Continue reading →

January 14, 2010 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Camera Mapping and Projection in Cinema 4D Part 1

In part one of this tutorial, I show you how to set up a camera projected scene in Cinema 4D using a photograph. Then we animate the letters using Mograph 2 and light the scene by using a combonation of … Continue reading →

January 13, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Best Of “Milk and Cookies”

Winner This simple, yet really clever animation from unlime really caught my eye as the winner. I like the subtleness of this one. The cookie’s sly grin as he goes into the tuck position really makes me grin with him. … Continue reading →

January 11, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects, Video
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A quick guide on Irradiance Cache Settings in Cinema 4D

In response to a video tutorial by Ross Gerbasi. In this video, Rob and I go though some of the Advanced Render GI settings that will help give you cleaner renders Especially when animating. With help from Rob Redman of … Continue reading →

January 10, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Live Tutorial – 3D Text in Cinema 4D

Welcome to another Live Tutorial. I recorded this live on ustream where I ask what tutorial people want to see and I try to do it on the fly. The result is a different kind of tutorial. It’s one with … Continue reading →

January 7, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, GSG Live, Tutorials, Video
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Incredible Photoreal 3D Rendering – The Third & The Seventh

A beautiful, architectural, short film made with Vray and 3DStudio Max. The sense of depth and space in this is really amazing. The shallow DOF and diptychs really make this piece shine. He includes a some making of and composite … Continue reading →

January 6, 2010 and filed in Inspiration