Monthly Archives: December 2010

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How to Change Your Default Option Settings in Cinema 4D

In this short tutorial, I show you how to change your default option settings in cinema 4D. This is really helpful options that you change every time like screen aspect ratio, render size, or anti aliasing settings.

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Belief Pollinate: Nourish The Seeds Of Creativity

This video about creativity really inspired me when it came out around 2003-2004 or so. It really stuck with me and helped make the creative process seem much less intimidating. I came across it again on Vimeo recently and just … Continue reading

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How To Make a Candy Cane Text Animation In Cinema 4D

Ho Ho Ho! In this special holiday tutorial, I show you how to make a delicious Candy Cane animation using Illustrator and Cinema 4D. I show you how to animate the type with Sweep Nurbs and texture it with a … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays From Greyscalegorilla

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone! I made this video card especially for you to say thanks for being a part of the Greyscalegorilla community. I really appreciate every one of you who come watch tutorials, write comments, and hang … Continue reading

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How to Make A 3D Composite with an iPhone, Panorama 360 and Cinema 4D

I’m really excited about this one. In this tutorial, I show you how to make a 3D composite with Cinema 4D and images taken with an iPhone! I used a popular iPhone app called 360 Panorama to capture a panoramic … Continue reading

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My Essential Red Giant After Effects Plugins

UPDATE: Today only, Red Giant is having a 40% off sale. Enter Coupon Code SECRETSALE2011 during checkout to redeem your discount. People always ask what plugins I use with After Effects. These are what I consider essential plugins for my … Continue reading

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Perfect Product Studio Renders – Introducing HDRI Studio Pack

Introducing HDRI Studio Pack Hi, everyone! I’m really excited to launch my new lighting product called HDRI Studio Pack. It’s made to help you render perfect product shots very quickly. It includes over 50 HDR Images captured from professionally lit … Continue reading

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Sneak Peak At My Upcoming Product: HDRI Studio Pack

If you have been following GSG lately, you may have noticed that I have gone a bit crazy for Global Illumination and image based lighting. IBL is a simple way to light you scene by using pre-made images instead of … Continue reading

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Five Second Project “Best Present Ever” – CLOSED

We all have one. The best present ever. Let’s see what your best present ever is? Is it a giant erector set? a beach ball? Or just a piece of coal? Whatever it is, make it awesome! What Are Five … Continue reading

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How To Use Global Illumination For Realistic Light in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I show you how to light a simple scene using luminant materials and global illumination in Cinema 4D. First, I show you how to set up, model and texture the scene using Mograph type and simple primitives. … Continue reading