Category: Tutorials

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How To Use Thinking Particles & Mograph Together

In this tutorial Simon will show how to work (or play-around) with Thinking Particles to build event-based particle systems. He also shows how to combine TP with mograph so you can create a particle system then add a more complexity … Continue reading →

February 3, 2012 and filed in Cinema 4D, Simon Holmedal, Tutorials, Video
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How to Build A Brick Road And Other Texture Ramblings

Today, Chris Schmidt shows us how to make a realistic brick road using Cinema 4D using Mograph tools and noise textures. He also goes over how to texture the bricks using displacement to make them jagged and random looking. Follow … Continue reading →

January 24, 2012 and filed in Chris Schmidt, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Basics of Seamless Looping Animation Part 2

In part 2 of this looping series, I show you how to seamlessly loop animations in Cinema 4D. Then, I show you the process on how I compress them into an Animated GIF. I included my Photoshop Action for automatically … Continue reading →

January 23, 2012 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Explode and Shatter With Cinema 4D And Cloth Dynamics

In this video, Chris shows you how to quickly explode and shatter objects using Cinema 4D’s Cloth Dynamics. Do you like this guy as much as I do? You can follow Chris on twitter, here. Example Animation

January 18, 2012 and filed in Chris Schmidt, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Basics of Seamless Looping Animation Part 1

You may have seen my page of Tiny Animations that feature a bunch of simple animations from Cinema 4D and After Effects. They have been really fun to make, and I got a few questions about how to seamlessly loop … Continue reading →

January 12, 2012 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video
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How To Use The Proximal Shader in Cinema 4D

In this video, Chris Schmidt shows you how to setup and use the Proximal Shader to set up different special effects and texture tricks. There are some really fun examples in this one.

January 10, 2012 and filed in Chris Schmidt, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Intro to UVs in BodyPaint

Today Chris unravels the complicated world of UVs. There is a lot to know about working with UVs. But today Chris will try and explain enough for the average user to start working with it and model a piggy bank.

January 3, 2012 and filed in Chris Schmidt, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Cinema 4D Holiday Tutorial Round-Up

Happy Holidays everyone. Things have been slow around the Greyscalegorilla office lately. Like many, we are preparing for holidays and enjoying friends and family. I hope you are doing the same. But, I figured I would put this list of … Continue reading →

December 22, 2011 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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How to Make An Animated Title Sequence in Cinema 4D and After Effects

Vimeo asked me to do a tutorial for their excellent Vimeo School series and I said “heck yes!” It’s all about how to make a fun animated title using Cinema 4D and After Effects. In Lesson 1, we build the … Continue reading →

December 20, 2011 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Use Bodypaint and Cinema 4D To Make A Unique Snowflake Texture

Happy Holidays! In this short video, Chris (while wearing a Santa hat) shows you how to make a unique snowflake texture using Bodypaint.

December 14, 2011 and filed in Chris Schmidt, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video