
The Indispensable Cinema 4D
by Cameron Bowyer
Start the free chapterMaxonâs award-winning Cinema 4D is a robust and accessible application for creating high-end 3D images and animation. Its state-of-the-art technology and ease-of-use have made it an indispensable tool in every industry from movies and broadcast, games, design and visualization, architecture and science. This tutorial contains over 13 hours of instruction covering Cinema 4Dâs modeling tools, lighting modes, texturing, rendering and output options and animation tools.rnrn<br><br><i>*Note: Although presented using version 9, most lessons taught in this tutorial also apply to version 10.</i>
Course content
Introduction1 lessons
New Features1 lessons
Getting Started2 lessons
Basics18 lessons
- Overview0:321 credit or ad
- Menus2:471 credit or ad
- Views3:451 credit or ad
- Camera Controls3:571 credit or ad
- Object Manager3:191 credit or ad
- Attribute Manager4:341 credit or ad
- Material Manager pt. 12:141 credit or ad
- Material Manager pt. 25:551 credit or ad
- Command Palette1:211 credit or ad
- Coordinates Manager4:341 credit or ad
- Placing Objects in a Scene5:011 credit or ad
- Object Controls3:551 credit or ad
- Move / Scale / Rotate5:411 credit or ad
- Points / Edges / Polygons pt. 13:431 credit or ad
- Points / Edges / Polygons pt. 24:291 credit or ad
- Object Axis6:281 credit or ad
- Tags2:391 credit or ad
- Rendering Objects3:031 credit or ad
Types of Stuff22 lessons
- Overview0:361 credit or ad
- Primitives pt. 14:041 credit or ad
- Primitives pt. 25:321 credit or ad
- Primitives pt. 34:051 credit or ad
- Primitives pt. 43:401 credit or ad
- Primitives pt. 52:501 credit or ad
- Splines pt. 12:511 credit or ad
- Splines pt. 24:131 credit or ad
- Splines pt. 36:381 credit or ad
- Splines pt. 44:161 credit or ad
- Splines pt. 53:171 credit or ad
- Splines pt. 63:411 credit or ad
- Nurbs pt. 14:241 credit or ad
- Nurbs pt. 25:061 credit or ad
- Nurbs pt. 32:431 credit or ad
- Nurbs pt. 47:171 credit or ad
- Nurbs pt. 54:531 credit or ad
- Nurbs pt. 66:111 credit or ad
- Polygon Object5:111 credit or ad
- Background & Foreground Objects2:451 credit or ad
- Floor Object3:351 credit or ad
- Null Object3:411 credit or ad
Selecting Stuff14 lessons
- Overview1:211 credit or ad
- Selection Filter pt. 16:371 credit or ad
- Selection Filter pt. 23:441 credit or ad
- Selection Tools6:271 credit or ad
- Loop / Ring / Outline / Fill7:001 credit or ad
- Convert Selection4:101 credit or ad
- Selection Commands4:241 credit or ad
- Set Selection6:361 credit or ad
- Set Vertex6:491 credit or ad
- Vertex Painting pt. 14:031 credit or ad
- Vertex Painting pt. 23:491 credit or ad
- Soft Selection pt. 14:101 credit or ad
- Soft Selection pt. 25:511 credit or ad
- Soft Selection pt. 36:121 credit or ad
Moving Stuff Around16 lessons
- Overview2:061 credit or ad
- World vs. Local Coordinates5:481 credit or ad
- Modeling Axis pt. 15:281 credit or ad
- Modeling Axis pt. 24:421 credit or ad
- Snap Settings pt. 15:411 credit or ad
- Snap Settings pt. 26:421 credit or ad
- Snap Settings pt. 34:011 credit or ad
- Snap Settings pt. 46:211 credit or ad
- Measure & Construction pt. 15:441 credit or ad
- Measure & Construction pt. 26:031 credit or ad
- Arrange6:101 credit or ad
- Center1:471 credit or ad
- Transfer2:081 credit or ad
- Randomize3:071 credit or ad
- Construction Plane6:231 credit or ad
- Set Point Value6:521 credit or ad
Shaping Stuff30 lessons
- Overview0:391 credit or ad
- Bevel Tool pt. 14:511 credit or ad
- Bevel Tool pt. 24:381 credit or ad
- Bevel Tool pt. 34:031 credit or ad
- Bevel Tool pt. 47:161 credit or ad
- Bevel Tool pt. 52:331 credit or ad
- Extrude pt. 12:591 credit or ad
- Extrude pt. 24:411 credit or ad
- Extrude pt. 33:231 credit or ad
- Extrude Inner4:011 credit or ad
- Matrix Extrude pt. 14:011 credit or ad
- Matrix Extrude pt. 23:501 credit or ad
- Smooth Shift2:431 credit or ad
- Normal Tool2:171 credit or ad
- Slide1:451 credit or ad
- Brush pt. 15:111 credit or ad
- Brush pt. 25:371 credit or ad
- Brush pt. 36:511 credit or ad
- Brush pt. 43:481 credit or ad
- Magnet pt. 15:521 credit or ad
- Magnet pt. 24:171 credit or ad
- Magnet pt. 33:521 credit or ad
- Iron3:031 credit or ad
- Collapse Function1:201 credit or ad
- Melt Function2:061 credit or ad
- Edge Cut7:181 credit or ad
- Knife pt. 15:421 credit or ad
- Knife pt. 23:591 credit or ad
- Knife pt. 35:541 credit or ad
- Subdivide2:191 credit or ad
Taking Stuff Apart8 lessons
Sticking Stuff Together9 lessons
Bending Stuff18 lessons
- Overview0:331 credit or ad
- Deformer Objects pt. 15:041 credit or ad
- Deformer Objects pt. 25:491 credit or ad
- Bone Deformer5:121 credit or ad
- Free Form Deformation Object pt. 12:271 credit or ad
- Free Form Deformation Object pt. 26:361 credit or ad
- Formulae Deformation6:451 credit or ad
- Wind Deformer7:331 credit or ad
- Melt Deformer8:091 credit or ad
- Wrap Deformer pt. 14:451 credit or ad
- Wrap Deformer pt. 26:331 credit or ad
- Spherify Object4:101 credit or ad
- Spline Rail Object pt. 14:051 credit or ad
- Spline Rail Object pt. 23:361 credit or ad
- Spline Rail Object pt. 35:391 credit or ad
- Spline Deformer Object pt. 12:481 credit or ad
- Spline Deformer Object pt. 25:591 credit or ad
- Spline Deformer Object pt. 33:471 credit or ad
Making Stuff Invisible9 lessons
- Overview1:211 credit or ad
- Messing with the Mesh6:091 credit or ad
- Explosion Deformation2:261 credit or ad
- Explosion FX pt. 15:361 credit or ad
- Explosion FX pt. 26:151 credit or ad
- Boolean Operations4:131 credit or ad
- Alpha Channel pt. 13:301 credit or ad
- Alpha Channel pt. 24:281 credit or ad
- Near Clipping2:581 credit or ad
Duplicating Stuff9 lessons
- Overview1:161 credit or ad
- Array Object3:221 credit or ad
- Symmetry Object4:141 credit or ad
- Instance Object4:301 credit or ad
- Duplicate Object pt. 14:181 credit or ad
- Duplicate Object pt. 24:171 credit or ad
- Duplicate Object pt. 33:021 credit or ad
- Array Function5:111 credit or ad
- Clone Function4:341 credit or ad
Other Stuff5 lessons
Texturing Stuff26 lessons
- Overview0:461 credit or ad
- Material Types6:001 credit or ad
- Material Preview4:061 credit or ad
- Color4:021 credit or ad
- Diffusion4:171 credit or ad
- Luminance1:251 credit or ad
- Subsection Title pt. 13:531 credit or ad
- Subsection Title pt. 23:581 credit or ad
- Reflection5:071 credit or ad
- Environment3:141 credit or ad
- Fog2:271 credit or ad
- Bump2:041 credit or ad
- Normal2:291 credit or ad
- Alpha pt. 13:451 credit or ad
- Alpha pt. 24:141 credit or ad
- Specular pt. 13:091 credit or ad
- Specular pt. 23:491 credit or ad
- Glow4:441 credit or ad
- Displacement pt. 13:361 credit or ad
- Displacement pt. 23:251 credit or ad
- Stick Texture3:031 credit or ad
- Animating Textures pt. 15:071 credit or ad
- Animating Textures pt. 25:311 credit or ad
- Animating Textures pt. 34:171 credit or ad
- Animating Textures pt. 43:561 credit or ad
- Animating Textures pt. 56:011 credit or ad
Lighting Stuff14 lessons
- Overview0:381 credit or ad
- Light Types pt. 15:071 credit or ad
- Light Types pt. 23:561 credit or ad
- Light Types pt. 32:241 credit or ad
- Shadow Caster1:031 credit or ad
- Falloff3:471 credit or ad
- Near & Far Clipping4:081 credit or ad
- Visibility5:511 credit or ad
- Shadow pt. 15:591 credit or ad
- Shadow pt. 24:281 credit or ad
- Noise5:491 credit or ad
- Lens pt. 13:431 credit or ad
- Lens pt. 23:371 credit or ad
- Scene2:311 credit or ad
Particles12 lessons
- Overview1:361 credit or ad
- Particle Emitter6:591 credit or ad
- Particle Modifiers3:001 credit or ad
- Particle Attractor3:411 credit or ad
- Particle Deflector4:111 credit or ad
- Particle Destructor3:121 credit or ad
- Particle Friction6:081 credit or ad
- Particle Gravity6:321 credit or ad
- Particle Rotation5:191 credit or ad
- Particle Turbulence3:141 credit or ad
- Particle Wind3:191 credit or ad
- Particle Flares3:531 credit or ad
Rendering Stuff15 lessons
- Overview0:321 credit or ad
- Render Settings1:121 credit or ad
- Output Page2:111 credit or ad
- Save Page4:131 credit or ad
- Antialiasing Page3:221 credit or ad
- Post Effects pt. 12:271 credit or ad
- Post Effects pt. 23:451 credit or ad
- Options Page pt. 13:131 credit or ad
- Options Page pt. 23:211 credit or ad
- Options Page pt. 34:011 credit or ad
- Multi-Pass Rendering pt. 13:291 credit or ad
- Multi-Pass Rendering pt. 23:491 credit or ad
- Multi-Pass Rendering pt. 33:451 credit or ad
- QuickTime VR2:101 credit or ad
- Export Options2:161 credit or ad