MoSelector for C4D
What is it? MoSelector gives you incredible control over the Mograph items you want controlled by your Cinema…
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Different Ways to Lock Objects in Cinema 4D
Hate when your objects move when you don’t want them to? Here I’ll teach you 5 different ways…
Masking In Cinema 4D
This is an update to a previous tip on how to mask objects in Cinema 4D. The update…
Making Tetris in Cinema 4D
Tetris! Need I say more? We’ll take a look at creating everything from constructing the bricks to creating…
Adobe Icon Pack
Due to popular demand after releasing Icon Versions for Cinema 4D I have created icon version for popular…
C4D Plugin: Image2Plane 2.0
IMAGE 2 PLANE PRO Image 2 Plane lets you take a folder of images on your computer and…
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C4D Plugin: Image2Plane 2.0
IMAGE 2 PLANE PRO Image 2 Plane lets you take a folder of images on your computer and imports them in Cinema 4D right into your 3D scene in one click! Work with your photos in a whole new dimension with this simple but powerful plugin and unleash the creative potential of teleporting your images…
Endless Hotkeys
WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT GOOD? As artists, we are often seeking efficiency in our day-to-day workflows. Sometimes we have a number of programs to deal with and while we want to keep all those hotkeys in our head it can be overwhelming at times. Enter, Stream Deck! A genius little device that…
C4D Plugin: Toporizer
TOPORIZER Toporizer is an object generator plugin that creates slices from objects in Cinema 4D. Just drag the generator above your object and it will instantly slice you object based on the number of slices you set while also controlling the size of the slices. Toporizer Core Features Update to work with the latest version…
Endless Hotkeys
WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT GOOD? As artists, we are often seeking efficiency in our day-to-day workflows. Sometimes we have a number of programs to deal with and while we want to keep all those hotkeys in our head it can be overwhelming at times. Enter, Stream Deck! A genius little device that…
Breaktime Fun For All Ages
WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT GOOD? While this may look like a child’s toy, and it is, it is also a fun little gadget to mess with while on a creative break. This is the Flynova Hover Ball which is something I wish I had when I was a kid but, even better,…
Portable Outlet Power Bank
Having portable, accessible power is something that could save your bacon one day. Power banks in the past typically focus on charging your cell phone but more modern advancements in battery tech have now allowed us to bring an entire wall outlet with us wherever we go! This power bank from Rav Power is less…
Wide/Macro Lens For Your Phone
Phone cameras are insanely advanced today, and while the quality is outstanding it means nothing if you can’t fit it all into the frame! Top-of-the-line cameras are now starting to add wider lenses or even multiple lenses into their cameras, but if you’re like me and only upgrade every few years then you might be…
Best All-Terrain Transport
First and foremost I want to stress that I am not an affiliate for this company, I just love the hell out of this thing! The One Wheel by Future Motion is pretty self-explanatory, it’s a transportation device with only one wheel! Of course, it’s actually much more than that, it’s an electric self-balancing skateboard…
Great Indy Games For Switch
There are so many great titles for the Switch both mainstream and indy. The mainstream titles are more obvious so here I compiled a shortlist of some of the indy games I’ve enjoyed with the switch so far. While a lot of these titles are available for other platforms they seem to fit right in…
Controller Dock For The Switch
WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT GOOD? When I purchased my Switch one of the first things I did was buy extra controllers as one of the main draws of the switch is local multiplayer games. I like to play with handheld controllers but some games require the move controllers so some may be…
Small Portable Dock For The Switch
The Nintendo Switch is about as portable as you can get being that it can both dock and be a handheld gaming system. However, if you are wanting to bring your Switch to a friend’s house or just to another TV in your own home having a little portable dock comes in very handy. It…
Wireless Controller Adapter For Switch
One of the first things I did when I got my Nintendo Switch was getting a handheld controller similar to the feel of a Playstation or Xbox console controller. I read great reviews about the Pro Controller and wow were they right, it feels amazing in every way. But as a multi-console gamer it’s very…
Fun Desktop Lighting
Tetris Lights For all you gamers out there here is some fun lighting that will bring you back to the classics. The Tetris Stackable Light is a pretty clever system where the blue brick is your base and gets the charge from an outlet then the rest of the bricks can be stacked in any…
Slim and Sleek Keyboard
There’s an endless sea of keyboards on the market these days, a lot of them come with all kinds of bells and whistles like lights, special keys, device inputs, Bluetooth, etc. While some people may be in the market for a $100+ keyboard the Satechi Aluminum Keyboard is slim, sleek, affordable, and reliable.
Solid USB Hub Adapter
While modern-day computers are starting to shift over to USB-C only connections there are still a ton of accessories that use the USB-A port that has been around for decades. Luckily there are plenty of adapters that give us back access to those devices and more. There are lots to choose from and some that…
Super Fast USB 3.1 Dock
USB-C connections are the universal future of our devices but there are still a ton of accessories that use the USB-A port that has been around for decades. A lot of modern-day computers and laptops are switching over to USB-C inputs already leaving many of your external hard drives and peripheral incompatible. The need for…
Beautifully Manage Hard Drive Space
Hard drive space is cheap these days, but SSD hard drive space is still pretty costly. To help save the need for a massive hard drive we can utilize programs like Daisy Disk to free up space on our drives. It’s time-consuming to look around for the files that are bogging down your drive, that’s…
Easily Sync Files between Hard Drives
In a day in age when backups are abundant, it’s important to make sure they sharer the same information or at least share the information you want them to. Free File Sync is a program that can do that effortlessly. It’s a lot to look at but when you dig in it’s actually very simple…
App For Quick And Easy Image Compression
Internet today is pretty fast but that doesn’t mean we should ignore file sizes. Whether your sending an image through text or posting on the web it’s in our best interest to keep file sizes to a minimum. ImageOptim is the free and easy solution to that.
Make Projects More Manageable With This App
Time management is essential these days both in our personal and professional lives. As someone who takes on a lot of projects in both of those areas, I needed to find a way to keep it all organized. After trying several different platforms I found that an app called Todoist had what I was looking…
Best Way To Backup Your Phone
iMazing is a program for both Mac and Windows that can access any part of your iPhone for backup and management. Like many, you’ve probably lost data stored on your device, if you’re like me it’s happened several times. I never felt like backups and data extraction with iPhones was a very friendly process. Finally,…
Adobe Icon Pack
Due to popular demand after releasing Icon Versions for Cinema 4D I have created icon version for popular apps from Adobe. Adobe products, like C4D, are one’s that can benefit from keeping an older version or two around for compatiblity with clients or plugins. Now you will never be confused as to which version you…
C4D Plugin: Model Fonts
Model Fonts The Alpha Pixel Model Font system is designed to give you the best of everything when working with 3D type in Cinema 4D. You get perfect edge flow combined with a plugin system that will let you easily customize the look of your type in ways no other system can. Brains and Beauty…
C4D Plugin: Respline
RESPLINE Respline will change the way you work with splines adding 10 new tools to your Cinema 4D tool belt. These tools allow you to create, modify, and animate splines in ways that were previously impossible. Use them separately or combine them together for more interesting effects. The creative possibilities are endless! Respline Core Features…
C4D Plugin: Poly Greeble
POLY GREEBLE Poly Greeble is a plugin that will instantly make your mesh’s feel like a real manufactured objected with details generated on every polygon. If you need a techy futuristic feel to your scene you will find no plugin more suited for the job then Poly Greeble. This plugin is under development but is…
Missing Link Between AE & C4D
Subscribe to the channel Cinema 4D and After Effects seem to go hand in hand these days, so why can’t they communicate better? Sure there has been progress with things like the Cineware Plugin and the Compositing Output settings in C4D’s render settings but still they leave some things to be desired. I think that…
C4D Plugin: Symex
SYMEX Symex is an object generator plugin that replicates your objects geometry symmetrically in Cinema 4D. It works like a fractal that repeats itself while adding some randomization on top of the mesh to keep things interesting. You can quickly create very detailed structures out of almost nothing. Combine this with some of Merk’s other…
5 Lines of Code Every C4D User Should Know
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…
Quick Tips To Speed Up Workflow In C4D
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…
C4D Plugin: Trypogen
TRYPOGEN 2.0 Trypogen is an object generator plugin that creates abstract geometry from objects in Cinema 4D. You can create interesting organic looks with your objects within seconds. With it’s various modes and input sliders you can easily tweak the results to get a wide range of meshes options. Trypogen Core Features Update to work…
C4D Plugin: Topoformer
TOPOFORMER Topoformer (aka Topology Deformer) is a groundbreaking deformer object plugin that alters the topology of your object based on a number of predefined algorithms in the plugin while still keeping your original geometry shape in tact. The plugin features plenty of options to tweak the way each topo type behaves all while in a procedural…
C4D Plugin: Topowire
Topowire 1.2 Topowire is a spline generator plugin for creating wire connections that can be instantly turned into dynamic splines. You can create wires within a single mesh or use topowire to connect multiple elements together. No more headache of lining up spline dynamics and belt objects between your objects! Topowire Core Features Distribute wire…
C4D Plugin: Snap To Floor
Snap To Floor Snap To Floor is similar to the free Drop To Floor plugin here on the site except that it’s live! You can rotate your object in the scene and your model will always keep its lowest point on the Y axis. This makes animating things like animating any rolling objects a breeze! Compatible…
C4D Plugin: Instant Floor 1.0
Subscribe to the channel for updates We all know and love Drop To Floor but what if you don’t want to move your entire setup? Simple, bring the floor to you! Instant floor does just that. It creates a floor under the lowest point of your object or hierarchy of objects. The floor object created…
Interactive Squish in Cinema 4D
Deformations can sometimes be a lot of work, especially when it comes to keyframing realistic movements. This technique shows you how to interactively deform your objects when colliding with a surface. I’m sure this could be taken further but the concept and initial spark are what I’m focusing on here. The mesh deformer is one…
Freebie: Dockable Scene Display Filter
Subscribe to the channel for updates Cinema 4D’s interface and UI customizability is amazing in my opinion. However, there are a few menu’s that are oddly not editable/dockable, the scene Display Filter being one of them. This is the one that let’s you globally Hide or Show Elements in the scene. It’s something I often…
C4D Icon Pack R23 And Below
It’s that time of the year, a new release of C4D and another identical version-less Cinema 4D icon fills your dock. But not anymore! I’ve released a pack of icons that will let you differentiate the version as well as offer a new look!
C4D Freebie: Save-At-Render Scripts
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.
Modeling Cam 2.0
Modeling Cam 2.0 Info Modeling Cam was created from a need to not only setup camera projections faster but be able to quickly zoom in and fine tune the details of you projection models. The Projection mapping process can be a lot of fun, even more so when you can get to the fun bits…
Making Tetris in Cinema 4D
Tetris! Need I say more? We’ll take a look at creating everything from constructing the bricks to creating a random brick dropping animation natively inside of Cinema 4D quickly. Then we’ll fine tune the animation with some tools included in the scene file.
Easing Point Level Animations
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.
Masking In Cinema 4D
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.
Custom Depth Mattes in C4D
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…
C4D Plugin: Hide and Seek 1.3
HIDE AND SEEK Hide and Seek is a workflow plugin that can make complex selections of objects groups in your Cinema 4D scene which you can then modify globally or individually. Hide and Seek will keep you organized and sane when working on any project in C4D! Hide and Seek Core Features Create complex object/tag…
Save-At-Render Scripts for C4D
Hey Cinema 4D users, here’s a set of 3 scripts I made that could possibly save your butt someday. These scripts essentially save your scene to your render location automatically when you hit render. This may seem like a unnecessary step but having the scene file that you rendered your files with right there in…
MoSelector for C4D
What is it? MoSelector gives you incredible control over the Mograph items you want controlled by your Cinema 4D Effectors. In addition to being able to select any Mograph objects with ease you can animate your selections to create some really creative and unique effects that would be impossible with manual or falloff selections. Stop…
Free Models: BMX and Fixie for C4D
This month the US celebrates National Bike Month encouraging you to get out and ride that bike! In honor I chose to create a few things based on my love for bikes:) What is it? Two very detailed bike models made in Cinema 4D. All parts are well labeled and easy to add materials too.…
C4D Plugin: Quick Matte Pro
QUICK MATTE PRO Quick Matte Pro takes care of all your matting needs in one simple plugin. No need to re-render your scene or go through the tedious task of setting up object buffers manually just to get the alpha you were looking for, Quick Matte does in one click! It was designed to do one…
Free After Effects Script: Render Instant Frame
I made this script because I was tired of having to do the whole SaveFrameAs process in After Effects. It exports the frame your currently on instantly to the location you set(desktop is default). The only thing to be aware of is that it only saves PNG images and it will save those with transparency,…
Review: Lightning Fast Animation in Element 3D
Lightning Fast Animation in Element 3D(http://bit.ly/1j8zZZj) is a book intended to get you up to speed with the After Effects plugin quickly while also explaining its shortcomings and some methods around them. My knowledge about Element 3D before this books was very limited. Up to that point all I had done was import a model…
C4D Quick Tip: Adaptive Primitive
Here’s a Quick Tip on how to set up a primitive to be adaptive. Meaning as you adjust the primitive it will adapt its segment accordingly. Check out the video to see exactly what I mean and why this might be useful. Then check out the scene file below to have a look for yourself.
Data Stream
Here is a snipet of a data stream setup I made for the Target Fall National. It’s not the whole piece, just a piece of one section. The setup I made allowed me to get a completely different animation just by changing the spline. The camera follows the head of the stream while randomly moving…
C4D Preset: On/Off Switch Update
Updated for R20+ Here is a simple but very useful tool for Cinema 4D that turns objects on and off easily without keyframes. I find myself trying to hide and reveal objects all the time, and its a pain to have to keep track of all those little keyframes. Well with ON/OFF Switch simply…
C4D Plugin: Image2Plane 2.0
IMAGE 2 PLANE Image 2 Plane lets you take a folder of images on your computer and imports them in Cinema 4D right into your 3D scene in one click! Work with your photos in a whole new dimension with this simple but powerful plugin and unleash the creative potential of teleporting your images directly…
Quick Tip: Reverse Dynamics in C4D
Here’s a quick tip on reversing a cached dynamic simulations. It’s pretty simple to do but it’s sort of hidden away in different menus. The downside of this method is that it will reverse ALL of the dynamics cached. You won’t have control over which dynamics its applies to. Step 1 Create Dynamic Simulation and…
C4D Xpresso Tutorial: Pinball Flippers
Just a simple little setup that lets you interactively activate pinball flippers whenever you hit a button in your user data(or viewport). One thing I forgot to add in the video is that if you want to slow down the flipper you could add a math node right before the trigonometric node and set it…
C4D Preset: Cover Flow
Hey everyone, I’m here to bring you a simple little preset to make the cover flow effect on itunes. It comes with a few options to fine tune to you’re liking. I originally made this to show off my Image2Plane plugin but thought others might find it useful as well. Now go create something! **Note:…
Review: C4D Starter Book Review
Hello to any 3D followers out there, this one’s for you! As an advanced user of Cinema 4D I’ve been asked by Packt Publishing to write a short review on one of their new books geared towards those who have knowledge of 3D software but are new to Cinema 4D or just interested in what…
C4D QUICK TIP: TP MULTISHAPE EMITTER
Here’s a quick tip to output multiple shapes with Thinking Particles. This may sound like an easy task but it’s actually kind of tricky. There are a number of ways to do this, for example it can easily be done by cloning objects on the particles, but then you dont get the Thinking Particles…
C4D QUICK TIP: AO CATCHER
Here’s a little quick tip on how to render just the Ambient Occlusion for certain objects without using Multipass rendering. 1. Create new material and turn off all channels but Alpha 2. Load in the AO preset under Effects 3. Invert the gradient 4. Apply material to whatever object(s) you want just the AO of…