C4D Cafe - Lounge

Vertex pusher training vol.1

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:13:22 +0000

Hi there cafe addicts

I am happy to announce that Vertex pusher training vol.1 for Cinema 4D is now available on:

vertex-pusher.com

This tutorial is designed to get you inside Cinema 4D quickly from scratch, it is for both beginners and advanced users.
It guides you into application and covers every aspect of modeling you will need, and it gives numerous tips about workflows and the way Cinema 4D operates.

Price is 20€, total time is 9 hours in 25 lessons, detailed info available on the website.
Percentage of the sale will go for cafe support

Thanks

P.S. Videos have embedded protection and every user gets one lesson with unique color/numerical values,this does not have an impact on training experience, it is protection feature.

how was your way up to Cinema 4D

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:50:53 +0000

Hi

I would like to start a poll. how was your way up to Cinema 4D and what your experiences.

My story.

I starded 2001 with a 3D book for Bryce. I saw this beautiful glas on water renders. for that time it was just wow.
After that I bought Bryce. I started by full. every day and night I sat at Bryce. At that time there was the only pastime for me.

My biggest Model had 320`000 single objects and that was also the limit for Bryce and my PC at that time.

2005 I bought Vue. man that was great but also very frustrating. Vue was so unstable and the rendertimes preserve so many time. For the first time I looked for other 3D software. I found Poser. Great Humangenerator. I payed just a bit with it and I noticed, that Poser was not the app. I`m searching for. After that I make a big change. CAD app. was my goal. I visited a FormZ course.

On time I saw images from Cinema 4D and that was what I have searched so long time. I bougt Cinema 4D R8 Studio Bundle. I went and ordered it and I've paid in cash. The man next to me have looked with big Eyes and I had a big smile in my face.

Since that time I work with Cinema 4D as a hoppyist.

Salvatore CDA

Classic Italian Architectural Models...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:15:59 +0000

Does anyone know of a good source for high quality models of classic italian architectural models, the kind of buildings you'd find in Tuscany? I'll be searching the obvious sources such as Turbosquid but was hoping that someone might know of a source that I don't know of. Alternatively, does anyone have any high quality models that they'd like to sell?

Cheers
Karl

Coco Digital Arts Blog

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:24:50 +0000

Hi

I have set up a Blog on my Homepage. Feel free to chack it out and leave some comments or feedback.

Coco Digital Arts

Thanks

Salvatore CDA

fx animation - suggestion how to do this

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:51:55 +0000

Hi!
Simply link to something i really like here
Want to ask about those effects. I know that it is more advanced one and do not expect that you will tell me how to do that, but if you can tell me how could i do those colorful smoking balls moving inside this glassy big ball. The biggest question mark is how to achieve dodging colors when they cross themselves( i mean brightness is going to be more intensive), and this beautiful animating tail, which for me is the most important for me ( on this basis i could do some stunning effects and make big money! (joke:D)) . I do something like that with sweep nurbs and assigned gradient pattern for some material layer, and then animate nurbs - but here (apart that it's little to fast to recognize well) i feel that this tail of the ball is made by some plugin (particle effect i quess - single pixels changing distance between other pixels from tail whilst animation).
Anybody any experiences, any tutorials or links to something what would give me a little step toward understanding this technique...?
Thanks for viewing, and reply in advance:)
Regards Pawel

RC Helicopters

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:24:57 +0000

I know there are some RC pilots out there, so here it goes,
Blade CP pro2 with the UH-1 Huey scale body installed. Very fun to fly. Has alot of power even with the scale body on her.

Net Render Theme

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:44:39 +0000

Introducing: Net Render Graphite. A free theme for your C4D Net Render interface. This is the first release, and though it isn't really software, it could be considered a beta version. This theme doesn't change the way net render functions, it only affects the layout and look of the interface. Questions & feedback appreciated!

Installation is quick and simple. Download and instructions here: Net Render Graphite

Free plugin: Oscillator

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:15:29 +0000

I felt like doing something different and relaxing a bit this weekend ;-)

Here's the result: The Oscillator plugin

The plugin provides a new XPresso node.

The Oscillator node generates several standard waveforms (sawtooth, triangle, square, sine, cosine, pulse, random pulse, custom curve) with uniform periods and value ranges, that come in very handy for animation. Swinging and jumping objects, blinking and flickering lights, all this is just a few clicks away with the Oscillator node.

The ZIP contains plugin versions for CINEMA 4D R10 - R11.5, as well as a manual in PDF format.

Oscillator Download

Hope you like it ;-)

Cheers,
Jack

Thr3shold Media Tutorials Site

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:26:28 +0000

Hi Guys,

Just to let you know I am compiling a host of video tutorials on my site covering C4D and other motion graphic and 3D software.

C4D has been blasted out of the Top 5 this week by After Effects and Realflow!

Nick Campbell remains at the top with his BBC Logo tutorial and enters the chart with Part 1 of his Car Racing Scene. Realflow makes its first appearance in the chart with Part 1 of Kieran Mithanis’ Splashy Setup.

Come along and take a look at the C4D stuff. There are some great mentors on there, all with their full support. Theres over 40 C4D tutorials alone!

Thr3shold Media

Regards

Mark

Intel ships new six-core Core i7 chip

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:33:23 +0000

Just read this...

http://www.macworld.com/article/152787/2010/07/corei7_sixcore.html

The i7 chips are faster than Zeon chips, right? I'm drooling thinking about a 12 core mega-render, transforming Mac Pro (I hope)!