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What you have here is two issues from what I can see. 1: dynamics need to be cached for a consistent frame to frame consistency, and 2: the Displacer priority needs to be placed above the hair. After doing this all frames rendered the same as viewport. Dan
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How to model this Chesterfield Pattern ?
Rectro replied to GSwartz's topic in POLY / SDS / HARD SURFACE MODELING
I can confirm plugin does work in r20. -
I think there are several things that must be considered and to simplify it down there needs to just be more options rather than few. Rent to own has two in one, a rental option, or an ability to move to perpetual. Perpetual still needs a subscription for a cheaper means to upgrade if you chose. Some plugins are so cheap it would not matter if you just purchased a new licence when a new version comes out, while others are just way to expensive given the large scope of users who may use it. The more commercialised plugins become the more expensive they are, and are harder to obtain by the hobbyist or starting freelancer. The other issue is the fact that some features that are supported by plugins should be there in the Core application thus avoiding more pay outs to bolt on features C4D should have. Rent to Own. Pay final fee to convert to perpetual, if you chose. Perpetual with paid for upgrades as and when they are ready. Free compatibility updates within 3 versions, and free bug fixes, why should users pay to fix problems that should not exist anyway? You dont go and buy anything that has a fault and be expected to pay for their error, why should software or plugins be any different. I own plenty of software that gets free bug fixes for free, but lets be honest its not actually free, iv paid for it upfront to have a working piece of software. Games are sold with some bugs, you dont have to pay again to have them be fixed. Being forced into a subscription from perpetual is poor business ethics, and shifting the responsibility onto customers for compatibility changes due to changes of the core with C4D and 3rd party plugin vendors by means of forcing a plugin upgrade with no grace is also poor. As of r21 onward I loose Vray because Im expected to either stay on r20 or rent Vray when I was quite happy to stick to my perpetual, I dont even get a choice to upgrade to a newer perpetual version. That dont only mean I loose Vray I loose all that knowledge and time spent learning it, all the cost of training. The whole system has been made far too complicated. Just give me a serial key, keep your last 3 versions upto date with latest C4D, and produce a worthy upgrade that makes me want to voluntary upgrade because its so good. If it has bugs dont charge your customers to fix them, the customers didnt pay for software that dont fully work as it should, they pay for features added.
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How to model this Chesterfield Pattern ?
Rectro replied to GSwartz's topic in POLY / SDS / HARD SURFACE MODELING
If you read the link I added your see the plugin option on page 2, Easy Chesterfield. As to if this works in r19 is another thing. Dan -
How to model this Chesterfield Pattern ?
Rectro replied to GSwartz's topic in POLY / SDS / HARD SURFACE MODELING
Ok so this may give you some direction, or a start. Let us know how it goes. Dan -
How to model this Chesterfield Pattern ?
Rectro replied to GSwartz's topic in POLY / SDS / HARD SURFACE MODELING
This has come up before, give me a moment and Il find the post. Dan -
The way I try to look at things are If I really dont know how something is going to turn and its out of my control, it could go either way, so I rest on hope once I have tried to find the answers first. While Im waiting Im not emotionally working myself up fearing the worse when it could well not happen. Now if the worse does happen I deal with it then, Iv still saved myself a year of complaining, worrying about something I cant control, but maybe take that time to consider my options. If the worse case does not happen then Im thankful I didn't waste time and energy worrying. I know its easier said than done but its much better for the sole in trying to look at the glass half full, even if everyone else is saying otherwise. So while there are many questions unsolved, until then Iv got to crack on, get something done with my time, and spend time making something happen that is in my control. Help other people, get that job done, spend time with kids, family, turn the computer off maybe. Dan
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Yes I was quoted £799 plus vat for a upgrade, or £525 for a MSA. This is the same as last year. The upgrade pricing has always been there as a more expensive alternative to the MSA, as such makes the MSA seem very good value given it had Cineversity with it. Being that next year MSA is not in place I cant see how they can ask the current upgrade pricing given the cheaper option has been removed, I doubt they will do that. At worse I think it could be slightly higher than the MSA when you add what ever option they will add for Cineversity, I hope not. While this may be the case, or not, for the fact that the new Subscriptions are laid out, there is now higher expectations of what is going to be offered throughout the year for Subscribers. This will give perpetual licence holders a peek at whats to come to make a more informed decisions if to upgrade. This should also avoid a build up of higher expectations every year at Siggraph. Should we start to see a influx of bigger, and much asked for features due to subscriptions mean while users can still keep the perpetual licences at a reasonable cost and get a look ahead of whats to come things maybe not so bad for perpetual owners. Dan
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Sorry Tim, I didnt have time to do a full investigation on ths, was hoping that the connector would do this as it seem to have worked on my test until I downloaded your file. I think the solution foryou will be in expresso. I read a while ago Shrek had a answer to this by means of expresso, something along the lines of removing the Axis from the velocity. Sorry I cant offer more help on this but If I find the post, I think it was in CGTalk Il post it up.
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Il try to shed some light on what I see could be the issue. Someone I was talking to recently was quite excited to have access to subscription as his perpetual was too far behind to upgrade. He was excited at the price that is actually billed annually, but thought it was a monthly payment. As soon as I corrected him this instantly changed the affordability for him. This was just after the announcement was made. The website makes it very clear as to whats Monthly and what is Annually. I think its possible that for many the initial expectation before the site was updated was that one could rent C4D out for what we now know to be billed annually. At the live announcement it was said the subscription will be $59 per month, with a yearly commitment. This commitment I guess was not translated as meaning billed annually. Then only moments later it was cleared up, $59.99 for 365 days, 1 year, and $94.99 Monthly, 30 days. What was missing here was the total yearly amount under the yearly price up as only the monthly figure was shown,. Once people started to settle a bit and thought about it a little longer thats when clarity came, you have to pay up front, and the monthly figure was only a breakdown number, not the actual separate payments one was hoping for. If your not a student and are a new user and want to jump on it at $94.99 this maybe too steep when your going to be learning it, not actually getting much use out of it initially. longer trials are needed, and a indie solution is needed. Other than the above mentioned I cant see the issue here, its made clear, if its not affordable to the world, then over the next year the figures will reflect this. As to the other issues brought up, thats something else, and the lack of all the details at hand gave time for speculation to arise, the absence of obvious details what should have been available had escalated anger rightly or wrongly. What is factual is MAXON has not set a upgrade price for perpetual licences from r22 onward. Confusion of this years upgrade cost still remains for some. The upgrade costs for Studio users who did not get a MSA is the same this year as last year, that has not changed, please correct me if Im wrong. You cant compare the upgrade costs against a MSA this year because MSA is still offered until end of August this year. Just because the upgrade costs this year remains the same, this does not mean its the same for r22 as by then there will be no MSA. I even got confused by this a little. As many complained about loosing Cineversity, MAXON have now chosen to re think this for next year based on the feedback they have got, so until we see the actual figures for next year lets not assume anything on that. Enough said on this I think, Iv got productive things to do in C4D, and life, lets at least give MAXON a chance to refine things, and get us a perpetual price for r22 and Cineversity.. Dan
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Connectors can be used as forces that effect dynamics. Try adding a box connector and restrict it on the Y axis, I think in the upper limit. Dan
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Modo maintenance for existing perpetual licence users is reasonable at £399, more so if they didn't hold you to such harsh consequences for leaving the maintenance by raising it to £599 for life there after. Modo strengths have remained the same for me, its modelling, UV tools, and action centres. Since version 901 I have not seen a single feature or update thats made me sit up and think, "this is the one iv been waiting for" Thats said being that C4D has most of whats missing in Modo iv not been able to say that for C4D either other than a few things here and there since r16. This is is why Modo remains to be in my tool set, it compliments what C4D lacks. Dan
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This makes total sense and for this reason I can see how subscription is an advantage, more so for short term projects. I hit the submit button before I had finished writing the full reply above. The additional part simply was to try to understand in what scenario would converting a perpetual licence for rental when the discount works out significant lower than what it would be to just selling his.her licence? Would a 3k piece of software really devalue that much that a user would get less selling it than the discount offered for them two years? Dan
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This I assume will only happen if a user has 2 or more people working on the same project at the same time as he would be paying his yearly upgrade for his perpetual licence, plus subscription, I cant see any other reason why anyone would rent if they already own a perpetual licence. I am still trying to work out why anyone would want to give their 3k licence up for a 2 year discount? Even if MAXON was to offer the first 2 years of rental for free that still wouldn't pay for the value of a perpetual licence? Maybe Im missing something on this? Dan
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Here is Nvidia video covering Redshift updates for 2019. Link Dan
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The post R21-announcement depression
C4DS,
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Well OK, the title of this blog entry might be way over the line, somewhat too dramatic, but still ... Background: As a hobby user since R9 I was quite happy with the XL bundle, back in those days. When the modules were retracted my only option was to go with the Studio version, and since then paid the annual MSA to stay up to date. Some years ago, while working on a personal project in Cinema 4D for quite a while, I got side-tracked and started writing some plugins to automate and enhance why own workflow. This side-tracking grew somewhat out of proportions, as I began spending most of my free time working on plugins, instead of creating models and animations. I then took the opportunity to start up a small business selling these plugins. Obviously I wasn't looking into making a lot of money out of it, but was merely hoping the income from selling plugins would allow to pay for the annual MSA. The 30 July announcement was a bitter pill to swallow. For whatever reason I was raised with the idea that, when ever possible, you don't buy on credit, you don't rent. If you want something you cannot afford, you save up for it ... or you just don't buy it, until you can afford it. I have turned down software subscriptions before., for this same reason. And then this announcement ... For sure, I wasn't losing sleep over it. Or did I? Day after day my mind kept wandering, traveling the different paths of possible solutions. I didn't think straight and most of all, felt (and was) unproductive. Then finally, I made up my mind. For me personally no subscription, nor the "perpetual" (gimme a break) R21 license. Decided to keep using my R20 license, not upgrade to R21. By not having an R21 license it wouldn't make sense to keep providing plugins. As such I am stepping down as a plugin developer. Since software development is another hobby of mine, I know upfront that it will definitely itch. As such, I will probably (need to) keep writing plugins. But probably for my own.
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MAXON Announcement + Live Chat
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This live stream was an opportunity to watch the MAXON announcement at Siggraph 2019 with my viewers. We also talked about the announcement together via the live chat. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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DIGITAL MEAT: Q3 2019 Livestream
Beefdoctor,
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This Livestream is an update about changes to the website, mailing lists and an opportunity to ask my audience about the direction of some of the changes I’m planning to make. I’m also asking my users for feedback in regards to funding regarding Patreon. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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RF For C4D: Blending Fluids With Vertex
Beefdoctor,
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In this RealFlow for Cinema 4D, tutorial we take a look at using Vertex Maps to Blend Fluid colours. We Use these Vertex weights in the Vertex Map Shader and also use a work around to get the desired result. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Website: Digitalmeat.uk Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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RF For C4D: Blending Fluids With Vertex
Beefdoctor,
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In this RealFlow for Cinema 4D, tutorial we take a look at using Vertex Maps to Blend Fluid colours. We Use these Vertex weights in the Vertex Map Shader and also use a work around to get the desired result. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Website: Digitalmeat.uk Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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How to get jobs as a Freelancer ( 3D artist)
Vozzz,
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For those who don’t know, this is how the process of hiring a freelancer goes. What follows is just my meandering experience and observation, your mileage may vary. Pretend you have a project. Lets say you need someone to design a Dinosaur character. First you will think if you know anyone. If you do, you will reach out to them. Then you will ask your friends, or freelancers that work for you if they know anyone. Then you’ll go to art station or some other portfolio site, or maybe straight to google and type in “Dinosaur character designer”, you will reach out to some of the people that you like, ask them their rates, and then if they are all too expensive you will go to fiver or upwork or freelancer.com or whatever other freelancing website exists. Nobody goes straight to a freelancing website, it’s usually a last resort. And it’s a last resort for people with small budgets. Because with the internet the way it is you can always find someone who does whatever it is you need to be done. Try it, try to hire someone who does what you do. I remember when i was just starting out there was this guy at a studio i worked at who kept giving me After effects jobs. I could do them, i had the skills, but it wasn’t really my specialty, i was always a 3D guy. That’s what i did well, thats why i charged more. In after effects i worked slower than most people and really wasn’t that good. But yet this guy just kept giving me after effects jobs. So one day i asked him: “why do you keep giving me these jobs? I’ m sure there is someone who does this better than me, and cheaper” and his answer really changed the way i think about everything, he said “Because i like drinking with you, and if you have more jobs, we can go drink together more”. At first i was like: “awesome”, but then it dawned on me, how many jobs do i miss out on, because someone likes to drink with someone else, or plays golf with them, or has kids go to the same school. It has so much less to do with how good i am at what i do than i thought. To me it was a revelation. So what do I do if I don’t know anyone who would hire me? You get to know them or you get known. My career was largely built on alcoholism. Especially when i was in New York. People all over the place drinking making friends socializing, exchanging business cards inviting each other to other events. And there is no faster way to get to know a person than drinking with them ( if you want a guide on how to properly drink leave a comment, it’s also a skill that takes time to develop). Alternatively go to events that either related to your industry, or if they don’t have them in your area, go to networking events for other industries, you might find clients there. I knew people who bought shares in mining companies ( just whatever the minimal was) and then turned up to share holding meetings and made friends and then got jobs out of that. Don’t like drinking? Get ready to do A LOT of work. Because building relationships with people is a very slow process if there is no alcohol involved, there are exceptional people which can make friends with anyone anywhere with everyone sober, but if you were one of those people you probably wouldn’t need help getting a job. So you have to start making a TONNE of work, and i mean a metric tonne. Start off with just volume, do a daily challenge. Post it on instagram, twitter, facebook, any platform that will let you. You have to get as many eyeballs on your work as possible. And it better be thematic, because people got to remember you for something specific. “oh i know a guy who makes dinosaurs” or “oh that guy who animates cars”. And you got to start posting it like CRAZY. For every 100 things you post, you might get one job out of it. This is not for the faint of heart. Which makes it even more important to pick a topic that you LOVE, because no matter what you pick, there will be people who LOVE doing that specific thing, and you will be competing with those people who will do it better and probably cheaper than you. Then go onto forums/facebook groups and start helping people, start answering questions, start figuring out problems other people are having, giving advice where people ask for it. Join the community. But don’t just post random comments actually participate, this is yet another way for people to get to know you. Also don’t forget to put together a proper website, you want a little piece of the Internet that is completely under you control. Go check out my article about small bussiness. It goes over how to set up a website rather quickly and what parts you need. Your website should convey to the visitor what you are good at and what kind of work you want to do as quickly as possible. Reels shouldn’t be longer than 1 minute, the shorter the better. Put your best work up top. Freelancing websites are really the last resort in most cases, they have the lowest paying clients and the jobs that no one else wants to take on. I know programmers seem to do okay on them. But creative tasks are just terrible. The most important thing to remember, that because this is hard to do, is the reason you will stand out. My favorite quote is “if it was easy everyone would do it”. I hope this was interesting, what should i write next? How to figure out how much to charge? Let me know in the comments and have a good one! The post How to get jobs as a Freelancer ( 3D artist) appeared first on Ace5studios. View the full article
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Cinema 4D: The Aim Constraint
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D tutorial video we are going to create an actuator using the Constraint Tag in Aim mode, this will allow us to have two objects pointing at each others pivots. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Cinema 4D: The Aim Constraint
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D tutorial video we are going to create an actuator using the Constraint Tag in Aim mode, this will allow us to have two objects pointing at each others pivots. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Nvidia GauGAN
Beefdoctor,
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GauGAN, named after post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, creates photorealistic images from segmentation maps, which are labeled sketches that depict the layout of a scene. Digitalmeat.uk If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Nvidia GauGAN
Beefdoctor,
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GauGAN, named after post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin, creates photorealistic images from segmentation maps, which are labeled sketches that depict the layout of a scene. Digitalmeat.uk If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Should i work for free?
Vozzz,
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This is a question that comes up a lot, and recently came up on a FUTUR livestream with Gary Vee. As always the answer is: “it depends”. Some people think the answer should be a hard no. Others think it’s not such a bad thing. I think the answer to this is pretty simple. If you want to do free work to get your name out there, pick the client yourself. Offer your services to a charity or any nonprofit organization that you care about. Or even if it’s a for profit organization, do it for them as a gift, but pick the company yourself and make like an homage to them. If someone comes to you and asks for work in exchange for “Exposure” that should definitely be a hard NO! That job is going to be hell, and going to drag on forever, and you are not going to get any exposure for it. So if you do free work, make sure it’s on your terms and you’ve picked something that will give you exposure. Make sure they have a large following on social media, and a large following that’s relevant to your potential clients. If you do character rigging, 13-18 year old fans of knitting won’t really help you. The other option is if you are doing something you have never done before and it’s something you want to figure out. Then perhaps thats a good deal for the both of you. BUT you got to remember the wider picture. If you agree to do free work, that means that company is 100% not going to pay someone to do that work. So you’re potentially either taking money away from your fellow workers, and maybe helping a business that has no business doing what it does ( since it can’t secure funds to pay you for your services). There is also the option if you are working in an intern capacity, where you are not being paid, but you are actually learning valuable skills that you want to get. In these cases, remember you can always leave, don’t let them exploit you. Make sure you are still benefiting from this experience. If you’re just photo copying stuff and getting people coffee, you aren’t really learning. You might be building relationships for future work, but thats pretty hard to assess, so go with your gut. So to summarize: Make sure you are benefiting from this free work. If you believe in the cause thats also great. DO NOT work for “exposure”. Hope this was interesting for you. What do you think? Do you ever do free work? Cheers,Aleksey The post Should i work for free? appeared first on Ace5studios. View the full article
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Quick Tip 36: Colour Mapping
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D Quick Tip we take a look at the Colour Mapping effect in the render settings. Colour Mapping allows us to balance a scene by controlling over exposed areas. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Quick Tip 36: Colour Mapping
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D Quick Tip we take a look at the Colour Mapping effect in the render settings. Colour Mapping allows us to balance a scene by controlling over exposed areas. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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DIGITAL MEAT: Q2 2019 Livestream
Beefdoctor,
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This Livestream is an update about changes to the website and an opportunity to test out streaming in general. There will also be Live Chat so I can answer a few questions. The Stream starts on 05/05/19 at GMT+1: 10PM EDT: 5PM PDT: 2PM
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DIGITAL MEAT: Q2 2019 Livestream
Beefdoctor,
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This Livestream is an update about changes to the website and an opportunity to test out streaming in general. There will also be Live Chat so I can answer a few questions. The Stream starts on 05/05/19 at GMT+1: 10PM EDT: 5PM PDT: 2PM
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Starting out as a freelancer in the 3D/VFX industry
Vozzz,
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More and more people are going freelance? Why? Well the simple reason is that there are more and more people who want to do the work, but the amount of full time jobs isn’t growing as fast. Also with the amount of different skill sets available, most studio’s don’t need a lot of these people full time. For example I mostly do character rigging these days. Most studios don’t need a character rigger full time. They need one just a couple of times a year perhaps, or maybe even just once ever. So freelancing in general a better distribution of labor. There is a dark side to this trend though which everyone should be aware. A lot of studios hire freelancers because they know that most people are terrible at figuring out what they are worth and can be exploited. pressured and manipulated into doing waay more work for waay less money. Many studios will hire freelancers to avoid paying benefits or giving paid leave. This is my advice to every budding freelancer. Don’t do it unless you have no choice. Freelancing is hard. Finding clients is hard, standing out from every other freelancer is hard. There are 2 real reasons anyone should be a freelancer. The first category is people who can’t get stable employment and simply have no choice, and the second category is people who simply HAVE to be able to manage their own time, their money, their projects etc. Take me for example, I’m a freelancer because i simply have no choice in the matter. There is no way i can go into an office every day. It’s simply not in my DNA. And i also love all the aspects around being a freelancer. As a kid i really enjoyed playing economic sim games, where you get to run your own business. Being a freelancer is pretty much just like that. Except you can’t always just pour more money into something, sometimes you just have to do the work. You have to build your brand, handle advertising and marketing, promote yourself, negotiate prices, manage expenses, plan for catastrophes and a whole bunch of other stuff. So if you are thinking about being a freelancer, think about if you enjoy all this. Or does it stress you the ^%@! out. Because to lots of people it does. And if you just want to make animations or design characters, perhaps you are better off looking for employment where other people who are good at things like marketing and negotiations will take care of those things for you. Because remember there are only so many hours in a day. And you will be competing with people who really love what they do. If you want to go freelance, i always recommend teaming up with someone who complements your skills. So you can pull each other up. Or reach out to someone who is already freelancing and let them know what your special skills are. This leads me to the next topic Special Skills you need to have something that sets you apart. Being a generalist is important and as a freelancer it really helps if you are aware of the entire pipeline around you. BUT when you email someone or talk to someone, you need a hook, you need to be remembered for something. Some little piece of info, so when they are thinking “Damn i need someone to do this” They will instantly think of you. This kind of niche specialization also helps with google searches when people are looking for someone who does what you do. How many people are you competing with in your primary category? Know your competition and pivot so at least somewhere you come up at the top of the list. The last part of this post i want to bring up something very important and that is: “Love what you do” . Because if you are doing something you are not passionate about you will lose. Why? Because you are competing with people who LOVE what they do. Especially in the creative industry. So always think long and hard about how you are presenting yourself and what kind of jobs you are attracting. If you enjoyed this article, make sure to follow me. I got a whole series lined up. Next i’m thinking of writing an article on how to set prices and charge for your work. What do you think? Cheers,Aleksey The post Starting out as a freelancer in the 3D/VFX industry appeared first on Ace5studios. View the full article
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Cinema 4D: A Simple Lighting Setup
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D video tutorial we put together a simple lighting setup. I have used this kind of of lighting in a lot of my tutorials, and have assumed that most users are aware of how it's pieced together, for beginners it may not seem so obvious. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Cinema 4D: A Simple Lighting Setup
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D video tutorial we put together a simple lighting setup. I have used this kind of of lighting in a lot of my tutorials, and have assumed that most users are aware of how it's pieced together, for beginners it may not seem so obvious. If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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R9.6 tutorial on modelling a building
contrafibbularities,
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This is a very old tutorial I recorded back in Cinema 4D Release 9.6 (it was entitled "Modelling Architecture in Cinema 4D"). I took it offline a long time ago as it was outdated and not very useful anymore. I still keep getting requests for it occasionally though, which is why I have decided to re-upload it again. Sending people video files or temporarily uploading them to some file hoster was a bit of a pain. Anyone who has lost their downloads from back then or wants to revisit the tutorial can do so now. You can find the videos on Vimeo and YouTube. Cheers, contrafibbularities
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Free C4D Plugins: Use Old Plugins R20
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D video we take a look at how we can use old plugins in Cinema 4D R20, this can be achieved by downloading the Insydium Bridge. Digitalmeat.uk If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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Free C4D Plugins: Use Old Plugins R20
Beefdoctor,
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In this Cinema 4D video we take a look at how we can use old plugins in Cinema 4D R20, this can be achieved by downloading the Insydium Bridge. Digitalmeat.uk If you would like to support Digital Meat, or follow me on social media, see the below links. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DigitalMeat3D Merchandise: https://redbubble.com/people/digital-meat Support: https://digitalmeat.uk/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/digitalmeat3d/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalmeat3D Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DIGITALMEA BEEF DOCTOR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC66f69qhgxy6YnZVMNaCtiA
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