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Cinema 4D r12 is finally here. It´s the most biggest update. Now the separate modules
are gone. Here´s the direct download link to R12 demo version. Demo is only for evaluation purposes.

http://www.maxon.net/downloads/demo-version.html

New features include:
-Linear workflow
-IES light support
-9 new modifiers
-completely new dynamics with hard and softbody collision as easy as in the Mograph dynamics. Some cool features as air pressure simulation. Inflate your geometry
and use motor object to drive your vehicles etc.
-you can make your own custom primitives by editing the existing primitive objects
and much more…

From AE Freemart “Chris Smith, one of Toolfarm Expert Forums Experts. Chris made some free tools for Cinema 4D called CSTools.”

There are some useful and free movie camera tools / xpresso setups for Cinema 4D.
Really useful for movie style camera drives with crane style cameras, chase
cameras etc. Really worth checking out.

http://aefreemart.com/2007/09/27/free-cinema-4d-projects-from-chris-smith/

Retargetting bones can be very difficult without this plugin. For example if you work with lot of motion capture files which you want to transfer into a static bones structure.

http://www.c4dplugin.de/indexx.php

Here´s some material IOR values. I copied these from Blender nation.
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=71202

Material IOR Values:

‘Air’: 1.000
‘Bubble’: 1.100
‘Liquid methane’: 1.150
‘Ice(H2O)’: 1.310
‘Water’: 1.333
‘Clear Plastic’: 1.400
‘Glass’: 1.440 – 1.900
‘Light glass’: 1.450
‘Standart glass’: 1.520
‘Heavy glass’: 1.650
‘Obsidian’: 1.480 – 1.510
‘Onyx’: 1.486 – 1.658
‘Acrylic glass’: 1.491
‘Benzene’: 1.501
‘Crown glass’: 1.510
‘Jasper’: 1.540
‘Agate’: 1.544 – 1.553
‘Amethist’: 1.544 – 1.553
‘Salt’: 1.544
‘Amber’: 1.550
‘Quartz’: 1.550
‘Sugar’: 1.560
‘Emerald’: 1.576 – 1.582
‘Flint glass’: 1.613
‘Topaz’: 1.620 – 1.627
‘Jade’: 1.660 – 1.680
‘Saphire’: 1.760
‘Ruby’: 1.760 – 2.419
‘Cristal’: 1.870
‘Diamond’: 2.417 – 2.541

If you´re an ex 3ds max user and moved into Cinema 4D you could sometimes
have a nostalgy with teapot object. This is a real plugin object for Cinema 4D
that generates a teapot just like in 3ds max. You can for example control
the subdivision amount, take of the lid, take off the body etc.

Have some tea!

Examples

Download teapot plugin from Aixsponza.

For release 10.x
http://www.aixsponza.com/media/AixSponza_TeapotR105.zip

For release 11.x

http://www.aixsponza.com/media/AixSponza_TeapotR11.zip

Bodypaint 3d is a full scale texturing application integrated into cinema 4d. In older versions like rel 9 you could install it as a standalone version. It can be used as a standalone with other 3d applications like Max or Maya too.

The real power of Bodypaint is the ability to use Photoshop brushes and paint directly onto the geometry.
However if you want to make proper displacement painting then you should make displacement maps in some special application like Zbrush, Silo or Mudbox.

UV maps

Bodypaint is also a special tool for making uvmaps and has got great wizard tool for quick map generation. One should still know how to use projection types. Alternative tools for uvmap generating is Topogun.

Bodypaint used in District 9 movie

I stumbled upon to this open source plugin page. The bridge between Archicad and Cinema 4D was discontinued after rel 11 which was kind of a result from some compability issues. I believe Maxon will update this but meanwhile one can seek some good alternative and free file transfer bridge for Archicad to Cinema 4D.
Minimum version of Archicad you will need is 12 and Cinema 4D r 10.5.

http://dinnye.neobase.hu/content/downloads

News – 1st of Feb. 2010

Starting from 2nd of february 2010 I will be employed by Micro Aided Design, distributor of Cinema 4D in Finland.
Therefore all reselling of Maxon Cinema 4D products through my company Kraphik 3D will be discontinued.
All previous Cinema 4D customer contacts will be transferred to M.A.D. where I will be working with Cinema 4D sales, teaching and customer support.

Kimmo Rinta-Pollari

News: Helsinki, Finland

January 18 2010

For immediate release:

Kraphik 3D to represent Craft Animations in Finland
Craft Animations announces a key strategic partnership with Kraphik 3D for resale of world-renowned Craft Director Studio.

“We are excited to be represented by one of Cinema 4D’s leading resellers in Finland.” says Craft Animations CEO Deborah Lygonis. “Cinema 4D is shaking up the 3D world, which is why we recently made Craft Director Studio compatible with it, alongside Autodesk’s 3ds Max, Maya and Softimage.”

Game developers use Craft Director Studio for their cut-scene animation because Craft Director Studio automates the animation of both vehicles and cameras in the 3D environment.
Craft Director Studio is well known in the games industry, being used by such customers as Namco Bandai Games in the cut-scene animations of their latest game Tekken 6.

Hiroyuki Shirai, Animator, Computer Graphic Motion Department, Contents Production Group of NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. explains that the methods for generating motion which they have used in the past have had great restrictions.
One example is motion capture; it is difficult to use motion capture when the scale of the scene constantly changes. For instance, a camera enters into the car that is driving recklessly at high speeds.
Or think of the scene where a character enters from far-off on a motorcycle, approaches the camera, and then leaves again. Mr Shirai explains that his team was given a greater power of persuasion with the greater degree of freedom that CDS offered.
Not only would the alternatives have meant they would have to collect a prohibitive amount of data, but they would have been restricted in their creative process, not being able to create all the affects they had wanted.

About Kraphik 3D

Kraphik 3D is a privately held 3d-visualisation company based in Helsinki, Finland, producing visualisations and consept design for many industries including architecture, advertising, building and medical technology. Kraphik 3D is also official reseller of Cinema 4D in Finland and international reseller of Vray for C4D. For more information, please visit www.kraphik3d.com

About Craft Animations

Founded in 2006 and based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Craft Animations ™ AB is a leading developer of a new era of professional real-time 3D animation technology, Craft Director Studio ™.
Based on cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and autonomous control systems, Craft Director Studio simulates the complex physical behavior of 3D vehicles such as helicopters, cars, airplanes, boats and motorcyles. Utilized by high-profile companies world-wide such as Pixar, Digital Domain, Nasa, Lockheed Martin, Digital Dimension and Toyota; Craft Director Studio streamlines production, enhances realism and increases creativity for users in the visual effects, game development, forensic reconstruction and architectural design industries. For more information, please visit www.craftanimations.com.

For more information, please contact:

info@craftanimations.com
Craft Animations AB
Stena Center 1D
S-412 92 Gothenburg
Sweden
+46 31 352 2980

Kraphik 3D
Helsinki, Finland
Kimmo Rinta-Pollari
kimmo (at) kraphik3d.com

Couple of years back I was a big fan of Pimp my Ride tv series. Of course I still am but nowadays much more a fan of 3d graphics and Cinema 4D. I found the site called yodawgyo.com which had full of jokes from the original “Sup Dawg”. I got this funny idea. For a non 3d artist it might sound terrible but I find it very funny as I am a 3d geek.

The image was also published to their site here:
http://www.yodawgyo.com/yo-dawg-i-herd-yo-like-making-3d-graphics/

I understand it´s not funny for non 3d inclined. Some people do not understand geek humor enough to understand the joke. Yo 3d