Making It Look Great 10: Modelling Essentials for Cinema 4D is now available. MILG 10 is designed for beginner to intermediate users who want to really get their head around real-world modelling in Cinema 4D.

In 16 lessons, Cinema 4D expert and master modeller Rob Redman drills modelling tools and workflows for creating a variety of everyday objects from scratch.

In MILG 10 Rob explains how to effectively approach a model starting with an empty workspace, drill the techniques until they become part of your skill set, and understand how similar tools differ and when to use them. By the end of the workshop you’ll have the confidence to create just about anything in Cinema 4D.

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As we all know, rendering sucks. The process is lengthy and laborious and usually involves you staring at render buckets filling up slowly, and trying to use a Jedi mind-trick to make it go faster. Unless you’re blessed to work in an animation studio with enough processors to power a small country, you’re more than likely going to have to one day use a render farm.

A render farm, for those who don’t know, is a collection of computers built to render computer-generated imagery (CGI), typically for film and television visual effects. It distributes your frames across the group of computers and thus renders complete frames in a fraction of the time, allowing you to carry on with other things.

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The Cinema 4D training site Cineversity has just relaunched their website.

With a fresh face and the world of tutorials and resources for Cinema 4D, this site is guaranteed to spark new ideas and further anyone’s career in C4D.

Be sure to check it out and bookmark it as your number 1 Cinema 4D resource.

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David Drayton (neosushi) has just launched The 99 Frames – Social Animation Project.

The aim of the project is for designers to explore and enjoy the new Cinema 4D R13 features through 99 frames of animation, no matter which skill level you have. Aimed at all levels of designers it focuses on having fun, learning and sharing your work with the world.

Nick Campbell from Greyscale Gorilla has just released the much anticipated City Kit Version 1.2 for Cinema 4D today. This is a revolutionary update to the original version with the inclusion of the “Shape City” rig which allows you to place a city on any shape creating city-scapes never imagines in real life.

The plugin has been optimised for R13 but will still work well in versions R11 and up. v1.2 also features a new “Blue Sky” lighting preset and the new City Shape Presets that are ready-to-render versions of the new City Shape rigs.

For those of you who purchase the original version, expect  an email with a link to get the new version. Of course, all future customers of the City Kit will automatically get the new version starting today.

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The day many have been waiting for is here. Maxon has released it’s new version of Cinema 4D comprising of completely new character tools, integrated 3D stereoscopic support, physical rendering and much more. It’s a revolution in the 3D world and and it’s going to be interesting to see so many more 3d artists that use other software moving over to Cinema 4D.

Order your package today to take advantage of all the great features. Or convince yourself by downloading a demo version and getting to know CINEMA 4D’s easy usability, fantastic speed and professional results!