Cinema 4D Tutorial - Modeling a MP3 Player - Part 1

[Tob3ster97]

@SynflexArts same

[ShepperdOneill]

@SynflexArts Can you send me a screen shot?

[xBLiiTZz13]

Your so Crap. Worst Tutorial maker. Ever.

[ShepperdOneill]

@xBLiiTZz13 You're either joking, or a troll. So ill just leave your comment here to see what others have to say.

[DylnCox]

@xBLiiTZz13 You're an idiot.

[ronaldojw2]

@xBLiiTZz13 

[TeraJon]

Is there any other way to subdivide a mesh in addition to hyperNURBS and knife tool? Something like a grid knife tool or a subdivide fuction when you create a simple object (cube, torus)......and thanks, your tutorial already helped me a lot!

[ShepperdOneill]

@TeraJon Yes, in R13 go to Mesh - Commands - Subdivide. In R11.5, go to Functions - Subdivide

[TeraJon]

@ShepperdOneill thanks ;)

[22Fergalo]

At 5:05 when I go to extrude inner I'm having a problem that it applies the rule to the top left square of the model as well around the entire selection. I have the max angle set to 90*. Can anyone help?

[ShepperdOneill]

@22Fergalo Try increasing the angle further to 105* or higher.

[ShepperdOneill]

@RaGamingUK I'll have more tutorials coming soon. I have to get a new mic. As far as plugins, the ones I use the most are xplode, lumen, CD Character Tools, TFD, ReeperX, edgesweep, and the realflow plugin.

[ShepperdOneill]

@RaGamingUK Thats rather odd. Can you provide a screen shot?

[maxtheboard1]

im a begginer on the modeling thing got anything for bigginers(bad english sorry)

[superspy1401]

The dislike bar is the size of Justin Bieber's penis.

[IGMSItoX]

Lol this guy sounds like kipkay

[ImQrazy]

LOL apple copied this :L this was made before iphone 4 lollol

[LoneWolfSpike]

How do you choose to only view the line segments? Cinema4D is showing me a grid basically as well as the line segments

[ShepperdOneill]

@LoneWolfSpike Im not sure if I understand your question. Is there a certain part of the vid that you're referring too?

[LoneWolfSpike]

@ShepperdOneill Basically there are multiple lines (that do not refer to any specific points on the object) call them gradient lines i suppose as they show the gradient (curves) of the object. I have noticed they are only view able when the object is under the influence of the "hyper nurb", is there any way to turn them off as they are hard to differentiate between the polygon lines

[ShepperdOneill]

@LoneWolfSpike It sounds like you are in isoline editing mode. Try pressing alt+a on the keyboard and that should change the mode.

[LoneWolfSpike]

@ShepperdOneill That did the trick, thanks for the great tutorial and help, subbed

[ShepperdOneill]

@LoneWolfSpike No problem.  :)

[AlignArts]

@LoneWolfSpike Mines doing same.. so i cannot make the rear and front part of the case thing. it just messes up. i need to select the grid from which the segment lines create. and it does not appar after I make it an editable poly

[LoneWolfSpike]

@AlignArts as shepperdoneill said press alt+a on the keyboard should fix it up

[vercetty1000]

at 7:38 my corners don't want to extrude there remains at the same can you help me??

[ShepperdOneill]

@vercetty1000 Set the maximum angle to 90* or higher. Mine was set to 125.

[SaTSniper5k]

2 years and no dislikes?

[xTheRobotGamerx]

The dick who disliked because of this comment :P

[SaTSniper5k]

@xTheRobotGamerx lol you area dick XD

[Rabuco1]

@SaTSniper5k someone trolled and made 1 dislike D:

[uhownow]

your videos really help me a lot!! thank you!!

[derekroolz]

4:23 Fridge tutorial?

[alexander4488]

2:50 - When I go to point mode the box around the MP3 Player disappears. Why?

[sellphotohi2punctro]

@alexander4488

I got the same problem!ow to fix it?!

[egiptpyramid]

Hi! Thanks for the tutorial!!! :D It's very clear and easy to follow!!

[BnBGobo]

Thanks for the tutorial. I'm a Blender user, but you've described the tools and their functions in such a clear way that it'll make it easier to replicate the process in Blender. ::thumbs up::

[aeromina]

greaaaaaaat tutorial , THANK YOU ! keep it up :-)

[pally320]

srry ment to say extrude was 125 lol threw me off there

[pally320]

well took me a while and almost posted a question about how you did the corners at 7:05 but i looked at your maximum angle for "extrude inner" & "extrude" when i noticed it was different lol. didnt know i needed to set them to 115

[sinje]

Thanks! Hoped to see more coming!

[ShepperdOneill]

@TeamHysteria360 Im not sure what the issue is. Perhaps if you take a screen shot of the problem, I might be able to help further.

[jasonjacobo]

hy thanks for the tutorial, but at 7:29 when i do the extrude inner and the extrude i can't do that, please help me, when i do it is like horns are growing..sorry for my english

[ShepperdOneill]

@jasonjacobo You need to set the maximum angle for the extrude and inner extrude tools to 90° or higher. By default, they are set to 89°.

[3Mever]

use Alt+LClick to rotate ,Alt+ RClick to zoom,Alt+MouseWheel to move. if u find this useful send me a message.good tutorial .Thanx

[ShepperdOneill]

@3Mever Yep. I use that method as well. For this tutorial I was just using the viewport buttons.

[Jokerofskyarchy]

Yes I'm having problems with The making the ring around it part(7:30) The corners of the poly keep trying to make their own shape when I inner extrude and then extrude. any ideas?

[ShepperdOneill]

@Jokerofskyarchy If im understanding you correctly, you need to set the angle to 90° or higher for the inner extrude tool. By default its set to 89°.

[Jokerofskyarchy]

@ShepperdOneill ohhhh that makes sense thank you so much man. I was trying to do this at 2 this morning and being tired didn't help me very much. Thanks again.

♥♪

[ShepperdOneill]

@Jokerofskyarchy You're welcome... and be aware that you may need to do the same thing with the extrude tool as well. Its angle is set to 89° as well by default.

[Jokerofskyarchy]

@ShepperdOneill Fantastic I set them to 115 because that was what my inner extrude was at and it worked perfectly

thanks

[dzhitler]

that's realy cool

thanks for the tut

[lureyourkidsinvan]

What your tutorial does well that 90% of other tutorials don't do well is you keep the pace and flow good and moving. You don't overexplain the obvious, don't studder have awkward pauses or spend time explaining things that everyone sees just by looking at what you're doing. Thank you for talking like a normal person and not a socially inept computer nerd and keeping the pace good as opposed to a 30 minute tutorial on how to construct a simple model.

[ShepperdOneill]

@lureyourkidsinvan Thanks!  Glad you liked it. :)

[chackmool7]

I want more tuts

jijij

[guitarussia]

Thanx Shepperd. I followed every tutorial you made and now I am able to create things pretty much independently. Thank you! :)

One small thing that I cannot figure out: When I switch to any other view like the front view or the side view, all the objects are only seen in wireframe. In 3D view the object is solid. It's not a big problem at all but I just want to know how to switch from wireframe so I can see the solid object. Thank you

[ShepperdOneill]

You have to change the shading for each view. By default, the shading for the front, side, top and rear views are set to wireframe.

You can change it by clicking on "display" and choosing the mode you want to use.

[THEfriskyxcowboy]

4:20 Thats what she said ;)

[marctoro96]

WOW your good, thanks!

[mmaghfai]

thanks mate and please share some more. very helpful stuff

[xXShadowStorm9Xx]

When i go to turn it into a polygon it doesnt do the same thing as you o.O?

[ShepperdOneill]

What is it not doing? Are you going into point mode?

[najamxp]

very informative video for beginners like me........... thnx alot mate !

[ShepperdOneill]

You're welcome! Glad it helped.

[KusEmok666]

AMAZING!!! By far THE best C4D tutorial I've seen yet, and I'm eager to see the other parts (already downloading).

The absolute greatest part of the tutorial is how you go into the different tools, which we can go on to apply to other models. I know that personally, I now know how to use these various methods and techniques and tools for other applications.

Anyhow, THANK YOU! You have a serious knack for this. Maybe you can create a total training collection and sell it for cheap enough ;)

[ShepperdOneill]

You're very welcome! Glad it helped.

[Cybersib]

Hi! me again. Let me see if I can rephrase that. When I do the loop select, it selects completely around the object, but when I do an inner extrude, the outside corners come in (now like a large rectangle. The problem with this is that the corners are not extruded in the final extrusion. My object is not contained in a "box" as yours is on the video. Mine shows outlines of the actual object, and is not contained in a box like yours. Any ideas? BTW... I am on Mac, are you on PC?

[ShepperdOneill]

It sounds like you are working in isoline editing mode. Just hit alt+a... you said you are on a Mac, so it might be option+a.

Or just go to Tools ---> Use isoline editing.

[alexander4488]

@ShepperdOneill

THANK YOU! It was pissing the fucking hell out of me. I was like "where are you, you stupid box!"

[rarespa]

in the extrude inner options menu (right, under the objects) you have the "maximum angle" option. set it to 90* or more.

and disable isoline.

it will work

cheers

[Cybersib]

Hello my friend! Thank you for your excellent tutorial. I worked and worked and worked with it and got my little iPod looking just like yours until the end. When I tried to do the Inner Extrude (to make it look like it had a back plate and front plate, I noticed that my object is not contained in a wire "box" like yours. So what happens is that the inner extrude starts from the inside of the corners, leaving the final extrusion with corners that are not "countersunk". Does this make sense?

[bongobl]

for cinema 4d, to smooth something, just give it some fillit

[toumous]

Great video! I'm also new to C4D, and haven't done much 3D before.

I have one problem though, at appr. 3:27 when scaling those points upwards, I can't scale like you show on this video. I get 4 additional points wich doesn't scale as high as I would like. I get the same problem with it when I scale those in Y -axis. Can you help? Do I have some display options different from you or why does it do that?

Thank you

[McBoingTube]

Thank you so much for doing this 'polygon' modeling tutorial.

I can never seem to find a good, well explained video of step-by-step instruction for Cinema 4D. I have been struggling with polygon and Hypernurbs modeling for a while.

Please do more simple, common items. [example: a page that has some thickness and some natural looking curling. No page sits flat on a table]

[ShepperdOneill]

Glad it helped you.

I plan to make some more when I have the time.

[mattybock]

so many tutorials are sped up 2 minute clips, with no actually teaching, you slow down and speak clearly over what to do, THANK YOU!

i have autodesk 3ds max, but it's a little complex for my tastes, can you recommend a simple 3d animation software? i'm just making little cartoons.

[ShepperdOneill]

You're welcome!

The simplest 3D software ive used is Cinema 4D. It was what I first started with, and still use it today for work.

There are other more simpler (and free) 3D packages like Blender and Sketchup, but ive never used them before.

[hunktubes]

in fact, my 14 yr old son is the biggest fan of your movies... and he actually sucks in every detailed bit of info you give just by watching the movie once... what a miracle! I've learned the bits I know with Infini-D 15 years ago and I have to see your movies three times to grasp everything ;-)

[ShepperdOneill]

That is so cool!

Im glad that he is learning from them. :)

[hunktubes]

this is sooo great, thanks man, I wish you had time to do a hunderd of these

[ShepperdOneill]

You're welcome!

Just really busy with work right now. Dont have much time to make tutorials.

[richarddaking]

well... show us more!

[tricksta066]

Wow, great tutorial.

Ive only just started out on cinema 4d coming from max, its alot easier to understand.

The videos are crisp and easy to follow.

This is what people need haha.. do more!

[ryanswall]

Amazing tutorial man, thanks so much!

[artwdog]

Clear and concise, keep them coming.

Video looks great as well.

Very easy to understand.

[ShepperdOneill]

Thanks. I may make another one. Have to find some free time.

[SpEEdyRoby1]

nice