Cinema 4d mega_basics lesson 1

[JohnButtonful]

This has to be the most comprehensive video tutorial covering C4D I have seen so far.

[JEssIebhoi]

your videos really helped me a lot man! hope to see more videos

[elimuza]

oh, this is just perfect! thanks a lot, love u, man!

[RTF51]

Thanks nice job

[MOXWELLDIAMOND]

Make more! very helpful!

[flower2thetower]

You funny.



[gerwas112233]

thx dude this video real helped me kinda newbie :D

[gerwas112233]

thx dude this vid real helped me kinda newbie :D

[mrconcept]

really good thanks, prefer these to the longer ones you do to start out with, although they are good too, more please.

[8961291]

Wow this is so much userfriendly than 3ds.

When i started using 3ds, migrating from blender, i was totally lost.

For example merging is called colapse, and to extrude polys you need to go into a rather hidden "vertex mode".

[123bobbob111]

Cool, I have been using C4D for 6 months now and I have picked up a couple of things that will make using C4D a little easier now... Thanks :)

[stg2lgcy00]

Thanks man, very helpful to get started!

[lordcedrik4]

what is the option key??? :P

[oPiLoTzz]

@lordcedrik4 its only on macs if ur using a pc its alt or ctrl

[eArtrash]

more please

[bongobl]

thanks

but how do you do the simple animation of just making an object disappear?

for example, from frame 0-6, the object is there in the scene. But after frame 6, the object is gone (not just unseen by camera) but completely gone, all tags, gone, "vanished"?

[ManamoPrime]

@bongobl You Key frame the object there at frame 0 to the desired frame say frame 30, then make a key frame at frame 30 and then move the object out of the camera's vision. then play. if you don't know how to key frame its the small red button next to the time line that has a key inside.  Good Luck.

[ManamoPrime]

@bongobl sorry yeah in that post I explained how to make it unseen by the camera sorry another thing you can do is go to the objects "Object" menu and then set the size X,Y,Z to 0 but do a keyframe with it at the desired size then right next to that keyframe keyframe it with zero, and it will seem to instantly vanish.

[dougieladd]

Very good...thanks...more please :o)

[Abckagen]

Oh got everything :D Awesome !! You helped me alot!

[graffickattackDOTcom]

Hey great basic tutorial! I've subscribed to learn more,

[armzt]

mdotstrange........this is by far the best tutorial i have ever come across.....thanx for ur help.

[TVterroristdelux]

Wow! I got this program last week. And have found most features. But this video has made things so much easier. Thanks!

God Bless Youtube!

[videopray]

FUUU, I dled 3ds max.

[shagr14]

3ds Max isn't a beginner program, good luck. I love the people who downlaod a 3d app and expect to be godly in a week. Learn a package or better yet GO TO SCHOOL.  MDOT thanks for the tut's man keep it up, Any clue if Renderman works with C4d?

[FinallyFeelFree]

HEY!! MDOT!! How much does this program cost!??! thanx

[dimebagderral]

close to $1000 but its free if you torrent

[ultamentdark]

that was amazingly helpfull

[score2000claxon1]

great vid, helped me alot with getting started, but what does he say at 9:05? which key?

[cryness]

"and then press V.."

nice tutorial GJ

[Arumeaz369]

Great tutorial! Thx for the advice! Hope to see more!!! :)

[henk181]

Thanks, Saves me al lot of time!!!!

[aDigitalThinker]

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge ☺ You have really helped me get to grips with Cinema 4D. I use to use iClone but felt I was cheating. lol

You have quite a talent for communicating with your audience, as I now can use C4D. Keep up the good work. 5 Stars from me.

[brandonphoenix]

Thanks...I can't figure out how to connect or join text to objects especially following curves or text along a bend (eg. text around a sphere or cylinder)...could you do a tutorial on that please? Thanks again!

~Brandon~

[maddmann]

thank you

do some more

[betadeckcontrol]

Thank you for a few things:

Having audio that we can actually hear without cranking up my speakers at level 10. Or for that matter actually having audio!

Zooming up so we can actually see what you are doing and what buttons you are pressing.

Speaking like a normal person, as opposed to a socially inept computer junky, in contrast to many other youtube retards out there.

Using good compression practices so we get little artifacting so we can actually see what's going on.

[h4xol2]

I cant make it editable...

[404source]

lol select ur object in the objets panel, then press C key... Or right click on your object in the object panel and 'make it editable' ;)

[nickspm]

Fantastic videos. You're an excellent teacher. Now drop everything else and start making some more of them. LOL!

I wish you would show how to build a basic car frame using blueprints. I tried to make an old VW bug - but it ended up looking sort of like a duck that had been hit by a semi.

Nice job. Thanks!

[octavenoize]

Cheers mate.

This tutorial was exactly what i needed, gave me a great kick start to Cinema 4D. I'm now going to watch your 2nd one.

Good job!

[LanaLuther]

This was extremely helpful! Very quick, basic, and very useful.

[harrygamer]

my scale tool wont work

[bgnalm]

this is great and easy!!

(i knew most of the things after a week) and this is 12 minutes!!!

[johnmwahl]

This is AWESOME!!! I have seen a lot of tutorials and you do a great job of explaining things. This has help me a lot. Do you have a website with these and more tutorials?

John

[thoraxtofu]

is this a more powerfull modling program than 3ds max. Or does it at least hold its own?

[mdotstrange]

I've never used Max...just Maya, Lightwave, Modo and Blender... for my tastes I like C4d... All these apps are great though its just about which one you feel most comfortable in... AND a good artist will make good models no matter that app he/she is using... We tend to focus on the tools too much and forgot the most important element... the person using them.

[LegendUnderhill]

Thank you so much Mdot, I can't wait to get my hands on this program now. Please make more tuts!!! Or if you can't think of any ideas, I'll e-mail you with questions when I get them after getting the program

[Hits0005]

n1,

i never ever used c4d , i alwaays normally use flash tbh, so. basically i will dl night so yeh, thx, good guide thx !!! :D

[Elcesa]

this is great! I already tried C4D out, but no one ever explained the basics to me that clearly. Would've saved me a lot of work and frustration about the software not working the way I wanted if I had watched this earlier xD

[CaptainMooMoo]

Niiiiice.

I have Google Sketchup, and this reminds me of it, but I guess it's kinda like the basics of all 3d programs. But this is really cool. I totally want it haha

[twistyboi]

can u import pictures, and how long is the trial for? thnx!!!!! XD

[DoomGenerationP]

This is very helpful. Please make more!!

[magicalgoats]

Cool, I might give 3D another go and download Cinema 4d. Good tut

[AroeAnimator]

i love getting feedz so i know when this happens :D

[CorgyX]

Yes, I want more.

I mean, sorry, MORE!

This stuff is crazy helpful. You teach in a style that I can easily understand.

[PhyloFilms]

This is very useful! Thanks much!

[WaterBottleAddiction]

more more more!! WE WAN'T MORE OF THIS !!<3

awesome:D

[Blomvik]

more more more!

[stuffedk]

Hello mdotstrange, you are super c00l!

What I would really love to see from you is how to make things look cool. Do a tutorial on how to create awesomeness using aftereffects, clipping, lights, rendering or however you do it!

L0v3 m0m

[enhanceUK]

Thanks Mdot very helpful.

[bell02]

I've heard of Cinema 4D before, it seems pretty nice, but I ignored it because it seemed like it wasn't made for use outside of movies. (Is that true?)

It definitely seems nice, something worth it for me to check out more into.

[triumvirate]

This answers all of the little questions I had about C4D and then some. Do you use Z Brush still?

[frankdux2007]

Great stuff, thanks. I would sure like to see more. By the way: What's the name of the tool you record these videos with?

Greets from G3rm4ny

[09m]

hahah vegertarion face, lol.