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Today, I run through the basics of setting up a scene in Cinema 4D and rendering an image. We are gonna make this abstract sphere scene above using HDR lighting, The Mograph module, and Global Illumination.

Download the HDR Map and C4D Project file at my Blog : greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/03/16/intro-to-cinema-4d-tutorial

Layout from - hypa.tv/hypablog/

Thanks to Chad Ashley for the HDRI Map.

More Tutorials From Greyscalegorilla: greyscalegorilla.com/blog/category/tutorials/

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EightyEight 9 months ago

Balls,

HDR makes everything look pretty!
Krystian Morgan 9 months ago

Great tutorial Nick,

I downloaded the demo of Cinema 4d the other day and wasn't able to figure out much with it on my own, i learned Maya in uni but wasn't fussed on it so have been using blender as it's the only one i can afford at the moment :)
AENY 9 months ago

nice one Nick ..
Nick Campbell 9 months ago

Hi AENY! Thanks for commenting. More to come for SURE!
AENY 9 months ago

hypa.tv/hypablog/ here is Tims blog link mentioned .
Nick Campbell 9 months ago

Oh yea, Thanks guys Just added it.
SomeofmyWork™ 9 months ago

Good stuff. Been following Tim's tutorials on FXPHD just now, priceless stuff!

You know about Chris Smith's CS Tools?
circlesofdelusion.blogspot.com/2007/09/cstools-full-docs.html

Would love to see more tutorials on implementing these alongside Mograph. Currently playing with them and a coffee bean!
Nick Campbell 9 months ago

CS tools are awesome. I should do a cast about them. Hmmmmmmm.......?
Acrossma 9 months ago

Holy crap finally somebody did it, thank you soooooooo mcuh for this tutorial i've been lookin for one like this for a while keep it up you are doing a great job :)
eladbari 9 months ago

Theres Not alot of Tutorials and intro's to C4D so Bless you for creating this one, buddy! :D
I basically wanna try C4D because ive heard it is so much more intuitive than other softwares. Getting a final Render like this out of Maya or 3Ds Max is such a burden!
Dominic Constantine 9 months ago

Hey Nick, awesome tutorial. Is advanced render (I think you mentioned it at the beginning of this tut) the reason I am not able to access render settings and turn off the auto light? Thanks.
bugrilhos 8 months ago

Awesome man!!
creon 8 months ago

Thank you. Great tutorial.
creon 8 months ago

@ 3:52 you explain adding the EXR texture.
Works in C4D v.10
When adding this texture to C4D v.11
you just get a red outline in the material editor ?

For some reason its not possible to ad EXR to v.11 this way?

Any idea.

thx
iureart 8 months ago

hey man that's a cool tutorial, i'm learning xsi sofimage in school for about 6 months or sommeting and it is realy realy fuc**** hard to get this kind of ilumination...i think after graduate i'm going to change for cinema 4d because it's mor simple and one cool tool for motion graphics....
regards
fatihsuat 8 months ago

Nice tutorial bro. thnx..
Pedro Damian Kostelec 7 months ago

I love those c4d tutorials. It's the first time ever i do something with c4d and i just love the result. If i had some more time i would play with it more.
flickr.com/photos/24197951@N04/3504082814/sizes/l/
Navarro Parker 7 months ago

Thanks for posting the HDR image. It's rul purdy!
sugizo1023 7 months ago

cool
alex 6 months ago

nick you rock....i like your style....:-)
Kenichi 6 months ago

This tutorial is so helpful, thank you Nick!
Cinema 4D isn't popular here in Japan, so it's tough to find nice websites and tutorial like this...
Yannick Bontinckx 6 months ago

Nice tutorial!
Using boxes instead of spheres turns out to produce less interesting reflections..

Anyone knows why? Is it because of the flat surfaces of a box?

(my version: farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3640433247_ac267c9d91_b.jpg )
Dmitry Futoryan 5 months ago

Great tutorial! I've been looking for an "intro" tutorial to Cinema 4D, and this one is superb.

This is what I came up with after watching this tutorial:
idmalabs.deviantart.com/art/Spheres-128113394
Franco Bertoncini Andrade 4 months ago

GREAT tut buddy, so easy, simple, and great result.
This is the first time using the C4D for me, it's better than anyother 3d program for beginners.
James Rickards 3 months ago

Why is it when i add the Sky material it does not show in the material editor and the actual sky? Its definity the RIGHT material....I just get a white orb and when i goto render the scene it just comes up with TEXTURE ERROR? help?
James Rickards 3 months ago

I had to use a .Hdr instead! WIN get some .exr and hdr images here! gl.ict.usc.edu/Data/HighResProbes/
diZ 2 months ago

Thanks a lot Nick, you're my hero ! ahha.
Chris Blau 1 month ago

Awesome - given me something to do besides homework!
Rob Pilichowski 1 month ago

Great tutorial. Does anyone how to get the HDRI look on the objects only without it being on the sky background? I'm looking for a clean simple background that the objects are set in...
Stephan van den Brink 22 days ago

Thanks for sharing this tutorial. Nice and clear voice and good to follow :)