I recently completed a tutorial for the Maxon’s You Tube channel. It goes into quite a bit of detail, so for that reason it is split into 4 parts.

Something you might be interested in?

I’ve copied some of the blurb from the You Tube page here so you get an idea of what I cover in the tutorial. If you want to check it out then please visit the Maxon You Tube channel.

In this tutorial, Tim Clapham from Luxx takes you step by step through the process of creating a Motion Graphics animation with CINEMA 4D.

Working with Release 13, Tim covers several of the newer features such as the XRef object and the new Physical Renderer. However, throughout the process, options are presented to enable users of versions prior to Release 13 to complete the tutorial.

You can view the first section here, but why not visit Maxon’s channel and you can watch the other sections and also check out some other great videos.

If you ever wanted to work with high and low resolution models in Cinema4D then this tip should come in handy.

Using the Instance Object combined with a simple Xpresso setup, this shows you how to create an object that allows you to work with a low polygon model and then swap this out for a high polygon version whenever you need to render or preview the final result.

This technique will keep your workflow streamlined, and allow you to perform tasks such as dynamics simulation and caching without the overhead of polygon heavy scenes. Once the caching is complete, you can switch out the object for the detailed version and render away.

Once created, this simple object will become a vital part of your Cinema4D library. You’ll never know how you worked without it!

Kudos to Kai Pederson who originally showed me this trick.

For more in depth and detailed tutorials, check out the Learn Dynamics for Cinema4D training collection. Over 10 hours of intensive training for working with Cinema4D and Dynamics. Available to purchase online here

In this tutorial I demonstrate a technique that allows you to create a sticky type effect with your dynamic simulations in Cinema4D.

By using the Force object in combination with Step Falloff you can create a setup where the objects stick together depending on the force applied.

Check out the tutorial below, or watch it on Vimeo.

You can download the scene file here.

A new collection of training for Cinema4D R12 will soon be available.

This teaser shows an example of the content that is covered in the tutorials.

I was asked about the Modify Clone parameter that is available on many of the effectors.  I made a real simple file that shows the parameter in use and thought I’d share it here.

The Modify Clone parameter

If you have several objects under a cloner and the cloner is set to something other than cluster, then the modify clone parameter will determine which clones are displayed in the editor and rendered.

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It has been a busy few months since the doors closed over at Hypa HQ and my new company Luxx was born.

The new Luxx website has finally gone online. There’s an eclectic mix of projects that I’ve been part of over the years, and a few more pieces in the pipeline right now that will be added when they go live.

Luxx Site

Those of you familiar with the work I’ve been involved with over the years will probably recognise some from the projects realised at HYPA. A huge thanks to Mark Allin for all the work that we created together over the years as HYPA.tv and best of luck to Mark with his new ventures at 2020x.

There are also a few projects that I worked on as part of the team at Umeric. Fantastic bunch of really talented people and an absolute pleasure to be invited to join them on that creative rollercoaster! Ash Bolland is an incredibly talented guy and if you are not familiar with the work he has directed then be sure to check out the Umeric website.

Thanks for all the support to everyone that visits helloluxx. I know I’ve been a little bit slack with the updates over the last month or so. Now the Luxx website has finally gone live, I’m sure I can rustle up some posts to keep helloluxx as active as I’d like it to be!

For more information and to purchase this comprehensive collection of Cinema4D tutorials please visit Motionworks

Here is the final teaser for Making It Look Great 7 – MoGraph Unleashed.

Making It Look Great 7 – Flourish from Tim Clapham on Vimeo.

Not long now…

Making It Look Great 7 – Coming Real Soon!

Thanks to Selcuk Can Guven for the sound design.

Making It Look Great 7 – MoCap from Tim Clapham on Vimeo.

Making It Look Great 7 – Coming Soon

Thanks to Selcuk Can Guven for the sound design.

Making It Look Great 7 – Flocking from Tim Clapham on Vimeo.