25+ Cinema 4D Tutorials for Spectacular Animations
Cinema 4D is a high-end 3D graphics application capable of procedural and polygonal modeling, animating, lighting, texturing, and rendering. Its easy to use interface has gained popularity among film and motion graphic artists.
There are many things you can do using its endless features. You need to discover them and decide how to use them in new and innovative ways to create the creative, beautiful and realistic 3D Graphics. In this article, we look at Cinema 4D as one of the best tools for designers to create realistic objects, 3D models and animation.
Below you’ll find over 25 Cinema 4D tutorials and animations that teach you how to create beautiful realistic objects and 3D models.
1. How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D
In this tutorial you will walk through steps to bring alive the word “collide.”
First you will create 3d text in Cinema 4d. Then create an explosion using displacement maps and exploding 3 different copies of your pyramid. The most challenging part of this is getting the displacement the way you like it. Experiment with different patterns and different projection methods for the material.
2. 3D Abstract Tentacle
Tutorial on how to make tentacles using cinema 4D
3. Create 3D objects in Cinema 4D from vector art
This is a video tutorial on taking vector art and importing it into Cinema 4D to create a 3D object that can be animated, textured, and manipulated in 3D space.
4. Making of Super Snail
This work is fully modeled and rendered in Cinema 4D, Bodypaint and Photoshop.
5. How i do my Materials
Learn how to create your materials like the ones in this amazing tutorial.
6. 3D Toys Animation
Learn the animation basics and looping in Cinema 4D.
7. Fire & Smoke Animation
Smoke and Fire is one of those things that can be modelled in numerous ways to achieve a desired result. This tutorial shows you one of those ways, using a Particle Emitter and PyroCluster to achieve a smokey fire.
8. Ghosting
Ghosting, also known as onion-skinning, is a technique from traditional 2D animation which allows you to analyze a series of frames of animated objects before and after the frame you are currently viewing.
9. How to Make an Icon in 3D Using Cinema 4D
A nice tutorial on how to make a 3D icon in Cinema 4D and then how to get that art into a usable working .ico resource.
10. Creating a ball bearing using arrays
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a ball bearing using an Array Object. You will also learn about the use of the Taper object, Fillet option and Bevel function
11. Modeling a car using blueprints
In this tutorial you will learn how to model a car using blueprints, points and the bridge tool
12. Tutorial-C4D-Array Lighting
A nice lighting effect.
13. Simple Pen in Cinema 4D
This tutorial is going to show you how to create a simple pen. The colours on the materials can be changed to your own choice.
14. Gravity Tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to make a ball bounce using Dynamics in Cinema 4D
15. Making an hourglass
This tutorial will teach you to make a great sandglass, which you can use for plenty of purposes.
16. Basic introduction to Cinema 4D
17. On/Off Switch
Enable or disable multiple objects at with one click. Increase viewport speed and animation playback.
18. Modeling a Zebra
Here’s the Zebra 3D modeling tutorial for Cinema 4D. And the Great thing is, you can download his 3D model for FREE !
19. The “UV-Map Dirtmap Baker” Tutorial
An interesting handy tutorial covering the following topics: How to get a “clean” UV – Map?, How to calculate a Dirt – Map?, How to work with Baker?
20. Cinema 4d Materials Tutorial
21. Xtreme C4D tutorial
An advanced cinema 4d tutorial.
22. Creating A Car Tyre
Learn how to create a car tyre in a realistic way.
Cinema 4D Video Animation
23. Water in glass animation in Cinema 4d
Nice animation with c4d, using splines, lathe-nurbs ,primitives and some light.
24. Water made in cinema 4d
25. Cinema 4D (Logo Animation)
26. Cinema 4d animation
27. Cinema 4D Renders
wow! this is freak’n hot! awesome!
now i have an idea how this beautiful 3D animations are done. thanks for the information.
some great tuts of C 4D served=)thanks for the list
Ronald
Waiting for 3ds Max / Maya tutorials :-“
Thanks for this, looking forward to getting back into this app.
Wow! I’m looking tutorials for cinema 4d. Please more links on this type. Tutorials: modeling house, flat, more 3d text in cinema 4d.
#16 is in Spanish i think….
WOW. Those tutorials are awesome. Thanks for the links :D
Oh, I’ll learn 4D Cinemas after 3dsMAX, amazing tutorials..:)
Amazing tutorials…tks.
I really liked that first 4d text one – it looks really awesome and really stands out
Great article! Yet, another amazing tutorial.. Thanks!
good tuts. thanks for sharing..
This is really good and very useful!
Amy
http://www.wan2design.co.uk
Awesome links, just one Q: 3Ds Max to follow?
Wow this is a great list. Will certainly be using some of these for upcoming projects.
useful tutorials, I love C4D:))
must try this tutorial
Great tutos, thanks
Dear Sir, I would like to ask you a question-I’am an absolute beginner at Cinema 4D.Would you please advise me of a tutorial that will give me: at the least, a crash course in using Cinema 4D? Thank You
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WONDERFUL WORK . Well explained.. may God bless you all
Oh, great! Amusement Simulator is a good choise for 4d cinema!
Hi, thanks for your blog and thanks for the C4D tutorial collection. I have some tutorial in my blog as well, if you want to add it in the next round up.
I have some simple polygon modeling and Hyper NURBS and some MoGraph animation, and trying to add to it weekly.
http://www.4dfrog.com/category/tutorials/
great roundup. I just got a new tutorial for c4D and mograph up at http://www.ispeakinpictures.com reforming 3d text from a swarm of smaller particles.
cheers
Kieran
ISIP
Good tutorial. I’ve searching all over for a simple to follow explanation for handling php arrays.
Hi guys am an aspiring 3d artist in ghana.and i need ebuks and tutorials on cinema4d and 3d max.any1 can help by mailing it to me at prymshaka@yahoo.com. Am desperate.thanks
I like your reviews thx u very much
Going to see Boys Noize Tonight. Its gonna be a night to remember. There playing with Simon Posford. Then next weekend ill be seeing Antoine Clamaran. really good nights ahead
I saw that movie online for free in cinema, it was the best thing that you can imagine.
I’m having a problem with seeing your site clearly through the newest release of Opera. Looks good in Explorer 7 and Firefox though.Hope you have a wonderful day.
A Huge thank you for these tutorials. Without lists like this we would face an impossible task of finding great tutorials like these!
I enjoy your blog. I have added it to my favorite bookmarks and subscribed in a reader.
Looking forward to reading more posts by you.
I have some good web tutorials on http://www.webtutorials.me
Thanks.
Thanks for this tutorial
Articles like this are an example of quick, heplful answers.
Awesome tutorials. Thanks.
This is what I’ve made so far:
http://web.me.com/bradavison/Mac_Wallpaper/Wallpaper.html
good tuts. thanks for sharing ( Special Thanx ) :)
I love your tuts! please make a tutorial on how to model! your so good at it id like to see you doing it in action!
Thanks for this tutorial
Hey thanks for these tutorials, just downloaded c4d needed something to get started, thanks :)
Very nice collection…i’m grateful.
Very nice collection……………………..i like it soo much…..i hope you will add more collections…
cool, thanks alot!
Very nice collection, Thanks