
By completing these activities, you will be able to master the powerful capabilities Cinema 4D. This book contains practice activities which you are highly encouraged to complete and gain confidence for real-world projects. Practicing is one of the best ways to improve skills. Hands-on exercises in this book instruct users how things can be done in Cinema 4D R20 step-by-step. The first page of the every unit summarizes the topics that will be covered in the unit. It avoids any jargon and explains concepts and techniques in an easy-to-understand manner.

This book is aimed to be a solid teaching resource for learning modeling with Cinema 4D R20. This book shares tips, tricks, notes, and cautions throughout, that will help you become a better Cinema 4D artist and you will be able to speed up your workflow.

This book also covers Cinema 4D’s OpenVDB-based Volume Builder and Volume Mesher functions that allow you to create complex models by adding and subtracting basic shapes in boolean-type operations. This book will help you to get started with modeling in Cinema 4D, you will learn important concepts and techniques about 3D modeling which you can utilize to create hard-surfaced objects for your projects. This guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to Cinema 4D. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.The MAXON Cinema 4D R20: Modeling Essentials textbook walks you through every step of creating 3D models with Cinema 4D R20. When you have completed this computer training course for Maxon Cinema 4D, you will understand the tools and techniques available to you for creating, animating and rendering 3D models with this software. This video based tutorial also covers rendering your models and a chapter on using Mograph, then concludes with a project to build a model of a robot. You will be taught how to utilize lighting, add textures to your models, and animate them. You will learn what Nurbs are, how to create basic 3D components using The Knife, Bevel, Bridge and other Cinema 4D tools. Once you have learned the basics, this course jumps right into teaching you how to create 3D objects using Splines, extrusion, sweeping and lathing.

You will start out with a tour of the interface and lessons on understanding what 3D objects are.

He uses this real-world experience to show you how to actually use Cinema 4D for your day to day 3D modeling needs. Chris is an educator and also uses Cinema 4D for his business, creating graphics solutions for TV, film and businesses. This video based Maxon Cinema 4D R14 training course from Infinite Skills teaches you the basic tools you will need to create 3D models in this software.
