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New Cinema 4d r17
Few days are passed since maxon announced new upcoming release R17, and the community seems divided between who claims the new version with enthusiasm and who is a bit disappointed because no one of the “outdated” features are being updated. Which is you opinion about R17 version? We are almost starting our own test, at…

Octane 2.11 test
Hi Octane addicted! I want share with you this test because I was really surprised by the speed improvement that octane has in his last version. I made this image with a simple GTX 680 4gb, and after 5000 samples and 1hour and 07 minutes I has this result: I was not at all satisfied…

Reflectance Channel Tutorial Preview
It’s hard to explain how much I was impressed looking at new reflectance channel for the first time, and seeing how much simple is to understand how create realistic shaders, In the next tutorial i’ll try to explain the approach to reflectance channel but also how playing with Sub Surface Scattering and enhance them with…

Introducing C4DOME v2
Hi all, finally new C4DOME v2 is almost ready and the countdown is started, we will release the most powerful HDRI render plugin in few days with amazing new features, new custom library presets, new render preset with flickering free settings, a very handily interface to speed up your workflow and most important…. thinker to…

krakatoa for c4d
Thinkbox Software today announced that it has acquired code to bring its powerful particle renderer, Krakatoa, into MAXON’s CINEMA 4D modeling and animation software. Initial efforts to link the plug-in with CINEMA 4D were led by Ugly Kids artist Daniel Hennies, who collaborated with a developer to program a bridge to the stand-alone version of…

C4Dome more news
First of all thanks for the massive number of email you sent us to know more about our last product, today I want give you some info about incoming Plugin C4Dome: Many of you asked if the renderings we produced about c4dome are made with Vray… Absolutely not! Thanks but the answer is negative, c4dome…

Announcing New Plug-in: C4DOME
In the last months we worked hard to develope a new tool for cinema 4d, and today we are proud to tell you that the release date is near. Now we are focused on last testings and we will publish day by day some images to explain what the plugin does. Basically it’s a revolutionary…

The Arrival
Finally Vray 1.8 it’s arrived, with every features promised, with of the hope to be the best render engine for Cinema 4d. Yes guys, now your fantasy it’s the limit! Login and enjoy: http://www.forum.vrayforc4d.com/

VLE on Commercials!
Hi All guys, a lot of time is passed from the last post but I want assure you we have spent this time developing new tools, studying new techniques and… drinking special wines with friends….. Today i’m really proud to show you how adv industries has used Vray Lighting Essentials on their commercials! As you…

Cinema 4d R15!!!
MAXON today introduced CINEMA 4D Release 15 (R15) that redefines the 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting and rendering software workflow. The next-generation release of the widely-used 3D software platform reinforces the leadership MAXON has earned over the past 25 years by elevating the creative experience from project planning to content delivery, and is marked…

New Vray 1.8
Dear Users (that’s a copy / paste of the official Vray post), we are very happy to be able to announce the next big update on our render software called V-RAYforC4D 1.8 [V-Ray 2.45core], and give you more detailed information, so you know what is coming. it is the biggest update so far in V-RAYforC4D…

LON-LAT Connection Kit plugin review
Today we want talk to you about a new plugin for two reasons: the first is that this tool is really useful and the second is that the developer is Pim Groof and you’ll hear about him really soon…. Well let’s talk about this tool: This kit provides you with the tools to easily set…

Tokyo Skyscraper
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the creation of the district Roppongi Hills in Tokyo a graphic design studio rebuilt the city in 3D in scale 1:1000. Roppongi Hills is a neighborhood of offices, shops, restaurants, skyscrapers built by the Japanese tycoon Minoru Mori. At the center of this area was built the Mori Tower,…

Python programmer
Renderking team is enlarging his family, if you are able to program in python and you know well cinema 4d… we are searching for you. We required at least 2 years in programming and a good knowledge into cinema 4d. Clic here to contact us and talk to us about you.

Maxon + Adobe = Cineware
Everyday we see new tools, plugins, software for CGI and motiongrafic, and is not so simple to be impressed. But this time i have to confess that the work that Maxon and Adobe have made togheter is really amazing. No one could think that our forkflow could be revolutioned so deeper, i really think that…

Vray Lighting Essentials News4
Vray Lighting Essentials scene four: HARD LIGHT. Is not simple to me describe this scene because is one of my favourite, there are many features inside that i love and really I can’t wait to show you in the next upcoming tutorials of VLE, what i want to tell you is that you can’t imagine…

Vray Lighting Essentials News 3
Vray Lighting Essentials scene three: SEXY today another little news about our great tool, in this frame you can show a lot of things: the extreme realism of the rendering, the ability of customizing lights, camera and studio… But at the moment i don’t want reveal too much, there are many other secrets hidden inside…

Octane Render Test
Today I played around with this great render engine. Octane render is the best GPU unbiased physical corrected engine. It’s quite simple to use and the understanding curve it’s really good. It has an nodes interface as you can see on screeshot but the features that I prefer are others…… AUTO FOCUS Octane Real Camera…

Ocatane render is here!
Octane Render is the world’s first GPU based, un-biased, physically based renderer. And now is here! What does that mean? It uses the video card in your computer to render photorealistic results fast…really fast. Octane Render is a standalone application that doesn’t require a specific modeling package to function, BUT WORKS REALLY FINE WITH CINEMA…

vray texture pack v2 isn’t shit! Or not?….
Just another example about how amazing is this pack. Vray texture pack v.2 is not an upgrade of the first pack, it’s a new way to look at the materials, over 150 textures, all textures are 2k seamless!!! Many many many realistic procedural materials as exaple you can see on this post. Buying this pack…

VRAY TEXTURE PACK v2 NEWS
The countdown is started, we are fixing the last things before release the new VRAY TEXTURE PACK, i’m excited to show how many “crazy” materials we have created for you and allow you to push the realism higher. This image is just a taste of the quality of our texture….

Renderking on TV!
A great MTV’s London based agency email us to talk about our Vray materials and some copyrights requests. They also sent some pics of the promos they had produced, and allow us to share with you just few frames! Really fun: when i created some of these materials I was earing mtv on my studio…….

Thinking Particle Text Tutorial Preview
Hi all! This is the next upcoming tutorial, as you can see I like to play with Cinema 4d and typography, and this tutorial it’s really fun and helpful to create fantastic intros or text reveal! In this tutorial you’ll learn how to work with xpresso and thinking particle! Stay in touch!

Pillow War tutorial example
Tanks everybody for messages about last tutorial, we have made some shot to show you how apply Pillow War” Tutorial to text element: As you can see cloth nurbs explosion applied to text gives great results, enabling motion blur you can create fantastic and realistic explosion effects: In the example below we used ony one…

Pillow War Tutorial
This is the preview of our next tutorial, we’ll play with modelling, dynamics and cloths. This tutorial is not too difficult and really fun, but most important will allow you to know how to play with Cloth Nurbs and cloth tags! Stay in touch! [bar_info_box_2 buttontext=”I LIKE!” buttonurl=”http://www.facebook.com/renderking4d” text=”Do you like this tut? Click here!”…

C4D r14 news
New cinema 4D r14 seems to be really incredible, new features as sculpting and camera morphing bring our software to a new step! Look at this short video with some features. Personally I can’t wait to have! Stay tuned……

Cinema 4d r14
As Maxon announces the forthcoming release of Cinema 4D R14, 3D World technical editor and R14 beta tester Rob Redman offers his early assessment of the new features I’ve been a 3D artist for a long time now, ever since Lightwave on the Amiga and in that time I’ve come to rely more and more…

Element 3D test
This is my first Element 3D test, i need to learn a lot about this plugin, but i think that it has a great potential The first impression is the incredible velocity in rendering time, how many hours we need to have the same rendering using vray? Obviously with cinema 4d we can create great…

Element 3d review
Finally we have bought Element 3D and starting use it to make some tricks in our movies. First look was very impressive, infact as always interface is amazing, really simple to understand. I really think that this plugin will be a real revolution of 3D and Compositing workflow. In this years we have made hundreds…

Element 3D
3d element is coming. Every time I see a new product by Andrew Kramer seems to return a child when I saw a speeding Ferrari Testarossa in the streets of my city … The first few minutes I remained impressed and astonished, I tried to find fault in detail and not found anything, everything…

Spot Martini Color Correction
Some days ago a great friend of mine, Jan Van Den Bossche, ask me to make a cloudy color correction for new Martini Spot. It was a great opportunity and a very crazy thing, he provided sunny color and original footage. I made a solid tracking, sky matte compositing, a cloudy color correction and finally…

Back in Action v.2
Hello everyone, after some time of hard work and developing, we are back with lots of news that we will reveal in the next days. What you see is the new version of renderking, more devoted to the exchange of information, with a new shop, new products (many more will come ….) and especially a…

BIG NEWS FROM MAXON
ENGLISH With great joy and pride, we are able to announce significant new reveal from day to day. The first important and that fills us with pride, is that MAXON has deemed worthy to be accommodated within its official website. http://www.maxon.net/en/support/maxon-related-web-links.html This does not happen every day and the news made ??us happy, the recent…

Phisical Rendering tutorial preview
Cinema 4D r 13 è arrivato! E gli rendiamo omaggio realizzando un primo tutorial, proprio su una delle sue principali funzioni… Il rendering fisico. In questo primo tutorial vedremo le funzioni base, impareremo come usarlo e quali sono le logiche del suo fuzionamento. Già dai primi tentativi vedrete significative differenze con la Global illumination, ciò…

New Arrivals at Renderking.it
New arrivals at renderking. As promised renderking widens his family by opening the doors to two new friends. Our commitment to research and development has led us to know, appreciate and work with Alex Van Dine and Ali Faisal. Alex Vand Dyne He lives in California, is a great programmer and will develop new plugins….

After Effects Extrusion Depth
Quante volte siamo impazziti per realizzare un testo in 3D all’interno di After Effects? Quante ore perse nel duplicare e spostare di pochi pixel livelli su livelli? E quante altre nel calibrare l’estrusione dell’effetto shatter per poi avere risultati discutibili? Presto tutto questo potrebbe esssere un ricordo se quello che è stato annunciato al SIGGRAPH…

Cinema 4d r13
Motore di Rendering Nuovo e Migliorato Gli artisti digitali sono costantemente impegnati per migliorare la qualità delle loro immagini. Questa nuova versione fornisce agli utenti di CINEMA 4D un insieme di nuovi strumenti indispensabili per ottenere il grado di realismo ricercato. Rendering Fisicamente Accurato La creazione di immagini fotorealistiche è resa molto più semplice grazie…

Python vs Octopus
Navigando ho scoperto questa progetto scaricabile gratuitamente per cinema 4D. È realizzato con Python un linguaggio di programmazione per sviluppare risorse per cinema. Python è un mondo riservato solo a coloro i quali hanno dimestichezza con la programmazione pura, ma questa risorsa free per cinema 4d 12 la trovo davvero bella, inutile e dunque affascinate…

City Kit Test
Abbiamo potuto provare il nuovo prodotto rilasciato da Nick Campbell – Grey Scale Gorilla per cinema 4D, City Kit. Le prime impressioni sono ottime, city kit ci offre alcuni interessanti preset (non molti per la verità) utili anche per capire come lavorare con questo strumento. Le personalizzazioni che city kit ci consente ci sono il…

100 anni di effetti speciali
E’ fuori di dubbio che in 100 anni si sono fatti passi da gigante nelle tecniche utilizzate per la realizzazione di film, e questo è ancora più vero se si considerano quei film in cui gli effetti speciali la fanno da padrone. Nel video seguente sono riportati appunto degli esempi di effetti speciali trovati nella…

ArrowMaker plugin
Spulciando nel web ci siamo imbattuti in un utile plugin free per Cinema 4d, ArrowMaker permette di realizzare delle frecce completamente editabili. Basta lanciare il plugine e ci appare una freccia di default che possiamo personalizzare grazie ai molti parametri a disposizione. Come si vede dall’immagine allegata è possibile anche caricare delle freccie salvate precedentemente, ed…

VRAY 1.2 Rendering Preset 01
Gratis il nostro primo preset per realizzare rendering ultraclean con Vray 1.2! Finalmente potrai facilmete realizzare rendering efficaci e veloci con un click! Luci, camera, limbo sono già settati e pronti per essere renderizzati, è sufficiente inserire il tuo oggetto al centro della scena e scegliere uno dei GI Preset che Vray già presenta nei…