(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); So I started off using Cinema 4D, it was great at first, but then I realized how bad it was compared to even mediocre competitors. So I went out and bought 3DS Max for college, along with realflow, a plugin that allows you to make realstic water simulations. So I just thought Id share this with anyone who is trying to learn something other than Cinema 4D.

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this looks complicated to use

You can use Realflow in C4D too. Especially considering .

There pretty much the same, just different interfaces, i used 3Ds Max for quite a while but then changed to C4D. It offers pretty much the same things but i feel C4D has the advantage with having more tutorials around the internet as well as in my opinion the ability to have better lighting rigs, with plugins such as the HDRI light kit pro from Grey Scale Gorilla which also saves a bunch of time.

could have told us this yesterday ,, just started downloading cinema 4d 12 haha

lighting in 3ds is a bit of a pain at times but can look great i would also suggest if you want to have good lighting look for a plug in renderer called VRAY RT it offers a real time display of the lighting in the viewport without having to render. there are free versions of it around the web you just gotta look for it.

Id rather used lynda.com interactive tutroial. Used one for c4d and I almost know all functions in and out-

cinema 4d r11.5 is much better than r12 because you get much more mo graph things

Ive always wondered, how do you make these videos where it only shows the computer screen?

12 is actually better than 11.5 - They just changed the way Mograph and physics works.



The HDRI light kit was a light kit for cinema 4d used to make lighting scenes like the DEFAULT scenes in 3ds max. The lighting is good, sure, but I believe the lighting in 3DS is better due to a MUCH larger variety of options.