Intro to Modeling in Cinema 4D - Box Modeling Basics
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We know you want to get really, really good Cinema 4D. The challenge is that it's not just about the software. You need to understand the many principles behind 3D design and animation.
In this tutorial, C4D legend and Cinema 4D Basecamp instructor EJ Hassenfratz will be teaching you a ton about the basics of modeling in Cinema 4D. There are many modeling techniques one can use, and in this video, you'll get familiar with basic box modeling and the use of Cinema 4D's amazing modeling tools
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EJ Hassenfratz (00:00): EJ here. And in this short video, I'm going to show you a few simple tools you can use to start modeling almost anything you want inside of cinema 4d Cinema four D is the industry standard 3d software in motion design, and being able to use it is a massive advantage in your career. In cinema 4d base camp, we take you from total beginner to confidence, C 4d artists in 12 weeks. So check that out. If you really want to learn this amazing tool, also, you can download the project files I'm using in this video, plus a modeling hotkeys cheat sheet to follow along with me or to practice with after you're done watching details or in the description
EJ Hassenfratz (00:51): In 2d, you only really need to know how to use the pencil, to create whatever your heart desires. You're only limited by your illustration skills in 3d. The barrier to creating what you have in your head is a little bit steeper requires you to learn how to model and sculpt in 3d space. And honestly, borrowing is one of the hardest skills to learn in 3d. Now we're just going to model something very simple. We're going to model my little pigeon here that I actually sketched out. And the thing you're going to learn is the basic principles of box modeling, which is 3d modeling that begins with you guessed it a box. So I have this sketch here, and it's very important when you model something that you have something to reference to look at, so you can build your model based off of those images. So here's my, a very poorly drawn sketches of my little pigeon that I'm hoping that we can go ahead and model in cinema 4d.
EJ Hassenfratz (01:47): Alright, so here we are in cinema 4d, and we're going to use that, uh, horribly drawn sketch of mine. And we're going to bring it in here to use it as a guide, to be able to model from it's always important to, you know, base your models off of sketches. So you can get the correct kind of form that you want, or, you know, if you're trying to model a staple or a given image of a Stabler, all that good stuff. So a woman to do is go ahead and click this top right button to bring up my four up view. And what I want to do is load up the side view in my right view and the front view of my pigeon in the front window here. So what I'm going to do is select this right view and go to options configure in, in the viewport attributes here, I'm going to go to the back tab and here's the image option where I can click these three dots here and go ahead and load up my pigeon side.
EJ Hassenfratz (02:32): And then we can do the same thing for the front view by going to options, configure in going and loading up the pigeon front, okay. In each of these options, I can adjust the size or the offset and adjust the transparency. So I want to bring down the transparency fairly low so I can still see the geometry on top of them. When I start modeling, I'll go and click on the right view and bring the transparency down here as well. So just faint enough that I can see, and I can start modeling to this. So everything starts from a box, begins with a box. And what we're going to do is basically just kind of bring up the size of this rectangle or this queue, scale this down, hitting the Tiki for scale, and basically just block out this shape, hitting the key to move.
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Anyone having trouble with 5:29 section i.e not seeing a box. Make sure to turn off isoline editing in the options tab next to display.
Edit: We've all been there with uni deadlines. I know that dreaded feeling. Relax you will get through this.
THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU!!!
thank you so much !!!
Thank you so much
can't find it
Big Thank
The last part reminded me so much of that classic drawing joke, where you draw a circle and then the rest of the freaking pigeon, jk:-) Thank you so much for a great tutorial! This channel overall is a godsend, along with eyedesyn and everything else you do for this community!
Learned so much from EJ in the past month! Have been following all his tutorials and finally am starting to get a grasp of cinema 4D! First time using an iron tool!
Thanks so much for the kind words, Justin!
I love this, it's my third tutorial video that I watch about cinema 4d after watching some interface basics tutorials, and I am able to do a simple model already :D THANK YOU!
justr coming back to C4d after years thanks for the tutorial, before we had to bring in sketches onto planes and scale them, good thing I watched this :)
so much credits to you EJ, I have learned a lot from you, keep up the good job.
Really helpful, thank you for this.
Also, it would be nice if you did a part 2 to then go over how to texture and light the bird
Followed perfectly along in Blender. Thanks for the tutorial!
EJ. the legend of modeling. THE KING OF 3D WORLD. thank you , Sir. I wish to see more and more of this terrific tutorials.
Ah! This series is so good! I want these videos every day forever now. Haha
Right!? 360 days of 360 tips coming right at ya!
Tnx again,
Your videos are becoming more polished and better every time.
Great beginner tutorial. I feel like I learned way more in this program in a short amount of time then I would if I learned it in class at school.
im watching this now. a video on subdivisions and polygon transformation broken down to it's basics would be greatly appreciated
Thank you that was a really detail tutorial which helped me a lot.
The best 3D modelling in C4D tutorial I’ve found 💜💛💙
EJ as usual pushing the boundaries... of geometry XD. No joke, bravo!, if there's someone who's made me lose my old fears, aversion and resentment of 3D, is this guy right here.
Man thats awesome, exactly what I want to hear! 3d isn't hard...modeling basics aint either. Happy to help your on your path to beating back those insecurities on 3D!
@@eyedesyn Seriously, as someone who is trying to learn this and is a teacher herself, I've been so frustrated by tutorials. You are able to explain this stuff in a way that makes sense. I love that you approach teaching the program from a project perspective, not an explanation or showcase of features / functions.
Even though, I now understand the concepts, I still revisit this video from time to time. By now, it is my most watched Cinema 4D video.
Ej always does proper and complete tutorials
If I can get someone to teach me like this I can learn in a week and do more in a month. Great teacher.
Just wanted to express how helpful your videos are!! you are extrely good at explaining tNice tutorialngs in-depth but still at a basic level for
Needed this to learn other than solidworks to print on my 3D printer. Thanks!
Anothe amazing tutorial from School of Motion and EJ! Keep it going! Thanks!
Cheers, Jorge!
This is such a informative tutorial!
Great and educative tutorial.thanks a lot.
The instructor has done a splendid job really loved it:)
Huge respect to you sir.
Awesome vid! Thanks so much, could
we get a lighting/texture/render part 2?
Ok, I'm repeating this tutorial at some point this week. I never saw the bounding straight boxes outside the polygons and these have been the three most frustrating hours of my 2023 so far... clearly reflected in my pigeon hehe The c4d interface looks different as well, couldn't find any buttons. Very fun :) Thank you for putting this out though!
same
This is a really good tutorial. Recommend! :)
excellent. Your tutorial has got me well started. ..thank you
This was a really good and educational tutorial thank you
Very nice! Yet another great tutorial EJ.
thanks so much for your kind words and for watching!
Funny to hear your familiar voice again; I took your entire Cineversity course "Getting started with Cinema4d" That taught me most of what I know about Cinema.
Omg!! That’s helpful!! Thank you so much!!!
Awesome..was waiting for long time ❤️👍
Cheers! Enjoy!
Thx for your diligence. Great)
Thank you very much for this easy tutorial. Good excercice for beginners like me. :)
Pumped to hear it! Thanks for watching! :)
Your video is very helpful. I downloaded it successfully. Thank you!
If anyone is struggling with 5:29 :
Make sure to select the "Cube", not the "Subdivision Surface" before you press c to make it editable :)
Thank you!
I love you
This is exactly the problem, I had thank you!
Three top comments literally saved my life.
OMG! Thank you!!!
After watching this tutorial i tried to model a Headphone jack using all the tools you mentioned it came out really nice thank you
Share it! We'd love to see your work.
great tutorial, i got just a preference on a white background for us to see better the moves..
Just what i was looking for..........thanks a million
glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
I learned a lot from this video. many thanks to you.
6:14 "if i just click and drag here" if you're stuck, he doesnt mention it but hold ctrl in order to extrude only the bottom section.
THANK YOU!
you´re my hero bro
TYSM MAN!
我按照ctrl 只是出来了一小丢丢 为什么
终于弄出来了
Thank you!
Awesomeness. New to Cinema. Would have loved to see how you texturized it.
Cool! Tnx!
Also, for the ones wondering at 5:29 when extruding the selection why the nearest polygons also moves, check out preserve groups and make sure to apply it in the extrude tool option
Three top comments literally saved my life.
where is preserve groups?
@@Kevin-jl1rx if you click on the actual icon for the extrude tool it should bring up the attribute window for extrude and it's just in there.
Awesome tutorial! Learned a lot from it!!
thats so awesome to hear! Thanks for watching!
Super helpful tutorial!
Thank you for posting ❤️
Thank you for watching! :)
FYI You can fix the problem at 9:35 by enabling "Weld Points" in the Symmetry settings.
hey! I'm a complete beginner at cinema 4d and I was having trouble at this step. Where can i find the symmetry settings option? thanks
@@zyn3ria714 Click Symmetry in the upper right, then in the porperties below look for weld points. I had to increase my tollerance to 5 cm.
Thanks for tip, but I have another issue, when try to zero points and hit enter it moves not only x axis but other axis as well, any idea why?
@@genesis2303 same! did you figure it out...I know this was 1 year ago haha
Hi! It's a great tutorial!
But I have some issues with the tail, when I pull it closer, it keeps sticking/merge together and it become 1 tail instead of 2? Any help would be appreciated :) (very beginner, idk the terms/lingo) Would also look forward to texturing, lighting and rendering! Thanks.
Thank you so much!
and please do a tutorial on the texture and materials etc!
thx a lot ... very helpful!
after seeing this tutorial ... i think the other C4D youtuber they must shut down thiere channels ... thank you so much you helped me out too much
I said it on IG but it should be noted; EJs new catch phrase should be "From cube to cute!" SO pumped for whenever you drop your next SoM course --- ADVANCED 3DEEEEEE PLS !!
Workin on it! :)
Please sir make more video like this .. from banglades ..love your work
Great, please more
Awsome!👏
Super nice!
Guys! You are amazing. Thank you!! 🌝
Thanks Dude
Thanks!
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Great tutorial
Very useful!!!!
You are the so many mutch our friendsly!!!
Thanks a lot!
OK MY BOY EJ HAS BEEN LIFTING 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
The ‚poorly sketched‘ pigeon looks awesome aswell 😉
Hi EJ nice tutorial! I would like to see how you did the lighting setup in redshift, do you have a tutorial on this?
You can download the project file and check out my setup! :)
@@eyedesyn very nice!
I think a lot of things have changed in R25, not only the interface. W is not inner extrude. It is Inset, or kinda works different for me. There is a hole in the body if I press W
That's so helpful thank you so much !! but how can we do the textures like you did in the last part ?
Thats external render engine: redshift. Its a paid plugin
Video: * 20 minutes modeling *
Me: 2 Hours 23 minutes 36 seconds
Good tutorial anyway
me 46 hours 22min 16 sec
He skips so many steps.... his other tutorials are great as @eyedesyn, but this one is kinda asking for you to download the files and register for those classes of School of Motion..
hahaha, i did 4 times
@@GoFayeGo Funny you mention that, fabulous teacher and fabulous tutorial, but your correct, there are a few things that he is doing, and not mentioning, that it takes someone with at least, some C4D experience to notice. For example, at 5:22, in the Perspective view, he spins the Cube without saying that he is spinning it, or why. In reality, if he had not spun the Cube one face clockwise, he would not have been able to Extrude the Polygon, below in the Right side perspective window, to right as he did, because the Polygon selected would have been facing us, in the Right side perspective window, not the right hand side as it ended up after the spin. No biggie, it's just that, those who are trying to learn, tend to watch every move you make. So as a teacher, it's absolutely key to dictate every step you make.
hhhh , Right
You just taught something in 19 minutes what others fail to do after 10 hour lectures.
great tutorial big up
WOW!!! COOL VIDEO!!! THX!!
Nice tutrial 😀
very good!
If the symmetry step (9:00) leaves you with a gap in the model, make sure the models X coordinates are at zero.
I love you for this. I'd like to add: reset your coordinates by going to Tools > Reset Transform
Thanks!!!!!
Do you have a tutorial with materials and lights to finish my pigeon? :)
I'm coming from blender and I want to know what the hell the people from C4D were thinking when they made the shortcuts?
E for move, T for scale? Why not use M and S?
It's close to 1, 2 and 3
Thanks for this...
you're very welcome!
best channel ever
学习了！
STUPENDO
Thank u so much
thank YOU so much for watching!
Cinema 4D is my favorite modeling software
Hi dude!! Good job ! i just found your channel ! I use 3ds max but im thinking about starting c4d i wanna make like cartoon characters . Is the rendering part difficult?
thank you...
Organization is a key to success
Super explanation
Ej awesome ❤️❤️🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿🤴🏿
glad you enjoyed it !
Could you please teach us how to fill in the colors of it as well? =)
The entire process is done in Redshift which does not come cheap unless you use other methods to get it. I think it was poorly executed by not mentioning it in the tutorial.
Hey EJ! Question for you.... You still have a wireframe of the non-subdivided surface visible and when you're selecting polygons (like to make the pigeon's leg) your selection is on that non-subdivided wireframe.... I don't have that wireframe and my selections highlight the subdivided (smoothed) polygons. What am I missing? (R21)
nvm. Aaron Bartlett over in the SOM Alumni group figured it out: turning off Isoline Editing in the viewport options did the trick!
@@grizzlycat Yup! just a different view mode! all the techniques work the same though
Shortcut key is ALT+A to toggle Isoline Editing
Had me stumped for a while that one. Thanks!
@@grizzlycat thank you!!! I suffered a lot trying to find it! u helped a lot
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I can follow blender or c4d tutorials WORD FOR WORD and my computer/software almost always yields waaay different results.
once I subdivided the cube again, when I toggle between subdiv on or off, the shape is waaay messed up when I toggle it on. Any pointers? I'm sure it's user error but..
How does box modeling compare to the poly pen tool for retopology?
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very cool, subscribe already