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CINEMA 4D R11 Quickstart – XPresso

13. Tips & Tricks

CINEMA 4D has been able to build a large community of users around it who are more than happy to help

newcomers in any way possible, be it through the use of home-made tutorials, directly in one of the many

forums or by offering free models, plugins, expressions or textures.

One of the main sources of information, of course, is the MAXON web site www.MAXON.net.

Here you will ﬁnd news, interesting projects that were done with CINEMA 4D, an extensive CINEMA 4D link

library and even a form for questions for our support department. You can even get information about third

party seminars and training.

A large selection of books is also available for those who would like to expand their CINEMA 4D library. There

are books from the basics to specialization such as character animation. Just enter the keyword CINEMA 4D

into the search engine of your favorite online book store.

Flipping through books which don’t have anything to do with computer graphics can also be helpful. 3D is

a complex ﬁeld in which many of the classic arts and techniques are combined. Books about photography,

lighting, direction, acting, image creation and painting should be part of every serious 3D artist’s library. In

addition, you will ﬁnd a wealth of information on all of these topics online.