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6. 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 nd 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.

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

a complex eld 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.

Since the Internet is always changing, doing a search for CINEMA 4D in various search engines would be a

good idea.

The Internet is a good source for ﬁnding models. Through its special image search function you can ﬁnd

photos or drawings of practically any object.