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Digital sculpting with Cinema4D R14

Alien Bust – Digital Sculpting with Cinema4D

Posted September 13, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog

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Worked with the newest version of Cinema 4D and the new sculpting tools. This bust started out as a cube and with just a bit of work and a lot of fun the alien was born 🙂 I am really liking, no LOVING, the newest version of Maxon’s Cinema4D!

Footprint Productions has a new home, now with blog, tutorials and product pages!

Footprint Productions Gets a New Look

Posted September 13, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog

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Well it has taken some time with everything going on, but it has finally arrived! Footprint Productions now has a new cyber home…or at least a new look and more functionality! Now you can navigate the site to find exactly what you are interested in.

Cinema4D Thinking Particles tutorial

Thinking Particles Tutorial 03-Emitting from a selection

Posted July 29, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog, Tutorials

In this tutorial I show you how to create the scene from this video teaser vimeo.com/47196112. I will take you through two different methods for achieving the result and explain the benefits and shortcomings of each.

Cinema4D Thinking Particles tutorial

Thinking Particles Tutorial 02-Controlling Particle Emissions

Posted July 29, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog, Tutorials


In this tutorial I continue on my quest to share what I am learning of the Thinking Particle system within Cinema4D. If you haven’t watched the first tutorial in this series, check it out here, it will give you basics you will need to follow along.

Cinema4D Thinking Particles tutorial

Thinking Particles Tutorial 01-The Basics

Posted July 29, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog, Tutorials


In this tutorial I will begin to walk you through the Thinking Particle system in Cinema4D. I will begin by comparing its structure to the standard particle emitter, and then walk you through a basic setup. As this series progresses, I hope to go more in depth and see what this system can do for us!

FREE Cinema4D text preset and tutorial

Rigging an XPresso Text Preset in Cinema4D

Posted July 29, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog, Tutorials


Sit tight because this is going to be a long one, but it is worth it! In this lesson you will get some XPresso under your belt. Using the Point Node, a little math (don’t be afraid) and some clever planning you will have a preset allowing you full control over the edge of your extruded text!

Dynamic paper simulation tutorial for Cinema4D

Dynamic Paper Simulation Tutorial For Cinema4D

Posted July 29, 2012April 20, 2017 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Blog, Tutorials

Here is my first ever tutorial for Cinema 4D! In this tutorial you will learn how to create a simulation of drifting paper, all within Cinema 4D and with very little overhead on your computer or scene!

-Twenty-five built-in deformers to choose from! -Automatically positions and re-sizes the deformer so you dont have to! -Update deformer orientation AND size on the fly! -Huge time-saver and efficiency booster

PyDeform v4.0 Plugin For Cinema4D

Posted July 29, 2012 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Products

Well here it is…PyDeform v4.0! You spoke and we listened! Now you have three built-in layouts to choose from, making PyDeform extremely flexible. Choose between the Default, Horizontal or Vertical layout options and dock PyDeform in your interface!

Quickly render ONLY the current frame with no fuss in Cinema4D

RenderFrame Free Script For Cinema4D

Posted July 29, 2012 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Products

Put together a little script to help with your test renders. With this script, all you do is push the button and it will render your current frame,and you never have to touch the render settings. The script temporarily changes the settings and then changes them back to their previous values.

Free python script for Cinema 4D. Easily make your objects editable and optimize them with one click!

Edit-Optimize Free Script For Cinema4D

Posted July 29, 2012 marc_pearsonLeave a commentPosted in Products

EDIT-OPTIMIZE is a helper script that takes the repetitive task of making objects editable…to just ONE click! I am proud to be partnering with my buddy Joren Kandel from thepixellab.net for this free offering. I have been working closely with Joren over the past month or so and we will have some pretty cool stuff on the horizon. Enough of all that…what’s with EDIT-OPTIMIZE? Well…

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