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Best Cinema 4D r10 Tutorial / Training Book?
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could recommend the best book out there for Cinema 4D r10. I am an advanced beginner, and would like to improve my skills and learn to be more efficient in my use of the software. I need to improve my skills in all aspects, from the creative side, to the best workflow. There are a few option on Amazon, all highly rated, so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
-Simon
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Well, I am not sure if this is the best book ever written about Cinema 4D R10,
but I would highly recommend Cinema 4D 10 Workshop by Arndt von Koenigsmarck,
very well written and suitable for new and experienced users alike.The included CD not only has all scenes and data to complete the tutorials,
but also the highly recommended plugin “Photo Match LE”, which permits you to easily insert 3D objects into photos.Cheers
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I just got the C4D Workshop book mentioned above, and I have to say I’d give it mixed reviews. When I flip through it, I can tell that I REALLY want this book to be great, but digesting the content is difficult enough that I’m going to return it (haven’t cracked the CD yet). This would be an outstanding book if they gave it a thorough re-write/re-format by a very linear-minded English-speaker (or five).
PROS:
–Lots of detail, many details covered
–Tons of COLOR illustrationsCONS:
–Typos / translations errors
–Poorly written prose style is difficult to follow when trying to follow a sequence of instructions. For example, rather than saying “Choose Menu>Submenu>Function”, he says, “you can find this feature in the such-in-such command”, sometimes not even giving reference to the master pulldown that it’s in. I spent a lot of time cross-referencing the search capabilities of the C4D help files to find the function mentioned.
–Again, the prose style of writing make following instructions difficult: Sometimes I had to read ahead to discern whether some paragraphs are introductions to what’s ahead, or literal instructions to be performed right then.
–They tried so hard to save space that some illustrations are two full pages ahead of it’s text, completely into the next topic. Most are not on the same page as the text related to them.(p.s. Note that I’ve only read about 80 pages into it)
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Thanks. I guess this book is the best and only option, short of taking a class somewhere…
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