In this tutorial I’ll show you how to build a card house that flips on. The concept is offsetting your animation by using a combination of cloner and a shader effector or plain effector. The result is a very quick set up which is easy to dial in and yet looks very complex. Hope you learn...Read More

  A few little tips on setting up depth of field with the cinema4d physical renderer and animating it very easily. It’s a little technique I prefer so I can easily visualize what’s in focus and animate it quickly. Hope it helps you out!Read More

Jim Field has done it again. This time he’s giving us a free C4D pocket watch model! Make sure to leave Jim a thank you in the comments if you have a minute. Huge thanks to him for sharing so much with our community! Click here to download the free C4D Pocket Watch ModelRead More

  If you have ever had weird results with a model or tracked scene getting cut off or acting strangely it might be your clipping settings. In this quick tip I’ll show you how to solve this issue. It shows up every once in awhile, so it’s good to know about for future reference!Read More

Hey everyone, we have another free model from Anibal Diaz today! Anibal shared the free Sci-Fi 3D interior scene awhile ago. This time he created a Guitar Hero Controller C4D 3D model. It’s 100% free, just make sure to thank Anibal in the comments or over at his vimeo site: vimeo.com/mographman Thanks Anibal!   Click here...Read More

I have a great free model for you today courtesy of Jim Field: a Cinema4D 3D construction crawler crane. You may know Jim as TheJimReaper in our community. He has created some great free models, some of which we will be posting at The Pixel Lab. Thanks for giving so much to our community Jim, it’s...Read More

Did you forget to add an object buffer to your Cinema4D render and need that matte for some compositing work? Here’s a way to make a matte/buffer in just a few clicks with the C4D Compositing Tag. It’s non-destructive to your scene too, which is pretty rad. Hope it is helpful.Read More

We have a really special Cinema4D scene from Remco today. It’s an industrial elements scene with a bunch of great pipes, cables, tanks, gauges etc. It’s a great element for industrial or steampunk type designs. Hope you enjoy! It’s free for commercial or personal use, just don’t use it for resale. All you have to do...Read More

  I’m excited to share our new Technology Pack with you! This pack was originally our first ever product but we decided to completely re-do it and take it the next level. Included are 44 technology related C4D models. I created this pack with my friend Remco who is the modeling genius behind it. I...Read More

  This is a follow up tutorial to my last one here: thepixellab.net/c4d-tutorial-gain-control-over-your-ambient-occlusion This tip shows you another way to gain control over your Ambient Occlusion by inverting the process. This tutorial is inspired by Evan Alexander and his comment. Check out Evan’s stuff here: evanalexander.comRead More