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Author: Simon Russell
ISBN : 1849696683
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About the Author
Simon Russell
Simon Russell is a freelance animation director based in London. Originally from Bath in south-west England, he moved to London to study Moving Image Design at Ravensbourne college. He has worked for a number of companies before going it alone in 2010. Since then he has worked with commercial clients such as Nike, Land Rover, and EA as well as making his own shorts, plugins, and tutorials. When he's not doing that (which is pretty much most of the time) he likes running and making his cats chase lasers! You can find him online at simonrussell.blogspot.com or @simonfarussell.
Michael Szabo
Michael Szabo is a freelance motion graphics artist in Miami, FL who probably doesn’t go a day without opening Cinema 4D and using it for both business and for fun. As a kid, he was always curious about moving images and his no-budget home movies inspired him to learn design applications, such as Final Cut Pro, Motion, Photoshop, After Effects, and Cinema 4D on his own, because they just weren't going to magically start teaching themselves to him. He has always been interested in learning new techniques and has always tried to design something better than he did the day before. You can find him at http://www.bigmikedesign.com and on Twitter at @bigmikedesign.
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- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Packt Publishing; 2nd New edition edition (August 21, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1849696683
- ISBN-13: 978-1849696685
- Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.4 x 9.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Cinema 4D R14 Cookbook, 2nd Edition Free Download
I was recently asked to review a new E-book that was published by Packt Publishing. I actually heard of Michael Szabo and Simon Russel before I found out they were the authors of the book and respected their work as motion graphic artists/animators/creatives. So when Packt Publishing asked me to review the book.... I said, "Hell yes!"
So to start out I will give an overall summary of the book from the perspective of a completely new artist that is interested in integrating Cinema 4D into their creative pipeline. I will then give a critical analysis of how it could help a more established artist expand on their knowledge of Cinema 4D. Finally, I will state where the book fails.
My overall opinion of this book, is that it is worth spending money to purchase. That means that the authors and Packt publishing have created a quality product that is worth you, as a consumer, spending money on. I do not recommend downloading it from a warez site or a bit torrent, the makers of this book need to be compensated. I'd be the first to tell you if it's quality is not worth financial restitution.
For the new artist looking to integrate C4D into their pipeline, be prepared to accept that the learning curve for all 3D animation application suites is pretty steep. What makes Cinema4D a great tool for the freelance artist is that the learning curve while still complex isn't as intense as say Maya. You can install it right out of the box create some primitives add some mesh deformers to your geometry and have something that you can composite into After Effects or Nuke fairly easily. It allows artists to not be bogged down with graphics related intricacy and frees them to create interesting work.
In this post I'd like to put forward my review of Packt Publishing Cinema 4D R14 Cookbook, Second Edition by Simon Russell and Michael Szabo.
I've been using Cinema 4D now for, oh, around 11 years now, and I've gone through several Cinema 4D how-to books, the manuals, and many tutorials online, paid and free. It seems as if I can never get enough of learning the depths of Cinema 4D. I do enjoy it so much.
So I was very pleased with learning more of my favorite 3D software with Cinema 4D R14 Cookbook.
I'm a slow reader, so it did take me some good amount of time to go through this, and there's some good depth in this great resource for Cinema 4D.
Firstly, I think it's very easy to read and understand and helps the beginner to get up to quick speed in learning a hearty tool like Cinema 4D.
Secondly, I'm a visual person, and I really love how the authors incorporated great visuals in the form of screenshots and icons to help the student, beginner, intermediate or advance to navigate each section. The visuals, for me help move a person along very well.
There's even some humor thrown in here and there, because every VFX artist knows that manuals can be quite boring and dry. The authors did a great job to not let this be a dry read.
I've even learned things from the Fundamentals section, even though I consider myself in the upper intermediate level to lower advanced levels.
I really enjoy modeling in 3D so I thoroughly enjoyed the "Super Modeling" section. That was a lot of help for me, and I consider myself a pretty good 3D modeler. I learned new tricks and shortcuts, which is always useful.
The layout of this book is perhaps the best I've seen.