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This page is an offering of information, tips, reviews - and other things that we think might be of interest to colleagues and clients...

 

The Seib COFFEE tutorials
Get to grips with the basics of Cinema 4D's COFFEE programming language.

An introduction to COFFEE expresions
General programming tips: names
COFFEE plug-in tutorial

These tutorials by H. G. Seib have been translated into English thanks to the combined voluntary work of Luke Stacy (yes, 'the man of many talents' at HiSoft) and Andreas Asanger (keep an eye open for Andreas' C4Dv7 book which will be translated into English). Many thanks go to H. G. Seib for allowing this. Take a look at the links page for some resources related to learning COFFEE - including another very helpful tutorial at Nthd.org

 

A review of FormZ Renderzone (2.9.5.5)
Mac or PC - is this the polygon based tool of choice for today's 3D modeller? (As used at Vantage)

Why use 3D illustration?
Thinking about commissioning a 3D based illustration for the first time? Here are some thoughts on the pros and cons...

Mapping the sphere
A quick look at polar mapping - a useful way to map a sphere - while avoiding the pole pinch of the normal spherical projection.

Raytracing in Photoshop
Kevin Björke has kindly given me permission to re-publish this article of his. It's presented here as last published on the web (circa '97). Please note that many of the external links will now be out of date. The article remains copyright of Kevin Björke.


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Page last updated: 08 September 2004