In this Prosential tip, guest host Craig Whitaker explains Cinema 4D render setting presets and how he uses them to save time.

I’ve been big fan of Robert Leger for quite some time now. Robert came to our attention at Motionworks a few years back as the winner of the Unplugged Title Challenge, and when I heard  he was launching a new place to buy, sell and develop tools for Cinema 4D, I was really  excited to check it out. Read more…

Countless times over the past several years, either myself or a co-worker has  wondered “Why the hell do I have to re-import this entire After Effects project every time there’s  a change?”  Apparently, Chris Roe was thinking the same thing.

If you ask me, a good post-production product needs three things: ease of use, speed  and great customer service. Project Sync has all three.  The idea behind this Adobe After Effects plug-in is simple: import an existing project into your current  working project, click Sync and your projects are now in sync. It’s as simple as that.   Read more…

Nick Campbell of Greyscale Gorilla (GSG) said when he announced  HDRI Studio Pack 1.5, that he set out to  deliver two things: speed and quality. He succeeds at both. I work for a post house in Philadelphia and if I had to say we specialize in one thing, it’s speed. Our staff can crank out some fantastic looking work in a very short  amount of time. With that said, I tend to shy away from Global Illumination (GI) as my main source of lighting in Cinema 4D  for a few reasons: Firstly, our schedule rarely permits long renders and secondly, access to Cinema 4D NET Render machines is often limited. I own a seat of GSG’S  Light Kit Pro  and while it gives great results, something like HDRI Studio Pack was appealing for fast initial style frames and concepts. Read more…