Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth14.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.39] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4823068 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:39:10 +0200 Received: (qmail 20473 invoked from network); 23 Aug 2012 18:39:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (173.247.4.230) by smtpauth14.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.39) with ESMTP; 23 Aug 2012 18:39:46 -0000 Message-ID: <503678D9.30900@delrazor.com> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:39:21 -0400 From: Greg Balint Organization: delRAZOR User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: After Effects Mail List Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Cinema 4D questions References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------050106070106050202000003" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------050106070106050202000003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I can't attest to the service agreement portion, but I would say that there are plenty of other sites and services out there for training that are a LOT cheaper than the $300 Cineversity thing. I learned pretty much most of the ins and outs of C4d in about a month using Lynda.com and other online tutorials only. Spend some time each day trying new things, etc, and you'll basically feel adept after a month or two.. I hadn't really done 3d in a while, and my previous experience was with 3dsmax, and a little bit of Maya.. C4d was so intuitive when it comes to how the object manager works, and everything is non-destructive and works on layers (similar to PS, in my mind) so you can turn on and off layers , and reorganize them to see how they affect one another, etc. Good luck! I think you'll enjoy working with Cinema4D ///Greg Balint //Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer /321.514.4839 delRAZOR.com/ On 8/23/2012 2:35 PM, Rick wrote: > I'm getting ready to purchase 2 licenses of the broadcast bundle for > work, to use with AE. I've never used Cinema 4D. It's been a few years > since I've done any 3D and that was on Softimage XSI. I know this > isn't a Cinema 4D forum, but I have two questions. Once I get it, > I'll find a forum. > > 1. Is the service agreement per license or do I just need to buy 1? > 2. Is the $295.00 training videos from Maxon worth it, or should I > just go to Lynda.com or something else? > > Thanks, > > Rick Emery > www.rickemery.com --------------050106070106050202000003 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I can't attest to the service agreement portion, but I would say that there are plenty of other sites and services out there for training that are a LOT cheaper than the $300 Cineversity thing.

I learned pretty much most of the ins and outs of C4d in about a month using Lynda.com and other online tutorials only.  Spend some time each day trying new things, etc, and you'll basically feel adept after a month or two..

I hadn't really done 3d in a while, and my previous experience was with 3dsmax, and a little bit of Maya.. C4d was so intuitive when it comes to how the object manager works, and everything is non-destructive and works on layers (similar to PS, in my mind) so you can turn on and off layers , and reorganize them to see how they affect one another, etc.

Good luck! I think you'll enjoy working with Cinema4D
///Greg Balint
//Art Director / Motion Graphics Designer
/321.514.4839
delRAZOR.com/
On 8/23/2012 2:35 PM, Rick wrote:
I'm getting ready to purchase 2 licenses of the broadcast bundle for work, to use with AE. I've never used Cinema 4D. It's been a few years since I've done any 3D and that was on Softimage XSI. I know this isn't a Cinema 4D forum, but I have two questions.  Once I get it, I'll find a forum.

1. Is the service agreement per license or do I just need to buy 1?
2. Is the $295.00 training videos from Maxon worth it, or should I just go to Lynda.com or something else?

Thanks,

Rick Emery

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