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CINEMA 4D / Tutorials by 3DKiwi (2006-2009)

I've been into computers since buying a SinclairZX Spectrum with the
collosal memory of 48kb about 25 years ago (still got it and it still
works). Games had to be loaded from a cassette recorder and took up to 5
minutes to load. Boy they used pack a lot in those 48kb!! Remember Jet Set
Willy or the Ultimate games like Jetpac and Knight Lore? Anyway an Amiga
500 followed a few years later. On both the Spectrum and Amiga I used to
type in Basic and machine code programs from magazines and learnt Basic
programming. My first PC was a 386SX 25mhz and running Windows 3.0. Since
then I've upgraded a few times and in recent years I've built my own PC's
from parts. Before getting into 3D graphics I did quite a bit of Delphi
programming and wrote a number of Solitaire card games for PC's. You can
download these from the downloads section here.
I've been using C4D since December 2003 when I picked up a magazine with
the free CE6 version on the cover. I was mighty impressed with it. At the
same time I had entered an animation competition at 3DCommune to win
Cinema 4D or a copy of Bodypaint. Well I didn't win but came in runner up
with my midi driven animation. This scored me a copy of Bodypaint 2.
However I was so impressed with CE6, Maxon kindly agreed to swap BodyPaint
for C4D 8.5. In May 2004 I bought the 8.5 XL bundle as I wanted the
modules. A few days before Christmas 2004, Maxon kindly provided me with a
rel 9 Studio Bundle so that I could review it and produce tutorials. In
2007 I was invited to join the Beta testing team by MAXON.
My background in 3D is first Bryce 2 and 4 from about 1998 onwards then
more recently trueSpace 5 and 6.6. I was a Beta tester for trueSpace for
about 18 months. I'm really into animating machines and gadgets and I've
been fortunate to win the Caligari monthly animation competition a few
times. In 2003 I was blown away by the excellent midi driven animation by
Animusic that I wanted to do the same thing. So far I've been able to come
up with a prototype Visual C++ plugin for trueSpace to convert midi data
into driving the animation and I'm looking forward to doing bigger and
better in C4D with its more advanced animation tools. This is how I met up
with another 3D artist and coder Crew Reynolds who had similar interests
in midi music to drive animations.
The idea to begin C4D Cafe came after Crew and I were talking about how
there wasn't a site that catered for Cinema 4D animators. Jokingly, we
tossed around the idea of starting our own site. This soon turned into a
plan to put a site together. It was never really my intention to get into
the tutorials but the more I've been doing them, the more I've learnt
about Cinema 4D and Bodypaint and now I really enjoy making them.
In 2007 Crew stepped down from the day to day running and ownership of the
Cafe. The Cafe is now owned 100% by Nigel Doyle (3DKiwi).
I had an interesting youth and went to school and was friends with LOTR
director Peter Jackson for quite a few years until we parted our ways as
teenagers. Both of us were into model making, toy soldiers and going to
the movies a lot. From going to see the James Bond movies with Peter, I
developed an interest in collecting James Bond memorabillia and now I have
quite an extensive collection.
When I'm not glued to my PC I'm a full time Photographer doing School and
Sports team photos. Previously I had been a Department Store Manager for
Farmers Trading Co. I enjoy jogging and walking. Usually I try to compete
in 1 marathon each year.
I live in Feilding New Zealand. I'm 47 years old. Married 22 years to
Janet with 2 teenage children.
1st Place – Test Challege Award
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