Back to Business
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Dave and Matt get back to business talk for a while and discuss what they’ve learned over the last few years about contracts, vetting clients, keeping clients, and getting paid on time. Also, bad websites, DFWC4D Fall 2018, Deadmau5, OSL, Octane 4 RC5, and the Rift called Quest.
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Sage's PC Builds Page
Creatives on Board
New Divinci Resolve Class
MDC Colored Nature Best Entries / Finalist of the Motion Design Contest
Cinema 4D and Octane: How to create roads using directional textures.
Substance Painter in #VR
Animation Price Guide
P.I.S.S.
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Matt and Dave back from Iceland, New SOM Book, CTRL+Z Beeple Party, Octane 4 with R20 and Beeple’s People.
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Vertex Title Sequence
Imposter Syndrome
Poliigon Material Converter Addon for Cinema 4D
Nitro Import SVG Preview
Siggraph 2018 Rewind - David Koss and Matt Milstead: Projection Mapping in Cinema 4D
Calder Moore River
Ornatrix for Cinema 4D BETA Testing
Phlegm Design Tutorial
HalfRez7
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Our hangout the night before HalfRez7
Rocketman
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Short show before we finish our work and head to Half-Rez. R20 doppin’ like it’s hot, Apple AR, RTX talk, OSL Tilt Shift, Octane and Redshift talk, and more.
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Apple takes a step towards its own version of Google Glass
Nvidia RTX 2080 outperforms the GTX 1080 Ti in this leaked 3DMark benchmark
iChill RTX
Tilt OSL lens
Cinema 4D Tutorial - Create a Detailed Mars Landscape Using Octane Displacement
Cinema 4D Tutorial - Using Kitbash3D Models to Build a Space Colony in Octane
VFX Central - Forester Cinema 4D & Redshift
Space Struggle Ep.2
Fusion 9
Metro Exodus - Realtime Ray Tracing mit NVIDIA RTX
Shrek's Day Out
VR Arcade
Insomniate
Edward Dole Demo Reel
Siggraph 2018 Wrap-up
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Brandon Clements joins us for a Siggraph wrap-up, we talk RTX, Render Engines, Video Game technology, and of course our new venture, Mograph.com
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Otoy 2018 Roadmap
Arnold GPU
London Motion Meetup
Brandon’s Awesome Siggraph Notes
Siggraph 2018
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Siggraph 2018 Show Floor Interviews
Siggraph Pre-Game
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Gathering in the hotel to talk about what we're looking forward to at Siggraph 2018.
Noseman Knows
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Noseman joins us to talk about the new features in Cinema4D R20.
Links
https://www.maxon.net/en-us/products/new-in-release-20/overview/
To Heck With You
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Al Heck joins us to talk about C4D and video game design. Dave continues his tech and Windows woes, Light exclusions in Octane XB4, Unity v Unreal, Parallax Occlusion, MDC Meetup #3, and Beepe’s People.
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GameDevHQ Discord
Skype Updates
Ultimate Guide to 3D Character Art Using Unity and C4D
Looking Glass
How Are Characters Animated at Pixar - Toy Story
Matte Black
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Special Guest Chad Ashley, Matt’s new setup, HDRI Sky Pack, Half Rez, Awesome render engine talk, Maxon discussion, Apple’s Cluelessness, James Gunn and social media, and Woke Pooh.
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100 Tileable Displacement/Alpha Patterns - Travis Davids
Why GPU Pricing Is About to Drop Even Further
New Maxon CEO Blog
Wren Betrays His Longest Love
Mindbender Showreel 2018
Tomin Work - Instagram (Cinema4D IRL)
TELLO Drone
FreePik Vector
Monophobia
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Half Rez tickets on sale, Brograph Tour, Zima, Etch a Sketch Animator, GSG HDRI Skies, Smearballs new stuff, Cyriak’s new joint, Octane stuff, and Beeple’s People.
Links
Forbes Otoy Article
Apple worked with Blackmagic on a new external GPU
FiveTenGiant
Render wireframes in Cinema 4d and Octane
Jake Ferguson, Lead Designer - Counterpart Emmy Nom
Barton GPU Collection
Silverwing Quck(ish) Tip: Octane Adaptive Sampling
Willy Morgan is a 3rd person point and click graphic adventure.
New GSG HDRI Skies Pack
12088 3D printable scanned sculptures
Animation Workers Set To Receive $170 Million Payout From Wage-Theft Lawsuit
HAL 9000 - 2001: A Space Odyssey Tribute II
The Food Thief - Teaser Shot
The Food Thief Breakdown
Smearballs new reel
Deadmau5 - Monophobia (feat. Rob Swire) [Official Video]
Indigestion - Cyriak
Usdz File Format Specification
Busch League
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EJ Hassenfratz joins us to talk about the future of Maxon as they go through CEO changes and venture into AR. We talk about his recent trip as well as round 2 of his School of Motion course on C4D. Matt and Dave talk about their projection map at Busch Gardens, Beeple shows up in the live chat, Brochain updates, Octane ups and downs, and Realflow woes.
Links
Busch Gardens Projection Map
Small foil test in Octane
Heading towards 10,000 in #OctaneBench Check this out ;)
Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1180 could be unveiled next month
EJ’s tweet on Maxon changes
New Maxon CEO (Germany)
Nemetschek now owns 100% of Maxon
This is America Mac Paint
Always Up-to-Date Guide to Social Media Video Specs
Niantic shows off a stunning AR demo that lets Pikachu hide behind real-world objects
Building Displacement Pack 0
SOM - Is there a difference between a cheap and expensive Motion Design artist? Let’s find out!
SIGGRAPH Will Go In-Depth On The Making of ‘Incredibles 2’
TFM New HDRI Packs
Kerplunk That
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David Ariew joins us again just like old times, we talk about his new music video on iTunes, talk render engines for a while, discuss using Youtube as a marketing tool, friending clients on social media, the Dunning–Kruger effect, Kerplunk, VR, video games, and more.
Links
Janelle Kroll Stands Up For Relationships and the World on 'Walk With You': Listen
Walk with You - Janelle Kroll
Silver Wing Octane FB Thread on Poliigon
Channel Branding Lessons - Using The World Around You To Tell Stories (Brian Behm)
HIDDEN breakdown and project files:
Semi Permanent 2018 titles
Simulating Plant Life
About Form W-8BEN, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Entities)
Go Guerilla - Paul Robinson - Film
Symbol Signs
How to Tell a Loved One They’re Coiling Cables Wrong
The Infinadeck Omnidirectional Treadmill - Smarter Every Day 192 (VR Series)
New Halo
Cem Tezcan - Commedore 64
Mesh Boolean
MJ Hegar Political Ad
SOM - How Cinema 4D Became the Best 3D App for Motion Design (Paul Babb)
FPS v SPF
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Billy Chitkin joins us to talk about Redshift, networking, and working on-site as a contractor. We also discuss Coke branding, Sensitive Cube 365 days of Randorender, Somei’s new piece, Harware over/under-clocking, and more.
Links
Gernge
OPPO FIND X
Razer Blade 1060 safe temps
Squeeze the most out of your laptop – advanced tweaks (undervolting, overclocking and underclocking)
Dayworld
Final Deployment 4: Queen Battle Walkthrough
A Cheat Sheet for Social Media Video Aspect Ratios
TEDxSydey 2018 Titles: Humankind
Nvidia Slowmo
Beat Saber Modding Guide [UPDATE] | Custom songs/Avatars/Sabers/Camera
Accountabilibuddy
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Guest Host Liam Clisham joins Dave while Matt is on vacation. We talk render engines, Monday Meetings, Dealing with client feedback, Keeping interest in side projects, Procedurals and Parametrics, Houdini, and more.
Links
Two 3D legends team up to answer your Cinema 4D questions.
How to affordably copyright your art & how to deal with copyright infringement" with Jeral Tidwell
OctaneRender for Cinema 4D Essential Training with Andy Needham
Raytype = Magic (OSL)
TFM & Nick Scarcella (NSCR) New HDRI Pack
Cinema 4D Tutorial - Bevel Any Edge in Seconds (New Method)
C4DSeattle June: X-Particles Fluid Simulation w/Marvin Sanders (Beeple will be attending)
Tip 200 – A Quick Tip as a song: How to change the place objects are pasted
The best Mario Kart character according to data science
Google Quick, Draw
EarTrumpet is the Windows 10 volume control app Microsoft should have created
Nexture
Quill animation in Unity!
MOPs (Motion Operators)
Double D
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David Brodeur joins us again to tell us what he’s been up to. We talk everydays, work/life balance, render wars, Already Been Chewed, people who rip off popular motion designers, and iPhone X facial tracking in C4D.
Links
Al Heck - Defiant Lobster Games
Adam Swaab - Website
A few words with Adam Swaab
Adam Swaab + Ash Thorp / Houdini Course Reveal / Learn Squared Live Stream
California Supreme Court Announces Rigid Test for Independent Contractor Classification
The Rusted Pixel gets ripped off
GSG ABC
Titan XP Start Wars Edition
LET’S TALK ABOUT TEXTURES
OBJ to GLTF converter
Free 3D Scans
Spinning a Record to Pieces at 12,500fps - The Slow Mo Guys
Jeep Jurassic // Tippett Studio VFX Breakdown
I’m Maxon rick!
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Trailer (HD)
Nvidia CEO Says New GPUs Won't Be Available for a 'Long Time'
Beeple interview with Chris Do
https://mixcast.me/
Zack Attack
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Special Guest Zachary Corzine, Half Rez Date, Brochain, California Contractor Laws, What rate to charge, Flaky clients, and Beeple’s People.
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Already Been Chewed LET FUN RULE Article
Sort It Plug in for Adobe After Effects
OFFF Barcelona 2018 Main Titles by GIANTSTEP
California Contractor Rates
California Contractor Laws
TFM 3D Scans
WHAT FILE FORMAT PLAYS THE FASTEST IN AFTER EFFECTS?
Why Snow and Confetti Ruin YouTube Video Quality
Ma’agalim - Jane Bordeaux
Bellus3D
Seniors Try VR For The First Time - HTC Vive
Listary #makewindowssuckless
The Loaf Zone
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Special Guest Christopher Rutledge aka Tokyo Megaplex, Dave’s Pants Story, The Loaf Zone, Brochain, Should you go to College for Motion Design, Piracy, Dave’s Links, and Beeple’s People.
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The Loaf Zone
Daphne & Velma
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
bentraje.com
Billy’s new C4D Python tutorial
Denoiser Battle Royale: The Ultimate Render Test | Greyscalegorilla
IOR RGB metallic materials Octane 3.08 - paride4331
USER MANUAL VERSION 3.08
Travis Davids Cinema 4D and Octane Render 4 - How To Use The AI Denoiser
The Signal
Razer’s new external graphics enclosure is compatible with Macs
ATMOSPHERIC_VDB
GPU Rendering Specialist - Maxon Jobs
Noseman - Controlling Three Material Channels Using Effectors
Action Pack Lite: 25 Free Action Compositing Elements
Working With Cinema 4D V4 from 1998!!
Free Xpresso Camera Rig for Cinema 4D
3D Dosch 3D - Lo-Poly People Vol.1 model $149
Buc-ee's goes to trial over trademark infringement claim
Beaver topples alligator in Texas chain store logo lawsuit
Cushion
SOM 42: Crossing the Creative Gap with Carey Smith
Unity - Automotive and Transportation
Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica hosts stunning light shows that are pure magic
Lessons from 7 years of VFX shorts. An interview with Corridor Digital's Wren Weichman
Free Animated 3D People
Bringing a Beloved Brand to Life on Facebook Using Adobe Character Animator
Dave Stewart
octopus FEM .Ball exercise
How to build the best PC setup for GPU Rendering (Octane Render, Redshift etc)
Live With Tom Glimps
Do What You Love And Be Happy
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This week we talk about Sunday learning, Doing what you love AND being happy, Zero Scale, Windows Startup, XP Cache naming conventions, Protection tag issues, 3D People, & Quicklook for Windows.
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Testing the first embedded guy controls
Genesis Skin Controller for Cinema4D - Octane 3.08
Render People
Human Alloy
Ten24
3D Digital Doubles
The Affine Particle-In-Cell Method
Quicklook for Windows
Rick and Morty is getting 70 new episodes
Google just gave a stunning demo of Assistant making an actual phone call
Raymarching is a way to render using solid shapes instead of polygons.
The Definitive Classic Mac Pro (2006-2012) Upgrade Guide
Game of Thrones Season 7 | VFX Breakdown by Rodeo FX
An Interview with 3D Motion Designer, David Ariew
Guardians of UI: Territory Studio talks about “Avengers: Infinity War”
Expression Database