Cinema 4D Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- Cinema 4D Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the color images of this book -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting to Know Cinema 4D -- Before we begin -- Understanding 3D space -- Main Menu and Command Palettes -- Viewport -- Render options -- Objects and Attributes Manager -- Points, edges, faces, and editable objects -- Materials Manager -- Time for action - customizing the interface -- What just happened? -- Hidden menus - M and V -- Putting it all together - our project -- Summary -- 2. Modeling Part 1: Edges, Faces, and Points -- Before we begin -- Beginning with primitives -- Time for action - creating a desk -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up an environment -- What just happened? -- Polygon-level control -- Time for action - extruding polygons -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - reviewing our toolset -- Have a go hero - creating a light fixture -- Summary -- 3. Modeling Part 1: Splines, NURBS, Deformers, and Boole -- Before we begin -- Understanding NURBS objects -- Exploring the Spline menu -- Time for action - creating and importing a spline -- What just happened? -- Time for action - creating a vase -- Time for action - creating a chair -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - using NURBS objects -- HyperNURBS modeling -- Time for action - using HyperNURBS objects -- What just happened? -- Summary.

4. Materials and Shaders -- Before we begin -- Understanding materials -- Understanding material channels -- Time for action - texturing our environment -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding details to our scene -- What just happened? -- Shaders -- Time for action - additional textures -- Summary -- 5. Lighting and Rendering -- Before we begin -- Exploring light settings -- Have a go hero - add an exterior environment -- Render settings -- Time for action - placing accurate lighting -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - lighting and rendering basics -- Summary -- 6. Animation -- Before we begin -- Animation - key terms and how it works -- Time for action - timeline animation -- What just happened? -- Animatable properties -- Have a go hero - animated lights -- How to plan your animation -- Render settings -- Summary -- 7. MoGraph -- Before we begin -- Cloner objects -- Effectors -- Time for action - creating organic shapes with metaball and cloners -- What just happened? -- Time for action - rigid body tags -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - MoGraph cloner settings -- MoText objects -- Time for action - tracer objects -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 8. XPresso -- Node-based programming -- Time for action - linking properties with Set Driver and Set Driven -- What just happened? -- Time for action - using Math in XPresso -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - create a clock -- Time for action - making the gears turn -- What just happened? -- Time for action - XPresso and MoGraph -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 9. An Overview of Additional Tools -- Time for action - hair -- What just happened? -- Time for action - hair materials without Hair objects -- What just happened? -- Sketch and Toon -- Time for action - placing accurate lighting -- What just happened? -- Time for action - global settings and materials.

What just happened? -- Cloth -- Time for action - creating a cloth object -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 10. Optimizing Your Workflow -- Before we begin -- XRefs -- Time for action - creating XRefs -- What just happened? -- Understanding the importance of compositing -- Time for action - modeling for compositing -- What just happened? -- Time for action - compositing tags -- What just happened? -- Render settings for compositing and multipass -- Time for action - compositing with Adobe After Effects -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - bringing it all together -- Summary -- A. Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 2 - Modeling Part 1: Edges, Faces, and Points -- Pop quiz - reviewing our toolset -- Chapter 5 - Lighting and Rendering -- Pop quiz - lighting and rendering basics -- Index.