CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 INTERFACE -- The Main Window -- Command Palettes -- Managers -- The Object Manager -- The Layer Browser -- The Attribute Manager -- The Viewport -- Configure the Viewport -- C4D's Built-in Layouts -- Object Manipulation -- The Coordinate Manager -- C4D Help -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 BEGINNING MODELING -- 3D Construction Theory -- Primitives -- Modeling Tools -- NURBS -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3 NURBS -- NURBS Generators -- TUTORIAL 3.1 Modeling a Castle -- Booleans -- TUTORIAL 3.2 Modeling a Desk Lamp -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 4 POLYGON MODELING -- N-Gons and Subdividing -- The Benefits of N-Gons -- TUTORIAL 4.1 Polygon Modeling a Basic House -- A Look at the Structure Manager -- TUTORIAL 4.2 HyperNURBS: Modeling a Dolphin -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 5 MATERIALS AND TEXTURES -- Materials -- Procedural Shaders -- TUTORIAL 5.1 Applying Materials -- TUTORIAL 5.2 Layered Shaders and the Banged-Up Old Robot -- TUTORIAL 5.3 Basic BodyPaint -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6 LIGHTING -- Light Object -- Materials and Lighting -- TUTORIAL 6.1 Three-Point Lighting -- TUTORIAL 6.2 Area Lighting -- TUTORIAL 6.3 Global Illumination -- TUTORIAL 6.4 HDRI Lighting and Shadow Catching -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 7 ANIMATION BASICS -- Object Tool versus Model Tool -- Animation Layout -- TUTORIAL 7.1 Ball Bouncing -- TUTORIAL 7.2 Camera Animation -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 8 CHARACTER SETUP -- TUTORIAL 8.1 Morphing -- TUTORIAL 8.2 Joints and Basic Rigging -- TUTORIAL 8.3 Controllers and Visual Selector -- TUTORIAL 8.4 Skins and Weights -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 9 DYNAMICS -- TUTORIAL 9.1 Rigid Body Dynamics -- TUTORIAL 9.2 Soft Body Dynamics -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 10 CLOTH -- TUTORIAL 10.1 Cloth -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 11 HAIR -- Render Settings -- TUTORIAL 11.1 Hair -- Conclusion and Final Render -- CHAPTER 12 SKETCH AND TOON.

TUTORIAL 12.1 Ray Gun with Style -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 13 CUSTOMIZING THE C4D INTERFACE -- Customizing Manager Size and Location -- Individualized Workflow -- Command Palettes -- Menu Manager -- Saving a Custom Layout -- Preferences -- Heads Up Display (HUD) -- Collapse/Unfold Managers -- Conclusion -- APPENDIX: ABOUT THE CD-ROM -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.