New Plastic Courses

Color Management for CGI Artists

An accessible introduction to color management for CGI artists, explaining color spaces, transfer functions, linear EXRs, PNG limitations, and display render transforms.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - AOVs Deep Dive - Octane

A practical deep dive into Octane AOVs for isolating render channels, denoising, troubleshooting, and fine-tuning renders through post-compositing.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Procedural Concrete & Plaster - Octane

Build detailed, non-repeating concrete and plaster materials in Cinema 4D using Octane’s procedural noises, bumps, gradients, and displacement.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - More Procedural Imperfection Maps in Octane

Create procedural imperfection maps in Octane using custom patterns, noise, and distorted UV projections for scratches, fingerprints, stains, and other surface detail.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Octane Light Basics

Learn Octane lighting in Cinema 4D through photography-inspired control of light types, color, shadows, exposure, and bloom to shape scene mood.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Procedural Wood - Octane

Create realistic wood materials in Cinema 4D using Octane procedural nodes, code, and math instead of image textures.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Procedural Alien-Rock Materials

Create procedural alien-rock materials in Octane for Cinema 4D by layering noise nodes for albedo, bump, roughness, displacement, edge details, and metallic chips.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Box Modeling Pin Clutches

Model butterfly and rubber pin clutches in Cinema 4D using box modeling, subdivision surfaces, clips, spikes, and basic materials.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Realistic Enamel Pins

Model and texture realistic enamel and die-cast pins in Cinema 4D with Octane, using custom graphics and detailed materials.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Subsurface Scattering Deep Dive

Deep dive into subsurface scattering physics and Octane material settings, with a practical scene implementation using absorption, scattering, and random walk media.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Dreads with a High Fade and Lines

Create side-combed and non-combed dreadlocks with a high fade and shaved lines in Cinema 4D using the native Hair module, without plugins.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Dreads

Create realistic short dreadlocks in Cinema 4D using layered hair objects, guides, clumping, and the native hair material.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Curly Hair - Jamaican Bounce Style

Create and stylize a dense Jamaican-bounce curly bob in Cinema 4D with default hair tools, including layered curls, baby hair, and an ombre color effect.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Afro-Textured Hair

Learn to create realistic afro-textured hair in Cinema 4D by controlling hair thickness, frizz, kink, clumping, hairlines, and afro styles.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cinema 4D Tutorial - Box Modeling a Cartoon Hand

Model a stylized cartoon hand in Cinema 4D using box modeling, clean polygon flow, and subdivision-surface adjustments.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video