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Well here is a blast from the past my first ever C4D project that I did with R5. A nuclear submarine launching it's missiles, the flick was rendered at 320x240! Looks so old now. BTW I hope I have improved since then 😄

A glowing article in "Computer Arts" is what got me interested in C4D back in 2005. I was a trueSpace user at the time and just growing completely frustrated with the programs lack of development, instability and broken tools. My litmus test is again to open up the demo program and see how far I can get with it without reading a manual and the C4D UI was just so well done that it was a no-brainer. What clinched the deal was discovering the Cafe and all of it C4D tutorials. What a gold mine! Also finding out that 3D-Kiwi and 3D-Crew (anyone remember him?) were running the site was a big plus because I knew them from before as they were also ex-trueSpace. 3D-Kiwi's little blue airplane tutorial really paved the way for me to get into the program. Wow! 30 years! That is about as old as you can get in this industry! Okay....how many Cafe members were not born yet in 1990? Actually....on second thought....I really don't want to know. Dave

30 years to the day that Cinema was first released by the original team when Christian and Philip Losch entered their new mega speedy ray-tracer into Kickstart magazine's monthly programming contest, and won the competition... that was to go on to be released on Amiga as FastRay, and went on to become Cinema 4D R1 2 years later. A lot has changed since then, but not how much I like it ! 🙂 Well done the original team, the current team, and all those in between who worked, and still work to make this software great. 🎉🎈🎂 CBR

Do you need a magazine or would a video tutorial work just as well? Everyone learns differently so I would imagine that for some, printed page works better than a video. But with that said, some on-line tutorials on YouTube do come with text annotation as well .... unfortunately, I remember seeing it and thinking it was cool but I can't remember where. If you do have trouble following video tutorials, then do what I do: slow the playback speed to about 75% percent. Sometimes I struggle with a video tutorial if the instructor is moving too quickly through the screen commands or mentions a hot key amidst a flurry of words which (if missed) really throws me off. Therefore slowing down the playback slightly helps me absorb everything. So if you are looking for good tutorials, there are a ton of resources should you decide on the video format rather than the printed page. Two good places to start are Cineversity and right here at the Cafe. Hrvoje's course which are offered here can't be beat --- he explains everything in a very logical way. Similar to Hrvoje is Noseman (Athanasios Pozantzis) from Cineversity which is also very, very good. I also love Rocket Lasso's tutorials (Chris Schmidt) and EJ Hassenfratz from School of Motion. And of course, should you ever venture into the wonderful world of X-Particles, Bob Walmsley is outstanding. Dave

Blimey! You're making me feel old… I remember first buying it in 1999 with R5 was it? Used it mainly for product visuals and was impressed by the speedy render times. Has changed somewhat since those heady days. Let's hope C4D goes from strength to strength 🙂

Happy Birthday cinema. this is a nice opportunity to thank all developers for their dedication and perseverance 🙂 🎂 best wishes for the next 30 years, Jops