What book to buy to lurn C4D?

This is the best book on r8 but you have to speak german

http://www.pixeldoggy.com/

Otherwise there is the cinema handbook that you will find on this page. I bought it and other than the section by naam which has a few things about mocca (not the best riging out there, but there is some nice stuff) the rest is not that useful. The expreso chapter is a real downer, there is nothing there worth a dime realy. The tutorial manual which is prety thin has more stuff on expreso. I think it is a little misleading when you think that the guy who wrote the chapter is a very talented programmer and the book is making a big think about it on the cover. The expresions he has come about with are laughable even for the most bacic beginer. That was a real wasted oppportunity to write something useful about expreso. As a begginer you are better off with the tutorial manuals and the many good tutorials you can find here and in other sites on the web.

regards

jannis

As Arndt is so modest, I would highly recommend his book "Cinema 4D 7". Obviously it doesn't cover the stuff that's been added in R8, but it's still the best book on Cinema available in English. It's also a little more advanced.

AdamT
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Hello John,
I am glad to hear, that even my german book is for any help for you. As I already posted here, I am not allowed to support any kind of translation (or do them by myself) as all such rights are given to the publisher only.
As no english/american publisher was interested there will be no translation this time.
At least for those of you how can read italian I can spread the good news that this book is about to be translated to italian. It will be published in Italy in October.


Cheers,
Arndt

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Hi Jannis,
as I am writing books about Cinema 4D since version 5 (GO, SE, XL-versions), I know that already a lot of the german C4D userbase owns at least one of my books. That's why I thinks it fair to publish a completely new book every time a new C4D version comes out. Of course it's more work for me, but that's what I as a reader would expect from a new book.
My actual "Pro" book about v8.1 (I have also a beginner book for v8 out) covers COFFEE, XPresso, TP, Dynamics and MOCCA in depth, as these are the things that are new in v8 or changed drastically from older versions. I have also some smaller chapters about BodyPaint and HDRI based lighting (and how to fake it without Advanced Renderer). The modelling chapter deals with the modelling of a human figure, while later chapters show how to prepare characters for animation (with and without MOCCA, as not everybody owns that module).
If someone wants more detailed informations about the content, just drop me a line. For a comparison with other available books (I haven't seen Adam's latest book yet) it would be nice if someone who owns both books could write some lines about it.

Cheers,
Arndt

http://www.vreel-3d.de
http://www.vonkoenigsmarck.de
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