A New Plan!

This blog site is my personal blog.  In addition to actual useful information, I also occasionally blog personal stuff.  Seeing it all mixed up here has confused even me…  So I’m making some changes.

This site will be about me.  What I’m up to, things I’m learning, examples of my work, and my personal opinion on [...]

Shades of the past

A little less than a year ago I upgraded most of the components of my computer, including a new quad core processor and 8 gigs of RAM.  Prior to my upgrade many of my animations would take two to four days to render.  But with the new machine even when rendering in Cinema 4D with [...]

A cold winter means less time outdoors…

It’s a very cold winter here in Kansas right now.  And although I got several nice warm outdoor clothing items, I’m not crazy enough to go outside in 22-inches of snow.  So, I’m spending time learning more about using Cinema 4D.  A very nice and warm indoor activity that’s productive and cholesterol free.

My main computer [...]

Experimenting with Cinema 4D

I’m tired of driving for hours a day to shoot 20 useable clips…  And I’ve had some ideas floating around my head for some new 3D projects, so I fired up Cinema 4D today and started playing…

This clip is a movie theater with a countdown playing on the screen:

YouTube messes with the gamma of uploaded [...]