welcome

Hello, and welcome to the Microbion web site. This site concentrates on graphics - both 2D and 3D - and web design. There is a variety of graphic and digital art-related material in the various graphics sections, and information on various topics to do with web design in the web section.

new on the site

new tutorial section

(October 3rd 2011) A new reciple has been added to the cookbook page - generating a dynamic spline in an ObjectData plugin. This shows how to generate a spline which changes from frame-to-frame and is still recognised by C4D functions which demand a SplineObject as input.

You can go directly to the recipe here or to the main cookbook page here.

new free plugin for Cinema 4D - Quick Render

Quick Render
May 18th 2011 - Quick Render updated!

An new update is available for Quick Render.. It is now Vray compatible and there are several other bug fixes and enhancements. This update is recommended for all users.

Quick Render (hereafter 'QR') is a workflow plugin intended to speed up test renders of a complex image. It does this by disabling scene effects which significantly prolong render time.

For more details, or to download a copy, please see the plugin's home page.

Nudge-It updated to version 1.13

(April 16th 2011) This version is identical to the initial release version expect that it now supports Cinema 4D's automatic keyframing. To download the new version, please see the plugin home page.

Plugin Boss service release

Plugin Boss icon

(March 20th 2011) This is a service release for the C4D plugin manager Plugin Boss. Details can be found on the application's home page. This service release is recommended for all users of Plugin Boss.

Plugin Boss is free for personal and commercial use and can be downloaded from its home page.

You can see screen shots for Plugin Boss, for the Mac here and for PC here.

DarkTree simbiont for C4D

The DarkTree simbiont for C4D is now available for download. This shader system has not been available for C4D since R8.5, but has been recompiled for C4D releases R10 and up. Visit the plugin home page for more information and download links.

Some examples of what it can do can be seen below:

Versions are supplied for Cinema 4D R10, R11, R11.5 and R12.

For more information, see the plugin home page.

Pitted metal
 

 

resources

cinema 4d plugins

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror is a commercial workflow/modelling plugin. For more details, or to buy a license, please see the plugin's home page.

This plugin is now compatible with C4D R12. All registered users are, of course, entitled to a new serial number free of charge. The updated plugin can be downloaded from its home page.

ArrowMaker

ArrowMaker is a free plugin for Cinema 4D versions R10 and higher (it is R12 compatible). It generates a spline primitive in the shape of an arrow, which can be extensively customised.

See the plugin home page for details and to download a copy.

Other plugins

Other free plugins include:

These plugins are also compatible with R12. If you are now using R12, there is no need to re-download these plugins as it was not necessary to modify them in any way. Click the above links to go to their home pages and download a copy.

models

There are number of free models available for download. They are divided into two types - plants and all other models. All are licensed for commercial and non-commercial use.

tutorials

December 26th 2010: a new tutorial on writing Cinema 4D plugins has been added. This one deals with creating a menu (CommandData) plugin.

latest free model

The most recent free model is a set of weapons and armour for a Greek hoplite. Textures are included. Get it from the models download page (please note: R12 format only).

Hoplite weapons

latest image

My latest gallery image can be seen by clicking the small images below, and the complete gallery is located here.

  • Doorway-mb
    Doorway
  • Doorway-closeup-mb
    Doorway - close up of door panel
 

This model won second place in the February 2011 challenge - 'Model a Doorway' at C4D Cafe.