Python Resources

Brief list of Python Resources to facilitate Python development in Cinema 4D.

MAXON Resources

• Maxon officials:

  • Official Github Repository.
  • Official Support Forum.
  • Maxon Labs not all projects are developed in Python, neither open source.
  • Python Language Overview
    • Variables: the Python Way
    • Remarks in Python
    • Python functions
    • Python flow control
    • Returning from a function and return value
    • Classes in Python
  • Cineversity:
    • Scripting Guide.
    • Introduction to Python in Cinema 4D.
    • Python Scripting.
    • Python OBJ Sequence Exporter.
    • Creating a Custom Python Effector.
    • Convert Cinema 4D Python Scripts to Plugins with Script Converter.
    • NAB 2015 talks.

Resource over the Net

• Chicago Cinema 4D Introduction to Python.
• ToolFarm: Python to Expand Cinema 4D.
• Creative Tuts: Cinema 4D Plugins and Scripts.
• CG Rebel:
  • Getting started with Python in Cinema 4D.
  • Cinema 4D Scripting category.
• 908 Lab: A blog with some article about Cinema 4D Python.

External Open source Contribution

• Cesar Vonc.
• Frank Willeke.
• Valkaari.
• Ilay.
• Niklas Rosenstein, https://github.com/NiklasRosenstein/c4ddev.

Free Video

• Installing Cinema 4D Python SDK Examples and how to use SculptModifierDeformer by Kent Barber.
• Making Python Scripting As Easy As Possible For Artists by Noah Witchell.
• Creating Geometry With Python In Cinema 4D by Manuel Casasola Merkle.
• Python SDK and plugins by Michael Auerswald.
• IBC 2014, Workflow Techniques using Python/Xpresso by Simon Holmedal.

Paid Video

• CmiVFX:
  • Cinema 4D Python Essentials by Ryan Hussain.
  • Cinema 4D Data Visualizations by Ryan Hussain.
• fxphd:
  • Python Scripting in Cinema 4D by Michael Auerswald.

Python Basics

• Official Python documentation.
• Not limited list of different Python Learning platforms with a short description.
• MIT 2016 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python.
• Class Central:
  • An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python - Part 1.
  • An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python - Part 2.

Literature

• Python in a Nutshell

  ISBN10 - 0596100469

• Python Cookbook

  ISBN10 - 0596007973

• Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition)

  By John F. Hughes, Andries van Dam, Morgan McGuire, David F. Sklar, James D. Foley, Steven K. Feiner, Kurt Akeley Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN10 - 0321399528

• Graphics Gems V

  by Alan W. Paeth (Editor) ISBN10 - 0125434553

• Curves and Surfaces for Computer Graphics

  ISBN10 - 0387241965

• 3D Computer Graphics (3rd edition)

  By Alan H. Watt ISBN10 - 0201398559

• Computer Graphics, C Version

  By Donald Hearn, M. Pauline Baker Prentice Hall; ISBN10 - 0135309247