I am still very much in touch with Kiwi (Stu Winders) yes NZ.

He's given me a lot of help using C4D. I consider him a modern master.

MY only saving grace is that I use the program for different things than Stu does.

I used to call CorelDRAW the Swiss Army Knife of graphics utilities. True, but the layout is like how I arrange my sock drawer.

I think I can call C4D the Swiss Army Knife of Modeling/rendering/animation programs. I heard also that the paint engine in the thing, which a while ago was sold as a standalone, was used for "Polar Express".

I used to chat with a sales rep in California who told me the biggest perk to learning C4D is that is was built by engineers who were also accomplished artists. Having an artist design layout, code for tools, the UI, and so on really helped me get a handle on what proved to be a hierarchical structure. Many operations are non-destructive...cool!

See you folks around the X,Y, and Z axes!

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