Greyscalegorilla Podcast

This is part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on Nov 4, 2021. In this episode, Nick and Chad dive into their first impressions of the Macbook Pro M1 Max, favorite hardware for C4D, looping animations, answer more Greyscalegorilla questions, and of course... reveal their favorite bourbon.  Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Octane Update - https://render.otoy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=78621
• Redshift on the M1 Max review - https://youtu.be/wcgaetI9L_I
• Chad's Secret Stash - https://cgpov.notion.site/Secret-Stash-446ff3ec184943959b2257150773c821
• HB Modeling Bundle - https://hbstudio.gumroad.com/l/BOgdK
• ACES in After Effects - https://youtu.be/7uY4-bPvRKs
• Nick & Chad's Puget Systems - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing-puget-a-system-built-for-3d/
• Goopy Octane Renders (check his whole thread) - https://twitter.com/motionpunk1/status/1456317116806803457
   

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This is part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on Oct 14, 2021. In this episode, Nick talked a lot about Greyscalegorilla and his own personal creative journey.  Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• What's New in Plus - https://greyscalegorilla.com/category/whats-new-in-plus/
• About Greyscalegorilla - https://greyscalegorilla.com/about-us/
• Surface Imperfections Tutorials - https://greyscalegorilla.com/surface-imperfections-training/
• Take System Tutorial - https://greyscalegorilla.com/speed-up-your-workflow-with-the-cinema-4d-take-system/
• Tokens Tutorial - https://greyscalegorilla.com/cinema-4d-tokens-never-name-a-render-again/
• Nick & Chad's computer systems - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing-puget-a-system-built-for-3d/
• Greyscalegorilla Merch - https://greyscalegorilla-merch.creator-spring.com/
• Nick's Creative Mornings Talk - https://creativemornings.com/talks/nick-campbell/2 
• The Creative Gap: Becoming Better than Most - https://vimeo.com/19428188
• Nick's NFTs on Showtime - https://showtime.io/nickvegas
• Click That Button - https://clickthatbutton.com/
• Nick's First Steps - https://www.behance.net/gallery/22747337/Nicks-First-Steps-2002-2005
   

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This is part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on Sept, 23 2021. In this episode, Nick and Chad give their initial reactions to the latest Cinema 4D release, R25. They get into what they like, what they don't like, and what they hope can be improved.  Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Greyscalegorilla R25 Compatibility - https://greyscalegorilla.com/greyscalegorilla-plugin-compatibility-with-cinema-4d-r25/
• Greyscalegorilla Licensing Update - https://greyscalegorilla.com/greyscalegorilla-licensing-update/
• MILG Modeling Course - https://greyscalegorilla.com/the-best-modeling-course-for-c4d-now-in-plus/ 
• Latest Plus Update - https://greyscalegorilla.com/introducing-signal-3-0-new-materials-and-much-more/
• Signal Training - https://greyscalegorilla.com/signal-product-training/
• Nick's Signal 3.0 video - https://youtu.be/-eoeiYxAt8Y
• ACES in Octane - https://youtu.be/4t3qHtwyWcs
• Why Cinema 4D artists should care about ACES - https://greyscalegorilla.com/c4d-artists-aces-color/
   

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This is the first part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on September 9, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad chat with the one and only Nick Denboer, aka Smearballs. They talked all about how Nick uses Signal 3.0 for his character creations, and his new virtual gallery.   Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Smearballs Gallery - https://cybrxr.com/smearballs
• Smearballs Website - https://www.smearballs.com/
• Nick DenBoer on Superrare - https://superrare.com/smearballs
• deadmau5 video - https://youtu.be/aAvyS6HSa0A
• MILG Modeling course on GorillaU - https://training.greyscalegorilla.com/courses/modeling
• Signal Training - https://greyscalegorilla.com/signal-product-training/
• Nick Campbell's Signal 3.0 training - https://youtu.be/-eoeiYxAt8Y
• Character Creator - https://www.reallusion.com/character-creator/
• Jeremy Cox @ NAB - https://youtu.be/YhBUiAuhv-4
   

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This is the first part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on August 26, 2021. In this episode, Nick hold office hours and fields questions from the live stream chat about all things Greyscalegorilla. He also gives you a sneak peek of our latest big addition to Greyscalegorilla Plus, and you won't want to miss it.  Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Otoy RNDR tokens - https://rendertoken.com/
• Nick and Chad's systems - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing-puget-a-system-built-for-3d/
• Why you should care about ACES - https://greyscalegorilla.com/c4d-artists-aces-color/
   

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This is the first part of the  Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on June 3, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about all things workflow. That thing you don't really want to think about, but it can make all the difference in saving you and your team's sanity.  Check it out!

We are partnering with our friends at OTOY to give you an amazing 3D package! Throughout the month of August, when you purchase an annual subscription of Plus, you'll get 3 months of OctaneRender free + 100 RNDR tokens. Existing annual Plus members also get 100 RNDR tokens to render out your projects at lightning speed using RNDR, OTOY's blockchain GPU rendering network. Learn More: https://greyscalegorilla.com/greyscalegorilla-and-octanerender/

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Chad's Cineversity talk - https://www.cineversity.com/vidplaytu...
• Takes - https://greyscalegorilla.com/speed-up...
• Tokens - https://greyscalegorilla.com/cinema-4...
• Work Faster in C4D - https://greyscalegorilla.com/how-to-w...
• ACES in Octane in 5 minutes - https://greyscalegorilla.com/better-r...
• Surface Imperfection Training - https://greyscalegorilla.com/surface-...
• Neon Materials Training - https://greyscalegorilla.com/neon-mat...
• Chad's new computer - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing...
   

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on May 20, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about what you get stuck on with C4D materials, emissive materials, and so much more. Want to watch when Chad dives in and starts demonstrating his favorite tricks with emissive materials proper? Check it out!

We are partnering with our friends at OTOY to give you an amazing 3D package! Throughout the month of August, when you purchase an annual subscription of Plus, you'll get 3 months of OctaneRender free + 100 RNDR tokens. Existing annual Plus members also get 100 RNDR tokens to render out your projects at lightning speed using RNDR, OTOY's blockchain GPU rendering network. Learn More: https://greyscalegorilla.com/greyscalegorilla-and-octanerender/

Links mentioned in today's show:

• All about Chad's new system - https://greyscalegorilla.com/choosing...
• Make some fog in Redshift - https://greyscalegorilla.com/blade-ru...
• Greyscalegorilla Dust - https://greyscalegorilla.com/product/...

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on May 6, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about materials, our surface imperfections, ACES, favorite renderers, and a rather spicy debate about Mac vs PC. Want to watch when Chad dives into Octane proper? Check it out!

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Better Renders with ACES in Octane in Under 5 Minutes - https://youtu.be/4t3qHtwyWcs 
• Why Cinema 4D Artists Should Care About ACES - https://youtu.be/4cCQ3pTRfmU 
• Which Renderer Should I Use in Cinema 4D? - https://greyscalegorilla.com/what-ren...

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on April 22, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about the formal launch of Greyscalegorilla Plus, staying sane in the pandemic, and more.

Links mentioned in today's show:

• Greyscalegorilla Teams - https://greyscalegorilla.com/teams/
• Greyscalegorilla for Education - https://greyscalegorilla.com/education/
• Greyscalegorilla Testimonials - https://greyscalegorilla.com/testimonials
• Licensing FAQ - https://greyscalegorilla.com/plus-licensing-faq/
• Greyscalegorilla Merchandise - https://greyscalegorilla-merch.creator-spring.com/

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on April 8, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about Greyscalegorilla Plus, including the lens scripts we released, NFTs, developing your portfolio, why Chad is using Octane now, and more. 

Pop on over to watch Nick demo the Lens and Rotation scripts they walk about in the show.  Click here to watch the fun.

Links talked about in this episode:

• Plus Perks Blog
• Learn ACES in Octane in Under 5 Minutes
• Chad Ashley on Foundation
• Shawn Astrom on Foundation
• Nick Campbell on Foundation 
• Greyscalegorilla Academic Pricing
• The Creative Gap: Becoming Better Than Most

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on Feb 17, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about lighting, HDRIs, Greyscalegorilla, and more. 

Audio is only half the story. Follow along as Chad jumps in and demonstrates some high level lighting concepts in 3D. So simple, yet so effective.  Click here to watch the fun.

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on March 04, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about cameras, cinematography, Greyscalegorilla, and more. 

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This is the first part of the Greyscalegorilla Live show that streamed on March 18, 2021. In this episode, Nick & Chad field questions from the live stream chat about lighting, Greyscalegorilla, and more. 

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We are coming back, bringing you some of the highlights of the Q&A section of our Live Show, in pure audio form.

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Check out last week's Live Show, where Nick and Chad  answer people's questions, and then get down into the thick of it messing up some perfectly nice materials.

Show Notes:

• Maxon Cinema 4D S22
• Arnold and Otoy collaboration
  • Arnold GPU on their RNDR service
  • Otoy to support Arnold's standard surface

Our Thoughts on the New C4D S22 Features:

Automatic UV's

Chad

• super easy to use, very convenient
• not bad but no real control over distortion settings
• I like the overlap mirrored geo, nice way to save space
• cant reset to default settings

Shawn

• 3 Impressive out of the box automatic solutions licenced from Quel Solaar.
• Easy to use!

New UV Workflow

Chad

• Great start, way better layout
• good enough for most
• slightly confusing workflow
• couple of quirks
• decent auto packing and auto unwrap
• needs a relax brush
• no UDIM support
• overlap mirrored geo is nice
• no ability to right click and reset your settings to default
• tad slow on complex meshes

Shawn

• Wonderful new UV layout
• Love all of the view modes (Show tiled texture) for example
• Would love to see a nice grid in UI beyond 0-1 UV space.
• Need Alignment tools (Snapping does not seem to work)

Modeling Improvements

Chad

• Steps in the right direction, but a long ways to go to compare to Maya + Max
• bridge is ok, but still far behind what other DCCs are doing
• untriangulate works well

Shawn

• Love the new mirror selection! Huge
• Vertex normal via the phong tag is great
• Untriangulate Command is much improved
• Close Polygon Hole function is much better
• Fix non-manifold geometries command very welcome

Nodal Material Export to FBX

Chad

• not really anything here that interests me

Shawn

• Seems great for those who still use Physical and Standard Renderers

GoZ Bridge

Chad

• I don't use Zbrush but this seems useful

Shawn

• Works great! Was not possible in R21 officially and now supports Polygroups!

Viewport Enhancements

Chad

• viewport enhancements is a step in the right direction but doesn't work with redshift. Was hoping it would be closer to what Maya and Blender have.
• viewport filters are a great quality of life feature. BUT the individual presets are not found in the customize commands options and cannot be turned into a button or shortcut. However, the preset selector can be docked in the UI, but this is not ideal.
• would be easy to set up for play blasts

Shawn

• Viewport filter icons rule
• Setting up Viewport filter shortcuts DON'T work as expected
• Love the new viewport resolution option
• Instances now show full geometry
• Hair now looks amazing and much closer to final render

gLTF Support (Export Only)

Chad

• I don't do AR, but this seems very useful to those that do

Shawn

• Another great exchange format.
• Great for WebGL needs
• Is a one-size fits all file format (SketchFab)

Show Notes:

NAB 2020 has been cancelled

Office Space

The open office plan is a disaster - Chicago Tribune

Shawn Astrom

Major projects are split quarterly into 90 day chunks

Monday morning meetings

Why Synchronous Isn’t Ideal For Remote Work - Medium

Tips to Working From Home - Greyscalegorilla

How Doist Makes Remote Work Happen - Doist

Tools We Use:

• Google G Suite - Business Operations
  • Gmail
  • G Drive
  • Meet
  • Docs
  • Sheets
  • Slides
  • Calendar
• Slack - Chat
• Notion - Project Management, Knowledge Base
• ToDoist - Personal Task Lists
• Chrome Remote Desktop

Tools We Have Used or Other Companies Use:

• Discord
• Asana
• Trello
• Monday
• Dropbox
• JIRA
• Microsoft Teams
• LogMeIn
• Frame.io

• Guest - Jeremy Stuart, Professional Colorist
• Tutorial - Why Should Cinema 4D Artists Learn ACES?
• Andrey Lebrov ACES
• Getting to Know Aces Training Series - Greyscalegorilla Plus
• Color Grading - What is ACES? - Michael Maher
• CG Cinematography by Chris Brejon

In this episode, the team talks to School of Motion founder and all-around extraordinary human being Joey Korenman. Listen to them talk about updates Adobe is working on for After Effects and Photoshop, popular new tools like Procreate and Cavalry, and the benefits of online education versus a traditional school.

Both Joey and Nick Campbell also share insights to entrepreneur-ism and the challenges they face as leaders of growing companies. 

• Adobe Max
• Billie Eilish
• Vampire Weekend
• School of Motion AE 17.0 Tutorial
• Blackmagic Design Fusion
• Nuke
• Learning new software podcast
• Procreate for iPad tool of choice for illustrators
• Sarah Beth Morgan Illustration for Motion course
• Cavalry
• Blender
• Ordinary Folk
• School of Motion Manifesto
• Jorge "JR" Canest
• Mark Christiansen VFX for Motion course
• Maxell Tape commercial
• Zack Lovatt and Nol Honig Expression Session course
• Explode Shape Layers AE plugin
• Flow AE plugin
• Amy Sundin Executive Producer at SOM
• EJ Hassenfratz is working on a new 3D class
• Alaena VanderMost came on as COO and ran all operations
• Scaled up support team / student experience
• Scaled up marketing team under Caleb Ward
• Additional producers and technical product team members
• Offload work to people who are experts in that area
• Listen to alumni about what they want
• Step back and not micro-manage
• Motion Hatch
• Motion Design Masterminds
• Greyscalegorilla Plus
• Online education
• Chris Do The Futur podcast on paying for traditional education
• Student loans are the only type of debt you can't get rid of (Social Security is garnished for student loans)
• Seth Godin
• If people don't invest in a course, they tend no to finish it
• School of Motion Squash and Stretch tutorial
• schoolofmotion.com

In this episode of the Greyscalegorilla podcast, the team catches up after the holidays. Hear them talk about movies, shows, and their favorite gifts. Take a listen to the latest in industry news from around the mograph world, and finally hear about some tips and tricks to help you stay motivated during the cold winter months.

Show Notes:

Big and Rich

Big Audio Dynamite

The Mandalorian

The Witcher

Jack Reacher

Jack Ryan

John Wick

Making John Wick Titles with Amador Valenzuela

Up

Big Bird Singing at Jim Henson's Funeral

Captain America: The First Avenger

Iron Man

Iron Man 2

The Avengers

MasterClass

Penn and Teller

Ken Burns

General Magic the Movie

The Imagineering Story

You

The Mandalorian Behind the Scenes

Unreal Engine Real-Time In-Camera VFX

Jon Favreau at Siggraph

The Declining art of the DVD commentary

RiffTrax

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Fellow Pour Over Kettle

Heated Back Massager

Commercial Baker's Sheet

Light Kit Pro 3 Coffee Maker

Chad's Dieter Rams Instagram Post

Dieter Rams Documentary

Ten Principles for Good Design

Modern Surface Material Collection

Cinema 4D Color Picker Tutorial

Intro to Arnold in Greyscalegorilla Plus

School of Motion End of the Year Podcast

New School of Motion Website

Joey Korenman Podcast Interview Coming Soon

NAB 2020 - April 18 - April 22

MoGraph Meetup

HappyLight Sad Lamp

Toon Shader Tutorial

Apple Mac Pro

Tesla Cybertruck

MKBHD Mac Pro Video

Mac Pro Cinebench Score

Baby Yoda Model

Arnold is the Most Versatile Render Engine for Mac and PC

Redshift adds C4D Noises and Nodes

Russ Gautier - Going from Cinema 4D to Houdini