Maxon NAB 2025 Presentations Featuring Maxon One Updates

This is the schedule with information about the presenters.

Sunday, April 6th

10:30 AM
Sebastian Häfele and Jonas Pilz
Sneak Peak – Future Features in Cinema 4D

11:30 AM
Chris Schmidt of Rocket Lasso
50 Minutes of Cinema 4D Tips and Tricks with Chris Schmidt Part 1

12:30 PM
Nick Harauz
Getting the Most out of Maxon Studio for Video Content Creation
Nick Harauz has 19 years of experience as a certified trainer for Adobe, Avid, and Final Cut Pro. He is an expert in post-production workflows and techniques, as well as a passionate advocate for creativity, AI and innovation. You can find several courses produced by Nick directly on Linkedin Learning.

1:30 PM
Andy Needham
Maxon Studio Unleashed – Essential Workflows & New Features
Andy is a UK-based freelance senior motion designer with over 20 years of experience, blending creativity and technical expertise to craft standout motion graphics. As an established trainer of over a decade, he’s been helping artists level up their skills through professional tutorials and courses.

2:30 PM
Jess Hewitt
Melting Houses in C4D Redshift with Jessica Hewitt (virtuallyvisual)
Jess (@virtuallyvisual) is a Creative Director by day and a 3D artist by night, with a love for all things fuzzy, abstract, and imaginative. Whether it’s rendering knit frogs on Instagram, livestreaming with Maxon for the Cinema 4D 2025 release, or sharing step-by-step tutorials on YouTube, Jess brings creativity and playfulness to everything she does. In just two years of diving into 3D, she’s explored tools like Cinema 4D, ZBrush, TouchDesigner, Daz, Houdini, and more. Her work revolves around tactile textures, playful experimentation, and the joy of bringing ideas to life.

3:30 PM
Travis Ragsdale
Dune Part 1
Travis Ragsdale is a Senior 3D Motion Designer with over 10 years of experience in animation and design. He is skilled in Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Houdini, creating high-quality animations with a strong focus on color, materials, and fluid motion. His expertise spans multiple industries, delivering visually compelling work with technical precision.

4:30 PM
Imsety Taylor
How Maxon One Shaped My Creative Journey
Imsety is a creator, technologist, and founder of Set Angle — a motion and web design agency for tech, entertainment, and startups. Since childhood, he has blended animation, coding, and sound to redefine how stories are told.

Monday, April 7th

9:30 AM
Jess Hewitt
Melting Houses in C4D Redshift with Jessica Hewitt (virtuallyvisual)
Jess (@virtuallyvisual) is a Creative Director by day and a 3D artist by night, with a love for all things fuzzy, abstract, and imaginative. Whether it’s rendering knit frogs on Instagram, livestreaming with Maxon for the Cinema 4D 2025 release, or sharing step-by-step tutorials on YouTube, Jess brings creativity and playfulness to everything she does. In just two years of diving into 3D, she’s explored tools like Cinema 4D, ZBrush, TouchDesigner, Daz, Houdini, and more. Her work revolves around tactile textures, playful experimentation, and the joy of bringing ideas to life.

10:30 AM
Imsety Taylor
How Maxon One Shaped My Creative Journey
Imsety is a creator, technologist, and founder of Set Angle — a motion and web design agency for tech, entertainment, and startups. Since childhood, he has blended animation, coding, and sound to redefine how stories are told.

11:30 AM
Chad Perkins
Getting to Know Red Giant: the Musical

12:30 PM
Gustaf Fjelstrom
Back into the Furnace: Lighting things up with Maxon One
Gustaf Fjelstrom is a motion designer, illustrator, artist, and recovering creative director. He operates Botched Creative specializing in conceptual design, styleframes, storyboards, and animation for title sequences, branding/identity spots, promotional campaigns, and product visualizations. He lives near Austin Texas with his wife and three viciously adorable bulldogs. When not slinging pixels in his design studio, you’ll likely find him in his other studio making noises with his bass guitars and synthesizers, occasionally recording and releasing said noises on his own record label.

1:30 PM
Vladislav Solovjov, Anthony Bari, Maximus Raharjo
TBD

2:30 PM
Maria Gudjohnsen
The Art of Controlled Chaos: A pick-and-mix of C4D effectors
Maria Gudjohnsen is an Icelandic 3D artist. She has exhibited all over the world with work that experiments with different mediums to explore the potentials of reality and virtuality. The artist’s works depict utopian speculations of potential realities, inspired by the future, Sci-fi, and technology. She has worked with brands including Gucci, Dolce&Gabbana, Adidas, Jagermeister, One Times Square and more.

3:30 PM
Blake Rizzo
Intergalactic Procedural Shading in Red Giant Geo 
Blake Rizzo is Writer, Director, VFX Supervisor with a background in High School Education. He uses 3D Computer Graphics and Visual Effects to expand the limitations of storytelling. Recently, he was a VFX On-Set Supervisor for the TV Series The Promised Land and has worked as an Artist on the feature film The Shift starring Neal McDonough and Sean Astin. Additionally, he has done work with partnered clientele such as Nike, CBS, TNT, Maxon/Red Giant, Corridor Digital and had his work featured on The New Yorker. Not only that, he has founded a college filmmaking community called LUX: Film Production Club. They hold quarterly screenings and have produced over 200+ films with over 1000 club members over 8 years. 

4:30 PM
Craig Whitaker
Using Cinema 4D for Live Action Production
Craig Whitaker is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Scratch, a creative content company based on the East Coast.

Tuesday, April 8th

9:30 AM
Travis Ragsdale
Dune Part 2
Travis Ragsdale is a Senior 3D Motion Designer with over 10 years of experience in animation and design. He is skilled in Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Houdini, creating high-quality animations with a strong focus on color, materials, and fluid motion. His expertise spans multiple industries, delivering visually compelling work with technical precision.

10:30 AM
Andy Needham
Hundreds of Capsules, Millions of Possibilities – Unlocking Maxon Studio
Andy is a UK-based freelance senior motion designer with over 20 years of experience, blending creativity and technical expertise to craft standout motion graphics. As an established trainer of over a decade, he’s been helping artists level up their skills through professional tutorials and courses.

11:30 AM
Blake Rizzo
Intergalactic Procedural Shading in Red Giant Geo 
Blake Rizzo is Writer, Director, VFX Supervisor with a background in High School Education. He uses 3D Computer Graphics and Visual Effects to expand the limitations of storytelling. He was recently a VFX On-Set Supervisor for the TV Series The Promised Land. He has also worked as an Artist on the feature film The Shift starring Neal McDonough and Sean Astin. He has additionally done work with partnered clientele such as Nike, CBS, TNT, Maxon/Red Giant, Corridor Digital and had his work featured on The New Yorker. He has founded a college filmmaking community called LUX: Film Production Club. They hold quarterly screenings and have produced over 200+ films with over 1000 club members over 8 years. 

12:30 PM
Craig Whitaker
Using Cinema 4D for Live Action Production
Craig Whitaker is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Scratch, a creative content company based on the East Coast.

1:30 PM
Noseman
How to make 3D Anamorphic Billboards in Cinema 4D

2:30 PM
Gustaf Fjelstrom
Back into the Furnace: Lighting things up with Maxon One
Gustaf Fjelstrom is a motion designer, illustrator, artist, and recovering creative director. He operates Botched Creative specializing in conceptual design, styleframes, storyboards, and animation for title sequences, branding/identity spots, promotional campaigns, and product visualizations. He lives near Austin Texas with his wife and three viciously adorable bulldogs. When not slinging pixels in his design studio, you’ll likely find him in his other studio making noises with his bass guitars and synthesizers, occasionally recording and releasing said noises on his own record label.

3:30 PM
Maximus Raharjo
Supercharge your Livestream with Maxon Studio

4:30 PM
Nick Harauz
Getting the Most out of Maxon Studio for Video Content Creation
Nick Harauz has 19 years of experience as a certified trainer for Adobe, Avid, and Final Cut Pro. He is an expert in post-production workflows and techniques, as well as a passionate advocate for creativity, AI and innovation. You can find several courses produced by Nick directly on Linkedin Learning.

Wednesday, April 9th

9:30 AM
Maria Gudjohnsen
Snap, Track, Create: Quick Tracking and Effects in C4D for Social Media
Maria Gudjohnsen is an Icelandic 3D artist. She has exhibited all over the world with work that experiments with different mediums to explore the potentials of reality and virtuality. The artist’s works depict utopian speculations of potential realities, inspired by the future, Sci-fi, and technology. She has worked with brands including Gucci, Dolce&Gabbana, Adidas, Jagermeister, One Times Square and more.

10:30 AM
Chris Schmidt of Rocket Lasso
50 Minutes of Cinema 4D Tips and Tricks with Chris Schmidt Part 2

11:30 AM
Vladislav Solovjov
Three simulation tools for stylish boutique scenes
Vladislav Solovjov is a multidisciplinary Creative Director based in London, UK. Clients: Nike, Apple, Lancome, L’Oreal, Adobe, Google, Lotus and Audi.