Importing files from other apps into C4D and other stuff from Mike

Some of the students asked me about getting files from other apps into cinema, while cinema supports imports of lightwave (lwo), obj, and others FBX seems to be by far the best way to get files in from other systems (i.e Max/Blender)

That being said i found a free utility at this URL,  It will convert DXF, 3DS, and Collada files into FBX (Really no need for the collada part of it as Cinema hands collada well)

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/fbx20122_converter_mac.pkg.tgz

And here's a good deal on C4D educational:

http://www.creationengine.com/html/pl.lasso?s=cinema+4d+R13&o=price+low-to-high

And here's a link for submissions to the 2012 ADAA:

http://www.adobeawards.com/us/submission/categories/