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Introduction to Cinema 4D: A Beginner's Animation Guide
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About Introduction to Cinema 4D: A Beginner's Animation Guide
Introduction
Which Version Of Cinema 4D To Use?
Navigation Shortcuts
Viewport Options
Installing Plugins, Customizing UI
Application & Project Settings
Menu Iitems
Moving, Scaling, Rotating Objects
Object Attributes & Tags
Coordinates & Size Options
Object Hierachies
Modelling - Intro, Selection Modes
Modelling - Extrude, Extrude Inner, Bevel Tools
Modelling - Subdividing Edges
Modelling - Adding Loop Cuts
Lighting - General Light Settings
Lighting - Light Fallof
Lighting - Volumetrics & Light Rays
Lighting - The Area Light
Lighting - Custom Light Shapes
Lighting - Shadows
Materials - Lighting Setup
Materials - Reflectance Channel
Materials - Using Images in Materials
Materials - Bump & Normal Channels
Materials - Concrete Material Breakdown
Splines - Pen Tool
Splines - Types & Intermediate Points
Splines - Text & Splines
Splines - Open Illustator Files
Splines - Spline Masks
Splines - Sweep Object
Splines - Extrude Object
Splines - Loft & Lathe Nurbs
Mograph - Cloner Object
Mograph - Random Effector
Mograph - Plain Effector & Fields
Mograph - Voronoi Fracture, Delay Effector
Mograph - Fracture & Mo Text
Animation - Keyframes & Timeline
Animation - Animating Along Splines
Cameras - Animating Along Splines
Cameras - Morph Camera
Building The City
Making The Highways
Making The Cars
Lighting The City
Building Materials & Shaders
Camera Animation
Optimizing Render Quality & Speed
Output Using Multi Passes
Composting In After Effects
Final Export For Instagram & Youtube
Bulding The Wormhole
Making The Wormhole Loop
Animating The Astronaut
Lighting & Render Settings
Composting In After Effects, Final Export
Outro
What You Will Learn?
- Class Notes: Recommended Version of Cinema 4D: Cinema 4D R21 to Cinema 4D R24. These versions of Cinema 4D are the most similar to the class so it will be easier to follow if you are a beginner. The JSplacement tool used in the class was discontinued but is still available via this archived link and in the class files..
- The Ultimate Cinema 4D Guide for Beginners.The class is for everyone and anyone that wants to learn how to use Cinema 4D. If you have never opened Cinema 4D before, or any other type of 3D application - you will be able to watch and follow along with everything in this class. I will be sharing several tip & tricks to help you use Cinema 4D the right way, develop a fast and efficient workflow and several techniques that I have discovered during my own experience with Cinema 4D over the last 10 years. So even if you have some experience in Cinema 4D, there will be a lot of new things that you can pick up from watching this class..
- This roughly 8-hour long class split is organised into 2 general sections. Section 1 covers various topics and tools in Cinema 4D. Section 2 is about developing workflows and working on real projects as examples. Watch the whole thing and by the end of it you will be able to open Cinema 4D and start creating your own animation today! Section 1: Aspects of Cinema 4D.
- Section 2: Example Project & Workflows.
- This section focuses on using everything learnt up to this point, and applying it to real projects. You will see a full worklow from working on the projects in Cinema 4D, and outputting them and finishing in After Effects. During this section we will continue to introduce new ideas and concepts as part of the process. The projects are:.
- Example Project 01 - Futuristic City Animation with several skyscrapers & flying cars.
- Example Project 02 - Sci-Fi Wormhole animation, looped animation.By the end of the class you will be able to open Cinema 4D and create your own animations, let get started!.