Cinema 4D: Camera Animation

Learn to create useful and unique camera movements (including moves from Hollywood classics) for any type of project with CINEMA 4D.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Simple Camera Movements

• Framing a static shot
• Animating a push-in with position keyframes
• Animating a pan with rotation keyframes
• Enhancing camera moves with F-curves
• Animating a snap zoom

2. Custom Camera Rigs

• Creating and animating a simple camera rig with a null object
• Automatically targeting your camera at your subject
• Adding subtle imperfections with the Vibrate tag
• Smoother camera moves with the Align to Spline tag
• First-person POV with the Virtual Walkthrough tool

3. Camera Crane and Motion Camera Functions

• Sweeping shots with the Camera Crane
• Tracking shots with the Motion Camera tag Spline setting
• Create a trailing camera with the Chase Object setting
• Creating a canyon fly-through with Automatic Banking
• Creating a steadicam effect with the Motion Camera rig

4. Camera Morph Functions

• A-to-B camera moves with the Camera Morph tag
• Kinetic type animation with the Camera Morph tag

Conclusion

• Next steps