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Cinema 4D: Cloth Simulations for Motion Graphics

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Cinema 4D Courses Animation Courses Texturing Courses Motion Graphics Courses Cloth Simulation Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn to build a cloth simulation—simulated curtains, flags, and reveals—with the CINEMA 4D cloth system.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Using the exercise files
1. Core Concepts
  • Understanding cloth dynamics in C4D
  • Working with the Cloth tag: Tag tab
  • Working with the Cloth tag: Forces tab
  • Working with the Cloth tag: Dresser tab
  • Working with the Cloth tag: Expert tab
  • Creating and using caches
  • Flat mapping textures
  • Scene scale consideration
2. Creating a Flag
  • Modeling and texturing a flag
  • Modeling the flag pole
  • Modeling the rope
  • Setting up the simulation
  • Attaching belt constraints
  • Adding colliders
  • Animating the flag raising
  • Caching and looping the sim
  • Rope loop
  • Flag rings
3. Creating Theater Curtains
  • Modeling the curtains
  • Adding the helper object
  • Adding the Cloth tag
  • Attaching belt constraints
  • Animating the curtain raising
  • Introducing pose morphs
  • Morph corrections
  • Mirroring the curtain
  • Projection mapping the logo
4. Creating the Reveal Cloth
  • Creating the logo
  • Creating low-res colliders
  • Cloth setup
  • Draping
  • Attaching belt constraints
  • Animate the cloth reveal
  • Cloth reveal troubleshooting
  • Cloth reveal settings comparison
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Alan Demafiles

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