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Cinema 4D R18 Essential Training: Motion Graphics

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Cinema 4D Courses Visual Effects Courses Motion Graphics Courses Keyframe Animation Courses Spline Modeling Courses Compositing Courses MoGraph Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to use CINEMA 4D R18 in a motion graphics workflow. Learn key foundational concepts, such as spline modeling, keyframe animation, and materials.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What this course is and isn't
  • How to use the exercise files
1. What Are Motion Graphics?
  • What are motion graphics?
  • How do motion graphics artists use CINEMA 4D (C4D)?
  • Examples of work
  • Big picture concepts
2. Setting Up a Project for Motion Graphics
  • Starting a scene for the first time
  • Workflow tips
  • Create a start scene
3. Working with Splines
  • What are splines?
  • Create and manipulate splines
  • Build complex shapes with spline masks
  • Create geometry with splines
  • Work with Adobe Illustrator files
  • Import and clean up Illustrator files
  • Extrude to add depth and detail
4. Working with the Timeline
  • What is the Timeline?
  • F-curve manipulation
  • Create stops, starts, and eases
  • Create a camera animation
  • Copy and offset keyframes
  • Move animated objects
  • What are special tracks?
5. The Power of MoGraph
  • What is MoGraph?
  • Create clones
  • Use effectors
  • Deform objects with effectors
  • Enable objects to be animated with MoGraph
  • Other MoGraph objects
  • Overlapping clones and bounding boxes
  • Break objects into pieces
  • Offset animation with the Step effector
6. Lighting for Motion Graphics
  • How do lights work?
  • Use different types of shadow
  • Add falloff for realistic lighting
  • Scene lighting
  • Create a basic light setup
7. Materials for Motion Graphics
  • What are materials?
  • Create and apply materials
  • Manipulate materials on objects
  • Create color and patterns with shaders
  • Make things shiny and reflective
  • Create reflection objects
  • Make things have bumps
  • Animate animated materials
8. Rendering and Compositing for Motion Graphics
  • The motion graphics pipeline
  • Compositing tags
  • Common render settings
  • Set up multipass renders
  • Set up takes
  • Create previews and final renders
  • What is CINEWARE?
  • The AEC workflow
9. Motion Graphics Challenge
  • Challenge overview
  • Solution
  • Solution: Animating MoGraph and cameras
  • Solution: Lighting and texturing
  • Solution: Rendering and compositing
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Andy Needham

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