Learning Cinema 4D R21

Learn the basics of Cinema 4D R21. Explore tools and techniques for creating professional 3D models and motion graphics and texturing, lighting, animating, and rendering your work.

Introduction

• Learning Cinema 4D R21

1. Getting Started and Key Concepts

• Licensing Cinema 4D R21
• The new interface
• Touring the Cinema 4D (C4D) interface
• Core concepts for working with C4D
• Useful preferences and settings

2. Create a Stylized Still Image

• Chapter overview
• Creating and manipulating objects
• Additional object creation methods
• Compose the frame
• Working with lights and shadows
• Create the infinite floor look
• Create and apply materials
• Make finishing touches
• Rendering a still image

3. Model and Animate a Logo

• Chapter overview
• Illustrator import
• Create geometry from splines
• Animate the logo with MoGraph
• Animate with the Camera Morph tag
• Create materials and lights
• Add depth and detail with layered materials
• Animate and render splines
• Prepare the scene for rendering with takes
• Composite with multipasses

Conclusion

• Next steps