Mograph Techniques: Dynamic Falling Objects in Cinema 4D

Use CINEMA 4D's Dynamic module to animate falling coins that bounce and collide realistically, in this project-based course.

Create your own "pennies from heaven" scene with CINEMA 4D. This project based learning experience shows how to use C4D's Dynamics module to animate falling coins that bounce and collide realistically. EJ Hassenfratz sets up a particle emitter to create a stream of coins from above, uses rigid body tag properties like mass and density to apply real-world physics, and the Dynamic module settings to control object interactions. He'll also show how to add polish to your project using blur and depth of field in After Effects.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Choosing the right version of C4D for this project
• Using the exercise files

1. Setting Up Emitters and Dynamics

• Scene overview
• Adding an emitter to create multiple objects for the scene
• Adding Collider Body tags and Dynamic Body tags
• Modeling a collider cone to restrain where the coins fall

2. Adjust Dynamics Settings

• Adjusting Force settings
• Understanding mass and density
• Adding an Attractor object
• Adjusting Collision settings

3. Expert Dynamics Settings and Baking

• Adjusting Dynamics and Expert settings
• Baking animations with proxy elements to speed up render times

4. Rendering and Finishing in After Effects

• Setting up to render
• Importing the render into After Effects
• Adding blur and depth of field in After Effects

Conclusion

• Next steps