Motion Graphics

Transform shapes, icons, and text into compelling motion graphics. Discover techniques to take your animation skills to the next level using Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects.

Welcome

• Welcome

Chapter 1

• Cel shading without Sketch and Toon
• Create balloon text
• Spline projection techniques
• Pop popcorn using Emitter and Dynamics

Chapter 2

• Squash and stretch to add character
• Create an Isometric 3D composition
• Use Mosplines to write script text
• Mouth animation with Spline Shader
• GIF creation in Photoshop

Chapter 3

• Tips for compositing 2D style 3D artwork
• Add noise via Ambient Occlusion
• Create vinyl toy textures in Cinema 4D
• Use 3D Linear Gradients in Cinema 4D
• 3D topographic maps in Cinema 4D

Chapter 4

• Jiggle deformer for secondary animation
• Create pixel art
• Spline shader for splines as material
• Looping flag with cloth dynamics

Chapter 5

• Chisel text using the Loft object
• Inverse Ambient Occlusion wax textures
• Create hexagon grid patterns
• Plexus-style atom arrays
• Stylized ribbons with the spot shader

Chapter 6

• Create a folding fan with the spot shader
• Procedural marble textures in Cinema 4D
• Tips for comping 3D objects into footage
• Correction deformer polygon selections

Chapter 7

• Create HUD elements in Cinema 4D
• Painted textures with Cinema 4D Art Shader
• Lighting with an HDRI
• Apply grain noise texture in After Effects

Chapter 8

• 3D sports logo in After Effects
• 3D sports logo in Cinema 4D Lite
• Cinema 4D dynamics for 2D animation
• Cinema 4D Picture Viewer tips

Chapter 9

• Mouth animation in Cinema 4D
• Rubber hose character in Cinema 4D
• Dynamic gears in Cinema 4D
• Get started with IK rigging
• Intro to IK dynamics

Chapter 10

• Cel-shaded 3D objects
• Stylized 2D grain textures
• Morph between shapes
• Effortless bouncing text
• Trigger dynamics

Chapter 11

• Retime animations with Time Tracks
• 2D wood textures in Cinema 4D
• Cartoon eye rigs in Cinema 4D
• Speed up soft-body simulations
• Shatter objects with Voronoi Fracture

Chapter 12

• Cineware tips to improve your workflow
• Blowing bubbles in Cinema 4D
• Disco text in Cinema 4D
• Cartoon lip sync workflows for Cinema 4D
• Pattern design with the C4D Hatch Shader

Chapter 13

• Sweep rail splines in Cinema 4D
• Tips for working with audio in Cinema 4D
• Soft-body cloth simulations in Cinema 4D
• Apply random colors with the Variation shader

Chapter 14

• Cartoon liquid in Cinema 4D
• Real-time animation in Cinema 4D
• Voxel art in Cinema 4D
• Three-point lighting setup
• Create gobo lights in Cinema 4D

Chapter 15

• Use XRefs in Cinema 4D
• Enhanced workflows: XRef material manager
• Enhanced workflows: Selection object

Chapter 16

• Workflow enhancer: Cinema 4D layers
• Six ways to speed up the Cinema 4D viewport
• Roving keyframes in Cinema 4D
• The speed graph in Cinema 4D

Chapter 17

• Looping procedural animation in Cinema 4D
• Apply random colors to objects in Cinema 4D
• Combine dynamics with MoGraph in Cinema 4D
• Quickly model holes in Cinema 4D

Chapter 18

• Free version of Cinema 4D included with After Effects
• Speed up ambient occlusion renders in Cinema 4D
• Five tips for more realistic renders in Cinema 4D