2013
Lynda
Angie Taylor
08:00:00
English
Intimidated by 3D modeling packages? Dip a toe in the water with CINEMA 4D Lite, a slimmed down version of CINEMA 4D included with After Effects CC. Motion graphics designer Angie Taylor shows you how to build a complete sequence in C4D Lite, progressing from initial object modeling, to animation, lighting, camera rigging, texturing, and final render. Plus, learn to animate text, create random movement with wiggle expressions, track cameras in live-action footage to add new 3D elements, and light your scene. Angie also round-trips the project files to After Effects for visual effects and color correction. With over 100 videos, this course allows you to explore almost every aspect of 3D motion graphics creation, within this accessible introductory tool.
Introduction 2m 22s
Welcome 2m 22s
1. What Is CINEMA 4D Lite? 38m 14s
What is CINEMA 4D Lite? 4m 23s
What CINEMA 4D Lite can't do 6m 54s
Opening CINEMA 4D Lite in After Effects 2m 38s
Quick interface tour 8m 46s
Navigation tips for CINEMA 4D Lite 8m 5s
CINEMA 4D Lite preferences and settings 7m 28s
2. CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC Workflow 22m 34s
Importing CINEMA 4D files in After Effects 1m 5s
The CINEWARE plugin settings 4m 42s
CINEMA 4D Lite render settings 6m 15s
After Effects project settings 1m 23s
After Effects previewing tips 3m 50s
Using the Picture Viewer in CINEMA 4D 5m 19s
3. Modeling in CINEMA 4D Lite 1h 14m
Editing primitive objects 5m 18s
The Move and Scale tools 7m 18s
The Rotate tool 4m 24s
Axis limitations 1m 46s
Working cylinders 7m 15s
Linking body parts using object hierarchy 9m 49s
Spline modeling with Sweep NURBS 7m 22s
Adjusting NURBS settings 4m 6s
Using nulls as controllers 3m 33s
Creating copies with the Instance array 6m 44s
Carving shapes with the Boole array 10m 28s
Reshaping objects with deformers 3m 14s
Adding surface detail with a Relief object 2m 55s
4. Animating in CINEMA 4D Lite 55m 41s
Understanding coordinates 5m 0s
Understanding rotation 2m 39s
Timeline shortcuts 3m 1s
Basic keyframing of properties 4m 31s
Copying keyframes 2m 3s
Keyframe interpolation 5m 20s
Adjusting F-Curves 5m 45s
Holding values 5m 8s
Using XPresso to link properties: Part one 4m 17s
Using XPresso to link properties: Part two 2m 27s
Importing existing animations into CINEMA 4D Lite 6m 21s
Animating cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite 4m 37s
Animating using presets 4m 32s
5. Working with Cameras in After Effects CC and CINEMA 4D Lite 46m 30s
Importing music and soundtracks 4m 12s
Customizing commands and shortcuts 6m 7s
Adding markers 4m 25s
Creating multiple cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite 8m 17s
Cutting between CINEMA 4D cameras with CINEWARE 4m 23s
Creating cameras in After Effects 5m 30s
Merging 3D camera data into CINEMA 4D Lite 3m 10s
Animating cameras with Stage objects 4m 27s
Extracting cameras from CINEMA 4D files 5m 59s
6. Working with Text in After Effects CC and CINEMA 4D Lite 43m 49s
Adding CINEMA 4D text to After Effects comps 5m 4s
Formatting text in CINEMA 4D 5m 47s
Creating CINEMA 4D text or logos in Illustrator 6m 9s
Importing Illustrator text into CINEMA 4D Lite 4m 38s
Applying material presets to text 7m 51s
Merging CINEMA 4D files 5m 51s
Registering CINEMA 4D Lite for MoGraph features 1m 8s
Using MoGraph Fracture on text 3m 25s
The MoGraph Random Effector 3m 56s
7. Scripting and Expressions in CINEMA 4D Lite 12m 8s
Creating a wiggle expression 7m 49s
The Reset Position script 4m 19s
8. Materials and Textures in CINEMA 4D Lite 30m 56s
Applying a custom material 6m 32s
Making a metallic material 6m 15s
Adding an environment channel 2m 20s
Adding texture with shaders 4m 21s
Built-in material presets 3m 52s
Combining materials 2m 41s
Using selection sets to isolate surfaces 4m 55s
9. Creating Environments in After Effects CC 27m 42s
3D camera tracking in After Effects 6m 3s
Creating nulls from tracking points 2m 40s
Adjusting the Shadow Catcher for CINEMA 4D 3m 31s
Importing a CINEMA 4D file into a scene 4m 21s
Exporting CINEMA 4D files from After Effects comps 3m 42s
Merging objects from CINEMA 4D files 3m 23s
Manually adjusting scenes between apps 4m 2s
10. Layer-Based Compositing with CINEWARE 19m 18s
Setting up layers in CINEMA 4D 6m 11s
Compositing CINEMA 4D layers in After Effects 3m 28s
Casting shadows on layers in CINEWARE 4m 56s
Adding reflections in CINEMA 4D 4m 43s
11. Lighting Your Scene with CINEMA 4D Lite 36m 10s
Using preset lighting setups 6m 24s
Light types in CINEMA 4D Lite 6m 38s
Creating visible lights 7m 56s
Adding ambient occlusion effects 6m 55s
Optimizing your CINEMA 4D scenes 8m 17s
12. Multipass Compositing with CINEWARE 34m 39s
Multipass compositing explained 2m 28s
Adding passes to render settings 2m 8s
Viewing passes in the Picture Viewer 2m 35s
Adding object buffers 4m 51s
External compositing tags in CINEMA 4D Lite 3m 8s
Depth and ambient occlusion passes 4m 30s
CINEWARE multipass options 7m 8s
Adjusting reflections 3m 2s
Isolating elements with object buffers 4m 49s
13. Visual Effects with After Effects CC 53m 2s
Extracting 3D scene data 8m 11s
Adding video elements to a CINEMA 4D scene 5m 49s
Working with proxies 10m 2s
Color correction of shadows 4m 10s
Layer styles 3m 50s
Adjustment layers 4m 58s
Setting up depth of field in CINEMA 4D Lite 3m 10s
Adding depth of field with camera lens blur 4m 4s
Speed ramps with time remapping 4m 14s
Motion blur with the Pixel Motion Blur effect 4m 34s
14. Rendering in After Effects CC and Media Encoder 13m 59s
Rendering with the After Effects Render Queue 5m 39s
Background rendering with Adobe Media Encoder 4m 6s
The BG Renderer script 4m 14s
Topics include:
What is CINEMA 4D Lite?
Understanding the CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC workflow
Editing primitive objects
Spline modeling with NURBS
Animating with keyframes
Using Xpresso to link properties
Importing music and soundtracks
Creating and animating cameras
Working with text
Scripting
Creating and applying materials and textures
3D camera tracking
Compositing layers
Lighting with visible lights and ambient occlusion
Adding visual effects in After Effects
Rendering in After Effects and the Adobe Media Encoder
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