Cinema 4D

Course details

 CINEMA 4D R16 (C4D) is a vital tool for motion graphics artists visual effects (VFX) artists, and animators alike.

This course covers key C4D concepts, such as object hierarchies and relationships, and the essential skills for modelling with primitive objects, splines and generator objects subdivision surfaces, and polygons. It also shows how to give your 3D models realistic-looking surfaces the kind of surfaces that make objects seem bumpy, metallic, shiny, or even transparent with materials and lighting. The course covers key frame animation, camera movement, and C4D's popular MO Graph module.

Course Contents

Lesson 1: Basics

• Understanding the CINEMA 4D workflow
• Navigation the viewports
• Exploring the importance of object

Lesson 2: Modelling

• Modelling with primitives and 3d obj
• Modelling with the Knife and Extrude tools
• Deforming objects

Lesson 3: Splines

• Drawing With spline
• Import Spline 2d drawing

Lesson 4: Generators

• Modelling With generators

Lesson 5: Lighting

• Lights
• Shadow types
• Aiming lights
• 3-point lighting
• Restricting light (project tab)

Lesson 6: Texturing

• Creating a material
• Projection modes
• Restricting materials to a selection
• Dealing with alphas

Lesson 7: Animation

• Keyframing (attributes & objects)
• The timeline
• Interpolation (F-curves)

Lesson 8: Rendering

• Rendering for (print, video, etc)
• Motion blur

Lesson 9: Customizing C4D

• Creating a custom layout
• Modifying shortcuts
• Preferences vs Scene Settings
• Creating a custom start .c4d file

Updated on 07 June, 2023