Cinema 4D R18 Essential Training: Motion Graphics

Introduction

• Welcome
• What this course is and isn't
• How to use the exercise files

1. What Are Motion Graphics?

• What are motion graphics?
• How do motion graphics artists use CINEMA 4D (C4D)?
• Examples of work
• Big picture concepts

2. Setting Up a Project for Motion Graphics

• Starting a scene for the first time
• Workflow tips
• Create a start scene

3. Working with Splines

• What are splines?
• Create and manipulate splines
• Build complex shapes with spline masks
• Create geometry with splines
• Work with Adobe Illustrator files
• Import and clean up Illustrator files
• Extrude to add depth and detail

4. Working with the Timeline

• What is the Timeline?
• F-curve manipulation
• Create stops, starts, and eases
• Create a camera animation
• Copy and offset keyframes
• Move animated objects
• What are special tracks?

5. The Power of MoGraph

• What is MoGraph?
• Create clones
• Use effectors
• Deform objects with effectors
• Enable objects to be animated with MoGraph
• Other MoGraph objects
• Overlapping clones and bounding boxes
• Break objects into pieces
• Offset animation with the Step effector

6. Lighting for Motion Graphics

• How do lights work?
• Use different types of shadow
• Add falloff for realistic lighting
• Scene lighting
• Create a basic light setup

7. Materials for Motion Graphics

• What are materials?
• Create and apply materials
• Manipulate materials on objects
• Create color and patterns with shaders
• Make things shiny and reflective
• Create reflection objects
• Make things have bumps
• Animate animated materials

8. Rendering and Compositing for Motion Graphics

• The motion graphics pipeline
• Compositing tags
• Common render settings
• Set up multipass renders
• Set up takes
• Create previews and final renders
• What is CINEWARE?
• The AEC workflow

9. Motion Graphics Challenge

• Challenge overview
• Solution
• Solution: Animating MoGraph and cameras
• Solution: Lighting and texturing
• Solution: Rendering and compositing

Conclusion

• Next steps