Overview
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Explore the Cinema 4D workflow for visual effects (VFX). Learn how to use C4D R23 for tracking, lighting, rendering, compositing, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Cinema 4D for VFX artists
- Before you begin this course
- Using the exercise files
- If you're using Cinema 4D S24
- Overview of VFX
- How is C4D used by VFX artists?
- Setting up C4D
- What is motion tracking?
- Using the Full Solve command
- The importance of shot analysis
- Automatic 2D tracking
- Manual 2D tracking
- Refine tracking data
- Solve the 3D camera
- Create a coordinates system
- The object tracking workflow
- Solving an object tracked shot
- Integrate a model with the tracked shot
- Scene reconstruction
- Import and export tracked data
- Working with Voronoi fracture
- Making fractures dynamic
- Detailing and texturing fractures
- Baking textures
- Asset creation from materials
- Create particle systems
- Working with lights and sky objects
- Apply GI and AO effects
- The power of the Compositing Tag
- Set up a multipass render
- Compositing multipass renders
- Work with Cineware in After Effects
- Send After Effects tracking data to C4D
- Challenge overview
- Solution
- Next steps
