Overview
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Build a complete 3D motion graphics sequence in CINEMA 4D Lite, the introductory version of CINEMA 4D included with After Effects CC.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What is CINEMA 4D Lite?
- What CINEMA 4D Lite can't do
- Opening CINEMA 4D Lite in After Effects
- Quick interface tour
- Navigation tips for CINEMA 4D Lite
- CINEMA 4D Lite preferences and settings
- Checking out the new CINEWARE features with After Effects CC 2014.1
- Importing CINEMA 4D files in After Effects
- The CINEWARE plugin settings
- CINEMA 4D Lite render settings
- After Effects project settings
- After Effects previewing tips
- Using the Picture Viewer in CINEMA 4D
- Editing primitive objects
- The Move and Scale tools
- The Rotate tool
- Axis limitations
- Working cylinders
- Linking body parts using object hierarchy
- Spline modeling with Sweep NURBS
- Adjusting NURBS settings
- Using nulls as controllers
- Creating copies with the Instance array
- Carving shapes with the Boole array
- Reshaping objects with deformers
- Adding surface detail with a Relief object
- Understanding coordinates
- Understanding rotation
- Timeline shortcuts
- Basic keyframing of properties
- Copying keyframes
- Keyframe interpolation
- Adjusting F-Curves
- Holding values
- Using XPresso to link properties: Part one
- Using XPresso to link properties: Part two
- Importing existing animations into CINEMA 4D Lite
- Animating cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite
- Animating using presets
- Importing music and soundtracks
- Customizing commands and shortcuts
- Adding markers
- Creating multiple cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite
- Cutting between CINEMA 4D cameras with CINEWARE
- Creating cameras in After Effects
- Merging 3D camera data into CINEMA 4D Lite
- Animating cameras with Stage objects
- Extracting cameras from CINEMA 4D files
- Adding CINEMA 4D text to After Effects comps
- Formatting text in CINEMA 4D
- Creating CINEMA 4D text or logos in Illustrator
- Importing Illustrator text into CINEMA 4D Lite
- Applying material presets to text
- Merging CINEMA 4D files
- Registering CINEMA 4D Lite for MoGraph features
- Using MoGraph Fracture on text
- The MoGraph Random Effector
- Creating a wiggle expression
- The Reset Position script
- Introduction to materials
- Custom materials
- Metallic material
- Environment channel
- Adding texture with shaders
- Built-in material presets
- Combining materials
- Using selection sets to isolate surfaces
- 3D camera tracking in After Effects
- Creating nulls from tracking points
- Adjusting the Shadow Catcher for CINEMA 4D
- Importing a CINEMA 4D file into a scene
- Exporting CINEMA 4D files from After Effects comps
- Merging objects from CINEMA 4D files
- Manually adjusting scenes between apps
- Setting up layers in CINEMA 4D
- Compositing CINEMA 4D layers in After Effects
- Casting shadows on layers in CINEWARE
- Adding reflections in CINEMA 4D
- Using preset lighting setups
- Light types in CINEMA 4D Lite
- Creating visible lights
- Adding ambient occlusion effects
- Optimizing your CINEMA 4D scenes
- Multipass compositing explained
- Adding passes to render settings
- Viewing passes in the Picture Viewer
- Adding object buffers
- External compositing tags in CINEMA 4D Lite
- Previewing and experimenting with passes
- CINEWARE multipass options
- Adjusting reflections
- Isolating elements with object buffers
- Extracting 3D scene data
- Adding video elements to a CINEMA 4D scene
- Working with proxies
- Color correction of shadows
- Layer styles
- Adjustment layers
- Setting up depth of field in CINEMA 4D Lite
- Adding depth of field with camera lens blur
- Speed ramps with time remapping
- Motion blur with the Pixel Motion Blur effect
- Rendering with the After Effects Render Queue
- Background rendering with Adobe Media Encoder
- The BG Renderer script
