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Cinema 4D: Camera Animation

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Overview

Learn to create useful and unique camera movements (including moves from Hollywood classics) for any type of project with CINEMA 4D.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. Simple Camera Movements
  • Framing a static shot
  • Animating a push-in with position keyframes
  • Animating a pan with rotation keyframes
  • Enhancing camera moves with F-curves
  • Animating a snap zoom
2. Custom Camera Rigs
  • Creating and animating a simple camera rig with a null object
  • Automatically targeting your camera at your subject
  • Adding subtle imperfections with the Vibrate tag
  • Smoother camera moves with the Align to Spline tag
  • First-person POV with the Virtual Walkthrough tool
3. Camera Crane and Motion Camera Functions
  • Sweeping shots with the Camera Crane
  • Tracking shots with the Motion Camera tag Spline setting
  • Create a trailing camera with the Chase Object setting
  • Creating a canyon fly-through with Automatic Banking
  • Creating a steadicam effect with the Motion Camera rig
4. Camera Morph Functions
  • A-to-B camera moves with the Camera Morph tag
  • Kinetic type animation with the Camera Morph tag
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Donovan Keith

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