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Motion Graphics

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Overview

Transform shapes, icons, and text into compelling motion graphics. Discover techniques to take your animation skills to the next level using Cinema 4D and Adobe After Effects.

Syllabus

Welcome
  • Welcome
Chapter 1
  • Cel shading without Sketch and Toon
  • Create balloon text
  • Spline projection techniques
  • Pop popcorn using Emitter and Dynamics
Chapter 2
  • Squash and stretch to add character
  • Create an Isometric 3D composition
  • Use Mosplines to write script text
  • Mouth animation with Spline Shader
  • GIF creation in Photoshop
Chapter 3
  • Tips for compositing 2D style 3D artwork
  • Add noise via Ambient Occlusion
  • Create vinyl toy textures in Cinema 4D
  • Use 3D Linear Gradients in Cinema 4D
  • 3D topographic maps in Cinema 4D
Chapter 4
  • Jiggle deformer for secondary animation
  • Create pixel art
  • Spline shader for splines as material
  • Looping flag with cloth dynamics
Chapter 5
  • Chisel text using the Loft object
  • Inverse Ambient Occlusion wax textures
  • Create hexagon grid patterns
  • Plexus-style atom arrays
  • Stylized ribbons with the spot shader
Chapter 6
  • Create a folding fan with the spot shader
  • Procedural marble textures in Cinema 4D
  • Tips for comping 3D objects into footage
  • Correction deformer polygon selections
Chapter 7
  • Create HUD elements in Cinema 4D
  • Painted textures with Cinema 4D Art Shader
  • Lighting with an HDRI
  • Apply grain noise texture in After Effects
Chapter 8
  • 3D sports logo in After Effects
  • 3D sports logo in Cinema 4D Lite
  • Cinema 4D dynamics for 2D animation
  • Cinema 4D Picture Viewer tips
Chapter 9
  • Mouth animation in Cinema 4D
  • Rubber hose character in Cinema 4D
  • Dynamic gears in Cinema 4D
  • Get started with IK rigging
  • Intro to IK dynamics
Chapter 10
  • Cel-shaded 3D objects
  • Stylized 2D grain textures
  • Morph between shapes
  • Effortless bouncing text
  • Trigger dynamics
Chapter 11
  • Retime animations with Time Tracks
  • 2D wood textures in Cinema 4D
  • Cartoon eye rigs in Cinema 4D
  • Speed up soft-body simulations
  • Shatter objects with Voronoi Fracture
Chapter 12
  • Cineware tips to improve your workflow
  • Blowing bubbles in Cinema 4D
  • Disco text in Cinema 4D
  • Cartoon lip sync workflows for Cinema 4D
  • Pattern design with the C4D Hatch Shader
Chapter 13
  • Sweep rail splines in Cinema 4D
  • Tips for working with audio in Cinema 4D
  • Soft-body cloth simulations in Cinema 4D
  • Apply random colors with the Variation shader
Chapter 14
  • Cartoon liquid in Cinema 4D
  • Real-time animation in Cinema 4D
  • Voxel art in Cinema 4D
  • Three-point lighting setup
  • Create gobo lights in Cinema 4D
Chapter 15
  • Use XRefs in Cinema 4D
  • Enhanced workflows: XRef material manager
  • Enhanced workflows: Selection object
Chapter 16
  • Workflow enhancer: Cinema 4D layers
  • Six ways to speed up the Cinema 4D viewport
  • Roving keyframes in Cinema 4D
  • The speed graph in Cinema 4D
Chapter 17
  • Looping procedural animation in Cinema 4D
  • Apply random colors to objects in Cinema 4D
  • Combine dynamics with MoGraph in Cinema 4D
  • Quickly model holes in Cinema 4D
Chapter 18
  • Free version of Cinema 4D included with After Effects
  • Speed up ambient occlusion renders in Cinema 4D
  • Five tips for more realistic renders in Cinema 4D

Taught by

EJ Hassenfratz

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