Cinema 4D Intermediate Course

Cinema 4D recap and best practice

Consolidate knowledge of the Cinema 4D workspace and layout

Reconfiguring the interface - customising the Cinema 4D toolbar

Better use of the object hierarchy

Controlling object visibility

Using a hidden null for objects "history"

Searching for tools and creating favorite shortcuts to speed workflow

Important toolbar additions - scroll to first active and Reset PRS

Layer management

Further into materials and UVW Mapping

Using the Reflectance channel to create complex surfaces

Correct use of Fresnel

Using the Luminance channel to create light effects

Transparency and refraction

Material glow

Using Bump and Displacement to dynamically create more detail

Combination channels - Fusion and layers for complex texture channel control

Effect layers within materials

Getting better control of our UVW mapping; making materials "stick" to objects

Modelling more complex shapes and surfaces

Combining constructor objects

Further into deformers

Using Null objects to control the hierarchy and ensure correct results

Complex polygon modeling

Using Soft selections and advanced selection techniques

Extracting splines from objects

Objects clean up and correcting geometry

Box modelling smooth surfaces with the subdivision surface

Using Mograph for modelling and object creation as well as more complex animation

Mograph object types and how to create them

Modelling with Mograph

Using the Mograph cloner

Creating and using Mograph Effectors with Mograph elements

Effector falloff

Animating with Mograph

Introduction to the Cinema 4D dynamic's system

Introducing real world physics into scene to allow objects to collide, bounce and deform

Applying dynamics tags to turn objects into items with physical properties

Using rigid bodies and cloth bodies

Soft body dynamics

Collider objects

Controlling dynamics system settings

Rendering and lighting

Exploring GI in detail

HDRI workflow for more realistic rendering - skylight illumination

Using luminant materials with GI

Ambient occlusion

Using the physical renderer

Understanding antialiasing settings

Fast updates with progressive rendering

Reducing render times

Advanced lighting and rendering - using global illumination

Rendering multi pass renders for compositing

Complex output formats for better renders

Using compositing tags

Alpha channel

Introduction to Adobe After Effects Cineware

Using Sketch and Toon Shaders

Refining animation and effecting motion and speed

Refining timing with advanced Keyframe use

Understanding the F-curve editor in detail

Interpolation and curve types

Combining Keyframes with dynamics

Mograph animation in depth

Camera animation with motion cameras

Path animation and target tags

Questions and answers

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