Cinema 4D R19 Essentials: VFX

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Explore the Cinema 4D workflow for creating VFX and integrating them into live action shots. This course explores key concepts that are crucial to understanding exactly how this 3D application functions.

Instructor Andy Needham discusses the importance of motion tracking, and how to track and solve a shot using the motion tracker. He also covers importing models and optimizing the models with the new polygon reduction and level of detail object; animating in Cinema 4D; creating different types of materials; and lighting 3D shots. Plus, he shows how to use the Camera Calibration tag, and how to composite multipass renders.

Topics include:

What is VFX?
How is C4D used by VFX artists?
Setting up a project for tracking
Solving the 3D camera
Removing lens distortion
Importing a model
Manipulating keyframes and curves
Creating shiny, refractive, and bumpy materials
Working with C4D lights and shadows
Lighting with Sky objects
Working with the Camera Calibration tag
Compositing multipass renders

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