Lynda - Up and Running with CINEMA 4D Lite for After Effects (updated Jan 15, 2015)

Lynda.com - Up and Running with CINEMA 4D Lite for After Effects - Updated Jan 15 2015

8h 57m Beginner Aug 28, 2013 Updated Jan 15, 2015

Intimidated by 3D modeling packages? Dip a toe in the water with CINEMA 4D (C4D) Lite, a slimmed down version of CINEMA 4D included with After Effects CC. Motion graphics designer Angie Taylor shows you how to build a complete sequence in C4D Lite, progressing from initial object modeling, to animation, lighting, camera rigging, texturing, and final render. Plus, learn to animate text, create random movement with wiggle expressions, track cameras in live-action footage to add new 3D elements, and light your scene. Angie also round-trips the project files to After Effects for visual effects and color correction. With over 100 videos, this course allows you to explore almost every aspect of 3D motion graphics creation, within this accessible introductory tool.

Topics include:

What is CINEMA 4D Lite?

Understanding the CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC workflow

Editing primitive objects

Spline modeling with NURBS

Animating with keyframes

Using Xpresso to link properties

Importing music and soundtracks

Creating and animating cameras

Working with text

Scripting

Creating and applying materials and textures

3D camera tracking

Compositing layers

Lighting with visible lights and ambient occlusion

Adding visual effects in After Effects

Rendering in After Effects and the Adobe Media Encoder

Introduction 2m 22s

Welcome 2m 22s

1. What Is CINEMA 4D Lite? 54m 9s

What is CINEMA 4D Lite? 4m 23s

What CINEMA 4D Lite can't do 6m 54s

Opening CINEMA 4D Lite in After Effects 2m 38s

Quick interface tour 8m 46s

Navigation tips for CINEMA 4D Lite 8m 5s

CINEMA 4D Lite preferences and settings 7m 28s

Checking out the new CINEWARE features with After Effects CC 2014.1 NEW 15m 55s

2. CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC Workflow 22m 34s

Importing CINEMA 4D files in After Effects 1m 5s

The CINEWARE plugin settings 4m 42s

CINEMA 4D Lite render settings 6m 15s

After Effects project settings 1m 23s

After Effects previewing tips 3m 50s

Using the Picture Viewer in CINEMA 4D 5m 19s

3. Modeling in CINEMA 4D Lite 1h 14m

Editing primitive objects 5m 18s

The Move and Scale tools 7m 18s

The Rotate tool 4m 24s

Axis limitations 1m 46s

Working cylinders 7m 15s

Linking body parts using object hierarchy 9m 49s

Spline modeling with Sweep NURBS 7m 22s

Adjusting NURBS settings 4m 6s

Using nulls as controllers 3m 33s

Creating copies with the Instance array 6m 44s

Carving shapes with the Boole array 10m 28s

Reshaping objects with deformers 3m 14s

Adding surface detail with a Relief object 2m 55s

4. Animating in CINEMA 4D Lite 55m 41s

Understanding coordinates 5m 0s

Understanding rotation 2m 39s

Timeline shortcuts 3m 1s

Basic keyframing of properties 4m 31s

Copying keyframes 2m 3s

Keyframe interpolation 5m 20s

Adjusting F-Curves 5m 45s

Holding values 5m 8s

Using XPresso to link properties: Part one 4m 17s

Using XPresso to link properties: Part two 2m 27s

Importing existing animations into CINEMA 4D Lite 6m 21s

Animating cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite 4m 37s

Animating using presets 4m 32s

5. Working with Cameras in After Effects CC and CINEMA 4D Lite 46m 57s

Importing music and soundtracks 4m 12s

Customizing commands and shortcuts 6m 7s

Adding markers 4m 25s

Creating multiple cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite 8m 17s

Cutting between CINEMA 4D cameras with CINEWARE UPDATED 5m 43s

Creating cameras in After Effects UPDATED 4m 37s

Merging 3D camera data into CINEMA 4D Lite 3m 10s

Animating cameras with Stage objects 4m 27s

Extracting cameras from CINEMA 4D files 5m 59s

6. Working with Text in After Effects CC and CINEMA 4D Lite 43m 49s

Adding CINEMA 4D text to After Effects comps 5m 4s

Formatting text in CINEMA 4D 5m 47s

Creating CINEMA 4D text or logos in Illustrator 6m 9s

Importing Illustrator text into CINEMA 4D Lite 4m 38s

Applying material presets to text 7m 51s

Merging CINEMA 4D files 5m 51s

Registering CINEMA 4D Lite for MoGraph features 1m 8s

Using MoGraph Fracture on text 3m 25s

The MoGraph Random Effector 3m 56s

7. Scripting and Expressions in CINEMA 4D Lite 12m 8s

Creating a wiggle expression 7m 49s

The Reset Position script 4m 19s

8. Materials and Textures in CINEMA 4D Lite 30m 56s

Applying a custom material 6m 32s

Making a metallic material 6m 15s

Adding an environment channel 2m 20s

Adding texture with shaders 4m 21s

Built-in material presets 3m 52s

Combining materials 2m 41s

Using selection sets to isolate surfaces 4m 55s

9. Creating Environments in After Effects CC 27m 42s

3D camera tracking in After Effects 6m 3s

Creating nulls from tracking points 2m 40s

Adjusting the Shadow Catcher for CINEMA 4D 3m 31s

Importing a CINEMA 4D file into a scene\ 4m 21s

Exporting CINEMA 4D files from After Effects comps 3m 42s

Merging objects from CINEMA 4D files 3m 23s

Manually adjusting scenes between apps 4m 2s

10. Layer-Based Compositing with CINEWARE 24m 32s

Setting up layers in CINEMA 4D UPDATED 5m 48s

Compositing CINEMA 4D layers in After Effects UPDATED 6m 58s

Casting shadows on layers in CINEWARE UPDATED 5m 18s

Adding reflections in CINEMA 4D UPDATED 6m 28s

11. Lighting Your Scene with CINEMA 4D Lite 36m 10s

Using preset lighting setups 6m 24s

Light types in CINEMA 4D Lite 6m 38s

Creating visible lights 7m 56s

Adding ambient occlusion effects 6m 55s

Optimizing your CINEMA 4D scenes 8m 17s

12. Multipass Compositing with CINEWARE 38m 54s

Multipass compositing explained 2m 28s

Adding passes to render settings 2m 8s

Viewing passes in the Picture Viewer 2m 35s

Adding object buffers 4m 51s

External compositing tags in CINEMA 4D Lite 3m 8s

Previewing and experimenting with passes 4m 30s

CINEWARE multipass options UPDATED 9m 2s

Adjusting reflections UPDATED 5m 23s

Isolating elements with object buffers 4m 49s

13. Visual Effects with After Effects CC 53m 2s

Extracting 3D scene data 8m 11s

Adding video elements to a CINEMA 4D scene 5m 49s

Working with proxies 10m 2s

Color correction of shadows 4m 10s

Layer styles 3m 50s

Adjustment layers 4m 58s

Setting up depth of field in CINEMA 4D Lite 3m 10s

Adding depth of field with camera lens blur 4m 4s

Speed ramps with time remapping 4m 14s

Motion blur with the Pixel Motion Blur effect 4m 34s

14. Rendering in After Effects CC and Media Encoder 13m 59s

Rendering with the After Effects Render Queue 5m 39s

Background rendering with Adobe Media Encoder 4m 6s

The BG Renderer script 4m 14s