Today we bring you the conclusion of Antonio Cerri’s recreation of the iconic 20th Century Fox Logo in Cinema 4D and After Effects, the first tutorial in our “Hollywood Film Studio Logo Animation Series”. In part 2 we’ll analyze the creation of the spotlights, sky map, mountains and city skyline. As well as add materials, textures and ambient lights. Finally we’ll complete the project by compositing our render passes together in After Effects.
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In this quick tip you’ll learn how to create a basic high dynamic range image in Cinema 4D. Jamie Faulkner will walk you through the process of creating simple geometry and how to strategically place these objects to create your own truly unique HDRI’s. These of course can later be used in any 3d application for both custom lighting and reflections.
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Today we’re extremely excited to launch “The Film Studio Logo Animation Series” by Antonio Cerri here on Cgtuts+. Back in October we gave you the chance to vote on which studio logo you wanted to see kick off this series, and although it was an extremely close battle between 20 Century Fox, Dreamworks Animation SKG and Paramount Pictures. 20th Century Fox was victorious in the end, and Antonio Cerri has been hard at work ever since re-creating this iconic logo animation in Cinema 4D and After Effects. And today we’re bringing you the first part!
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From the Cgtuts+ archives:
Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Cgtuts+. Today we’re taking a look back at Tomas Sinkunas’s awesome tutorial on Animate a Dancing Ice Cream Bar in Cinema 4D and After Effects. This tutorial received a great response when it was originally published back in July of 09′, so if you missed it the first time, why not check it out now.
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From the Cgtuts+ archives:
Twice a month we revisit some of our reader’s favorite posts from throughout the history of Cgtuts+. Today we’re taking a look back at Mountaga Kane’s awesome tutorial on Creating Realistic Renders Using Advanced Render in C4D. This tutorial received a great response when it was originally published back in June of 09′, so if you missed it the first time, why not check it out now.
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The new physical render in Cinema 4D opens more possibilities for the creation of realistic images with different kinds of photographic effects like Depth Of Field, Chromatic Abberation, Vignetting and Lens Distortion. Over the course of this tutorial, Konstantin Muromtsev will walk you through the process of modeling, lighting and rendering a glass flower in Cinema 4D and provide a detailed overview of the new Physical renderer and many of it’s settings.
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Thanks to Cinema 4D version R12, which just released before the brand new R13. We are able to rig and drive a car quickly and easily. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to model a simple car, then you’re going to have two options to play with using your rigged car. Either steering it as you wish, or smashing it through a wall with an added slow motion effect. All achieved right here in the Cinema 4D.
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Today we’ll take some time (did you get it?) to model and animate a clock in Cinema 4D using only Xpresso. We’ll model the clock from a basic cylinder and add some simple materials and lighting to the scene. Once we have the model complete, we’ll begin animating the clock with Xpresso and add some user data to have more control over our final animation.
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Today regular author Stefan Surmabojov is back with another quick tip. This time we’ll be taking a look at Biomekk’s “Select Loop” plugin for Cinema4D. This time saving plugin can greatly speed up your modeling workflow by allowing you to select entire loops of polygons. Simply select two neighboring polygons and run the “Select Loop” function and you’re done!
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Today author Stefan Surmabojov is back with another Quick Tip, this time we’ll be looking at the Watermark plugin for Cinema4d by Biomekk. This handy free plugin allows you to overlay a watermark directly onto your C4D renders, and features a number of orientation, alignment and blending mode options.
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