3D & Video Courses

Cinema 4D Introduction

Overview

Cinema 4D XL (C4DXL) is suitable for all kinds of 3D graphics and animations, from product design; architectural visualisation; photo realistic character animation; scientific simulations; game development; special effects and screen design.

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a sound understanding of 3D graphics.

Course Content

Introduction to the concepts of 3D design

  • Overview of C4D XL
  • The Project window
  • The File, Edit, Views Managers
  • Menus
  • The Axes, Scale, Rotate and Move tools
  • The Camera and Object views
  • Customising the palettes

Creating a project

  • Creating an object
  • Adjusting the size and type
  • Manipulating your object
  • Creating and applying textures
  • Mapping
  • Rendering to disc or to screen

Animation

  • Setting keyframes
  • Creating an animation path for your object
  • Animating the camera
  • Rendering the animation

Adding to your scene

  • Adding a floor object
  • Floor texture
  • Adding the Sky object
  • Sky textures
  • Adding a Light object
  • Light textures and projections
  • Animating the light
  • Rendering the animation

Creating more complex objects

  • Adding and extruding text
  • The Texture manager
  • Texture mapping types
  • Creating and understanding splines
  • Connecting objects to splines
  • What can be animated
  • Adding animation tracks to your project
  • Rendering your project to different formats
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Duration

2 Days

Schedule

  • 18/19 August 2008
  • 30/31 October 2008
  • 15/16 January 2009
  • 30/31 March 2009

Prices

  • £745

All the bookings come with lunch, refreshments, course notes and post training support.

Costs

  • Studio Vouchers: £420

Dates

This course runs at Harlequin Training and can also be run privately at your site.


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