Skip to main content

Cinema 4D with Stephen (Workshop 5)


In our 5th workshop with Stephen our topic was based on Cinema 4D. We was first introduced to the programme by being shown some of the tools. Below shows what the Cinema 4D programme looks like. 

Part 1 - Object



Above shows some of the most use tools that we would be using. The first icon (the square) allows us to add a object, if I held down on this it would give me a range of different objects. The sixth icon (the floor) allows us to add a floor to the project meaning our object can sit on top. Another important tip is to understand the X, Y & Z axes:



X - left to right
Y - bottom to tom
Z - in and out

This tool allows us to move the object in relation to the floor. I changed the Y to 100cm as the box was sitting underneath the floor. At this point, I rendered my project to see what it would look like. The box isn't visible and the workspace is really dark.



We then looked at adding a spot of light in order to add some light and be able to see our box. I added the default light and repositioned my light. The project colour is really basic and starts to blend into the background. I looked at adding some colour and shadows to make the box stand out and then added a material from another project onto the floor to see what this would look like. I think this looks quite nice and creates a nice reflection however isn't something that would work all the time.






I also started to create a cloner of the cube and worked with the coord. tool to create a circle of squares that moved by using the timeline, this reminds me slightly of Adobe After Effects in terms of the timeline.



Part 2 - Typography

We then started to look into creating 3D typography.


I worked with a range of techniques including working with the soft body and rigid body tags, creating an emitter and grouping my elements together.


We then looked at the rendering settings. I choose the second icon along (render to picture view). To save as a JPG:
I changed the format to JPG and clicked OK, I then saved the file as the name I wanted.





To save as an animation:

I opened the last icon with the settings icon and changed the frame range from current frame to all frames and closed the menu down. I then used the render to picture view. I changed the type from still image to animation and changed he format from JPG to MP3.



Below shows the final JPG image and the final animation:

  Cinema 4D with Stephen from Amy Winson on Vimeo.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Typography Workshop with John (Workshop 3)

In my workshop with John it was all about refining. However I had to make the big decision as to which typography I would continue to pursue. In my previous workshops, I designed the following: Here I have a range of three different typography designs. The first one is more geometrical and fluid at the same time yet follows the structure of my inspiration throughout. The second one also links back to the inspiration however I am unsure on some of the letters for example the C. Finally the last one hasn't followed any inspiration and instead was my own type that I wanted to try. I do like it however their was no process or stages for this one. I decided to refine the first one as I have seen it develop thoughout. I developed this on graph paper, below shows the outcome:  I choose to have some letters slightly thicker than others for example the M & N is thicker than U and V as I know this is a more used letter and I wanted it to be more dominant. I like ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Editorial with Stephen (Workshop 2)

In my second workshop with Stephen, the main topic was Editorial design. We was focusing on the US standard size for the size of the In Design spread. What is editorial design? Editorial design is for magazines and websites. Once designed, this would be passed on to someone to code. The workshop We started off by setting our page up. I used the following settings below: Once I set up my spread, I then pasted in the image we was using to refer too and scaled up to my margin. I reduced the opacity to 50% so I was able to see what work I was doing on top of the image. I stared working with kerning, tracking and working with scale in order to scale the letters Alanis to fit similar to the document on the back. The reason why we was playing with these metrics and spaces was for us to have more attention to detail and to work away from the default settings.  Below shows the settings I decided to go for and what this looked like. Below shows after me playing with dist...
Post a Comment
Read more

Self Taught After Effects - Illustration & Animation Trial (Inspired by Workshop 2 with Sara)

After my past few workshops I decided to try and use the techniques I have learnt to create something of my own. I have recently been working on a new project and wanted to try and utilise what I have learnt combined with my own illustration. I decided to work with the position and animation presets in order to set the scene and create a sense of realistic movement in my work. Below shows the outcome: Milk Sea Animation from Amy Winson on Vimeo . I am really happy with this as in the past workshops I have always stayed with the idea of using text or photography and not an actual illustration. I always felt like I couldn't work with anything like this in my work as It wouldn't ever be strong enough. Although this is a short video, I am really happy with where this is going so far and I am looking forward to extending this into something longer and progressing my narrative forward.
Post a Comment
Read more