After Effects Apprentice- 17 Video Walls in Cinema 4D Lite

Release date:2016, February 17

Duration:01 h 57 m

Author:Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer

Skill level:Intermediate

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Table of Contents

Introduction

Welcome 2m 2s

Using the exercise files 1m 20s

Registering and updating C4D Lite 1m 48s

C4D Lite user interface overview 8m 8s

1. Project Setup

After Effects project and composition settings 3m 50s

C4D Lite project and render settings 4m 54s

2. Creating the Video Wall

Creating a rectangular spline 3m 14s

Extruding and beveling the spline 6m 3s

Checking your work 2 m 43s

3. Lighting and Materials

Loading a lighting preset 6m 32s

Applying a material preset 4m 17s

Creating a custom material 3m 50s

Mapping a material to a surface 5m 40s

4. Crafting a Camera Move

Creating a camera 4m 37s

Animating a camera move 5m 19s

Refining the camera move 6m 19s

5. Refining the Scene

Taming specular highlights 3m 23s

Reducing luminance clipping 2m 49s

Increasing the shadow density 4m 18s

6. Compositing with Text in After Effects

Render quality 5m 25s

Extracting the camera move 3m 7s

Creating 3D text in After Effects 3m 55s

Applying a text animation preset 4m 36s

Bonus: Production Considerations

Production challenges 3m 19s

Converting a parametric object to polygons 2m 23s

Creating a placeholder 2m 54s

Assigning an object buffer 4m 54s

Compositing tricks 6m 9s

E00 – 0 – Introduction.topic E00 – Welcome E01 – Using the exercise files E02 – Registering and updating C4D Lite E03 – C4D Lite user interface overview E04 – 1 – 1. Project Setup.topic E04 – After Effects project and composition settings E05 – C4D Lite project and render settings E06 – 2 – 2. Creating the Video Wall.topic E06 – Creating a rectangular spline E07 – Extruding and beveling the spline E08 – Checking your work E09 – 3 – 3. Lighting and Materials.topic E09 – Loading a lighting preset E10 – Applying a material preset E11 – Creating a custom material E12 – Mapping a material to a surface E13 – 4 – 4. Crafting a Camera Move.topic E13 – Creating a camera E14 – Animating a camera move E15 – Refining the camera move E16 – 5 – 5. Refining the Scene.topic E16 – Taming specular highlights E17 – Reducing luminance clipping E18 – Increasing the shadow density E19 – 6 – 6. Compositing with Text in After Effects.topic E19 – Render quality E20 – Extracting the camera move E21 – Creating 3D text in After Effects E22 – Applying a text animation preset E23 – 7 – Bonus- Production Considerations.topic E23 – Production challenges E24 – Converting a parametric object to polygons E25 – Creating a placeholder E26 – Assigning an object buffer E27 – Compositing tricks Ex_Files.zip

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