Learning Cinema 4D Lite For After Effects

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: 01. Introduction

Lecture 1: Important – Download These First – Working Files

Lecture 2: 0101 Who Should Take This Course

Lecture 3: 0102 What Is CINEMA 4D Lite

Lecture 4: 0103 Setting Up The Working Files

Lecture 5: 0104 The CINEMA 4D Lite-After Effects Workflow

Lecture 6: 0105 Explaining CINEWARE And CINERENDER – Part 1

Lecture 7: 0106 Explaining CINEWARE And CINERENDER – Part 2

Chapter 2: 02. Setting Up CINEMA 4D Lite

Lecture 1: 0201 Opening CINEMA 4D Lite From After Effects

Lecture 2: 0202 Registering And Updating CINEMA 4D Lite

Lecture 3: 0203 Checking, Updating, And Using Contextual Help

Lecture 4: 0204 Creating A New, Default CINEMA 4D Scene

Lecture 5: 0205 Changing Preferences And Shortcuts

Chapter 3: Explaining The User Interface

Lecture 1: 0301 Checking Out The Managers

Lecture 2: 0302 Examining Icon Palettes

Lecture 3: 0303 Controlling The View Panel And Viewports

Lecture 4: 0304 Understanding The Animation Palette

Chapter 4: Adding And Adjusting Parametric 3D Objects

Lecture 1: 0401 Examining And Adding Parametric 3D Objects

Lecture 2: 0402 Moving, Scaling And Rotating Parametric Objects

Lecture 3: 0403 Changing Parametric Object Properties

Lecture 4: 0404 Using Null Objects And Parent-Child Hierarchy

Lecture 5: 0405 Creating Models Using Multiple Objects

Chapter 5: Create Objects Using Splines And Extrude NURBS

Lecture 1: 0501 Working With Parametric Splines

Lecture 2: 0502 Using Spline Drawing Tools To Create Objects

Lecture 3: 0503 Converting Illustrator Files To 3D Objects

Lecture 4: 0504 Extruding And Adjusting 3D Text

Chapter 6: Using Modelling And Deformation Objects

Lecture 1: 0601 Viewing Spline-Based NURBS Object Generators

Lecture 2: 0602 Modelling Surfaces With HyperNURBS

Lecture 3: 0603 Duplicating Objects With Array And Instance

Lecture 4: 0604 Combine Objects/Splines: Boolean And Spline Mask

Lecture 5: 0605 Using Bend, Bulge, Shear, Taper, And Twist

Lecture 6: 0606 Using Explosion FX, Formula, And Wind

Chapter 7: Creating, Editing, And Applying Materials

Lecture 1: 0701 Understanding Material Channels And Properties

Lecture 2: 0702 Applying And Examining Material Presets

Lecture 3: 0703 Adjusting The Color Channel

Lecture 4: 0704 Using Luminance, Fog, Specular, and Glow

Lecture 5: 0705 Working with Reflection And Environment

Lecture 6: 0706 Adjusting Opacity: Transparency And Alpha

Lecture 7: 0707 Using Bump, Normal, Displacement, And Diffusion

Lecture 8: 0708 Applying Multiple Materials To Fillets And Caps

Chapter 8: Working With Points, Edges, And Polygons

Lecture 1: 0801 Making Objects Editable

Lecture 2: 0802 Adjusting Points, Edges, And Polygons

Lecture 3: 0803 Applying Materials To Polygons

Chapter 9: Creating Basic Animations Using Keyframes

Lecture 1: 0901 Autokeying And Record Active Objects Methods

Lecture 2: 0902 Keyframing Individual Properties

Lecture 3: 0903 Viewing The Timeline Keyframe And F-Curve Modes

Lecture 4: 0904 Using Fracture With Plain And Random Effectors

Chapter 10: Using C4D And AE Lights And Cameras

Lecture 1: 1001 Standard Lights: Omni, Spot, Area And Infinite

Lecture 2: 1002 Animating The C4D Sun-Light

Lecture 3: 1003 Adding, Adjusting, And Animating C4D Cameras

Lecture 4: 1004 Using The Target Tag With Cameras And Lights

Lecture 5: 1005 Exporting AE Cameras And Lights In C4D Files

Chapter 11: Additional C4D-to-AE Workflow Tips and Tricks

Lecture 1: 1101 Using Tags To Replace C4D Objects In AE Comps

Lecture 2: 1102 Using C4D Multi-Pass Elements In After Effects

Lecture 3: 1103 Using CINEMA 4D Layers In After Effects

Lecture 4: 1201 Additional Resources And Goodbye