NAB 2018 Rewind - Andy Needham: Cinema 4D: The Best Tool A Motion Designer Could Ask For
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In this live presentation from NAB 2018 artist and tutorial author Andy Needham shares how he created a series of fun GIFs featuring a beverage and sports players who both will remain nameless. Needham covers the whole process from important footage, to tracking real-world movement, to adding in 3D objects and particle effects. He rounds out his presentation with an introduction to Python. Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned pro - there’s something for everyone in this talk!
00:00 Intro
02:16 SHOT: Crown
03:04 Mapping Footage onto a Plane
03:23 Using Content Browser Presets for Head Geometry
04:56 Modeling a Crown
14:14 Exactly Position Textures with XPresso
16:03 SHOT: Selfie
16:52 Animating a Polaroid with Hand-Drawn Splines
18:12 Bending the Polaroid
19:52 Lighting with GSG's HDRI Studio
20:44 SHOT: Salute
21:51 Precision Camera Animation
25:17 Working with MoSpline
26:00 SHOT: Magician
26:33 Object Tracking
28:09 Adding Particles
30:21 SHOT: 1... 2... 3.
30:49 Creating Bubble Text
35:12 Morphing Spline Shapes
41:01 Adding Motion Trails
43:16 Rendering out Passes with Takes
45:57 Python Development
48:28 Accesing Objects Relative to the Tag
50:22 Accessing UserData
50:38 RangeMapper Function
55:33 Thank you!
56:11 x-particles-challenge.com
