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Cinema 4D R14 Cookbook Second Edition

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

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1. The Fundamentals

Introduction Exploring the interface

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Moving around in Cinema 4D

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

The View is your camera Change how you rotate

Meeting the Managers

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Setting keyframes

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Delete the track Interpolation is the word Don't fear the reeper

Utilizing the Content Browser

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Reverse engineering

Adjusting the scale of your objects

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Use separate C4D files

2. Super Modeling

Introduction Working with primitives

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Working with the Viewer

Subdividing, selecting, and editing polygons

How to do it... How it works...

Trying different tools Making backups of your primitives Entering the exact values Weighting with HyperNURBS What is a NURBS?

Creating from splines – extrude NURBS

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using MoText instead

Using Lathe NURBS

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding points

See also

Using Sweep NURBS

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Modeling with Loft NURBS

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Punching holes with Boole

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Similar to Spline Mask Hide new edges Increase subdivision if needed

Using the Atom Array tool

How to do it... How it works...

Best modeling advice – just go for it

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

The other chapters will make it even better

Getting to grips with sculpting

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Sculpting a head

Getting ready How to do it...

Stage one – roughing out Stage two Stage three – baking

How it works... There's more...

Hypernurbs and modelling

3. The Deformers

Introduction Getting started with the Taper deformer

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

I'd group these deformers together

Animating with deformers: Bend

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

How did I make it bounce?

See also

Custom italics with Shear

How to do it... How it works... There's more... See also

Over-animation with Squash and Stretch

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... See also

Making an asteroid with FFD and Displacer

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Trying a landscape object instead

Unconventional animations with deformers

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Breaking objects with deformers

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using Spline Wrap versus Sweep NURBS

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Applying the Collision deformer

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more…

4. Cameras are Rolling

Introduction Keyframing cameras

Getting ready How to do it… How it works… There's more…

Automatic keyframing…do it at your own risk

Moving a camera along a path

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Not just for cameras The Tangential checkbox

See also

Locking cameras down with the Protection tag

How to do it… How it works… There's more…

Protection for all Undo view You can always keyframe

Using target cameras

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Pans and tilts Adding the target manually Linear keyframes for loops

Adjusting focal lengths

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Matching your camera to footage

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Don't render the background

See also

The Physical tab

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

More effects Rack focus

Creating a handheld-style camera

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Got some good vibrations Keyframe your values so that they can change over time Keyframes first Random Seed equals infinite possibilities

Setting up stereoscopic cameras

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Configuring the Viewer

Camera calibration

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Limitations Tips to help calibrate better

Using the Motion Camera tag

How to do it... How it works...

Simulating a chase scene

How to do it... There's more...

Getting to grips with the Camera Morph tag

Getting ready... How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Complex camera moving with the Multi Morph tag

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

5. Let there be Lights

Introduction Picking the right type of light

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Turning off the default light The Inverse-Square explained I have seen the light

Exploring shadow types

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Applying volumetric lighting

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Hot and cold – adjusting the temperature of the light

Getting ready How to do it...

Adding gels Coloring the light Adjusting the Color Temperature

How it works... There's more...

Fix it in post, always! Gauge your temperatures

See also

Lighting specific objects

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Turning a positive into a negative

See also

Applying Global Illumination

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Ambient Occlusion

Lighting using the Luminance channel

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

More flicker to your flicker

Lighting with Sky objects

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating your own HDR

See also

6. A Material World

Introduction Using an Alpha channel to model

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Using video as materials

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Calculator 4D Available in more than just color

Using multiple materials on one object

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Caps and Rounding come automatically

Using Shaders

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Make adjustments with the Layers Shader

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using different Projection methods

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Projections come with instructions

Reflective materials with the Fresnel Shader

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Designers prefer objects with curves Use real textures for real results Reflections are a render hog

Creating a glass material

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding relief – Bump and Displacement channels

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding details adds to render time

Applying Subsurface Scattering

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

7. Rendering Strategy

Introduction Render settings overview

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Don't be tempted with effects

Creating a batch of renders

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Give it some space

Previewing renders with Render Region

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Comparing different renders

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Do you have the time? Adjusting your image inside Cinema 4D

Using anti-aliasing effectively

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

1x1, 2x2, 4x4... Using the Filter menu

Exploring the Physical Renderer engine

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

The Compositing tag

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Setting up multi-pass renders

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Saves time, not space How did that force anti-aliasing work out?

The External Compositing tag and After Effects

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Go from After Effects to Cinema 4D

Projecting shadows

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

8. The Awesome Power of MoGraph

Introduction MoGraph basics – cloners and effectors

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Making text with MoText

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Using selections with cloners

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Applying deformation with effectors

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating abstract shapes

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Abstract in motion

Applying random textures to clones

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating a mosaic

How to do it... How it works… There's more...

Combo #1 – building a 3D logo

Getting ready... How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Combo #2 – dynamic stage lighting

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Combo #3 – dancing music orb

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

9. XPresso Shots

Introduction Introduction to XPresso

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Always optimize Result node

Creating and controlling user data

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Go with linear Compatible data types

Driving animations

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Loops should be linear Keyframes control the length

Adjusting outputs with Range Mapper

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Controlling lights with MoGraph and XPresso

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Creating a project control panel

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

10. Configuring Dynamics

Introduction Introduction to dynamics – bowling

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Trial and error Adjusting the Custom Initial Velocity field some more Don't roll a gutter ball

Colliding clones – cereal bowl

Getting ready How to do it... How it works… There's more…

Aerodynamics – making a helicopter

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Dynamic trap #1 – trap door with connectors

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Dynamics trap #2 – soft body net

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Dynamics trap #3 – spring launcher and hair

Getting ready How to do it... How it works...

Cloth and Spline Dynamics – clothesline

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Tying the knot

The final recipe – Rube Goldberg machine

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

11. Thinking about Particles

Introduction Standard Particles

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Let the water flow (a simple water simulation)

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Thinking Particles Using Thinking Particles to create complex behavior

How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Adding geometry to Thinking Particles

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

Making it Rain

Getting ready How to do it... How it works... There's more...

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