Join Angie Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Combining materials, part of Learning Cinema 4D Lite for After Effects.
In Cinema 4D Lite, you can actually…combine materials together to create more complex materials.…You'll see here that the majority of this…robot is made up of this metallic texture here.…Now I want to add some scratches to that.…I could add a bump map to the material itself, but…I've already used the bump map to create a kind of texture.…So another option, is to combine materials together.…I'm in chapter 806 dot…c4d if you want to follow along. You can join me there.…And I'm in my content browser which I've dragged out,…from the objects manager so that it's underneath the objects manager.…
I like to be able to see my presets, and my objects at the same time.…So I'm going to open up materials and I'm going to go into dark layers.…And in here I have a metal scratches layer.…And I can actually drag and drop that.…Alter the main robot, so that it's combined on top of my metal layer.…And there you can see it applied to my robot.…Now, it's a little bit over the top for my liking, so I'm going to…double click it, and open it up, and you'll see down here I have my.…
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8/28/2013- What is CINEMA 4D Lite?
- Understanding the CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC workflow
- Editing primitive objects
- Spline modeling with NURBS
- Animating with keyframes
- Using Xpresso to link properties
- Importing music and soundtracks
- Creating and animating cameras
- Working with text
- Scripting
- Creating and applying materials and textures
- 3D camera tracking
- Compositing layers
- Lighting with visible lights and ambient occlusion
- Adding visual effects in After Effects
- Rendering in After Effects and the Adobe Media Encoder
Skill Level Beginner
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Q: This course was updated on 01/15/2015. What changed?
A: We updated movies in chapter 5, 10, and 12, and added a new set of exercise files to make the course compatible with the latest versions of After Effects CC (2014.1) and CINEWARE. Watch the "Checking out the new CINEWARE features with After Effects CC 2014.1" movie for an overview of the changes.
Q: This course was updated on 04/08/2016. What changed?
A: We added one new movie and updated the rest of the tutorials in chapter 8, "Materials and Textures in CINEMA 4D Lite."
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 18s
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1. What Is CINEMA 4D Lite?
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What is CINEMA 4D Lite?4m 23s
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What CINEMA 4D Lite can't do6m 54s
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Quick interface tour8m 46s
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2. CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC Workflow
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The CINEWARE plugin settings4m 42s
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3. Modeling in CINEMA 4D Lite
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Editing primitive objects5m 18s
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The Move and Scale tools7m 17s
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The Rotate tool4m 27s
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Axis limitations1m 45s
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Working cylinders7m 15s
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Adjusting NURBS settings4m 6s
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Using nulls as controllers3m 33s
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4. Animating in CINEMA 4D Lite
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Understanding rotation2m 39s
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Timeline shortcuts3m 1s
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Copying keyframes2m 3s
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Keyframe interpolation5m 20s
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Adjusting F-Curves5m 45s
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Holding values5m 8s
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Animating using presets4m 32s
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5. Working with Cameras in After Effects CC and CINEMA 4D Lite
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Adding markers4m 25s
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6. Working with Text in After Effects CC and CINEMA 4D Lite
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Formatting text in CINEMA 4D5m 47s
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Merging CINEMA 4D files5m 51s
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The MoGraph Random Effector3m 56s
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7. Scripting and Expressions in CINEMA 4D Lite
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Creating a wiggle expression7m 49s
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The Reset Position script4m 19s
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8. Materials and Textures in CINEMA 4D Lite
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Introduction to materials1m 45s
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Applying a custom material6m 32s
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Making a metallic material6m 15s
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Adding texture with shaders4m 21s
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Built-in material presets3m 52s
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Combining materials2m 41s
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8a. Materials and Textures in CINEMA 4D Lite (R16 and later)
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Introduction to materials1m 45s
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Custom materials8m 48s
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Environment channel3m 33s
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Adding texture with shaders4m 23s
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Built-in material presets3m 52s
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Combining materials2m 41s
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9. Creating Environments in After Effects CC
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10. Layer-Based Compositing with CINEWARE
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11. Lighting Your Scene with CINEMA 4D Lite
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Using preset lighting setups6m 24s
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Creating visible lights7m 56s
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12. Multipass Compositing with CINEWARE
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Adding object buffers4m 51s
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Adjusting reflections5m 23s
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13. Visual Effects with After Effects CC
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Extracting 3D scene data8m 11s
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Working with proxies10m 2s
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Color correction of shadows4m 10s
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Layer styles3m 50s
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Adjustment layers4m 58s
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14. Rendering in After Effects CC and Media Encoder
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The BG Renderer script4m 14s
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