Lighting is a very important element in real-world studio scenes as well as 3D scenes.…A good animation can be ruined by not having proper lightning.…So let's add our first light.…Go up to Lights > Area Light.…And Area Lights are the more accurate realistic-looking lights.…They take longer to render, but I think they also look the best.…So this will be our main light.…Let's rename it Main.…Let's go the Details and give it a falloff so the light actually acts as it…would in real life--…it actually trails off as objects are further away from the light.…
So let's just hit Render.…That's looking pretty good so far.…Let's actually change the Intensity to 55. So we're actually we're going to add…other lights that will help fill out the lighting in the scene.…So let's create our second light, and this will be a Spot light.…And we're just going to zoom out, and we're going to position this light at the bottom right.…It's going to be more of an accent light down here.…
And I can adjust the angle of the spot light by just dragging these handles.…
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2/27/2013- Creating a cube grid with the MoGraph Cloner
- Creating first-, second-, and third-wave animations
- Using a null object to group and keyframe multiple effectors
- Limiting the influence of an effector
- Adding texture
- Using an HDRI map for reflections
- Lighting the scene
- Importing a CINEMA 4D project into After Effects
- Isolating and changing text color with object buffers
Skill Level Intermediate
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Q: I rendered a Compositing Project File (AEC) from CINEMA 4D, but I am unable to import that file into After Effects.
A: In order to import an AEC file into After Effects, you will need to have the free Cinema 4D Importer plugin for After Effects installed. The plugin can be downloaded here: http://www.maxon.net/support/updates/plugins.html
For more information on this plugin, including instructions on how to install it, refer to Cinema 4D Essentials 5: Rendering and Compositing with Rob Garrott. The movie titled "Rendering and importing elements into After Effects" explains how to install this plugi
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