Join Ian Robinson for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating materials: Transparent surfaces, part of Cinema 4D R16 Essential Training.
…There are a couple of little tricks to working efficiently with transparent…materials and cinema 4D.…In this video,…we're going to focus on techniques to simulate glass and plastic materials.…Now, if you haven't followed along from the previous video,…let me just get you up to speed with our project.…I have a floor object which has no material applied.…I have a sphere which has this highly reflective metallic kind of material.…And then I have a sky object which is what's actually being reflected in our…sphere material.…And then finally we have a light object which is…casting a shadow map onto our geometry.…
Okay.…So let's actually start by double-clicking on our metallic material and…going to the transparency channel.…Under Transparency, I just want you to go ahead and enable that.…Once you enable it, notice the object is completely transparent.…That's because there is no light actually bending through it.…It's literally transparent.…The only thing that you can see are just the specular highlights that…are created based on this light that we've added into the scene.…
Author
Ian Robinson
Released
9/19/2014- Understanding the CINEMA 4D workflow
- Navigating the viewports
- Exploring the importance of object hierarchy
- Modeling with primitives and splines
- Modeling with the Knife and Extrude tools
- Using Content Browser presets
- Deforming objects
- Applying materials and texturing
- Creating and manipulating light sources
- Animating in the Timeline with keyframes
- Controlling camera movement
- Rendering and adjusting final render settings
- Compositing in After Effects
- Using MoGraph
- Sculpting
- Motion tracking
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome52s
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Using the exercise files1m 58s
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1. Getting Started
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Navigating the viewports5m 59s
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Touring the interface7m 53s
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2. Creating and Understanding Objects and Hierarchical Relationships
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3. Modeling with Splines and Generator Objects
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4. Understanding Polygonal Modeling
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5. Modeling with Content Browser Presets
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6. Modifying Objects with Deformers
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Understanding deformers4m 54s
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Controlling deformer falloff4m 57s
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7. Creating Materials and Textures
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8. Lights and Lighting
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Creating visible light rays5m 45s
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9. Keyframes and Animation
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10. Camera Movement and Controls
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11. Rendering
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Understanding render engines3m 17s
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Exploring render settings6m 31s
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12. 3D Animation Workflow: Compositing in After Effects
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Working with CINEWARE8m 31s
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13. Getting Familiar with MoGraph
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Explaining MoGraph1m 28s
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Using a Cloner object8m 19s
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Optimizing for Effectors4m 10s
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Animating type with MoText7m 57s
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14. Sculpting
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Setting up for sculpting3m 35s
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15. 3D Tracker
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Defining the reconstruction6m 17s
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Conclusion
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Next steps2m 27s
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