For setting up our lights we are going to start with shot003, the hero shot.…We are doing this because since it's the iconic shot that will really be…defining the viewer's perception of the programming block,…we want this shot to drive the look and feel of all the other shots.…We are going to be using Global Illumination to render this.…Global Illumination combined with Environment Fog is a great way to give us the…underwater look we need to make the sharks look very realistic.…Let's move over to CINEMA 4D and I am going to go to the File menu and do an…open and navigate to my Chapter 9 Exercise Files.…
Let's start off with shot003.…Now this is the final animation file that we created in the previous chapter and…it has our shark moving through the scene and our Shark Zone type at the center…of the world to kind of flush with the ground plane.…This scene if I render it, Command+R, really doesn't look very interesting.…So what we want to try and do is create an underwater feel for it.…There is several techniques to do this.…
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6/30/2010- Project planning, covering the scripting and initial drawings
- Using hand-drawn artwork in After Effects to time the animation
- Creating text and logo elements
- Animating the camera
- Organic modeling techniques
- Rigging models for animating
- Fine-tuning animation timing
- Adding realistic textures
- Lighting and shading techniques
- Rendering and compositing a finished animation
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 3s
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Using the exercise files1m 24s
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1. Planning a Project
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Creative brief1m 57s
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Sketches and script3m 8s
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2. Animatics: Timing Out an Animation
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Timing out the animation10m 4s
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3. Creating Cameramatic Elements for Rough Placement
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Creating a rough shark model12m 14s
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4. Cameramatics: Blocking in Rough Animation
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Animating the camera6m 8s
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Assembling the cameramatic8m 34s
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5. Modeling a Shark
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6. Rigging the Model for Animation
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7. Texturing the Model
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Texturing the eyes3m 51s
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Texturing the teeth and gums4m 24s
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8. Creating the Final Animation
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9. Lighting and Shading
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10. Rendering for After Effects
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Batch-rendering2m 12s
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11. Compositing in After Effects
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Conclusion
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Goodbye21s
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