The Take System introduced in Cinema 4D R18 is so powerful and once understood offers a better workflow for creating multiple scene states in a single project file. In this video, learn how to use the Take System to audition different animations and to swap out materials.
- [Narrator] The Take system makes multiple states…of a project available in a single file.…This could be varying setting on objects, tags, materials,…render settings, even animations can be stored…in the different state.…So let's dive in.…Now let's say we've got our spaceships here,…and off they go.…And the director says, actually, I want to be able to see…this ship a bit more, and this one needs to come back a bit…so, yeah, can you do that and we'll have a new version.…
Okay, so let's look at how we'd use Takes to do that.…So we come over to the Takes Manager, here.…We have our main take where everything is stored,…and what we'll do is we'll actually create a new take here.…And that becomes a child our our main take,…so the changes that we make in the main take…can ripple down into the new take, here.…So we'll just call this animation-v02 maybe.…And you can see that we can choose to use cameras,…and render settings as well, which is kind of important…for when you're actually getting takes…out of Cinema 4D, later stage.…
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Released
4/5/2017- What is VFX?
- How is C4D used by VFX artists?
- Setting up a project for tracking
- Solving the 3D camera
- Removing lens distortion
- Solving and saving lens profiles
- Importing a model
- Manipulating keyframes and curves
- Creating shiny, refractive, and displaced materials
- Working with C4D lights and shadows
- Lighting with Sky objects
- Compositing mulitpass renders
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 9s
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Exercise files1m 49s
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1. What Is VFX?
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What is VFX?2m 16s
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Examples of work3m 54s
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Big-picture concepts8m 3s
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2. The Importance of Motion Tracking
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What is motion tracking?3m 23s
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Analyzing the shot4m 22s
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Automatic tracking6m 39s
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Manual tracking11m 36s
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Solving the 3D camera8m 29s
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Adding a coordinates system7m 12s
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3. Preparing and Animating Models for VFX
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Importing a model4m 12s
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Basic animation for VFX4m 46s
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4. Basic Materials
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Introduction to materials4m 27s
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Applying materials2m 56s
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Creating a shiny material5m 51s
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5. Basic VFX Lighting
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Overview of VFX lighting1m 21s
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Lighting with Sky objects3m 28s
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Working with GI3m 41s
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6. Camera Projection and Modelling
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Animating a camera3m 48s
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Reapplying lens distortion3m 44s
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7. Takes, Tokens, and Multipass Rendering
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What is VFX compositing?1m 43s
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Setting up multipass renders8m 40s
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Preparing takes6m 12s
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Rendering with tokens2m 58s
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Compositing multipass renders10m 46s
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8. Challenge
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Challenge overview1m 49s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 17s
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