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- [Andy] Hi, my name's Andy Needham.

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And welcome to this Cinema 4D R23 essential training course.

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Cinema 4D is a hugely popular software application

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developed by Maxon.

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And in this course,

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we're going to focus on how Cinema 4D is used

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for creating visual effects.

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Cinema 4D has a very powerful motion tracker

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and that tool will be the main focus of this course.

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After all practically every visual effects shot

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that is worked on starts

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with obtaining a solid camera track.

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My goal is that by the end of this course,

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you will feel comfortable

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working with the motion tracker object

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as I take you through the complete workflow

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from start to finish.

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We're also going to explore object tracking,

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another form of match moving

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which relies on tracking features manually.

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Because it's so much fun,

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we'll use the Voronoi Fracture object

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in combination with dynamics

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to create some destruction effects.

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And I'll share a method that utilizes

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the updated UV tools in Cinema 4D

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for baking animated materials to avoid slipping textures.

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When we get into the chapter on working with after effects,

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we'll touch on compositing multipass renders,

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and I'll share how you can export data

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from the aftereffects camera tracker to use in Cinema 4D.

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Whether you're a hobbyist, enthusiast or professional,

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looking to add a new skill,

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understanding the Cinema 4D motion tracker

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can open up some amazing creative possibilities

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for working in 3D.

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And I'm really looking forward to sharing with you

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what I believe is a really fun and intuitive workflow.

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So if you're ready, let's begin.