Introduction
Welcome
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What this course is and is not
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Exercise files
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Highlighting new features
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1. What are VFX?
Overview of VFX
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How is C4D used by VFX artists?
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Examples of work
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Big picture concepts
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2. Understanding the Motion Tracking Workflow
What is motion tracking?
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Analyze the shot
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Set up our project for tracking
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Automatic tracking
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Manual tracking
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Solving the 3D camera
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Add a coordinate system
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Test the solve with geometry
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3. Additional Motion Tracking Workflows
Removing lens distortion
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Import and export the tracked data
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Solving and saving lens profiles
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Using the Full Solve command
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Scene reconstruction
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4. Preparing and Animating Models for VFX
The philosophy of VFX modeling
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Optimize with polygon reduction and LOD
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Import a model
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Clean up a model hierarchy
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Incorporate a model with a tracked scene
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Animating models
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Manipulating keyframes and curves
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5. Basic Materials
Introduction to materials
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Create a shiny material
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Create a refractive material
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Create a bumpy material
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Apply materials
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Working with the Texture Manager
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6. Basic VFX Lighting
Overview of VFX lighting
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Working with C4D lights and shadows
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Lighting with Sky Objects
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Working with GI and AO
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7. Camera Calibration for Locked-Off Shots
Working with the Camera Calibration tag
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Modeling using the undistorted workflow
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Incorporate objects
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Add lighting and environment effects
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Render settings to improve the look
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8. Takes, Tokens, and Multipass Rendering
What is VFX compositing?
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Setting up multipass renders
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Preparing takes
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Render using tokens
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Compositing multipass renders
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9. Challenge
Challenge overview
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Solution
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Ex_Files_Cinema4D_R19_VFX.zip
(1.9 GB)