Cinema 4D R14 Cookbook, 2nd edition

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 3
Credits......Page 4
About the Authors......Page 5
About the Reviewers......Page 6
www.PacktPub.com......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
Exploring the interface......Page 17
Moving around in Cinema 4D......Page 23
Meeting the managers......Page 26
Setting keyframes......Page 35
Utilizing the Content Browser......Page 39
Adjusting the scale of your objects......Page 43
Introduction......Page 46
Working with primitives......Page 48
Subdividing, selecting, and editing polygons......Page 51
Creating from splines – extrude NURBS......Page 60
Using Lathe NURBS......Page 65
Using Sweep NURBS......Page 69
Modeling with Loft NURBS......Page 73
Punching holes with Boole......Page 76
Using the Atom Array tool......Page 79
Best modeling advice – just go for it......Page 83
Getting to grips with sculpting......Page 89
Sculpting a head......Page 91
Introduction......Page 100
Getting started with the Taper deformer......Page 101
Animating with deformers: Bend......Page 105
Custom italics with Shear......Page 107
Over-animation with Squash and Stretch......Page 109
Making an asteroid with FFD and Displacer......Page 111
Unconventional animations with deformers......Page 114
Breaking objects with deformers......Page 116
Using Spline Wrap versus Sweep NURBS......Page 120
Applying the Collision deformer......Page 122
Introduction......Page 126
Keyframing cameras......Page 127
Moving a camera along a path......Page 129
Locking cameras down with the Protection tag......Page 132
Using target cameras......Page 133
Adjusting focal lengths......Page 136
Matching your camera to footage......Page 138
The Physical tab......Page 141
Creating a handheld-style camera......Page 145
Setting up stereoscopic cameras......Page 148
Camera calibration......Page 151
Using the Motion Camera tag......Page 154
Simulating a chase scene......Page 156
Getting to grips with the Camera Morph tag......Page 157
Complex camera moving with the Multi Morph tag......Page 159
Introduction......Page 162
Picking the right type of light......Page 163
Exploring shadow types......Page 169
Applying volumetric lighting......Page 174
Hot and cold – adjusting the temperature of the light......Page 178
Lighting specific objects......Page 181
Applying Global Illumination......Page 185
Lighting using the Luminance channel......Page 190
Lighting with Sky objects......Page 194
Introduction......Page 198
Using an Alpha channel to model......Page 199
Using video as materials......Page 203
Using multiple materials on one object......Page 205
Using Shaders......Page 208
Make adjustments with the Layers Shader......Page 213
Using different Projection methods......Page 217
Reflective materials with the Fresnel Shader......Page 222
Creating a glass material......Page 227
Adding relief – Bump and Displacement channels......Page 231
Applying Subsurface Scattering......Page 237
Introduction......Page 242
Render settings overview......Page 243
Creating a batch of renders......Page 251
Previewing renders with Render Region......Page 253
Comparing different renders......Page 255
Using anti-aliasing effectively......Page 259
Exploring the Physical Renderer engine......Page 263
The Compositing tag......Page 266
Setting up multi-pass renders......Page 269
The External Compositing tag and After Effects......Page 276
Projecting shadows......Page 279
Introduction......Page 288
MoGraph basics – cloners and effectors......Page 289
Making text with MoText......Page 293
Using selections with cloners......Page 295
Applying deformation with effectors......Page 300
Creating abstract shapes......Page 303
Applying random textures to clones......Page 305
Creating a mosaic......Page 312
Combo #1 – building a 3D logo......Page 315
Combo #2 – dynamic stage lighting......Page 320
Combo #3 – dancing music orb......Page 325
Introduction......Page 330
Introduction to XPresso......Page 331
Creating and controlling user data......Page 334
Driving animations......Page 337
Adjusting outputs with Range Mapper......Page 339
Controlling lights with MoGraph and XPresso......Page 343
Creating a project control panel......Page 345
Introduction......Page 352
Introduction to dynamics – bowling......Page 353
Colliding clones – cereal bowl......Page 357
Aerodynamics – making a helicopter......Page 360
Dynamic trap #1 – trap door with connectors......Page 363
Dynamics trap #2 – soft body net......Page 366
Dynamics trap #3 – spring launcher and hair......Page 368
Cloth and Spline Dynamics – clothesline......Page 373
The final recipe – Rube Goldberg machine......Page 378
Introduction......Page 386
Standard Particles......Page 387
Let the water flow (a simple 
water simulation)......Page 389
Thinking Particles......Page 390
Using Thinking Particles to create 
complex behavior......Page 391
Adding geometry to Thinking Particles......Page 397
Making it Rain......Page 399
Index......Page 406