Product and Packaging Visualization in CINEMA 4D and After Effects
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this series of tutorials, we will go through the process of creating a product visualization animation complete with text explaining the benefits of the product. Software required: CINEMA 4D R15, After Effects 12.2.0.52, Knoll Light Factory.
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Course Description
In this series of tutorials, we will go through the process of creating a product visualization animation complete with text explaining the benefits of the product. This product also includes its packaging, which can create some unique challenges when trying to show off the product itself. We'll learn how to make this work for us and then how to bring this inanimate object to life. We'll use Cloners and our own personal hierarchy controls to create lots of fun and interesting arrangements of the product. After we finish animating, we learn how we can set up lights and cameras to use as placeholders. We use these with the "extract" function in the CINEWARE effect in After Effects. They will keep position and rotation keys for us to use with the text that we later want to add to the composition. After all the text and icons have been added to the comp, we finish off with a few realistic lens effects. This training is for you if you want to create product visualizations with text interactions and learn more about the powerful CINEWARE bridge between After Effects and CINEMA 4D. Software required: CINEMA 4D R15, After Effects 12.2.0.52, Knoll Light Factory.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 12s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 12sProduct and Packaging Visualization in CINEMA 4D and After Effects- 3h 27m
—Checking out the Script and Setting up the First Camera 7m 52s
—Easing the First Camera and Creating a Second Camera 4m 11s
—Using a Morph Camera 7m 49s
—Creating the Light Bulb Cloner 6m 10s
—Setting up Interesting Camera Moves with Camera 2 4m 50s
—Adding a Few Display Tags 4m 3s
—Zooming the Camera Through the Bulbs with Quick Cuts 9m 30s
—Setting up the Light Bulb Carousel Comp 9m 15s
—Finishing the Carousel Animation 9m 59s
—Placing the Camera Above the Bulbs 5m 14s
—Rotating the Bulbs to Form a New Shape 8m 17s
—Creating Camera 3 with a Time-saving Trick 7m 38s
—Replacing the Packaging 8m 25s
—Adding Lights as Placeholders for Text 8m 31s
—Adding a Camera as a Rotation Placeholder 3m 40s
—Setting the Render Settings 7m 8s
—Bringing the Render into After Effects 5m 21s
—Using Cineware to Extract Data 7m 2s
—Baking the Morph Camera Animation in CINEMA 4D 3m 55s
—Using the Placeholder Animations 10m 22s
—Adding More Text Using the Placeholder Data 7m 32s
—Placing the Two Final Statements 7m 20s
—Creating the Icons and Text Compositions for the Carousel 7m 1s
—Placing the Carousel Text 9m 19s
—Using the Rotation Placeholder with the Carousel Comps 8m 24s
—Cutting out the Bad Frames 7m 55s
—Tracking for a Lens Flare 4m 59s
—Applying the Tracking Data and Tying to a Light 4m 15s
—Creating the Flare with an Adjustment Layer and Knoll Light Factory 4m 54s
—Adding Final Lens Effects 6m 12s