Creating a Low-poly Poster in CINEMA 4D and Photoshop
Pluralsight
Course Summary
The low-poly look is exploding right now and everybody wants to experiment with this trend. Throughout this course, we'll learn a few techniques for capturing this look and creating a poster in CINEMA 4D. Software required: CINEMA 4D Studio R16.
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Course Description
The low-poly look is exploding right now and everybody wants to experiment with this trend. Throughout this course we'll learn a few techniques for capturing this look and creating a poster in CINEMA 4D. This CINEMA 4D course is a great place to start learning the software if you're a graphic designer with a desire to get into 3D. We will learn how to use existing models and transform them into low-poly works of art. Then we will learn what it takes to make a very professional looking background and lighting set-up. After that, we'll render our shot and take our images into Photoshop to begin compositing and adding our typography. You'll learn some great tricks for integrating type into a 3D shot to make it look like it was part of the 3D render. You'll also see how to do some color correction and add the finishing touches that you can use in all kinds of graphic design work in your own projects. By the end of this course, you'll have some great techniques for beginning working in CINEMA 4D as a designer, and you'll have added a few Photoshop secrets to your bag of tricks. With that said, let's jump into CINEMA 4D to learn about retopology. Software required: CINEMA 4D Studio R16.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 19s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 19sCreating a Low-poly Poster in CINEMA 4D and Photoshop- 1h 30m
—Using Retopology Tools for Low-poly Rendering: Polygon Pen 10m 39s
—Using Retopology Tools for Low-poly Rendering: Polygon Reduction 5m 55s
—Creating the Cyclorama Background for Perfect Lighting and Shadows 6m 57s
—Adding Materials and Lighting 9m 26s
—Finalizing the Render Settings 11m 28s
—Rendering the Poster 3m 8s
—Rendering a Separate Alpha 2m 47s
—Integrating the Letter 'E' Typography 7m 57s
—Bringing the Elephant's Head Through the Type Using the Alpha Channel 6m 56s
—Painting in Shadows to Further Integrate the Type into the Poster 12m 19s
—Color Correcting the Overall Poster 9m 1s
—Finalizing the Typography 3m 47s