CINEMA 4D is the 3D software package gives you the ability to model, animate, and create objects in 3D. It is popular with matte painters in film as well as motion picture artists. It has been used in such films as We are the Strange, Polar Express,Open Season, and Monster House.
CINEMA 4D 11: Workshop is a book whose goal is to give you a feel for real-time project development. The author is the owner of a 3D production studio in Germany, a member of the CINEMA 4D beta team, and a freelance trainer. This is the seventh edition of this book. CINEMA 4D 11: Workshop is 304 pages in length and is divided into four chapters.
Chapter one, "Short projects," jumps right in to working on some shorter projects. It is explained that typical projects can take several days to complete. To facilitate practicality, the author takes you through some basic projects to give you real world examples. They were chosen to demonstrate a complete production cycle from modeling, to texturing and lighting, right up to the final render. These projects include creating a flashlight, the modeling of a carabiner; a small clip that might be found on a lanyard, and an antique vase.
Chapter two, "Advanced Workshops," now takes on some more challenging techniques. Till now you have worked with individual objects. Now you will work at taking a 3D object and setting it into a scene, applying the fitting textures, and setting up the lighting. Because CINEMA 4D has made big strides in the area of realistic renderings through the Advanced Renderer, global illumination has become easier to use with a quality of result much higher than before.
In this chapter you will model a room which includes setting the windows, modeling the floor and ceiling, and setting up the lighting. You will then set the vase that you created in the first chapter into the room as well as adding other features. Next you will work on an outdoor scene in which you create a lantern and apply light. You then create a stone stairway, a green hill, ivy, and create the sky lighting for both day and evening.
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