In the second part of this tutorial, we color correct and composite our final animation in After Effects using a combination of blending modes, luma keys, blurs, vignettes, glows, and gradients.
Final Render
How to make a Cascading Text Animation With Cinema 4D and After Effects – Part 2
February 18, 2010
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Beautifull effect on typography. It’s amazing. I am a debutant on Cinema 4D. Your blog is fantastic. Very good job.
Guillaume from France
Bellissimo! I want to try it now!
Wow, what a awesome tutorial… thank you kindly!
Ps. Haven’t heard Cassius in years! Surprised someone else still likes it aswell
Quicktip: You can also switch the projects colour depth by Option (Alt) clicking on the 8/16/32bit thing in the project window.
Yoshi on February 18th, 2010 said...
Thank you for the quiktip
Cheers
sweet sweet work !
Conclusion: “It’s pretty blingy!”
Dude, this is the best tut you’ve ever done! Never learned so much about maximizing stuff in After Effects ever!
Thanks.
And that wave was legendary.
The Gorilla on February 18th, 2010 said...
hehe, Thanks, Marcy!
campa on February 19th, 2010 said...
its more than a tutorial, its a show!
i dig your waves nick!!
MAJOR thanks for this! Really looking forward to seeing more C4D+AE tuts from you in the future. There is an overwhelming lack of good Cinema 4D tutorials out there.
And I agree.. best tut you’ve ever done. Hell, one of the best C4D+AE tuts I’ve seen at all.
The waving thing is what i liked the most in this tutorial!
Anders Hattne on February 22nd, 2010 said...
yeah the wave was worth waiting for.
Puttin’ On the Sex
Awesome tutorial. Awesome Awkward Wave.
thanks again, Nick.
a great job Nick . sure to us it some day
Awesome tutorial. Was creating my own version while listing/watching the tutorial:
http://vimeo.com/9552618
Its amazing how much c4d you can learn within a month.
Keep up with the amazing tutorials.
how to make ur c4d like tabs and stuffs
Yet another great tutorial packed with helpful info.
Hey Nick, will your product be something similar to the SkyLight plugin? Or will it offer a lot more?
http://www.digitalmedia.cz/plugins/skylight/index.aspx
Cool!!!!
amazing tut but how they create strips flying around in different direction and twisting around, also for the cuts did they do multiple renders of the scene with different camera position and composite it for the cuts or it can be animated? Thanks. your work is great!
The Gorilla on February 18th, 2010 said...
The ribbons are probably made with the Sweep Nurbs. Watch my Nurbs tut to see how to use that. For the cuts, I would think that it’s the same animation with different camera angles.
Sorry Nick I have a problem with the lighting. There is the possibility to find the setting of lights?
Thanks, it would be important.
Alessandro
The Gorilla on February 18th, 2010 said...
The Lightkit should be out in March. In the mean time, take a look at some of my other lighting tutorials.
Yoshi on February 19th, 2010 said...
I can send you my version if you want?
Its pretty awesome
Alessandro Boncio on February 19th, 2010 said...
thanx yoshi it’s a nice present. thanx!!! can you send by mail to postino76@libero.it ?
Yoshi on February 19th, 2010 said...
Yes Ill send it when I got home.
here’s my outcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hyvKbS0w1I
Cheers
Alessandro Boncio on February 19th, 2010 said...
yessss!
Snake Plissken on February 19th, 2010 said...
Hi Alessandro, I don’t know if you managed to light your scene well, but I advise you to give a try to Tim Clapham’s Lightdome, downloadable for free on his site Helloluxx. There’s also a small video on how to use it.
http://www.helloluxx.com/cinema4d-mograph/cinema4d-light-dome/
It works fine for me & gives some quick results too. I use it a lot, so see if it can also help you.
Cheers from France.
\\\\\\\ Lightkit ///////
Nick > do u have the price yet?
thanks
Hey Nick thanks again for that great great tutorial… here is my result of the tut http://vimeo.com/9565236
I think the light its no good, i will waiting for taht lightkit
thanks
PD: I diggy it, hehehehe
this is my result: http://vimeo.com/9563996 .
Thanks Nick, another great tutorial.
After being terrified of programs like Maya and 3ds max for years, i thought After Effects was as far as i could, or even wanted to go with my profession. Thanks to you though (and C4D), I’ve finally jumped into the side of 3-D, and I’m enjoying it more than i ever imagined i would.
I truly appreciate all your hard work and willingness to share.
Thanks again.
Yoshi on February 19th, 2010 said...
Yes same counts for me
I thought u only could learn 3D by buying tutorials for hundreds of dollars but..
Nick is my Hero!:D
hey nick thisi is my result: http://vimeo.com/9571908
hey, thanks for great tutorial. I’ve just uploaded my own version too: http://vimeo.com/9576689
Amazing Nick!!
Keep it up
Thanks man.
Great tips like usual!
Finally had a go. Quite happy with my version of the lighting and background. Similar to the original other than the font and a few subtleties but wanted to recreate the lighting more than anything.
C&C welcome.
http://www.vimeo.com/9577460
Nick seriously, these subtle tips, tricks and techniques are great! both C4D and AE. really appreciate it. Thanks!
awsome….im going to try it…i’ll let you know…
Nick, thanks for this tutorial, it’s my favorite so far and it introduced me to better ways of using the step effector.
Regarding recreate stuff (Justice – DVNO):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50BBNZ-ejjU
Any of the things in there would do it for me, but specially the ones with light materials (00:49(c4d), 2:06(ae trapcode), etc).
Thanks and keep on rockin!²
Ben Carroll on February 19th, 2010 said...
Holy crap! That is amazing! I would love to see how this was done!
This is my outcome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-CQudQ7tg&fmt=22
took around 10 minutes to render with DOF =]
Thanks for the really awesome tutorial
and please answer my question on how to organize c4d in tabs
hello, I know if I can help I am following the tutorial Intro to Physics and Dynamics in Mograph 2, but when I get to the part of the explosion of the cube asks me to implement “Rigid Body” and I do not have that plugin, as I get or if I have to activate as I do, Thanks
The Gorilla on February 19th, 2010 said...
You need CInema 4D 11.5 and Mograph 2 for the Rigid Body Tag.
http://www.vimeo.com/9584641
my go at it, and tried some after effects this time.. Thanks Nick!!
Hi!
It’s getting hard to be creative when the software is too techy. C4D gives me a lot of “instant sweetness” and I have to thank you for it. Love your work and your tuts are first grade,top of the pop,on the dot & most of all fun fun fun to watch.
I switched to C4D from Maya for a lot of reasons including you
Cheers
Another great tutorial, I also think it became awesome, I made every step and it’s really nice! I will post after I go to after
Thanx a bunch!
Nice tutorial Nick. I always like getting new ideas from your site. Thanks a lot. Here is my feeble attempt at motion graphics.For a local band. Here’s what i came up with.
http://www.vimeo.com/9584556
Well, I followed you, but used thinner slices and used GI (at pretty low settings just to uniformly distribute the light), didn’t used those softbox reflections and also didn’t created shines in AE. It’s just a sleek look I was intending. Here’s what I got.
http://www.vimeo.com/9592688
What did I learn from this tutorial?
Well, at 15:03 I learned that Nick is a connoisseur of the Beatles Abbey Road.
Two classics: the Beatles, and Nick Campbell.
Very nice tutorial.
Thanks for all you do to help us.
Best,
J
Very nice!
But I find it awkwardly hard to combine several splines to do the masking. You can of course combine splines, but not moving splines.
I know a boolean object can do it, but it really is buggy.
But it was very useful in animations only needing one spline
Magic on February 21st, 2010 said...
I used 2 moving rectangle splines as a mask when following this tutorial without a problem. They move seperatly toward eachother.
Very good tutorial!
I like the fast pace and that you don’t get stuck on what specific numbers to use and such. I am a product designer and I just started playing with Cinema 4D and you’re tutorials is just what I need to get by.
I made my own attempt at this thing as well and this is actually my very first render ever out of After effects: http://vimeo.com/9616487
Thanks, and keep up the great work with the blog!
/Jonas
WOW! cool tutorial! I appreciate all your tutorials and I would like to see some Thinking Particle tutorials like how to create a avalanche.
Max
Hey Nick Thanks for your blog!!! Im your fan nº1.
Amazing.
my test:
http://vimeo.com/9612153
“Put… hum… all the sex on it, right?” – 18:46 -
That’s a line!
Thanks Nick for that and the rest !
http://vimeo.com/9623012
I don´t no where to show…
Thanks a lot for that!
I hope my next showreel will have a lot more “Oumpff” to it. Got to learn to use those curves and glows!
This is my animation using the cascading text effect, hope you like it
http://www.vimeo.com/9657281
This has been really inspiring, Nick! Been following you for a while now and you always have great stuff. Thanks for all the effort you put into everything, it’s truly a blessing for everybody.
P.S. That wave was legendary.
Hey Nick, thanks for the great tutorial
here is my result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaPZAYsNXXs
“…thanks for watching…”
Thank U for creating this, Nick!It was an awesome tut.
The Gorilla on February 25th, 2010 said...
Thanks!!! I really appreciate it.
Wow, there were so many things that I didn’t manage to put my finger on before I watched the tutorial. So that’s how the professionals get their text look nice. :O
I’m making some of this right now!
wondering how this would translate into 3DS Max?
any suggestions?
Thanks
Andrew F on February 25th, 2010 said...
never mind…figured it out……
Andrew F on February 25th, 2010 said...
what a pain in MAX though
sC on May 11th, 2010 said...
Hey Andrew. Can you give some clue about how to do this in max. I tried Spline Booleans but it doesn’t animate.
I don’t wanna do C4D just for this trick.
Great stuff Nick. Loving it !
Hi nick,
Thanks for that awesome piece of teach.
Man, you’r the best!!! You’r my hero!!! Keep it up.
Great man! I followed along and learned a lot. I’ll post it soon. Seriously keep doing these, I couldn’t ask for a better tutorial. These are marketable skills you’re teaching.
Thanks so much!
David on March 3rd, 2010 said...
http://vimeo.com/9897686
http://vimeo.com/9931805
thanks GSG
dropping some thanks for the tut nick. big up
The Gorilla on March 8th, 2010 said...
Thanks for watching, Max!
Hey Nick,
Thanks for your time and know how. Much appreciated!!
Check out my version.
http://www.itsallgoodnyc.com/TEAM/JUAN/Pop_render/Pop_render.mov
Once again thanks!!
Hi gorilla
I had a lesson a long time searching.
Thank you
If you help me a lot more happy about me
Even though I did not find much between hdr Lighting Kit Beta
Please send me
onderozkankilic@hotmail.com
ty and ty and ty and ty
Hey Gorilla, u are a great Gorilla
thank u for your all tutors
checking if the avatar works, sorry
This is my outcome
Please notice that is my first time using C4d and AE (on my new iMac i7) !!!!
http://vimeo.com/10157654
Gidday Nick,
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your tutorials. They are absolutely fantastic.
Here is my take on this tutorial. I took your advice and ‘made it my own’(ish) …
http://www.vimeo.com/10626871
All the best,
Mark
Hi, I used your tutorial to make a Easter egg animation for a broadcaster I work for.
I used the principals but instead the text I used the egg shape.
http://www.vimeo.com/10716562
Cheers
Took me 4 hours but I finally finished my first Cinema 4D tut! Awesome! Thanks Nick.
hi !
thx for your great tutorials
this is my version
http://vimeo.com/10785362
Merci pour ce tutors
thank u for your all tutors
This is a studio ID made up with help from your tuts:
http://vimeo.com/10577529
Thanks for sharing with us.
Hi Gorilla!
Thanks for this Tutorial!!! Here is my Result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldSEDnySC50&feature=player_embedded
Greets from Austria! – Please dont stop making these really great tutorials!!!!!!
THANKS!
hi nick,
very impressive…but how about the background? how do i make the swirling ribbon like stripes at the background….please make a tut soon…thanx master…more power
http://vimeo.com/11260611
Hey Nick,
I did a 3D Typo-Animation based on this tutorial:
http://vimeo.com/11363930
I hope you enjoy it!!!
Greets from germany
Benjamin Simon
very cool i try and i made
My work:color world project
http://vimeo.com/11376586
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8!
thank you so much!
in Polish:
Dziekuje bardzo!
Thanks you for this fantastic tutorial Nick, you teach and inform well, all the asides around the walkthroughs are priceless. This helped me, big understatement, to create the titles for this project on the STRATA TOWER in London. So hats off to you big guy…! best stuff…max
Max on July 2nd, 2010 said...
Ooops…for got to include the link to movie…
http://vimeo.com/13038235
…max