Monthly Archives: March 2010

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How to Speed Up and Slow Down Your Animation in Cinema 4D

In this short tip, I show you the three ways to speed up and slow down your animation in Cinema 4D using Keyframes, Time Scale or using After Effects and Time Remapping. Mentioned in this video: Stopping Time: How to … Continue reading →

March 31, 2010 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Introducing Reel Roulette: Show off your work!

I wanted to announce this new site I have been working on with Trevor Turk and Joshua Schaible. Introducing, Reel Roulette. The easy way for Motion Designers to be discovered. We made ReelRoulette to make it easy to find motion … Continue reading →

March 29, 2010 and filed in Inspiration, Motion Design, My Work
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GSG HDRI Light Kit Pro Version 1.2 and Missing Textures fix.

Missing Texture Issue SOLVED! Watch this video to see how to solve the “Missing Texture” issues you may have been getting. If you purchased version 1.0 of the Light Kit, make sure to check your email for the new version … Continue reading →

March 28, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, My Work, Video
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How to make a Simple Spin Logo Animation Part 2

In part 2 of this tutorial, we take our 3D render into After Effects to composite and finish the scene. I show you how to use glow, curves, blurs, and levels to color correct the scene and add some shine. … Continue reading →

March 25, 2010 and filed in After Effects, Tutorials, Video, Visual Learning
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How to make a Simple Spin Logo Animation with Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I use Cinema 4D, Mograph and the Random Effector to animate a simple logo. I also show you how to texture your text with different textures for the front and sides. Finally, we animate a camera using … Continue reading →

March 23, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Motion Design, Tutorials, Video
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Winners of the Five Second Project, “Self Portrait”

Winner Contgratsulation to Adam Rosenbaum for winning the “Self Portrait” Five Second Project. His animation is packed with small detials that explain many different parts of his life. It even takes multiple viewings to see all of the elements. The … Continue reading →

March 22, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects
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CS Tools – Flux

In this tutorial, I show you how to use Flux by CS Tools. It’s a great, abstract renderer influenced by early versions of Trapcode Form. As abstract stuff goes, it’s pretty fun to play and make sexy renders with. Have … Continue reading →

March 18, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, CS Tools, Tutorials, Video
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HDRI Light Kit Pro Demo Tutorial

I’m really excited to announce my new product called HDRI Light Kit Pro. It’s a kit for Cinema 4D that lets you quickly create studio lighting for your scenes and renders. Check out the demo above where I show you … Continue reading →

March 10, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, My Work, Tutorials, Video
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CS Tools – Flicker

Posted purely for historical accuracy. It’s not the most useful of the CS Tools, but you may find a reason for it? Campfires? Candles? Disco Party? What are your ideas? If you make something cool with Flicker, please post it … Continue reading →

March 3, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, CS Tools, Tutorials, Video
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How to Make the 2010 Winter Olympics Ice Cube Event Bumpers Part 2

In This tutorial, we finish the Olympics Ice Cube tutorial in After Effects where we use fractal noise, blurs, glows, photos, text, and curves to complete the animation, compositing and color correction. Final Animation Watch Part 1 of this tutorial

March 1, 2010 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video