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Cinema 4D Complete : Vol. 3 Unleash the power of Mograph!
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Cinema 4D Complete : Vol. 3 Unleash the power of Mograph!

Enter the world of Motion Design
Last updated 1/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Everything about Mograph
  • Use Mograph for Motion Design
  • Mograph is perfect for modeling too!

Course content

9 sections156 lectures19h 9m total length
  • Exercice Files and Projects0:02
  • R25 and + : Using the old layout to better follow the tutorials4:51

    Compare Cinema 4D R25's new interface with revamped icons and layout, and learn how to enable the old layout to follow tutorials more easily while preserving familiar tools.

  • R25 and + : The new default layout8:07

    Discover Cinema 4D R25’s new default layout with dynamic mode-aware icons, hot corners, and streamlined shelves. Use the edit tool, timeline, and curve manager to accelerate modeling.

  • What is Mograph ?3:41

    Explore mograph in Cinema 4D by cloning objects with a cloner, applying an effector, and shaping transformations with fields like spherical and random to transform clones.

  • The Cloner5:20
  • The Cloner - Linear Mode4:32

    Explore the cloner linear mode in Cinema 4D, creating copies of a 20 cm cube with adjustable count and 50 cm offset, then arrange, rotate, scale, and animate with keyframes.

  • The Cloner - Step Mode4:49

    Master the cloner step mode to rotate each copy around a center, forming circles with adjustable count and radius, and switch between single and cumulative rotation for varied patterns.

  • Reset Coordinates Option4:27
  • Transform Panel3:09

    Explore the transform panel in cinema 4d's cloner to adjust offsets, orientation, and color, and use the index display to understand clone order and how effects like step effector interact.

  • Radial Mode2:21

    Explore radial mode to arrange objects along a circle using kloner, adjust radius and plane, and animate with start, angle, and offset keyframes for clockwork motion.

  • Grid Array3:30

    Master the cloner grid to arrange 3x3x3 up to 10x10x10 cubes, use instance render for a smooth viewport, and morph clones with the form into a cone or sphere.

  • Honeycomb Array5:04
  • Distributing Clones onto an Object7:19

    Explore how to distribute clones onto an object using the cloner in multiple modes: object, vertex, edge, and volume, and control orientation, offset, and polygon-based restrictions for precise Mograph effects.

  • Distributing Clones onto a Spline6:42
  • Distributing Clones onto a Spline - Alignment4:50

    Distribute clones along a spline with proper alignment using a cloner and sweep setup, adjust orientation, targets, and subdivision to control count and spacing.

  • Iterate, Random, and Sort Modes6:20

    Explore Cinema 4D's cloner modes—iterate, random, and sort—and see how clones follow the object manager order in linear, radial, and grid layouts.

  • Blend Mode8:53

    Explore how blend mode in Cinema 4D Mograph creates smooth transitions between objects using cloner with linear distributions, point-based interpolation, and editable geometry, enabling complex patterns and intermediate shapes.

  • Instancing Modes7:50

    Learn how instancing modes in Cinema 4D optimize the viewport and render performance with render instance and multi instance, balancing memory use, frame rates, and geometry display.

  • Using Particles as a Cloner10:00

    Learn to use particles as a kloner object to form shapes and drive motion with time, random, plane, and turbulence effectors, including surface sticking via a matrix object.

  • Caching Mograph5:45

    Learn how to cache MoGraph animations to enable reliable scrubbing and playback by baking the MoGraph cache. Explore external caches, memory considerations, and loop blending to optimize performance.

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of 3D inside Cinema 4D

Description

The third volume of the complete training unleashes the power of Mograph!

But what is Mograph exactly ? This is the toolset that made Motion Design so popular. In the 2000es Maxon introduced Mograph, which was then just a module, and has become over time a key element of Cinema 4D.

Mograph allows you to create eye-opening, mesmerizing, gorgeous looking animation very easily. Its modular approach makes it very simple to just add element of design on top of each other and achieve beautiful result very quickly.

I’m Lionel VICIDOMINI, a Maxon Certified Instructor, Maxon Master Trainer and Motion Designer based in Paris, France. I believe that in order to truly master a software you have to learn it by the details. I have created this series of training, to create a video manual of Cinema 4D and to be the most thorough possible while being entertaining.

In this training we will explore everything that Mograph can do, and that is a lot !

  • How Mograph works fundamentally, the core concepts behind it

  • A complete library of all the effectors and how to use them

  • An in-depth exploration of the fields, and how to combine them with the effectors

  • All the Mograph Generators, such as the Voronoi Fracture which can shatter any object into tiny pieces

  • How to combine Volumes and Fields to produce stunning imagery

  • Master the Vertex Map fields, which can create incredible growth systems, generating organic, living shapes

The last chapter offers several in-depth workshops, with almost 4 hours of in-hands practical exercises. In these workshops you will create :

  • A fully procedural, auto-animated clock! Look, mom, no keyframe!

  • Model a Barrel Generator: Donkey Kong will be jealous. With control over the number of planks, their thickness, the curvature of the bulge etc...

  • Make dominos tumble, any way you want !

  • Create a wall of cube, creating a transition between two textures. Ideal for corporate Motion Graphics

  • Design an intricate transition made of intersected hexagons. Convert it to an animated, seamless, never-ending background

  • Pile up legos to create a stunning logo! Animate the build-up!

  • The Fractured Sphere will create a mesmerizing look, of slow motion debris flying to nothingness

  • Make dripping droplets of condensation accumulate on a can of beer !

I have designed this training as a video manual, with short sections, packed with information. It is not mandatory to watch all the videos ! You can watch them as you wish, along your journey into Mograph, as needed. You can very well jump straight ahead to the final chapter, the workshops, and go back to studying videos about specific tools used in the exercises.

This training is perfect for beginners, who will need to learn all the fundamentals of Mograph, as well as for more advanced users who will be delighted by the depths of details for every video and with the intricate workshops at the end of the training.

This training has been recorded on R23 but can be followed very easily in newer and older version, going back to R20. It is not recommended for older releases (R19 and below) because of the fields which were introduced in R20 only.

It is not required to have followed the first two volumes of the series, but it can greatly help, especially if you are new to 3D.

Who this course is for:

  • 3D Artists
  • Motion Designer
  • Modelers