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Create a Cityscape with Cinema 4D + Photoshop
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(4 ratings)
32 students
Created byPete Maric
Last updated 11/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • The creative and technical steps involved with 3D modeling the architecture.
  • Create building variations using deformers and the MoGraph cloner to change the shape of each building.
  • Create city blocks, adding entourage and tips for improving CPU performance.
  • Texturing the street with Adobe Photoshop using painting techniques and custom brushes.
  • Create 3 different light set-ups using HDRI images, physical skies and nighttime renders including atmospheric fog effects.
  • Rendering and optimization for faster render times.
  • Post-Production Techniques in Adobe Photoshop.

Course content

7 sections • 23 lectures • 2h 53m total length

  • Introduction1:15

    Students will gain an understanding of the course overview and the topics covered throughout.

  • Inspiration4:41

    In this lecture students will learn about various artists who specialize in architectural visualization.

Requirements

  • This is a beginner to intermediate course and a basic understanding of Cinema 4D’s user interface is recommended.

Description

Welcome to this course on Creating a Cityscape Using Cinema 4D + Photoshop.

In this series of lessons we will cover a lot of topics to give you a solid understanding of the entire architectural visualization workflow including:

01. The creative and technical steps involved with 3D modeling the architecture.

  • Polygon modeling and the make editable function

  • Creating extrusions for the window frames and glass

  • Store selections and apply multiple materials to geometry

  • Texturing using Cinema 4D's procedural materials

  • Duplicating geometry using the MoGraph cloner and array object

  • Using deformers to modify the shape of each building


02. Creating the city blocks

  • Render instances and tips for improving CPU performance

  • Adding entourage (people, cars, trees, street light, etc) to populate the scene

  • The differences between a 3D tree and a cutout and discussion on how these impact performance

  • Locating and downloading free content within Cinema 4D's asset browser

  • Web links to external free 3D model resources

  • Camera views and compositional techniques including the rule of thirds and framing the image


03. Texturing the street with Adobe Photoshop

  • Painting Techniques

  • Layer Masks

  • File Organization

  • Importing custom brushes

  • File preparation


04. Explore 3 different light set-ups

  • HDRI image with infinite light and fill light

  • Physical Sky

  • Nighttime scene including use of atmospheric fog effects


05. Rendering and optimization for faster render times.

  • Render Optimization

  • Render Settings

  • Object Buffers


06. Post-Production Techniques in Adobe Photoshop

  • File Organization

  • Channels and Selections

  • Masking

  • Adjustment Layers

  • Glows, Sharpening, and Depth of Field

  • Final Output

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner 3D Artist interested in learning the entire architectural visualization workflow.
  • Intermediate 3D Artist interested in learning various visualization techniques.

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