Fall 2023
Maxon Cinema4D Student License
and a Step-by-step video
C4D Team Render
C4D Render Settings (Stan, Phys, Arnold)
Theta Cam software (panoramic camera - Theta S)
XMind (mindmapping)
Parabolas
Animation Curves
10 Principles of Motion Design
DUIK Tools
Download FastBokeh
Tips for Successful Demo Reel
Business of Freelance Motion Design
How I became a 3D artist
Shit Showreels Say channel
How to be Creative (+humor)
Portfolio Site Tips
Demo Reel Tips
Pixar Technical Archive
3D model collection via photogrammetry
Composition and Storyboards
Inspiration and Reference - Div05
https://vimeo.com/ashthorp
https://vimeo.com/gmunk
https://vimeo.com/bwall
https://vimeo.com/buck
https://vimeo.com/blurstudioinc
https://vimeo.com/giantant
https://vimeo.com/millchannel
https://vimeo.com/digitalkitchen
https://vimeo.com/dannyyount
https://vimeo.com/jrcanest
https://vimeo.com/philborst
https://vimeo.com/chicagoc4d
https://vimeo.com/schoolofmotion
https://vimeo.com/dkng
https://vimeo.com/yader
https://www.youtube.com/c/pwnisher
EyeDesyn Tutorials (C4D)
creativecrash
ScanTheWorld (photogrammetry)
threedscans (photogrammetry/lidar)
surfacemimic (texture + zbrush alphas)
Quixel Megascans (models, textures; use Quixel Bridge to access)
RISD Nature Lab (nature photogrammetry)
texturer.com
textures.com
ambientCG
C4D Center
3D Coat PBR Textures
3dtextures
Poly Haven
Location Textures (hdr)
opengameart.org
gametextures.com
cgtrader.com
done3d.com
turbosquid (mostly paid, some free)
downloadfree3d.com
ECAbrams AE Tutorials
Mt. Mograph Tutorials
video copilot
greyscalegorilla
actionvfx (stock composite footage)
Mattrunks tutorials
You Already Have My Permission. Sound source.
Freesound Project. Sound source for sound effects.
Freeplay. Sound source (not all are copyright-free).
MusOpen. Copyright free classical music.
Freemusicarchive. Use the Creative Commons licensed files.
YouTube Audio Library
BBC Sound Effects Library
SoundBible. Sound FX.
Purple Planet Music.
squarespace
cargocollective
wix
carbonmade
adobe portfolio
artstation
behance
motionographer
Gamesindustry.biz
CG Meetup
Animation Jobs
School of Motion Job Board
glassdoor
Behance
Creativeheads
Interactive Design Association
Production Hub
37 Signals
Gamedevmap (not exactly a listing)
artstation
Motion Design Meetups (networking)
Arnold
Maxwell
Mental Ray
Thea
Octane Render
Keyshot
Indigo
FurryBall (no OSX)
VRay
RedShift
Cornona
Adobe Color - color palette generator
Keep your computer awake: Caffeine or Jiggler or Amphetamine
Screencasts should be completed by the date listed.
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(You can watch the screencasts directly through Vimeo and get a larger playback viewer, but it will not allow speed control.)
Sep 5:
C4D: Xpresso and User Data (review)
Sep 5: C4D: IK Chains
Optional: C4D: Parent constraints
Sep 7: Redshift Rendering
Sep 7 Redshift Lights/Camera
Sep 7: Redshift Materials
Sep 14: AE Constraints
Sep 14 AE Inverse Kinematics (IK)
Sep 21: AE Pinning and Character Rigging (31min)
Sep 28: The Walk Cycle (30min)
Oct 12: Camera matching and Compositing (25min)
Oct 17: C4D Motion Tracking (esp. first 11min)
Oct 17ish: C4D Motion Tracking - fix a disconnected Redshift Camera
Nov 2: C4D Bendy Rigging
Nov 2: Optional C4D: Character Object + Weighting
Nov 16: DOF postproduction in AE and FastBokeh
C4D: Interface
C4D: Primitives/Transform
C4D: Splines
C4D: Lathe
C4D: Extrude
C4D: Sweep
C4D: Loft
C4D: Deformers
C4D: Hierarchy, Axis
C4D: Booleans
C4D: Cloner
C4D: Placement Tools
C4D: Sculpting
C4D: Volume Builder
C4D: Subdivisions 1 - intro
C4D: Subdivisions 2 - geometric modeling
C4D: Subdivisions 3 - organic modeling
C4D: Lights (redshift)
C4D: Lights (standard/physical)
C4D: Background, Sky
C4D: Background, Sky Redshift
C4D: HDR
C4D: Materials (Standard/Physical)
C4D: Materials: Reflectance
C4D: Material Mapping
C4D: Materials: Layers, Diffusion, Displacement
C4D: Materials< (Redshift)br>
C4D: Redshift Rendering
C4D Redshift Lights/Camera
C4D: Redshift Materials
C4D: Asset Browser
C4D: Multipass Rendering
C4D: UV Layouts in C4D
C4D: Painting textures in C4D and Photoshop
C4D: UV Layouts in C4D - Round stuff
C4D: Polygon Pen (external video)
C4D: Camera matching and Compositing
C4D: Multipass Rendering with Photoshop
C4D: Hierarchy, Axis
C4D: Keyframes
C4D: F-Curves
C4D: Animating Parameters
C4D: Squash-Stretch Deformer
C4D: Depth of Field (standard render version)
C4D: Simulations
C4D: Particles
C4D: Rendering Animation
C4D: Team Render Setup
C4D - Stage Object (not comprehensive)
C4D: After Effects - Basic sequencing with audio
C4D: C4D Post Production in AE
C4D: DOF postproduction in AE and FastBokeh
C4D: Pyrocluster
C4D: Joints
C4D: IK Chains
C4D: Character Object (auto-rigging)
C4D: Morph
C4D: Metaball
C4D: Xpresso, 20min.
C4D: Xpresso and User Data
C4D: Cloners + Xpresso
C4D: C4D Cloners and Effectors
C4D: Random Effector
C4D: Mulitshader, Random Colors
C4D: Motion Tracking
C4D/AE: AE - Motion Blur Fix during postproduction
C4D: C4D + AE Compositing with Passes
C4Da: C4D-AE Depth and Object Buffers -- complex version, including camera wiggle
C4Db: C4D-AE Final Render for C4Da
C4D: C4D Projection Man
C4D: C4D Bendy Rigging
C4D: Arnold Rendering
C4D: Arnold Light, Camera, Sky
C4D: Arnold Materials (30min)
C4D: DOF postproduction in AE (including Arnold Z pass) + FastBokeh. Arnold part starts around 4:20.
C4D: AE/C4D: DOF postproduction in AE with Arnold Z pass (outdated: DOF with FastBokeh replaces this)
C4D: C4D and Mocap - Experimental Use
C4D: C4D + Mixamo - export/import and rigging
C4D: C4D + Mixamo - using mocap and motion clips
C4D: C4D + Mixamo + Character Object
C4D: Remeshing a Sculpt
C4D: Subdivision character modeling tips
C4D: Deformers to FBX
C4D: Xpresso Rope-Pulley Rig walkthrough (28min, lots of stuff)
C4D: Display Tag to show-hide objects
C4D: Target Tag for rigging machines
C4D: Walkthrough of volume builder to sculpt workflow
C4D: Bake deformers for FBX export
ZB: ZB Interface
ZB: ZB Basic Sculpting
ZB: ZB Subtools
ZB: Sculptris Pro and Dynamesh
ZB: ZRemesher
ZB: Live Boolean
ZB: Mask + Move
ZB: ZSpheres
ZB: Polypaint
ZB: UV Layout
ZB: ZBrush to C4D Pipeline
ZB: ZB to Keyshot to Photoshop Pipeline
ZB: ZBrush Retopologization of Photogrammetry
A good supplemental starting video is ZBrush for Concept Artists.
A more in-depth series of videos for sculpting is ZBrush Basics.
AE: AE Interface
AE: AE Shapes, Paths, Anchors
AE: AE Keyframes
AE: AE Importing Assets
AE: AE Rendering movies with Render Queue (MP4)
AE: AE Rendering Movies with Media Encoder (mp4/h264 format)
AE: AE Rendering Movies with Render Queue (ProRes/Animation QT format)
AE: AE Effects, Adjustment Layers
AE: AE Motion Blur
AE: AE Easing
AE: AE Easing + Motion Graph
AE: AE Expressions with audio keyframes
AE: AE Repeater
AE: AE Nesting
AE: AE Image Sequences
AE: AE Pinning and Character Rigging (22min)
AE: AE Constraints
AE: AE Inverse Kinematics (IK)
AE: The Walk Cycle (17min)
AE: AE Pinning (36min - the technical part is in the first 12min)
AE: AE Looping
AE: AE Sound
AE: 3D Layers
AE: Text Reveal Animation
AE: AE Tracking + C4D
Unity: Unity Intro - Interface
Unity: Unity Importing from C4D
Unity: Unity Materials
Unity: Set Dressing and Backgrounds
Unity: Animation (animation 0-4:50; triggering animation 4:50+)
Unity: Postprocessing
Unity: Polygon Selections from C4D
Unity: Prefabs updated for 2020
Unity: Reflections in Unity
PSD: Introduction to interface
PSD: Selections
PSD: Layers and Transform
PSD: Painting/Drawing
PSD: Layer Masks
PSD: Adjustment Layers
PSD: Smart Selections
PSD: Select and Mask
PSD: Paths
PSD: Custom Brushes
PSD: Clone
PSD: Heal
PSD: Postproduction of 3D Images
