Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Day 01: What is 3D

Course Website


Create a Course Projects Blog

  1. Go to Blogger.com
  2. If you don't have an account, register for one.
  3. Create a blog:
    1. Title: Firstname Lastname: Foundations of 3D Projects
    2. Address: foundationsof3dFLAST.blogspot.com
      1. Example, Donovan Keith becomes:
        1. foundationsof3dDKEITH.blogspot.com
  4. Add an entry
    1. Title: Introduction
    2. Include
      1. A photo of you
      2. A little bit of background
      3. What you'd like to get out of this course
    3. Once done, add a comment to this post with a link to your blog
If you finish before everyone else, please open up Cinema 4D:

Introductions

Course Overview


Ex 01: Navigation

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Ex 02: Camera / Focal Angle

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Project goal: Render three still images that show a different aspect of the scene.
Extension: Take the rendered images into Photoshop and adjust the colors/grading

Instructions:

Setup a template folder structure

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Homework: Abstract Self Portrait / Character Made from Primitives

Using simple primitive objects create a character out of primitive objects.

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Prerequisite Skills
Creating and Manipulating Objects

Related Tutorials
Party Bot: Making a Basic Character with Primitives

Getting a student license of C4D

More information to follow.

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