Mograph Techniques: Creating a Sports Bumper

Course details

How do motion graphics artists create those polished animated graphics for channels like ESPN on such short deadlines? They turn to the high-powered toolset in CINEMA 4D. In this course, EJ Hassenfratz shows you how to use those same tools to create your own dynamic, high-energy sports bumper. Learn how to model the basic elements in C4D and add robotic-style movement with the Mograph module, and take a logo from Adobe Illustrator and turn it into a smart, beveled 3D project. Then EJ shows how to combine it all in After Effects, along with a few special effects. This workflow mimics a real post-production environment and allows a more intermediate look at the mograph module and an opportunity to take your motion graphics knowledge to the next level.

Learning objectives
Modeling 3D elements with NURBs
Animating with the Shader Effector
Importing artwork from Illustrator with ArtSmart2 and Extruding
Creating and applying textures
Adding camera movement
Lighting the scene
Rendering
Compositing in After Effects
Adding optical flares and motion blur

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Using the exercise files
03 - Choosing the right version of CINEMA 4D

1. Exploration of Sports Design

04 - Exploring sports-design trends
05 - Examining goals for the project

2. Modeling Scene Elements

06 - Scene overview
07 - Modeling support structures using Lathe NURBS
08 - Modeling tube pieces with Sweep NURBS
09 - Making the turbine element using hard surface modeling
10 - Placing elements together in the scene

3. Creating a Logo Capsule

11 - Modeling the panel piece
12 - Cloning the panel and adding Sweep NURBS
13 - Animating the panel opening using the Shader effector
14 - Modeling caps using Loft NURBS and Symmetry

4. Adding a Show Logo

15 - Importing the logo from Illustrator using ArtSmart 2 and Extrude Object
16 - Adding bevel accents using splines and sweeps
17 - Adding LED texture to text caps

5. Creating and Applying Textures

18 - Texturing the capsule and animating the text
19 - Creating and applying the hexagon textures

6. Animating the Scene

20 - Animating the turbines using the Time effector
21 - Animate the capsule movement
22 - Adding and animating a camera

7. Lighting the Scene

23 - Adding an overhead light with bounce
24 - Adding blue lights
25 - Adding an HDRI sky

8. Setting Up for Rendering

26 - Adding compositing tags and multipass settings
27 - Adding finishing touches and rendering

9. Compositing in After Effects

28 - Importing assets and compositing passes in After Effects
29 - Compositing object buffers
30 - Adding optical flares with the Video Copilot Optical Flares plugin
31 - Add motion blur using the MoBlur plugin
32 - Color correcting the scene

Conclusion

33 - Next steps