Cinema 4D Tutorial – Combine Multiple 3D Camera Tracks…

devenjames Tutorial - Combine Tracked 3D Cameras in Cinema 4D

It isn’t dumb if it works. I have no doubt there are better ways to do what I am doing here, but sometimes the down and dirty method is fast and good enough. Want to combine two 3D tracks from the same video clip that don’t line up in 3D space? In this tutorial I show you one way to do it…

Combining together two solved 3D camera tracks using a morph camera and a bunch of nulls

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Free K’nex 3D Models and C4d Scenes

Infinite K'nex. For Free.

This collection of 3D K’nex structures includes a .obj file of the low-poly k’nex pieces themselves, and C4D project files for a roller coaster, ferris wheel, swinging ship, gravity drop, tilt-a-whirl, 3 game booths, ticket booth, rigged dinosaur, jeep, car, truck, and golf cart.

Do anything you want these files. If you make something and post it, I’d love it if you tagged @icanmakeitmove. Thanks and enjoy!

Quality Disclaimer

I made these scenes for my own demo reel. When I was building them I didn’t intend to share them, so there are some funky things going on with the organization, anchor points, and keyframes. It’s a bit of a mess. Judge all you want. You’re welcome :)

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Palm Tree Geom Tree

Animated using plain effectors and some basic keyframing. Rendered using the physical renderer. Includes Cinema 4D and After Effects files.

Download the project files here:

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Feel free to use any part of this project any way you like. If you do re-purpose it and post it somewhere send me a link or tag it #imakeitmove.

I’d love to see what you make! Enjoy!

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Afton Chemical Engine Animations

Afton Chemical Engine Animation

Showing how oil is used inside an engine.

I helped explain how the oil system works inside an internal combustion engine. Though I started with a pre-made engine block, many of the pieces (including the spark plug configuration) had to be remodeled to match the diagram provided by the client.

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AGDC University Logo Transformation

ALTRIA AGDC University Animated Logo Transformation from Deven James Langston on Vimeo.

This logo animation was created to show the design link between Altria and the AGDC University logo. The client wanted to show that the color blocks in the Altria logo are the same ones used in the flame of the University logo, with the idea that one logo would transform into the other one.

I tried a few different approaches to the animation before reaching the final you see here. One idea started with the blocks exploding and reassembling as the flame, another used a bright flash and the flame shape cutting away from the square. I wanted the feeling of separation and movement through space though, and finally landed on the idea of a cinematic movie opening inspired in part by the falling film strips in the New Line Cinema logo.

Though the movement appears quite simple, the setup was actually a little tricky to pull off. For one thing, the blocks of color are squared off in the Altria logo, while the university logo has them turned diagonally. In addition, the final shape of the blocks had to be cut out in the shape of the flame. I ended up using two different sets of blocks, and reverse-engineered their movement to have them move toward/away from each other along the same basic path. The first set scales down and disappears while the second set scales up to form the final shape. There are only a few blocks with trajectories that meet seamlessly, but it was just enough to make the whole piece appear to transition from the first set of blocks to the second set in the flame shape.

The block transform was achieved by putting the entire set of blocks into a cloner object, and using a plane effector to adjust the position, scale, and rotation of the blocks. I used a random cloner only on the z axis to add a bit of spacial separation during the move. Once I wrapped my brain around it, the execution was a breeze.