Cinema 4D Intro

Create engaging 3D animations and sequences using Cinema 4D.

This course will give you the skills to bring your creative visions to life.

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Cinema 4D Intro

This introductory course to Cinema 4D provides a comprehensive overview of the powerful 3D modelling, animation, and rendering software. Learn the fundamental principles and techniques of working in a 3D environment, including creating and manipulating objects, applying materials and textures, setting up lighting, animating objects and characters, and rendering high-quality images and animations.

Whether you're a beginner or looking to expand your skills, this course will equip you with the essential knowledge to bring your creative visions to life using Cinema 4D.

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Two Days

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10:00 - 16:30 GMT

  • icon Understand the workspace and project setup
  • icon Learn to create and manipulate objects
  • icon Gain expertise in materials and textures
  • icon Understand lighting and cameras
  • icon Create professional animations

You need no previous experience to attend this course.

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11-12th Jun 25 Wed-Thu London Bridge Available £499.00 £100.00 £399.00 + VAT
21-22nd Aug 25 Thu-Fri London Bridge Available £499.00 £70.00 £429.00 + VAT
1-2nd Oct 25 Wed-Thu London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
27-28th Nov 25 Thu-Fri London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
21-22nd Jan 26 Wed-Thu London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
19-20th Mar 26 Thu-Fri London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
13-14th May 26 Wed-Thu London Bridge Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
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9-10th Jul 25 Wed-Thu Online Available £499.00 £70.00 £429.00 + VAT
1-2nd Sep 25 Mon-Tue Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
29-30th Oct 25 Wed-Thu Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
22-23rd Dec 25 Mon-Tue Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
18-19th Feb 26 Wed-Thu Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
13-14th Apr 26 Mon-Tue Online Available £499.00 £499.00 + VAT
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Course Dates

11-12th Jun 25 (Wed-Thu)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £100.00

You Pay: £399.00 + VAT
9-10th Jul 25 (Wed-Thu)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £70.00

You Pay: £429.00 + VAT
21-22nd Aug 25 (Thu-Fri)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount: £70.00

You Pay: £429.00 + VAT
1-2nd Sep 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
1-2nd Oct 25 (Wed-Thu)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
29-30th Oct 25 (Wed-Thu)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
27-28th Nov 25 (Thu-Fri)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
22-23rd Dec 25 (Mon-Tue)

Location:Online

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RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
21-22nd Jan 26 (Wed-Thu)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
18-19th Feb 26 (Wed-Thu)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
19-20th Mar 26 (Thu-Fri)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
13-14th Apr 26 (Mon-Tue)

Location:Online

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT
13-14th May 26 (Wed-Thu)

Location:London Bridge

Places: Available

RRP: £499.00

Discount:

You Pay: £499.00 + VAT

Course Outline

1

Cinema 4D Basics

Welcome to the Cinema 4d interface

Using layouts and 'workspaces'

Setting up a project

Understanding Frame rate and unit sizes

Understanding the various windows, toolbars and viewports

Navigating around a 3d space and using hotkey navigation

Managing project settings correctly

2

Creating Objects in Cinema 4D

Understanding basic object types and parameters

Understanding the various types and forms, their settings and parameters

Creating basic objects - primitives

Manipulating objects, moving scaling and rotating

Using the attributes manager

Understanding object properties

3

Understanding the objects hierarchy

How the object hierarchy or objects list works as an organizational tool

Cinema 4D's parent and child structure - understanding parent and child relationships

Using the list to hide and display objects

Using null objects to control the hierarchy

4

Using Modifiers and Deformers to modify, distort and manipulate objects

Creating deformers and using them correctly within the object list

Types of deformers - uses for animation and modelling

Deformer limits

5

Making spline or outline objects to edit and create objects

Creating basic outlines with the bezier pen

Making shapes and paths

Bezier types, interpolation and curve interpolation

Smoothing beziers

Text splines

Using illustrator paths

6

Creating more complex models using different constructor objects

Extrusion objects

Lofting - making surfaces from profiles

Lathing - spinning objects in a virtual lathe

Arrays - multiple objects from a single source

Booleans - combination objects

The combine object - turning separate elements into one

Using subdivision surfaces for making smoother models

7

Using editable objects, points edges and polygons to create any shape or surface

Points, edges and polygons - the different editing modes

Understanding detail level - how many polygons?

Using the tool setting in the attributes manager

Using the selection tools

Understanding objects tags

Face normal

Alignment functions

Avoiding common polygon problems

8

Creating and working with materials to change the colour, texture and properties of objects

Making new materials and shaders

Enabling material properties

Colour, texture, reflectance and transparency

Bump maps to enhance surfaces

Using bitmaps and procedural textures

Applying materials - material tags

UVW mapping - how to align textures with objects

9

Creating environments for objects and cameras

An infinite ground plane - the floor object

Making skies, skylight objects and physical skies

Creating "props" to assist with reflections

Hiding environments for reflections

10

Adding lights and Cinema 4D cameras to give viewpoints

Understanding the range of light types and light techniques

Working with different light ranges and falloff

Shadow types and their parameters

Adding visible lights

Create light setups (daylight, interior light and studio light)

Adding skylights

Creating and using a camera

Setting lens settings and parameters

11

Creating simple animations using animation and Keyframing

Basic animation techniques

Understanding the animation workspace

Getting things to move with keyframes

Using the timeline to animate an element or function

Using keys and curves

Animating and object on a path

Previewing an animation

12

Rendering and output to create still or animation sequences

The cinema 4d renderers

Rendering set up - size and frame rate

File types - exporting frames and animations

Adding global illumination for more realistic rendering

Adding more effects to the renderer

The cinema 4d picture viewer

Rendering for print and video

13

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