Cinema 4D

Cinema 4D is a part of after affects that allows you to create new 3D elements for motion graphics. The task that was given was to create a 3D trophy in cinema 4D and place it on the right spot to make it stay in one place once merged with the video of the empty office pan movement. To create the trophy you need to proceed by getting the image of the trophy provided and importing it into cinema 4D lite, then start tracing one of the side’s of the main part so not including the wooden block or the handles on the trophy; but do not go past the edges, this is because the process will not work if there is inserts in the side, then you will need to make the ends connect; this process will make the line you made make a 3D shape. This will be your trophy cup, in addition the block on the bottom will need to be made, to make this you will need to make a block and whether you want to make the edges of the block rounded or slightly rounded this will be possible just by adjusting the details of the shape. Then the plaque at the front will need to be added, the shape that will need to be created is a wall and then you will need to edit the shape so it is just smaller than the front of the block and very thing so it just sticks out of the block; the lucky thing about using cinema 4D is the use of using the all the different directions because it makes it really accurate so its perfect to use all this to your advantage when assembling the trophy. On the plaque it would be nice to have something written on it like winner or number 1 for example. The next part is to make the sticky pad for the trophy is after effects, this is a certain place in after effects that will stay and keep anything placed in it still for the whole video, so for this piece of work in particular it is a must. You must create this and then save and then go back to cinema 4D and it should appear in cinema 4D. You must place the trophy on this plate and it will then make it stay when the video of the empty office plays. There was a couple issues when doing this as on some of the view windows in cinema 4D it showed up as it was placed on the plate, but on one of them it actually wasn’t; the only problem is that sometimes when you move the object in one view window it moves somewhere else in another. But trail and error is the best way to overcome this as it may take time but always works in the end. 

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