Cinema 4D Training Course | Cinema 4D & Chaos Corona
In this comprehensive 12-video series, you will learn how to harness Cinema 4D's capabilities to create stunning architectural models. Furthermore, you'll also be introduced to the powerful rendering tool, Chaos Corona to visualise the iconic Switch House by Herzog & de Meuron.
- 5+ hours of premium content
- 12 step-by-step video lessons
- Future updates included
About this course
From the outset, students are introduced to the depths of Cinema 4D. Its dynamic capabilities allow architects and designers to breathe life into their architectural models, constructing visuals that both inspire and astonish. Whether you're a novice to the 3D world or someone looking to augment your existing skill set, our training ensures you navigate the software like a seasoned professional.
This specialized Cinema 4D and Corona course tackles one of architecture's most challenging modeling projects: the Switch House's complex latticed facade and intricate geometric systems. You'll develop advanced procedural modeling techniques that leverage Cinema 4D's unique strengths in handling complex architectural geometries and repetitive surface patterns.
The Switch House project serves as the perfect vehicle for mastering Cinema 4D's architectural capabilities, from parametric surface creation to complex material systems. You'll learn to approach challenging architectural forms systematically, breaking down complex geometries into manageable components while maintaining design flexibility.
Corona integration within Cinema 4D offers a streamlined rendering workflow that maximizes both software's strengths. The course covers advanced lighting techniques, material creation for complex surfaces like brick and glass, and optimization strategies that balance quality with production efficiency.
By completion, you'll possess unique skills in tackling complex contemporary architecture that pushes geometric boundaries. These techniques apply to cutting-edge architectural projects, competition entries, and visualization work that requires sophisticated modeling capabilities beyond traditional architectural software.
What will you learn?
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This course will turn you into:
A Cinema 4D architectural specialist
Master Cinema 4D's unique approach to architectural modeling through the complex Switch House project. Learn advanced procedural techniques, parametric workflows, and efficient file organization that sets Cinema 4D apart in the architectural visualization pipeline.
A Corona rendering expert
Develop proficiency in Corona's physically accurate rendering engine within Cinema 4D. Understand material creation, lighting systems, and optimization techniques that produce stunning architectural imagery with professional quality and efficiency.
A complex geometry modeler
Tackle challenging architectural forms like the Switch House's latticed brickwork facade. Learn techniques for creating intricate surface patterns, complex structural elements, and detailed building components that push modeling boundaries.
Syllabus
We start you off with a straightforward introduction to the software, course, and interface to help you focus on where to look for tools that you'll use more often than others.
C4D is a complex programme and if you don't setup your projects correctly and create certain key shortcuts, you may lose your way and leave hours on the table that could have been spent producing and ultimately fee earning! In this lesson we give you some crucial pointers in setting up your files for maximum efficiency.
An introductory lesson to getting started with basic 3D forms that'll put you in a strong position for modelling The Switch House later in the course. Here, we cover multiple forms, shapes & tools for you to apply to your own projects going forward.
C4D can import and export to a multitude of file types and it's important to understand this workflow to better share your own work and import various 3D assets to improve your process and visualisations. We cover the essentials of this important topic in the 4th lesson.
Often the scope of your own works can be captured by camera positions and the composition of the resulting image. Here, we introduce you to various techniques relating to cameras and using guides to help compose your imagery.
With the C4D basics out of the way, we then move into Chaos Corona before bringing it all together in the final 3 lessons. At the halfway point we give you an overview of Corona and its various tools and settings.
Arguably the most important aspect of high-quality renderings, we take you through the options available for lighting your scene using a simple studio setup to emphasise the points as clearly as possible.
In the 8th instalment of the course, we run through the basics of materials using a combination of C4D and Chaos Corona inputs.
Before diving into The Switch House, we finish our second chapter of the course with a summary of plugins available to you as a C4D user and how these can improve your projects, renderings and your overall workflow as an artist & creator.
In the final chapter of the course, we get cracking on The Switch House by importing its drawings and massing the overall architectural forms out.
We work up the project by adding in the backdrop of the scene, develop the building model and apply the scene materials including the all-important staggered brick, which covers the skin of The Switch House Tower.
We round the course off by furnishing the scene with 3D assets, change the environment lighting, produce various test renders, mimic the look of artificial lighting behind windows, add signage using decals and more, to work toward our final images.
Meet your instructor
Franck Tawema
3D Design Specialist
Freelance Designer
Hi, I'm Franck. I'm a 3D designer with over ten years of experience using a variety of 3D design and drafting applications. My body of work is located at the crossroads of Architecture, Design, and Technology. Alongside working on exciting architectural brand experience projects, I like to build virtual experiences and immersive 3d pavilions that take multiple forms.
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