http://3dessentials.com Best Illustrations, Tutorials and Resources for the 3d community. Mon, 21 May 2012 22:26:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-simple-spin-logo-animation-with-cinema-4d-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-a-simple-spin-logo-animation-with-cinema-4d-part-2 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-simple-spin-logo-animation-with-cinema-4d-part-2/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 09:02:15 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-simple-spin-logo-animation-with-cinema-4d-part-2/ ]]> In part 2 of this tutorial, we take our 3D render into After Effects to composite and finish the scene. I show you how to use glow, curves, blurs, and levels to color correct the scene and add some shine. I also show you how to make a fun stripe animation using Precomps and a Track Matte.

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]]> http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-simple-spin-logo-animation-with-cinema-4d-part-1/feed/ 0 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:34:51 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/ ]]> In this tutorial, Dror Lazar demonstrates how to setup and create the effect of animated 3D strokes. Dror shows techniques in both Maya and 3ds Max.

]]> http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-setup-and-create-the-effect-of-animated-3d-strokes-in-both-maya-and-3ds-max/feed/ 0 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-cascading-text-animation-with-cinema-4d-and-after-effects-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-a-cascading-text-animation-with-cinema-4d-and-after-effects-part-2 http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-cascading-text-animation-with-cinema-4d-and-after-effects-part-2/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:01:39 +0000 mainAdminAnt http://3dessentials.com/tutorials/how-to-make-a-cascading-text-animation-with-cinema-4d-and-after-effects-part-2/ ]]> In the second part of this tutorial, we color correct and composite our final animation in After Effects using a combination of blending modes, luma keys, blurs, vignettes, glows, and gradients.

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