lilnyc
09-19-2010, 09:00 AM
I have resisted Cinema 4D with great passion for a while. I am trained in and prefer Maya, but my career has shifted me into motion graphics with After Effects. I was determined to just use Maya for motion graphics despite the less fluid workflow between the two. However, I now have a job where they resist Maya, and use Cinema 4D. in fact, only ONE person is a master of it, so he's guaranteed work.
I have an upcoming project where I have to represent sound, visually. The first thing that came to mind was Red Giant's Trapcode Sound Keys...until I spotted the Digital Tutors Cinema 4D tutorial on the visual sound project. Just looking at the preview, and knowing of my limited Cinemd 4D knowledge, I thought I couldn't do that in one sitting, but in just the 1st lesson, I was following along and making something cool with ease. I didn't want to stop.
This encouraged me to look into Cinema 4D R12's new features for motion graphics. I am beyond impressed, and finally understand why it's so useful with After Effects.
I know that I will now need to revert to the basics and really learn the essentials, but I no longer feel that it's a waste of time. I really feel that it's a viable, necessary tool as much as Photoshop is for a multimedia artist. It is essential. So I will continue with Maya for the love of it, but Cinema 4D is also a must, and I am thrilled that Digital Tutors has started tutorials on it. There's no better place to learn in my opinion.
I have an upcoming project where I have to represent sound, visually. The first thing that came to mind was Red Giant's Trapcode Sound Keys...until I spotted the Digital Tutors Cinema 4D tutorial on the visual sound project. Just looking at the preview, and knowing of my limited Cinemd 4D knowledge, I thought I couldn't do that in one sitting, but in just the 1st lesson, I was following along and making something cool with ease. I didn't want to stop.
This encouraged me to look into Cinema 4D R12's new features for motion graphics. I am beyond impressed, and finally understand why it's so useful with After Effects.
I know that I will now need to revert to the basics and really learn the essentials, but I no longer feel that it's a waste of time. I really feel that it's a viable, necessary tool as much as Photoshop is for a multimedia artist. It is essential. So I will continue with Maya for the love of it, but Cinema 4D is also a must, and I am thrilled that Digital Tutors has started tutorials on it. There's no better place to learn in my opinion.