Is it better to make videos or model in C4D?

C4D is a professional modeling software that can produce animations with its own model.

C4D does not have the function of making videos. For videos, I recommend AE software related to C4D. It is moderately difficult, can do cutting, and has strong special effects.

C4D is popular simply because it is quick to get started and has good modeling and rendering effects! Therefore, it has become an efficient production tool for design and creative workers. Nowadays, C4D software has been widely used in film and television post-production, industrial design, and graphic design industries.

Compared with C4D, designers are generally more commonly used and familiar with software such as 3D Max and Maya. However, in recent times, it has become popular to use C4D for modeling, mainly because C4D has some obvious advantages, such as :

1. Powerful rendering effects

The ocean punk style and vaporwave style (Vaperwave), which have become popular at home and abroad in the past two years, are widely used in various design fields, including graphic design, Industrial design, architectural design, interior design, animation design, etc. Its futuristic and romantic design style can be expressed through C4D's powerful rendering library and rendering effects. Compared with other commonly used rendering software such as Vray and Keyshot, C4D has many types of rendering balls, which can meet the rendering needs of various materials.

The rendering speed of software such as Vray and Keyshot is relatively slow, and the rendering effect has low contrast and dark images. However, the picture effect rendered using the Advanced Render plug-in of C4D is very realistic, giving people a studio shot. The feeling of the picture. Although the rendering effect is good, the operation is very simple and the light and shadow settings are relatively clear.

2. Unique tools

C4D also has some unique tools, such as dynamics module and polygonal pen tool. The dynamics module can simulate a variety of different force effects, so the model can be deformed and manipulated in various ways to show softness, rigidity, dynamics, granularity, etc.

The polygonal pen tool can draw in a three-dimensional space and form line and surface bodies by drawing points. It can also cut, deform, and combine objects to draw irregular objects. Some special effect models, such as low poly style, are generally drawn using the polygonal pen tool.

C4D is a software that is very easy to operate and very fast to get started. This is one of the reasons why it has become more and more popular in recent years. It is widely used in industrial design, graphic design, animation design, clothing design, and UI design. It can be widely used in many fields. The following is a brief introduction to some introductory skills for self-study C4D:

1. Understand the basic information of the interface

First of all, you need to understand the basic operation interface of C4D, which combines 3D production software and Unique features of video editing software.

Main toolbar: You can create objects, edit videos, adjust the relationship between space and objects, etc. The leftmost toolbar represents editable objects, including points, points, surfaces, bodies and meshes.

Video Editing Lite Toolbar: Located in the middle of the interface, C4D’s camera capture technology can be said to be the best among similar software, and its output video format can be seamlessly connected with AE.

Material and coordinate toolbars: located in the lower left corner and lower right corner respectively, allowing for accurate positioning and scaling operations.

Object and attribute management area: Located on the right side of the interface, you can edit effects, edit layers, etc.

2. Master modeling tools

Most models are deformed from basic bodies. There are many types of deformations, including superposition, deletion, distortion, and pulling. Stretch, rotate, mesh, etc. A common method in C4D software is to add subdivision values ??after establishing the basic shape, and edit single or multiple Cubes, including moving, copying, hollowing out, rotating, etc., to form the final model effect.

3. Grasp the modeling ideas

The modeling ideas need to be determined in the early stage of model drawing. If the idea is not clear, it will greatly increase the drawing time and the quality of the final rendering.