After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite: 3D Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Using CINEWARE

AWESOME

Compared with the other Cinema 4D related title I have just reviewed, this book is great! Clear layout, decent print quality so you can actually see the screenshots, Interesting (if not spectacular) exercise examples, well written and logically structured. The only reason it dropped a star is that I would have liked a little more in the way of examples of the integration between C4D and AE. If I could have dropped a half star rather than a full star I would have. Recommended for anyone who is as excited about the inclusion of C4D in their Adobe CC subscription but needs a bit of a leg up to getting it all to work :-)

英語の書籍ですが、そんなに難しい英文はないです。日本ではcinema4dの本はたくさんあるのですが、cinema4d lite の書籍が見つからずようやく英語版ですが発見することができました！初めての方にはオススメの一冊です。解説も丁寧でとてもわかりやすいです。

I've worked in post-production (video conversion, editing, titles) for close to ten years and 3d (Maya, Max, and Modo) for four years mostly optimizing interfaces for real-time engines and product modeling and texturing using MARI. I'm transitioning to motion graphics and animation because that just seems to be the work that is more available now. I've used digital tutors extensively for awhile and youtube as well for lessons. While DT is good to great, sometimes it does fall short of matching results with the promotional material for some lessons (and it is quiet expensive). For those who have existing experience with other 3d applications and want to get a better understanding of how to use Cineware to increase the efficiency of their pipeline with After Effects, I highly recommend this book. Another review here felt that this wasn't good enough for a professional and more for a hobbyist, I would say it depends on wha the audience is looking for. C4D Lite is included with your subscription to Adobe's After Effects and I feel is a worthy application for editors, finishers, or post-professionals who have no true interest in 3d but have to wear more hats now in terms of their skills. C4D lite is cheaper (free in essence) and has a more robust community and support than it's next closest competitor — Element 3D. Element 3D is a fine product, but it is limited with what it can do when compared to C4D lite. ALL that being said, this book does a terrific job of explaining how C4D lite handles most of the simple tasks you would need to accomplish for commercials. It's not the job of the book to turn you into a professional motion graphics artist or achieve super polished results — that's on you. It explains the tools, how they work, when you can use them and how the results can be easily transferred to After Effects for further finishing. It beats having to render ever frame of animation in another 3d application, import into AE, composite and start working. This book opened my eyes to the possibility of this pipeline and I'm now going to upgrade to a Pro license of C4D as a result of how efficient it is.

Chris Jackson führt übersichtlich anhand von konkreten Projekten in die Bearbeitung von Projekten ein, die After Effects und Cinema 4D Lite verwenden. Es werden sehr viele praxistaugliche Tipps gegeben, leider manchmal doch recht versteckt zwischen den Zeilen. Insgesamt aber ein hilfreiches Buch.Als Kindle Edition kann das Buch auch parallel zu den beiden Programmen offen sein.