Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For those of you who didn't catch it live, this is my presentation for Maxon's 2020 3D Motion Show. I'll go over my entire workflow in Cinema 4D, Octane, (Arnold), and After Effects.

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CHAPTERS
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Lesson Goals

CAPTURING YOUR FOOTAGE
01:09 Shooting Your Footage
02:01 Reference
02:14 Custom HDRI

MOTION TRACKING
02:51 Tracking
07:26 Custom Input for Cleaner Track
08:45 Scene Optimization

LIGHTING
11:43 Lighting
13:41 Loading in Footage as a Background
15:09 Color Matching Custom HDRI to Background Footage
16:25 Shadow Catcher Ground Plane
17:12 Combining Your HDRI with a Sun

MODELLING
19:28 Custom Layout and Buttons
20:59 Modelling Overview and Reference
21:30 Block Out Your Geometry
27:49 Bevel Modifier
30:49 Volume Modelling
33:16 Modelling Last Thoughts

TEXTURING
33:40 Texturing Overview
35:20 Texturing (Diffuse)
38:49 Texturing (Roughness)
40:45 Texturing (Bump)
42:32 Texturing (Normal)
42:59 Texturing (Scratches)
45:52 WAIT! Before You Render...
46:42 Redshift Overview

COMPOSITING
49:32 Compositing Overview
49:51 Importing Your Footage
51:40 Color Matching
54:07 Grain Matching
54:35 Bloom/Diffusion Matching
55:32 Final Result and How To Follow
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