The point of this workshop was to gain an understanding about how a 3D programme works. During the introduction to Cinema4D, I was very confused. This was due to me being unsure what the software is actually used for. After some research, I was able to find that the programme is used for modelling, animation, motion graphic and rendering. The first task that I completed was just to get used to the controls. I began by simply adding a cube into the scene. Cinema 4D is unique as it shows the scene in a room with walls, floors and a ceiling. After I added the cube, I experimented with adding a light source, this is easily done by clicking the light bulb icon on the top of the page. I had to change to setting of the light to shadow maps, to show a shadow behind the square once rendered. As I thought the cube looked boring in just a block colour, I tried to add a material/ pattern onto the surface. To do this, I simply went to material editor, selected a material from the list and dragged it onto the cube. I selected diamond, then wood, but neither of them worked well at all, so I decided to stay with a simple colour.

The next stage was to get a 3D object to move. I found this really difficult to keep up with and understand what was going on. The first step I did was simply add the cloner tool, which allowed me to create many of the same shape. As the cubes were quite close together, I changed the radius to 400cm, which gave a better look. The process of adding animation is very similar to After Effects. To key an action in, all I had to do was click the little circle next to the word end angle. This was frame 0. I then had to drag the key frame to the end of the time line. To make the object move, I changed the end angle to 0 degrees.  I had to ensure I keyed this value in at the end as it would not save if I did this.

The last stage of the workshop was creating type. To do this I clicked on the MoText layer to reveal it. To change the words in the layer, I simply went to the attributes manager and changed the word in the text setting. The other settings such as font type, weight and alignment are all the same in the other programmes I have used.