3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume
Setting up the Cinema 4D Document
A course by Thomas Burden , 3D Illustrator
About the video: Setting up the Cinema 4D Document
Overview
“In this very quick lesson, we will set up our Cinema 4D document, ready to begin the 3D sketch and build.”
In this video lesson Thomas Burden addresses the topic: Setting up the Cinema 4D Document, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume. Learn how to create surreal typographical animations using Cinema 4D and Redshift.
Partial transcription of the video
“Setting up the Cinema 4D Document In this super quick lesson we're gonna be setting up our Cinema 4D document ready to start on the 3D sketch and build. So let's get started. Now we've got our rough sketch done, we can stock fund it and start modelling everything in Cinema 4D. This quick lesson is gonna be going through to setting up a very basic Cinema 4D Document. First, I'll ensure the document settings are set to the same as our sketch so when we bring it as reference background, it's not gonna stretch or distort it at all. So let's set that to 1920 by 1080. That's all we need to do in ...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: 3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume
-
Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Cinema 4D, Redshift Render -
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Design, Animation, Digital Design, Typography

Thomas Burden
A course by Thomas Burden
Thomas Burden is a 3D illustrator from Chichester, UK. He is best known for his unique visual style blending 3D type and contraptions, an aesthetic influenced by the toys he was never allowed to have as a kid.
Thomas studied Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Arts in London before working for top illustration studios like McFaul and I Love Dust. In 2013, he made the jump to freelance work, producing ad campaigns and other projects for brands, music festivals, record labels, and editorials. His client list includes McDonald’s, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Playstation, SC Johnson, Bloomingdale’s, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harpers Collins, and more.
- 99% positive reviews (74)
- 1,961 students
- 29 lessons (5h 28m)
- 9 additional resources (0 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever