3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

Adjusting Lighting/Refining the Render Settings

A course by Thomas Burden , 3D Illustrator

3D Illustrator. Chichester, United Kingdom.
Joined February 2020
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About the video: Adjusting Lighting/Refining the Render Settings

Overview

“In this lesson we will finalise and refine the lighting of the scene with some basic Redshift area lights to really bring it all to life.”

In this video lesson Thomas Burden addresses the topic: Adjusting Lighting/Refining the Render Settings, 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

“Adjusting Lighting / Refining the Render Settings Now we'll refine and finalise the lighting of our scene using some simple Redshift Area Lights. Let's go. Now we've got all of the modelling done, it's time to make this all come alive with a bit of lighting and texturing. So, the first thing we're gonna do is fire up our Redshift RenderView. Bring that in and hit Play, and see what we've got at the moment. It's takes a little longer to start as it loads all the geometry. Ok, so here's our default lighting and we'll just scale this down. It's a bit of a pain having this all on one screen. At...”

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Course summary for: 3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (74)
  • 1961 students
  • 5 units
  • 29 lessons (5h 28m)
  • Category

    3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography
  • Software

    Cinema 4D, Redshift Render
  • Areas

    3D, 3D Animation, 3D Design, Animation, Digital Design, Typography

Thomas Burden

Thomas Burden
A course by Thomas Burden

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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.


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3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume. 3D, Animation, Calligraphy, and Typography course by Thomas Burden

3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

A course by Thomas Burden
3D Illustrator. Chichester, United Kingdom.
Joined February 2020
  • 99% positive reviews (74)
  • 1,961 students