Applied Color for 3D Design and Animation
Preparing Files for Cinema 4D
A course by Dan Zucco , 3D Art & Motion Director
About the video: Preparing Files for Cinema 4D
Overview
“In this lesson I will show how to prepare your 2D design for 3D and teach you a few ways of bringing your Adobe Illustrator files into Cinema 4D.”
In this video lesson Dan Zucco addresses the topic: Preparing Files for Cinema 4D, which is part of the Domestika online course: Applied Color for 3D Design and Animation. Master the essentials of color to create eye-catching 3D designs for personal and commercial projects.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'll show you how to prepare your 2D design files for 3D. and different ways of bringing your Illustrator files into Cinema 4D. Let's get back into it. So the first thing we need to do to bring in a 2D design into Cinema 4D is to clean the file up. So we don't actually need, we've still got our storyboards in the illustrator file These colors. So I'm just going to delete these. So now that all we've left with is what we actually want to bring into Cinema 4D. Then I'm going to show you the first way of bringing your design into Cinema 4D, and that's by saving it. And I'm goin...”
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Course summary for: Applied Color for 3D Design and Animation
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3D & Animation -
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Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Cinema 4D, OctaneRender -
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Color Theory, Design, Digital Design

Dan Zucco
A course by Dan Zucco
Dan Zucco is a 3D Art & Motion Director based in London. He began his journey into 3D design during his time at the University of Fine Art in Tasmania, Australia, developing a unique and colorful digital style inspired by film
For nearly a decade, Dan ran his own animation studio in East London, collaborating with clients, studios, and agencies to create animated commercials, music videos, and event brand identities. In 2019, he began his journey as a freelancer, focusing on producing colorful and abstract 3D animations for inspiring creative projects. He has recently worked with creative studios like Buck, Yambo, We Are Seventeen, and Greyscale Gorilla.
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