Animated Typography: Motion Design for Dynamic Compositions
3D Design Cinema 4D 2
A course by Christophe Zidler , Freelance Motion Designer
About the video: 3D Design Cinema 4D 2
Overview
“In this lesson, I´ll be sharing with you my thinking on how to animate each element. ”
In this video lesson Christophe Zidler addresses the topic: 3D Design Cinema 4D 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Typography: Motion Design for Dynamic Compositions. Create engaging animated typography compositions with Cinema 4D, Photoshop, and After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“3D Design Cinema 4D Now, we're going to add light. There are several ways to light a scene in 3D. One of the easiest is to use something called HDRI, which is a 360-degree photo of a place, a studio, or anything. It can be also just colors or squares of whites. It's a texture that Cinema 4D or any 3D software is going to use to light your scene, and you can see, for example, this website is called HDRI Haven. You can get tons of HDRI map for free, and it's very efficient and a quick way to light your scene. You can also change any style you want, and by style, I mean any type you want, beca...”
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Course summary for: Animated Typography: Motion Design for Dynamic Compositions
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Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D -
Areas
3D Animation, Graphic Design, Kinetic Typography, Motion Graphics, Typography

Christophe Zidler
A course by Christophe Zidler
Christophe Zidler is a freelance motion designer from France. He studied at multiple multimedia schools including GOBELINS, and interned at a number of graphic design agencies in Paris. He also worked as a graphic and motion designer for the web design agency Ultranoir, which gave him the opportunity to really hone his animation skills.
Christophe then moved to Budapest, where he kick-started his career as a freelancer. Since then, he has worked with clients including Renault, Sisley, Glamour, Vogue, Toyota, and Microsoft as well as creative agencies and start-ups. He also shares his work with almost 10K followers on Instagram.
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