In this tutorial I will walk through the steps I used to create this illustration to bring alive the word “collide.” While you may not find yourself needing to recreate the word “collide,” I hope you will find useful the techniques I will cover:
- extruding text in Cinema 4d
- using displacement maps in Cinema 4d
- using the explosion deformer in Cinema 4d
- exporting to photoshop from Cinema 4d
- unique color enhancing techniques in Photoshop
- various layer modes applied in Photoshop for great light effects
(A basic knowledge of Cinema 4d and Photoshop is required)
STEP 1: Creating 3d text
I created a new document in C4d and added some text with the built in text tool.
I typed the word COLLIDE in the Attributes manager.
I applied Extrude Nurbs by making it a parent of my text.
Parent/child relationship shown above in my Objects Manager.
There’s a small problem at this point: The word “collide” is treated as one object and I want to manipulate the individual letters. In order to do that I need to Explode Segments from the Function menu.
Now each part of each letter is broken into individual splines and I can extrude them separately as well as manipulate them.
On a couple of the letters I need to Connect the inside spline and outside spline together. The “O” and the “D” need to be connected because they are 2 individual splines as a result of the Explode Segments function I applied. I selected the 2 splines and right clicked to pull up a menu. I chose Connect. Once I’ve connected them I am ready to extrude each individual letter and place them where I want in my composition.
I have applied an Extrude nurbs to each letter now. See my object window for clarity.
And now I’ve named each nurb so that I know what letter it is.
Next I will click on each letter’s Extrude Nurbs and adjust the cap to be a Fillet Cap. I chose 3 Steps with a Radius of 3. This gives a nice looking edge to each letter.
Next I selected each letter and changed it’s position and rotation into a random spot that I felt would work for this composition.
STEP TWO: Creating reflective material for my 3d text
I created a new material that I will plan to tweak a bit later to get better results. But for now I know I will want to add reflection, environment, and a color.
My reflection is set to 35% and I did the same for environment as well. These are just settings I am randomly choosing and require some tweaking as the project progresses.
I added a light and and a sky to my scene.
I created a material to apply to my sky. I used a picture of a sky. There is definitely a lot of experimenting that can be done with what you can place in the sky and how it will look in the reflections of the material on the text.
I applied the new material to my sky and experimented with the Projection method. Cubic ended up being what I chose based on the way it looked as it reacted with my text.
Here is the result of my sky being reflected on my text. You can load the same image of a sky into your reflection and environment materials but the results will look different than using a sky in c4d to be reflected. I’ve found that I have more control over the reflections this way. I can rotate the sky. I can change the projection method of the material on my sky. Ultimately, it allowed me to get the results I wanted with ease.
My text material wasn’t quite colorful enough so I added a tint of blue to the original material.
Here is the result of adding the tint of blue. Much better for what I am looking to accomplish.
STEP THREE: Using a displacement map to create my collision effect
I copied several of my letter from the word “collide” and will apply a displacement map to those to create the collision.
I copied my reflective material that I created for the word “collide” and then I checked the “displacement” box and loaded a texture. Cinema 4d has built in textures you can experiment with for the displacement. Usually something black and white will work best but it is not completely necessary. I chose “brick” from the preset surfaces. I’ve also used black and white jpegs of stripes or other patterns that I’ve created in Illustrator.
Here you can see I set the Height to 500m and kept the strength at 100%. This is definitely a step that I could get lost in time experimenting with different heights, textures, and even projection methods for this material. Each tweak will give you amazing new results to choose from.
Here is the result of my current settings on the displacement material.
STEP FOUR: Adding exploding bits and pieces to my collision
I added a pyramid to my scene that will be used as the object to explode. I increased the Segments to 5. The more segments you have, the more bits and pieces to explode.
For this step I added an Explosion FX. I will use the Explosion later. (notice the difference above)
In order for the Explosion FX to work, it must be a child of the parent (the object to be exploded being the parent). I adjusted the Thickness until I found a setting I liked.
Here is the what my exploding pyramid looks like after playing with the Time and Strength of the explosion.
Next I copied my pyramid twice. On one of them I left the settings but moved the position of the pyramid to quickly double the amount of exploding segments. Then on my 3rd copy of the pyramid I added an Explosion rather than Explosion FX. This gave me a bunch of tiny specs of metal flying through the air rather than the large chunks created from my other 2 pyramids.
You can see the addition of the tiny explosion particles in this render above.
STEP FIVE: Adding the final effects in Photoshop
In my Render Settings, I made sure Alpha Channel is checked. Then I make my final render by choosing Render to Picture Viewer from the C4d Render menu.
When I open the rendered .tif in Photoshop it contains the alpha channel I included from C4d.
I selected the Alpha Channel, deleted the background and added a solid black background on a new layer below my collide artwork.
I wanted a feeling of air & space around my artwork rather than just solid black, so I added clouds from the Photoshop Filter menu.
Next I made a selection around a portion of the clouds and feathered the edge using the Refine Edge button.
I deleted the extra part of the clouds with my selection and adjusted the Levels of the layer.
I found a picture of smoke to really give this collision illustration some convincing touches. Almost like a car wreck and the engine is over heated.
Next I copied and pasted the image then inverted it (command, “I”) and set it to Screen Mode.
I added a layer mask and revealed all. Then I went in with an airbrush on the layer mask and started erasing different areas of the smoke to make it look like it was interacting with the “collide” rather than just placed on top.
Here is what my smoke looks like after erasing bits of it. Next, I copied that layer and repeated the same steps to add some more smoke toward the bottom of my composition.
I felt the piece needed some more color to make it pop so I added a layer and airbrushed pink onto the layer with a large brush size. The layer was set to Soft Light and placed below my “collide” artwork so that it would effect the colors of my background but not my 3d collision.
I wanted to spice things up a bit and throw some lighting into my collision.
I copied and pasted the lighting into my composition, desaturated, and set the layer mode to screen.
Then I copied my layer of lighting and added a gaussian blur to the copied layer. I set both layers to Add and moved them below the layer I airbrushed with color earlier. This created some nice color through my lightning streaks.
The final result in Photoshop with all the layers displayed.
CONCLUSION:
I created 3d text in Cinema 4d. Then I created an explosion using displacement maps and exploding 3 different copies of my pyramid. Once I saved with an Alpha Channel for PHotoshop, I created a background for my 3d artwork by using the cloud filter and then using layer modes to create color and lighting effects. The most challenging part of this is getting the displacement the way you like it. Experiment with different patterns and different projection methods for the material.
Go Media is a creative agency based in Cleveland, Ohio. Besides the GoMediaZine, we also work for clients and sell stock artwork and design files on the Arsenal.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:43 am -
i cant find anywhere a copy of cinema 4d i live in mexico so its kinda difficult but great wirk i love the effect!!
i downloaded a software name sketch up by google, i can do stuff like this on that software??
October 27th, 2008 at 11:44 am -
Sick as hell, nice work man
October 27th, 2008 at 11:47 am -
This is Awesome. I love Cinema 4d. Thanks for the tutorial
October 27th, 2008 at 12:01 pm -
Very nice result but it’s not very GoMedia… My opinion is that you guys should do more of illustration tutorials, like t-shirt designs and etc.
This website is my number one inspiration but this doesn’t inspired me so much…
October 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pm -
Ho-ly shit. That really looks amazing! Thanks for the information, I’ll spread the word :) .
October 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pm -
Woaw ! This is amazing ! And even if I’m not a Cinema 4D user, that’s the kind of tutorial that might turn me into one ;-)
October 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pm -
Bad ass tutorial. Thanks for sharing guys.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm -
Great tutorial!
October 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pm -
Check out Barton Damer’s awesome Cinema 4D tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3
October 27th, 2008 at 1:33 pm -
that’s cool, id rather just use illustrator’s 3d
October 27th, 2008 at 1:44 pm -
Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D: http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3 Superb GoMediaZine tutorial!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pm -
Sweet! I’ve been waiting for a tutorial like this for a long time. I’ve tried using Illustrator to create some 3D type, but it doesn’t look as good as this.
Thanks for the tutorial!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:58 pm -
Awesome. Thanks a lot for this great tutorial ;)
Best.
October 27th, 2008 at 3:38 pm -
Awesome tutorial on creating Explosive 3D Typography from Go Media. http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3
October 27th, 2008 at 4:37 pm -
Nice tutorial, but the result is different from the original pic :-\
October 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pm -
i just realized how similar that text is to the Now That’s What I Call Music CDs that are on tv commercials all the time
October 27th, 2008 at 5:56 pm -
Awesome job.
I agree with Fabio
Best
October 27th, 2008 at 6:43 pm -
great!!! I work on it rightnow… thanks, thanks…
carlos vaz
October 27th, 2008 at 8:05 pm -
brilliant work out
October 27th, 2008 at 9:43 pm -
Thank-you so much! It is incredible.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:30 pm -
Looks great. Definately gonna have to install C4D again and give it a try.
October 27th, 2008 at 11:32 pm -
Finally a cool Cinema 4d tut, I’ve been waiting for this! Nice work and thanks Barton!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:52 am -
I must say this was your best tutorial by far. Do you use Cinema 4d normally in your work flow, or was this a one time occasion?
October 28th, 2008 at 7:17 am -
Very nice tut, but 3D Typography has become a trend, don’t you think?
October 28th, 2008 at 10:04 am -
I can’t believe people are actually ragging on this tutorial. I’ve never even considered using Cinema 4D until now. This free tutorial is priceless. How much quality FREE instructional spoon feeding do you get in your world? There are a LOT of crappy tutorials out there, this is not one of them. If your don’t expand your skill base, you’ll get left in the dust.
October 28th, 2008 at 10:16 am -
Why haven’t you provided the rest of the tutorial? The final image is so different to where your tutorial ends… it is these final steps that are important to making it look professional, it was a disappointment not to see these steps outlined but otherwise great tutorial, I will be doing it soon.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:22 am -
Great use of 3D for illustration. I’ll make sure we add a link from our online training site Cineversity (www.cineversity.com) so more of our users can benefit from this tutorial as well.
Paul Babb
MAXON Computer
October 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am -
That,sir, is baddass. Very well done, but I have a questions… what type of people use Cinema 4D? As an apprentice graphic designer, I have never used it.
October 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm -
Great work…as always! I may have to start dabbling in 3D/4D :) I have been resisting as long as I possibly can, because it seems like everyone is going to this sort of thing for typography, and I haven’t been a band-wagoner, but this is pretty sweet, I can see it having some application in my future designs…
Thanks again!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:05 pm -
Cool tutoral!
October 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm -
awesome tutorial, it help clear a few things about 3d typography especially in C4D. thank you..
October 28th, 2008 at 4:36 pm -
Great tutorial here. Unique and something I have been looking for. Could not get the explosion effect anywhere on the web. So thank you and this is definitely becoming one of my new favorite reads out there.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:22 pm -
@ Steve…Amen Brutha!!…Very well done..love the final product…I don’t even HAVE Cinema 4D and I still read the whole thing …but I love watching processes.
October 28th, 2008 at 9:32 pm -
Khaled,
I’ve really gotten into using c4d for a lot of my designs lately. I use it for motion graphics as well but it really has added “another dimension” to my graphic art. ;-)
There are more examples of c4d used in my designs here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartondamer/
October 29th, 2008 at 6:52 am -
Just completed the tutorial, added some of my own personal touch to it but yours still looks better :) Thanks Barton and all the Go Media people that, by wanting to drive traffic, teach and broaden the horizons of loads of designers or entrepeneurs. Thank you!
October 29th, 2008 at 1:34 pm -
Nice tutorial thank you. I just started learning Cinema and this was a great first lesson.
October 30th, 2008 at 3:28 pm -
Nice tutorial. I’m new to C4D though and using the Windows version of the program… So right now it’s hard to follow for me since the menu locations are different
November 1st, 2008 at 3:54 pm -
great tutorial! thanks
November 2nd, 2008 at 3:29 am -
i love this image man. nice work.
im new in c4d and can you make this witk “kingston” ?
this the name from my son and i will make a poster with this name.
November 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 am -
Very very impressive. Thanks for this!
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:13 am -
This looks great but I am getting stuck on the 14th slide – I can’t get to the point where the background is black and the text looks nice. Around number 14
November 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 am -
I made this article on a forum to see if anyone could help me –
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/cafe/viewthread.php?tid=49744&page=1#pid358530
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:18 am -
I was up till 6am playing with this. Great stuff… Now it is time to get ready for work… and go play some more…
November 5th, 2008 at 3:07 am -
I’m having a problem with one of the very first steps.
All my letters when I extrude them come out like a flat 3D extrude. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I can click Hierarchical and it fixes it to what it’s supposed to be, the letters come out 3D, but in your images you don’t have Hierarchical selected.
Please help me figure out what I’m doing wrong.
November 6th, 2008 at 5:36 pm -
where the hell is the material editor!?
November 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pm -
Andrew,
Leaving it with Hierarchical checked is fine. I only separated mine out into individual Extruded Nurbs in case I decide to change the depth of certain letters in relation to the explosion.
November 7th, 2008 at 1:33 pm -
I’ve figured out what I did wrong, thank you.
I’m having another problem though. After I apply material to a extruded text object, the material effect only seems to change the extruded part of the text rather than the whole thing, so the “face” of the text comes out rather dull and it doesn’t look right.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm -
@Hemi How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D | GoMediaZine: In this tutorial I w.. http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3
November 8th, 2008 at 10:10 am -
Holy sh*t. what an amazing art, now you really make me to use Cinema 4d
November 8th, 2008 at 10:45 pm -
Thanks! very cool.
November 9th, 2008 at 9:40 am -
Hi. Please writing more tutorials for cinema 4 D.
November 10th, 2008 at 9:49 pm -
I agree with Jacob Cass. This is a fantastic tutorial, but the end result is not as professional as the tutorial final. I would have like to known every detail to the finish.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am -
Amazing work!
The best part about this is that it sparks new sources of inspiration.
Using this technique as an animation in combination with AfterEffects could yield some seriously wicked results!
Thanks!!!
November 12th, 2008 at 6:09 pm -
thanks a lot…
http://joyoge.com/story.php?title=how-to-create-explosive-typographic-effects-in-cinema-4d
November 15th, 2008 at 6:24 pm -
wow nice – i think i could replicate this in blender
November 15th, 2008 at 9:20 pm -
I made a displacement and followed what it says but when I put it on my copies it doesnt work
November 16th, 2008 at 12:43 pm -
Sick tutorial. +1 for you
November 16th, 2008 at 5:04 pm -
I love you Go Media http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3
November 17th, 2008 at 4:10 am -
Hi, I really liked the tutorial but I am also interested in the finishing of the image. You stopped with a rather rough image but your example has so much more depth.
For a lot of people it’s not always hard to get this rough image. Could you go a bit further? Explain how you get the shiny edges and the brighter reflection of the letters? Or is this just something you adjust in C4D?
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:39 am -
Wow ! This is amazing ! I really liked tutorial.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:26 am -
Hey great tut, However I seem to be having a problem when it comes to adding the new materials(Im new to 3D design as well as cinema 4d). When I assign the Materials to the Sky or a Letter nurb the Sky wont display anything i still see a grey grid, and when applied to nurb I get only a solid color even though the material settings are correct and look correct on the preview.
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:32 am -
Truly epic tutorial, many thanks to the creator.
I did, however have trouble when it came to separating the letters of the text, I had null objects instead of NURB’s, unlike your screenshot, so it was impossible for me to add a Fillet Cap to the text, not sure whether that was my fault or the programs. I ended up creating each individual letter separately capping it from there, thanks once again for the tutorial, it is greatly appreciated, I learnt a lot!
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:40 pm -
AHHHH!!! I get so frusterated when people do this. The preview graphic and end result look nothing alike! C’mon bro go a bit more in depth and show us how to truely get YOUR end result. Other than that really great tutorial, I learned alot, but I would really like to see some more instructions to get ours looking like the preview graphic…
November 27th, 2008 at 10:51 pm -
wow! very nice tut! well done! Thank you very much! :)
November 28th, 2008 at 2:44 am -
Awesome. The more I read tutorials including Cinema 4D the more I want to start using it.
December 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 am -
Cinema 4D cool artwork: http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3
December 16th, 2008 at 1:54 pm -
[bookmark] How to Create Explosive Typographic Effects in Cinema 4D | GoMediaZine http://tinyurl.com/5dl6t3
December 18th, 2008 at 4:32 pm -
I cant figure out how to make my text and nurbs have a parent/child relationship please help
December 24th, 2008 at 4:03 am -
very nice thank you so much
December 28th, 2008 at 1:51 am -
Amazing tutorial! I never thought to use stock photos for a smoke effect before. Thx!
December 28th, 2008 at 8:14 am -
Spectacular! Keep it up!
January 21st, 2009 at 9:32 am -
it looks very nice, but the tutorial is fucked up, nothing works as it should be
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:29 pm -
Very good tutorial, but I’m stuck at the lightning part, how do you separate the lightning from the sky surrounding it? Can someone help me with this?
Keep it up!
February 10th, 2009 at 12:59 am -
Teri Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 5:40 pm -
AHHHH!!! I get so frusterated when people do this. The preview graphic and end result look nothing alike! C’mon bro go a bit more in depth and show us how to truely get YOUR end result. Other than that really great tutorial, I learned alot, but I would really like to see some more instructions to get ours looking like the preview graphic…
AGREE WITH THIS TOO ALSO SEEMS PARTS WERE LEFT OUT. WONDER WHAT VERSION THEY USED. CASUE IN VER11 NOTHING ACT LIKE WHAT IS MENTION IN TUT
February 15th, 2009 at 3:00 am -
hi this is super execelent i dont have words to express
February 15th, 2009 at 4:07 am -
Thanks Barton,
Great tut.
Here is my go at your tut.
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x257/PlayGuitar_2007/COLLIDESMALL.jpg
If anyone wants the PSD or C4d file just reply.
Thanks
Dee
February 16th, 2009 at 12:59 pm -
Thank you for this excellent tutorial!
February 17th, 2009 at 3:46 am -
Thx:) Really great:) these are the types of tutorials that I love:)
hope you post more:) thx:)again
February 17th, 2009 at 6:58 pm -
Great tutorial…thank you. Everything worked just the way you explained, well done.
To everyone who’s looking for the artist to hold your hand and walk you through the EXACT process GROW UP! Be a little more curious and allow YOUR path towards and end result be different. Don’t you realize that every single decision you make towards your end product will make your image unique? Why work so hard to duplicate something?
No doubt those who are looking for their image to look exactly like yours won’t make it anyway.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:23 pm -
how “grown up” of you to take swipes at a difference of opinion *sarcastic*
February 20th, 2009 at 11:12 am -
impressive, massive tutorial
February 22nd, 2009 at 6:26 am -
Love the texture of the letters man
February 26th, 2009 at 3:40 am -
IF U DON’T WANT US TO COPY YOUR DESIGN,THEN ITS BETTER THAT U DON’T MAKE A TUTORIAL ABOUT IT AT ALL STUPID :)
February 26th, 2009 at 3:48 am -
I agree with homo.. The people who makes the tutorial is very stupid.. Its better that they dont make a tutorial AT ALL unless its a REAL tutorial with all the details for it!
March 4th, 2009 at 9:38 am -
AWESOME…thx :D
March 9th, 2009 at 8:18 am -
Gran tutorial. :)
March 9th, 2009 at 8:18 am -
Gran tutorial. :)
March 9th, 2009 at 8:18 am -
Gran tutorial. :)
March 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pm -
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March 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pm -
Featured here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/50-tutorials-to...
March 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pm -
Featured here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/50-tutorials-to...
March 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm -
Hi can i have the psd
March 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm -
Hi can i have the psd
March 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm -
Hi can i have the psd
March 14th, 2009 at 5:08 pm -
Some of the harsh comments on here are really uncalled for. I do agree that it would be nice to know whether you added the final touches, like light sources and reflections, in photoshop or C4D. Since knowing that would influence how far I want to delve into the tut.
Thank you for sharing!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:08 pm -
Some of the harsh comments on here are really uncalled for. I do agree that it would be nice to know whether you added the final touches, like light sources and reflections, in photoshop or C4D. Since knowing that would influence how far I want to delve into the tut.
Thank you for sharing!
March 14th, 2009 at 5:08 pm -
Some of the harsh comments on here are really uncalled for. I do agree that it would be nice to know whether you added the final touches, like light sources and reflections, in photoshop or C4D. Since knowing that would influence how far I want to delve into the tut.
Thank you for sharing!
April 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm -
homo really is a homo as are the rest of the negative commentators. great tut, inspires me to do an animated vers. for our prod. company n next few months. peace.
p.s.-what the hell is wrong with those neg. ppl? this isn't about copying exactly, it's about inspiring and if ppl copy and claim it to be original, oh damn well they're homos just like u.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm -
homo really is a homo as are the rest of the negative commentators. great tut, inspires me to do an animated vers. for our prod. company n next few months. peace.
p.s.-what the hell is wrong with those neg. ppl? this isn't about copying exactly, it's about inspiring and if ppl copy and claim it to be original, oh damn well they're homos just like u.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:01 pm -
homo really is a homo as are the rest of the negative commentators. great tut, inspires me to do an animated vers. for our prod. company n next few months. peace.
p.s.-what the hell is wrong with those neg. ppl? this isn't about copying exactly, it's about inspiring and if ppl copy and claim it to be original, oh damn well they're homos just like u.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:11 am -
tutorial is too vague, adding random textures that are 'already made' is lame, seems more like a showoff than a tutorial
April 30th, 2009 at 10:11 am -
tutorial is too vague, adding random textures that are 'already made' is lame, seems more like a showoff than a tutorial
April 30th, 2009 at 10:11 am -
tutorial is too vague, adding random textures that are 'already made' is lame, seems more like a showoff than a tutorial
May 6th, 2009 at 8:12 am -
Be grateful that there are peoples who love to share their knowledge here for free. I feel sorry for you guys who think that this tutorial is stupid or think that Barton just trying to show off just because you cannot get the same end result. Go back and learn the basic first, before attempting this tutorial, and later you will be able to figure it out what's missing in this tutorial. I actually consider that as a challenge.
If you cannot still figure it out, there's nothing wrong for asking a question. There's always people who would love to help.
Awesome Tutorial Barton. Love 'That's My king' Video of yours too…
Cheers mate…
“THE SKY IS THE LIMIT”
May 6th, 2009 at 8:12 am -
Be grateful that there are peoples who love to share their knowledge here for free. I feel sorry for you guys who think that this tutorial is stupid or think that Barton just trying to show off just because you cannot get the same end result. Go back and learn the basic first, before attempting this tutorial, and later you will be able to figure it out what's missing in this tutorial. I actually consider that as a challenge.
If you cannot still figure it out, there's nothing wrong for asking a question. There's always people who would love to help.
Awesome Tutorial Barton. Love 'That's My king' Video of yours too…
Cheers mate…
“THE SKY IS THE LIMIT”
May 6th, 2009 at 8:12 am -
Be grateful that there are peoples who love to share their knowledge here for free. I feel sorry for you guys who think that this tutorial is stupid or think that Barton just trying to show off just because you cannot get the same end result. Go back and learn the basic first, before attempting this tutorial, and later you will be able to figure it out what's missing in this tutorial. I actually consider that as a challenge.
If you cannot still figure it out, there's nothing wrong for asking a question. There's always people who would love to help.
Awesome Tutorial Barton. Love 'That's My king' Video of yours too…
Cheers mate…
“THE SKY IS THE LIMIT”
May 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm -
Thanks Barton for this great tutorial!!
To all these guys crying out for more details and even complaining about this tut:
do you think a magician gives all his tricks away so easily?? In this tutorial you get some hints how to create great work.. fot the rest you have to figure out by yourself, your fantasy and experimental skills! please be more grateful that people like Barton make tutorials like this one!!!!!
greets
May 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm -
Thanks Barton for this great tutorial!!
To all these guys crying out for more details and even complaining about this tut:
do you think a magician gives all his tricks away so easily?? In this tutorial you get some hints how to create great work.. fot the rest you have to figure out by yourself, your fantasy and experimental skills! please be more grateful that people like Barton make tutorials like this one!!!!!
greets
May 6th, 2009 at 7:38 pm -
Thanks Barton for this great tutorial!!
To all these guys crying out for more details and even complaining about this tut:
do you think a magician gives all his tricks away so easily?? In this tutorial you get some hints how to create great work.. fot the rest you have to figure out by yourself, your fantasy and experimental skills! please be more grateful that people like Barton make tutorials like this one!!!!!
greets
May 18th, 2009 at 4:23 am -
Great job man! ;)
May 18th, 2009 at 4:23 am -
Great job man! ;)
May 18th, 2009 at 4:23 am -
Great job man! ;)
May 27th, 2009 at 9:18 am -
3D is not a trend… it's the future… it will be used more often because the technique gets better and also internet connection does. Pricey websites already have al lot of 3d in it. Love to see more 3d tuts !!
May 27th, 2009 at 10:18 am -
3D is not a trend… it's the future… it will be used more often because the technique gets better and also internet connection does. Pricey websites already have al lot of 3d in it. Love to see more 3d tuts !!
May 27th, 2009 at 10:18 am -
3D is not a trend… it's the future… it will be used more often because the technique gets better and also internet connection does. Pricey websites already have al lot of 3d in it. Love to see more 3d tuts !!
May 31st, 2009 at 12:22 am -
This is absolutely great~ This inspires me very much. And very useful to those who are into 3D.
May 31st, 2009 at 1:22 am -
This is absolutely great~ This inspires me very much. And very useful to those who are into 3D.
May 31st, 2009 at 1:22 am -
This is absolutely great~ This inspires me very much. And very useful to those who are into 3D.
June 8th, 2009 at 3:44 am -
I've been waiting for a tutorial like this for a long time. I've tried using Illustrator to create some 3D type, but it doesn't look as good as this.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:44 am -
I've been waiting for a tutorial like this for a long time. I've tried using Illustrator to create some 3D type, but it doesn't look as good as this.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:44 am -
I've been waiting for a tutorial like this for a long time. I've tried using Illustrator to create some 3D type, but it doesn't look as good as this.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:27 pm -
Really helpful walk-through, really appreciate the time you took! Much obliged!
June 9th, 2009 at 5:27 pm -
Really helpful walk-through, really appreciate the time you took! Much obliged!
June 9th, 2009 at 5:27 pm -
Really helpful walk-through, really appreciate the time you took! Much obliged!
June 17th, 2009 at 11:07 pm -
thanks for the tutorial man…ive used photoshop for many years but im very new to cinema 4d..lol very new……having trouble with exploding the text like in yr tutorial to put the individual letters on as it were different layers if i was in photoshop…..when i go down to the explode menu it isnt highlighting so i cant use it…could you tell me what im doing wrong…appreciate it…..
June 18th, 2009 at 12:07 am -
thanks for the tutorial man…ive used photoshop for many years but im very new to cinema 4d..lol very new……having trouble with exploding the text like in yr tutorial to put the individual letters on as it were different layers if i was in photoshop…..when i go down to the explode menu it isnt highlighting so i cant use it…could you tell me what im doing wrong…appreciate it…..
June 18th, 2009 at 12:07 am -
thanks for the tutorial man…ive used photoshop for many years but im very new to cinema 4d..lol very new……having trouble with exploding the text like in yr tutorial to put the individual letters on as it were different layers if i was in photoshop…..when i go down to the explode menu it isnt highlighting so i cant use it…could you tell me what im doing wrong…appreciate it…..
June 18th, 2009 at 12:07 am -
thanks for the tutorial man…ive used photoshop for many years but im very new to cinema 4d..lol very new……having trouble with exploding the text like in yr tutorial to put the individual letters on as it were different layers if i was in photoshop…..when i go down to the explode menu it isnt highlighting so i cant use it…could you tell me what im doing wrong…appreciate it…..
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:37 pm -
Thats really cool. I am very inspired by this tut. Thanks!
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 am -
My letters won't reflect one bit. When I put the light source in, my text becomes black and doesn't reflect anything. Without the light, my text only reflects white light, not the colors of my sky background
July 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am -
i don't get it, can i do this tutorial in photoshop??
Gr8 work
July 10th, 2009 at 12:10 pm -
Hi! Thanks for this nice tut… Here goes mine picture…
http://romanborodin.com/_temp/brnd.jpg
Mail me if you need psd or c4d… ;)
July 13th, 2009 at 12:05 pm -
WONDERFUL EFFECT
July 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm -
WONDERFUL EFFECT
did someone can me send c4d file..please?:)in this mail vaki_93@yahoo.com
July 28th, 2009 at 12:05 pm -
hey if u need a copy of cinema 4d… search piratebay.org :D
July 28th, 2009 at 11:23 pm -
It's called “practice”
August 20th, 2009 at 1:33 pm -
could someone tell me where i find the material editor that he uses about a quater of the way down cant fing it man
September 7th, 2009 at 11:16 pm -
how do you delete the background in ps?
October 9th, 2009 at 2:07 pm -
Excellent tutorial. I love C4D!
October 12th, 2009 at 8:01 pm -
Heres my design, tried to make it my own, and used 3D max not C4D
http://nawaz83.deviantart.com/art/Create-Expols...
October 19th, 2009 at 9:35 am -
torrents ftw
November 12th, 2009 at 6:36 pm -
Thanks for the tip. This is pretty awesome.
christian louboutin
November 30th, 2009 at 4:08 am -
or taringa lol
December 20th, 2009 at 10:42 am -
Great tutorial…thank you. Everything worked just the way you explained, well done.
To everyone who's looking for the artist to hold your hand and walk you through the EXACT process GROW UP! Be a little more curious and allow YOUR path towards and end result be different. Don't you realize that every single decision you make towards your end product will make your image unique? Why work so hard to duplicate something?
No doubt those who are looking for their image to look exactly like yours won't make it anyway.
January 7th, 2010 at 9:59 pm -
im very new to cinema 4d..lol very new……having trouble with exploding the text like in yr tutorial to put the individual letters on as it were different layers if i was in photoshop…..when i go down to the explode menu it isnt highlighting so i cant use it
January 16th, 2010 at 12:21 pm -
Hey dude great tutorial i also have a problem i done what i wanted in Cinema 4D but this step 'I selected the Alpha Channel, deleted the background and added a solid black background on a new layer below my collide artwork' :S im stuck i choose the Alpha Channel using Ctrl + Click then after the selection is done i press Ctrl + C then Ctrl + V and it just doesnt work :S and Handbags did you check out your Displacement Map maybe you got something wrong there ?
January 19th, 2010 at 5:26 pm -
:) ftw torrents
February 18th, 2010 at 4:16 am -
Wow…! great job pal !!!
February 22nd, 2010 at 3:20 pm -
GOOD TUTORIAL..BUT CAN SOMEONE POST A VIDEO FOR THIS AS I AM FACING PROBLEMS WITH EXTRUDING NURBS EACH LETTER!
February 24th, 2010 at 6:46 am -
I selected the Alpha Channel, deleted the background and added a solid black background on a new layer below my collide artwork.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:46 am -
I selected the Alpha Channel, deleted the background and added a solid black background on a new layer beloi dont understand that part pls helpw my collide artwork.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:47 am -
i rly didn't understand that part pls help
March 6th, 2010 at 1:53 pm -
Some sites don't always have the tutorials as complete as this and it ends up turning out poorly. This one, was great! It turned out perfect. Thanks for the help.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:25 am -
nice tut.Thanks for posting
March 21st, 2010 at 6:24 am -
I just greatly encouraged from your great tutorial…..
Thanks….
April 1st, 2010 at 4:15 pm -
i need c4d
help?
April 4th, 2010 at 5:41 am -
i know – this annoyed me
April 30th, 2010 at 6:05 pm -
Very cooooooool. Thanks!
May 5th, 2010 at 4:24 am -
Thanks for this nice work!
dizi izle
May 7th, 2010 at 2:57 am -
nice!!
May 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am -
Very good tutorial, but I'm stuck at the lightning part, how do you separate the lightning from the sky surrounding it? Can someone help me with this?
May 13th, 2010 at 2:03 pm -
HELP! the text won't reflect anything! after applying the materials, sky and light, my text won't reflect the sky like in the tut. there's just a dark gray colour to it.. PLEASE HELP ME! :( im fairly new to this
May 17th, 2010 at 3:31 am -
Please try to adjust color settings of illustartive typography
May 18th, 2010 at 1:04 am -
Great post!
dizi izle
May 21st, 2010 at 1:31 pm -
do a search for Maxon Cinema 4d Bro and you will find it
May 23rd, 2010 at 9:17 am -
wow…nice one…nice typography…thanks for sharing…awesome one dude…
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:17 pm -
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June 7th, 2010 at 6:16 pm -
C O O O L site, i have bookmarked it for future reference. Thanks!
June 7th, 2010 at 6:17 pm -
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
June 9th, 2010 at 4:01 am -
2 or 3 pictures are broken!!
June 12th, 2010 at 2:55 am -
Nice tutorial ! I like that.
June 21st, 2010 at 11:52 pm -
Nice tutorial.
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:23 am -
I like this tutorial.
June 22nd, 2010 at 12:26 am -
I like this tutorial.
July 1st, 2010 at 4:26 am -
yes me too
July 1st, 2010 at 9:22 pm -
very great explosive effect…
July 7th, 2010 at 5:19 am -
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July 11th, 2010 at 9:54 am -
like holywood effect
July 15th, 2010 at 4:22 pm -
Thanks
July 20th, 2010 at 10:45 am -
I cant explode the segments. Theres always something that doesnt work. haha Is there a step before that that isnt shown thats just assumed and I dont know it?
July 20th, 2010 at 10:50 am -
Nevermind, I figured it out. Didnt see the big giant pink arrow pointing to the button on the left. As usual, Im dumb.
July 30th, 2010 at 5:57 pm -
can someone help me
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August 1st, 2010 at 6:13 pm -
it is like real
August 26th, 2010 at 11:39 am -
WOW! great site. Very interesting images….
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August 28th, 2010 at 2:32 am -
me too，i just wanna make a video for my girlfiend. thx a lot.
August 30th, 2010 at 6:36 am -
Great post! I’ve bookmarked your blog. Best Regards!
August 31st, 2010 at 7:06 pm -
the final result text looks very different from the tutorial’s result at the bottom. are there any special plugins or features in mograph that you added to get it like the image at the top?