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Floating In Space

The astronaut on the glowing ocean, start to finish. Ocean simulation, rigging a character in Mixamo, Redshift materials for water and nebulae, then compositing the passes in After Effects.

37 lessons 3h 26m 3 modules Cinema 4D

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The astronaut piece, built from an empty scene. The ocean is simulated first, then a character is found and rigged in Mixamo, brought in, and timed against the water. The Redshift half is the longest stretch: the refractive water, the astronaut’s textures and visor, the nebulae and galaxies behind, the lighting, the camera tag and the final render settings.

It finishes in After Effects – importing the passes, using the depth pass as fog, colour, and the export settings I use for YouTube and Instagram. You need Cinema 4D, Redshift and After Effects; a free Mixamo account covers the character.

What is in it

Building the scene in Cinema 4D 16 lessons · 1h 38m

  1. 01 Intro Free 2:10
  2. 02 Installing Plugins 7:56
  3. 03 Overview, Layers, Final Look Free 5:26
  4. 04 Making The Ocean Sim 12:42
  5. 05 Adding Detail To Ocean Sim 1:31
  6. 06 Making Preview Renders 4:05
  7. 07 Finding A Character 4:08
  8. 08 Rigging With Mixamo 3:58
  9. 09 Import Character & Scale 8:51
  10. 10 Character Timing & Keyframes 3:25
  11. 11 Refractive Water Material 6:52
  12. 12 Attaching Character To Ocean 7:20
  13. 13 Camera Animation 9:53
  14. 14 Adjust Character Arms 8:01
  15. 15 Other Ocean Layers 10:31
  16. 16 Outro Free 1:18

Compositing in After Effects 6 lessons · 26m

  1. 17 After Effects 01 Import And Color Management 4:46
  2. 18 After Effects 02 Compositing And Color Adjustments 5:44
  3. 19 After Effects 03 Using Depth Pass As Fog 7:12
  4. 20 After Effects 04a Export From After Effects 2:24
  5. 21 After Effects 04b Editing In Premiere Pro, Proxies 4:03
  6. 22 After Effects 04c Best YouTube And Instagram Settings 2:17

Lighting & rendering in Redshift 15 lessons · 1h 21m

  1. 23 Redshift 01 Basic Nebula Material 5:44
  2. 24 Redshift 02 Basic Render Settings 9:08
  3. 25 Redshift 03 Main Nebula Material Continued 6:01
  4. 26 Redshift 04 Astronaut Image Textures 7:28
  5. 27 Redshift 05 Normal Maps & Bump 4:15
  6. 28 Redshift 06 Copying Materials 1:32
  7. 29 Redshift 07 Visor Material 1:36
  8. 30 Redshift 08b Large Water Layer 6:51
  9. 31 Redshift 09 Cleaning Up The Render 3:24
  10. 32 Redshift 10 Background Glowing Nebulas and Galaxies 8:24
  11. 33 Redshift 11 Lighting Copy 11:05
  12. 34 Redshift 12 Camera Tag 6:30
  13. 35 Redshift 13a Final Render Settings 4:56
  14. 36 Redshift 13b Redshift Denoising 2:34
  15. 37 Redshift 14 Final Output From Cinema 4D 2:01