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Fire and Smoke VFX for a Commercial & R&D

Josh — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 21:26:08 +0000

I created all of the VFX for this spot on a pretty quick timeline. I also Supervised the shoot and created some basic previs from set measurements. We had some practical fire on set but it wasn’t enough so I added digital fire with TFD and also had the DP shoot some practical elements for me to layer in as well.

Here is some R&D I was doing with TFD and X-Particles.

SIGGRAPH Render

Josh — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:30:51 +0000

This was one of the projects I talked about during my SIGGRAPH presentation for MAXON. This is a shot I created while beta testing R14. I used the new camera calibration tag, motion camera, normalizer shader and aerodynamics. I also modeled and textured (bodypaint) a trashcan for the scene and rendered some TFD dust coming out of it. Also, you can find a similar project I made in the R14 Content Browser.

SIGGRAPH 2012!!

Josh — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:03:45 +0000

I’ll be presenting at MAXON’s booth this year come check it out!! If you can’t make it in person be sure to check out the live stream on C4DLive ! I’ll be showing off some of the cool new features in Cinema 4D R14 such as the amazingly powerful Postion Pass, Camera Calibration tool and Aerodynamics.

The Can Crush – Cinema 4D

Josh — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:11:42 +0000

Here’s a test I made using Projection Man to aid in camera mapping, pose morph, dynamics and the new Physical Renderer including DOF and Motion Blur.

Featured in MAXON’s 2011 Demo Reel & Article on My Work.

Josh — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:55:16 +0000

Just wanted to share the cool news. Some of my work can bee seen on MAXON’s brand new 2011 Demo Reel. The reel is chock-full of amazing work. I highly recommend checking it out! Also, Renderosity posted an article about me and a spot I worked on. You can find the article here.

Tutorial 05: C4D Multi-Pass Rendering/Compositing and Shadow Catching.

Josh — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:17:03 +0000

Hey everyone, here’s a tutorial I made that explains my multi-pass workflow in Cinema 4D to After Effects. Namely, my focus was to show how to set up your C4D scene to catch shadows properly on live action footage or a photograph in one render. I’ve had a lot of questions how to do this so I hope this is helpful for some.

Often you will here C4D users ask if there is something similar to 3DS MAX’s “Shadow Matte” material. The answer is yes and you don’t need a plug-in like “Shadowcatcher” to achieve this. You can do this natively in Cinema 4D. Not only do I show you how to set the material up I made a content browser preset ready for download. Cleverly named “Shadow Matte”.

Download it here. Install it in Cinema 4D > library > browser.

Just wanted to point out there are other ways to do this. A common method is to make two renders. One of those being a shadow pass but I show you how to do it all in one render with mulit-pass control. Something I’ve seen a lot of people struggle with.

FYI, this method doesn’t work with the Physical Renderer in R13 but in my opinion it should as it uses built-in tools and no post effects. I contacted MAXON about this is so hopefully it gets fixed in the near future. In case you were wondering the shadowcatcher plug-in doesn’t work with the Physical Renderer either.

C4D: Turbulence FD Cloud Render & File

Josh — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:20:11 +0000

Sorry for the lack of updates I’ve been crazy busy at work. I’ve been working a lot with TFD for a client which brought me to this render and file to share. My second attempt at making a cloud in C4D with Turbulence FD. It’s getting there but still needs work. It’s a pretty simple setup. Hope to have some new tutorials soon .

SynthEyes Quick Tip: Manual Scene Orientation

Josh — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:28:53 +0000

Just a quick demonstration for a member over at c4dcafe. How to manually adjust your Coordinate Systems after you solved with the 3 point system.

Link to old SynthEyes axis tutorial.

Turbulence FD R&D

Josh — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:10:06 +0000

Just wanted to share some of my R&D testing of Turbulence FD. It’s a gaseous fluids plug-in for Cinema 4D. Similar to the 3DS Max plug-in, Fumefx. It’s a lot of fun and quite powerful. Site to buy Turbulence FD.

Few tests. First up is a matchmoving test where I added fire and smoke using Turbulence FD (TFD) and the second is a camera mapped photo using Projection Man inside of Cinema 4D then of course using TFD to create the explosion.

New VFX Cineversity Class

Josh — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:51:27 +0000

I have a new class over at Cineversity. I show you a few ways you can use matchmoving data from SynthEyes with Cinema 4D and Projection Man. Programs covered in the class: SynthEyes, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Nuke and Photoshop. link

Here’s one of the effects I teach. Also, I show another way to use the 3D tracking data with camera mapping to remove a car from live action footage.