Cinema 4D Tutorial - 7 Ways to Speed Up Your Animation Workflow

[@DennisLieu]

Loving your tutorials so far. Please keep at it!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks brother!

[@igortsukrenko7465]

You have talent not only in CG, but also in explanation good things to other people Thanks you alot!

[@eyedesyn]

Игорь Ц Thanks very much!

[@2blacksanta]

Nice tuts. one issue thou. At 10:35, My c4d doesn't show the merged one position graph in F-curve mode like yours but showing each individual three X Y Z position graphes. My c4d is S22. Any solutions on this?

[@drewjackson3858]

OMG did your animation videos make me happy. There are so few intermediate/advanced tutorials dealing with the animation layout. And the ones out there tend to focus on really really specific things or just 'pull a Lynda' and just introduce you to the tools. There's plenty that tell you, for example, what F curves are but few that give you help with F curve workflows. Same with Motion Clips. etc... But I'll tell you my biggest frustration. Clicking and nothing happening. Things that should work but don't because I didn't click this little tiny control or that. Like creating a new animation layer or using Ripple. Simple stuff that has a few arcane twists in the workflow. That's like 90 percent of my time in this layout. Often the controls require certain things to be done before they work. And often (present company excluded) tutorials gloss over those steps so I'm like, 'noooooooooooooo-wa'. That's why your video made me so happy. You focused on the process instead of an end result like 'making a cloud vortex in Mograph' or whatever. That kinda doesn't make sense but you know what I mean. I would build a digital monument to the tutorial person who could just show from beginning to end how to for example, move an entire timeline to adjust perfectly to the floor (which I now know how to do but sheesh was it hard to find stuff on that). I want to understand what I should do to approach different tasks. How should I prepare for say adjusting a hand motion in a timeline that's already been keyed. I can adjust one key like a champion. It's all the keys after it where I have a problem. I'd love to see one of the GSG jedi just sit down and just focus on how to set up work for a bunch of different types of projects. Group and categorize workflows so I have an idea how to prepare and what needs to be done before I can do what I want to do. In other words, a generalized intermediate or advanced level animation layout tutorial. You know, basically what you did with gimbals. People around me say I'm heroic for learning animation on my own using only tutorials. And normally I just accept the praise while secretly thinking, 'it's really not that hard.' In sculpting and Uv-ing and rigging there's plenty of intermediate and advanced guidance. But in a few places, like the animation layout, I'm a hero getting his butt kicked.

[@eyedesyn]

Hey Andrew! Thank you so very much for such a kind comment and sharing your experiences! I really like to focus on giving the viewer a deeper understanding of whats going on vs. "here's how to do this very specific thing by pressing these buttons" so I appreciate you enjoying it! And I feel like now there are so many people learning via tutorials, it's no longer taboo. Heck, I get emails from students at design schools who let me know that -I'm- teaching them more than their instructors are and I'm teaching for free vs. whatever that school is charging in tuition... Anyways, happy to help and thanks again for the kind comment! Keep learning!

[@orafacezar]

This video is GOLD!

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks so much, glad you still find use from this!!!!

[@zacanowski]

AWESOME tutorial, answered a lot of important questions and added things I didn't know were there, thanks EJ!

[@kalban112]

finally, you are lifesaver, thx

[@eyedesyn]

Glad you found this helpful!!

[@lululululu7198]

I have one question. Sometimes is i set a keyframe, it doesn`t change from the previous keyframe but from the beginning on, for example in a walkcycle if i put one leg up front it doesn`t start moving after the last keyframe but from the beginning and i dont know how to fix it. Pls help

[@eyedesyn]

might not be placing the keyframe on the right object it sounds!

[@Brandonbraun]

Extremely helpful thank you! 1 and 2 keys are so helpful. Same as the 3D viewport. Can't believe I didnt try it lol.

[@wadjannah]

Thanks ... please answer me.. is there any methods to work with velocity graph instead of position graph ? .. just like after effects...

[@eyedesyn]

if you go to F>Curves dropdown and activate ' Show Velocity;

[@2blacksanta]

@@eyedesyn I have a same issue. 'Show velocity' is just literally to show the velocity, NOT to be able to modify the velocity graph.

[@User-pq2yn]

Good tutorial! How to switch from value graph mode to speed gaph mode, like in After Effects?

[@eyedesyn]

You can only view the speed graph, you cant edit it! Go to F-Curv > Show Velocity in the timeline

[@User-pq2yn]

@@eyedesyn Many thanks! I hope Maxon will add this feature in the next version.

[@robertcramer5890]

Thanks for taking the time!

[@eyedesyn]

Thank you for taking the time!

[@mannafahmed7419]

Super Cool

[@tkuki5387]

need help: when i try to move the green cursor in the timeline it doesn't move but the timeline zoom in D:

[@riyotsu837]

I can't have more than 90f timeline why is that? i want longer animation , even if i stretch timeline, my video loops 90F only let me know how do i increase duration of that Thank You!

[@eyedesyn]

You can go to your project settings and change the duration of your project timeline

[@Franklin-ch2vw]

Can someone help me PLEASE when I try to move something like the word it moves the time line instead my skype is cmgalik

[@andrearodriguez1839]

hi! do you know how can i make the start of a smoke animation made with turbulance before the start of the timeline or with smoke outside the object of origin since the beginning? i tried to use a negative in the box from frame numer but it will put always a 0 minim, thankss!

[@eyedesyn]

Hi! You're talking about TurbulenceFD? I've never used it so unfortunately can't offer any advice there!

[@jeffreybarruga257]

Thank you!

[@RaymondReise]

despite this great tutorial, I have not figured out how to make my keyframed noise shader to show up on the time line, basically nothing shows at all. But I realized my timeline does nor show the KEY MODE version in my r17 shows as DOPE SHEET, basically looks the same, but is doing a terrible job since I can not see my keyframed parameters, I tried all the show options and played with all the hide options mentioned in this tut but with no luck, any help please???

[@RaymondReise]

(PROBLEM SOLVED) If anyone has the same issue, the problem was a corrupt cinema 4D file, just copy and paste all your elements into a new project and it should work, I just moved all my objects to a new file and the timeline worked to perfection. hope it helps for anyone !

[@Dwiki_RP]

THANKS MANNN, I REALLY CONFUSE ABOUT THIS MATTER

[@ClevelandSGS]

Thank you, very helpful

[@eyedesyn]

Thanks man!!

[@Rodgleztube]

I can not see my keyframes ... why? In the left say "dope sheet"

[@eyedesyn]

In the dope sheet go to "Bookmarks" dropdown menu and choose Default Bookmark or go to View> Show Animated

[@Brandonbraun]

@@eyedesyn thank you! dope sheet wasnt showing all my animation information for some reason. that fixed it!

[@Igrbessonov]

Thank you a lot! :)

[@eyedesyn]

Youre welcome a lot! :)

[@joshblake]

Very helpful, thank you! :)

[@limbo.media_]

Capo total, Gracias

[@andinho1ide]

Exelente instruction !!!

[@brucerobertson9489]

Thank you.

[@eyedesyn]

You bet! Thanks for watching, Bruce!

[@sersh9313]

Nice

[@romangulyaev2383]

Timecodes, please

[@ErdoVEVO]

thx, very helpfull (y)

[@gallidiego]

Tranks!! a lot!

[@ro-animation]

Boom! You just saved me 700 dollars of payed tutorial. If you do this for 50 i'll pay for sure!

[@eyedesyn]

Woo hoo! Hey, you can always donate some beer money to me! ;)

[@TheShiftCreations]

I like show animated off all the time,.... lolz

[@GamingWithQwekk]

tyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@eyedesyn]

You bet!