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In Cinema 4D Ascent, you'll learn to master marketable 3D concepts in Cinema 4D from Maxon Certified Trainer, EJ Hassenfratz. Over the course of 12 weeks, this class will teach you the fundamental 3D concepts you need to know to create beautiful renders and tackle any task a studio or client might throw at you.
Mar 7, 2022
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1:00 pm
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April 3, 2022
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4:59 pm
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Registration is Open
Registration Closes
Apr 4, 2022
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1:00 pm
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3/7/2022 1:00 PM
4/3/2022 4:59 PM
4/4/2022 1:00 PM
"I actually booked my first 3D gig while I was working on the final assignment for this course. Even though I’m still fighting impostor syndrome, completing this course made me feel 1000x more confident in my 3D abilities!" - Dylan Blau, Fall 2020
EJ Hassenfratz is a multi-Emmy award winning Motion Design artist & tutorial artist based out of the Mile High city of Denver, CO. EJ comes from a family of designers. Both his father and uncle were Art Directors for broadcast news stations, where EJ cut his teeth in the industry. Inspired by his wife who teaches special-needs children, he started Eyedesyn, a motion design blog to give back to the community that helped him be successful in the field of Motion Design. He’s been fortunate to work with clients like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Coca-Cola, Nike, ESPN, and the NHL’s Washington Capitals.
Meet your classmates, get comfy with the course format, and learn some cool modeling techniques and tools. You'll also have a challenge to complete, if you're up to it.
Apr 4
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1 Projects
Get a crash course in universal render concepts utilizing Physical Render, Redshift Render, plus Octane Render from the Octane Master himself, David Ariew. Gain a full understanding of why 3rd party rendering is the industry standard.
Apr 11
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2 Projects
We'll get an introduction to Redshift node materials and methods of creating 2D style renders using Redshift. You should be feeling comfortable using Redshift and building up material node trees by the end of this week.
Apr 18
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2 Projects
It's time for your first Focus Week, a reprieve from new lessons to catch up on coursework. You'll also get another visit from David Ariew, who will walk you through Octane materials.
Apr 25
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2 Projects
Ready to dive into more advanced topics? This week we'll be exploring how you can utilize MoGraph, Cloners, Fields, and Vertex maps in advanced ways to streamline and enhance animation workflows.
May 2
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2 Projects
It's time to puThis week is all about dynamics. First you'll take a look at Rigid Body Dynamics, animate a wicked cool Rube Goldberg Machine, and then bounce your way into Soft Body Dynamics. It's gonna be a cool one!
May 9
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2 Projects
This week is another Focus Week, giving you time to catch up if you need it. You'll also learn about X-Particles from the talented, experienced Andy Needham.
May 16
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0 Projects
This week we climb even higher into advanced animation and rigging techniques. You'll get an introduction to IK/FK, constraints, rigging simple characters, and much more. It's. Gonna. Be. FUN!
May 23
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2 Projects
This week we climb even higher into advanced animation and rigging techniques. You'll get an introduction to IK/FK, constraints, rigging simple characters, and much more. It's. Gonna. Be. FUN!
May 30
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2 Projects
The final 3 weeks of class are Extended Critique. You can use this time to catch up, complete your final project, then turn it in for critique.
Jun 6
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0 Projects
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Nope, it turns out most of the students have their own licenses to use, so we are no longer offering complimentary licenses for this course. If you don’t have your own license yet, you can check out the Maxon requirements page to see which version is right for your computer, and choose the monthly subscription that best fits your needs. This course is three months long, so you’ll want it for at least that long to participate.
If you have a year or two of using Cinema 4D under your belt and feel comfortable in 3D, you will be ready to take this course!
Cinema 4D
Students are expected to use the Cinema 4D software.
Windows: Windows 10 64-bit on Intel or AMD 64-bit CPU with SSE3 support
MacOS: 10.13.6 or higher with 64-bit CPU running on Intel-based Apple Macintosh
To run future releases of Cinema 4D on Mac, you’ll need macOS 10.14.6 or higher on an Intel-based Apple Macintosh or Apple M1-powered Mac. macOS 10.15.7 is recommended due to a number of Metal enhancements which will improve the performance, stability and interaction with the viewport.
We recommend updating to macOS 10.15. There are a number of enhancements to Metal in the latest macOS which will improve the performance, stability and interaction with the viewport.
Linux: CentOS 7, 64bit. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 64bit
Yes, we are!
Yes! Software and hardware considerations is a big key for this course as it utilizes software that cannot be run without certain hardware. As of right now, if you are on a Mac you must either have a Thunderbolt eGPU solution or have a newer Mac with a Navi or Vega AMD GPU or later to use Redshift or Octane Render (which only runs on NVidia GPUs) which are taught and used fairly heavily in the course. While students can go through all of the teaching material (only half of week 1 and week 2 are focused heavily on the renderers), the project files will be textured using Redshift and Octane render.
You can use another render engine other than Redshift or Octane, but you will need to be fairly self sufficient in those engines because we do not have content specifically tailored for them.
The lessons that address render engines at a feature set level are in Redshift and Octane.
There are only a few feature specific lessons that pertain to Redshift and Octane, and most of the course will focus on concepts that can be applied universally to other render engines.
Students using other render engines will need to do their own research on how to translate those concepts on a technical level. You will also need to retexture any project files included in the course to be used in the render engine of their choice.
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