Cinema 4d tutorial world rotation news theme

Here's a Cinema 4D tutorial on creating a news theme with a world-rotating globe:

Tutorial: News Theme with World-Rotating Globe in Cinema 4D

Software: Cinema 4D R20 or later

Objective: Create a news theme with a world-rotating globe, complete with animated news tickers and a dynamic background.

Step 1: Setting up the Scene

  1. Create a new project in Cinema 4D and set the resolution to 1920x1080.
  2. Create a new sphere object and name it "Globe". This will be our world-rotating globe.
  3. Set the globe's scale to 1 and its position to (0, 0, 0).
  4. Create a new plane object and name it "Background". This will be our dynamic background.
  5. Set the background's scale to 1 and its position to (0, 0, -1000).

Step 2: Creating the Globe Animation

  1. Select the globe object and go to the "Animation" tab.
  2. Create a new animation by clicking on the "Create Animation" button.
  3. Set the animation duration to 60 seconds.
  4. In the "Animation" tab, set the "Rotation" to "World" and the "Axis" to "Z".
  5. Set the "Rotation Speed" to 1 and the "Rotation Axis" to "Z".
  6. Create a new keyframe at frame 0 and set the globe's rotation to (0, 0, 0).
  7. Create a new keyframe at frame 60 and set the globe's rotation to (360, 0, 0).

Step 3: Creating the News Tickers

  1. Create a new text object and name it "Ticker". This will be our news ticker.
  2. Set the ticker's scale to 0.1 and its position to (0, 0, 0).
  3. Create a new font and set the font size to 24.
  4. Type in some sample news text, such as "Breaking News: World Leaders Meet in Paris".
  5. Set the ticker's animation to "Loop" and the "Animation" tab to "World".
  6. Create a new keyframe at frame 0 and set the ticker's position to (0, 0, 0).
  7. Create a new keyframe at frame 60 and set the ticker's position to (0, 0, -100).

Step 4: Creating the Dynamic Background

  1. Select the background object and go to the "Material" tab.
  2. Create a new material and name it "Background Material".
  3. Set the material's color to a gradient of blues and whites.
  4. Create a new texture and name it "Background Texture".
  5. Set the texture's size to 1024x1024 and its resolution to 100.
  6. Create a new noise texture and set its frequency to 0.1 and its amplitude to 0.5.
  7. Add the noise texture to the background material.

Step 5: Final Touches

  1. Add some lighting to the scene by creating a new light object and setting its position to (0, 0, 1000).
  2. Add some shadows to the scene by enabling the "Shadows" option in the "Light" tab.
  3. Add some camera movements to the scene by creating a new camera object and setting its position to (0, 0, 0).
  4. Set the camera's animation to "Loop" and the "Animation" tab to "World".
  5. Create a new keyframe at frame 0 and set the camera's position to (0, 0, 0).
  6. Create a new keyframe at frame 60 and set the camera's position to (0, 0, -1000).

Step 6: Rendering

  1. Render the scene by clicking on the "Render" button.
  2. Set the render settings to "High Quality" and the "Resolution" to 1920x1080.
  3. Render the scene for 60 seconds.

Conclusion:

In this tutorial, we created a news theme with a world-rotating globe, complete with animated news tickers and a dynamic background. We used Cinema 4D's built-in tools and features to create a visually appealing and engaging animation. With some practice and experimentation, you can create your own unique news theme using this tutorial as a starting point.