Product Design
Cinema4D is used to create
some of the adverts that we watch everyday without us even knowing that it is
CGI as it is easy to create lifelike products with this software. Many
companies use this software to create adverts for their products as it is
convenient to do so. For example they can create models of cars and then show inside
views and put in fancy camera movements. Whereas if you did this with a real
car you wouldn’t be able to achieve the same effect. And this will also save
them money. A company that uses C4D to create their products is Dyson – the
hoover manufacturers. They will probably sketch out their ideas first then pull
up their plans in C4D so that they will have the sizes and shapes before they
actually make the product.
The above image was created in Cinema4D, as you can see it’s almost too clean and does have a fake look about it.
Animation
Animations can also be created in
Cinema4D, this can be anything from cameras to chocolate bars. By animation
said objects you can achieve such things like the Galaxy chocolate advert
featuring Audrey Hepburn. This advert was created with her face being ‘sewn’
onto someone else’s body. And they completed made her face with the use of
software like C4D.
TV
Cinema4D is used often in the TV
industry. They often use it to create adverts when they will only need it ones
and then they can update it for new things whenever they need too. An example
of this would this the following advert for MTVs EMAs. If they were to create
this is real life it would take forever and then they would only be able to use
it once, but with creating it this way, they are saving time and money. It also
looks quite realistic.
They also use C4D to create logos for
adverts too.
Film
The way that C4D is used in in film is
similar to TV except they can make hour long movies with it. An example of a
film that was created using C4D was The Polar Express with Tom Hanks. Even
though the people in this film look a bit plastic and cardboard like also their
skin is very smooth and not human like. It is one of the many films that has
been created with the software. It was released in 2004 and technology has
progressed far since it was released.
This saves a lot of time than if they
were creating a film with clay as they can create claymations in C4D. As it
takes months and months to film clay models it would save lots and lots of
time.
Web and Games
Most games are
created with the use of C4D or other software like it. Games such as Grand
Theft Auto was probably created with C4D, as it can be created to be precise
and realistic. It has the opportunities to make the materials and colors of
things to be extremely realistic. An advantage of creating games this way is
that they can plan out the whole layout of the entire game. They can also scale
the people to fit in the game to make sure that they are human like and not out
of proportion against the scenery. Also the SIMs was probably created with C4D too.
Education
Cinema4D can also be used for educational purposes. Children will be a hard audience to keep entertained as they will lose interest if the video is too hard or boring to follow. They would have to be colourful and have eye-catching characteristics for the children to be interested. This is an advantage as some people may find it easier to learn via videos and also less costly as people can upload videos to YouTube educating others instead of having to buy the resources such as books etc.
Architectural and Walk Through
Cinema4D is a massive help for architects as it helps with their designing of a project. With this they don't have to sit for hours on end to create sketches of how a room/building will look. It doesn't cost as much and they don't have to take a lot of equipment with them when they go to show a client. And if the client is not happy with what they have come up with in the first draft it is easy for the architect to change.
