Modeling Logos and such for flythroughs

[jimzepellin]

If the logo are just 2d shapes that you want to turn into 3D then using paths and exporting the files as Illustrator 8 files. then just open them in C4D and place the spline under an extrude nurbs.
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[Skettalee]

I remember when he did that in the tutorial. But not all of what I will be putting in is just 2d shapes really. I know that the other images are hard. You know what, might as well just start with the 2d shapes.

Isn't there something like maybe adding a plance and standing it up and projecting that image on there, that might work? I just thought of that too.. haha. I got something I can try what you told me on, ill go do that and let you see a before and after. Thanks man!

Any other ways you could do this?


PS: Thanks for the link. Free is alot better.... Plus my budget for my own studio is low now anyway. I cant afford to buy anything else. Got that Adobe Video Suite... ohhh.. cant wait till Photoshop CS3!

[jimzepellin]

Sorry I missed out a bit If you want to add reference images to the view port just goto the view port edit menu/Configure then select the Back tag. In there you can import an image an dmove it about to suit. There a new tutorial on this subject at c4dcafe.

[Skettalee]

Yes, I actually noticed it. I did the paths but decided to just use the back image, this is how far I am so far :

Original Logo :
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/825/beautylogojo8.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beautylogojo8.jpg)

My CG Image :
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/265/beautylogo3dmd5.th.jpg (http://img293.imageshack.us/my.php?image=beautylogo3dmd5.jpg)


Anyone have anything to add about what I should do about getting this to look good.

Things im thinking of doing is having it all coming together and hammering on the metal or something, i dont know i got alot of ideas.

But, thank you so much so far I feel that I am coming along and finally got something accomplished.

[Skettalee]

Got another question about this, I got the hammer and I want the actual metal part (hammering part) to be thicker like there is actually wood going through it but I just turned a spline into an extrude nurbs and dont know how to select just that part and manipulate it much less put different materials on both parts. How do I make that?

[jimzepellin]

You need to make the Extrude nurbs editable. Just select the Extrude nurbs and press the c key. Now you can do a knife cut across the top of the handle, select the polygons on the front of the hammer head and extrude.
Materials. select the polygons then Selection/Set selection. You can now drag the selection tag into the Selection box of the material tag.

[mikeh64]

just a few thoughts...

Yes, 3D is pretty hard. You need to understand alot of different tools, techniques, concepts, etc., just to make a single image. You also need to understand how Photoshop, Illustrator, and other peices of software play an important role in working in 3D. It takes time, practice, patience, and good learning materials to successfully use 3D.

I think you might be rushing, and thus hitting walls...take you time, go slow, you can get it.

As far as the Linda training goes....it is not the best learning tool for C4D, so don't think that just because you watched it you should know what you are doing. It has some good info to help understand the big picture of C4D, but you need ALOT more than that to really get a base understanding started.

Check out cineversity, c4dportal and c4dcafe for alot of free tutorials.

[3DBond]

As far as the Linda training goes....it is not the best learning tool for C4D... [edit by dbond] Check out cineversity, c4dportal and c4dcafe for alot of free tutorials. Could not agree more with this. I'm no expert in C4D, but after watching vol. 1-3 of 3DFluff (highly recommended), watching the Lynda.com videos was verging on painful.

I personally started out with Anne Powers book, but it's pretty out of date now (R8.5). She's currently updating it. You could check out Arndt von Koenigsmarck's book on Amazon. I haven't gone through it thoroughly yet, but it looks to be an outstanding resource.

[Skettalee]

Thank you guys for the tips! I will go get that book right there for sure! I feel that I am slowly getting it. Im taking my time more. Look what I made today with the logo:

http://www.damienbenoit.com/blog/?p=395

Tell me what you think of that? I know I want to put more detail into it later!

[metagrey]

Got another question about this, I got the hammer and I want the actual metal part (hammering part) to be thicker like there is actually wood going through it but I just turned a spline into an extrude nurbs and dont know how to select just that part and manipulate it much less put different materials on both parts. How do I make that?

If it hasn't already been suggested, I would advise making the hammer as two separate parts; the handle and the head. That would make modelling them and texturing them much simpler.

cheers

[Skettalee]

Yes, thats my next step. Its just hard for me to get it right. Its just a spline with an extended nurb so there is no real back its like a front with fake sides and back. right?

[vid2k2]

With some research, I found the hammer you used
in your logo. That can be modeled easily. Just take
each part at a time.

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After modeling, lighting and texturing makes all the difference.

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