Welcome to this course on Creating a Cityscape Using Cinema 4D + Photoshop.

In this series of lessons we will cover a lot of topics to give you a solid understanding of the entire architectural visualization workflow including:

01. The creative and technical steps involved with 3D modeling the architecture.

• Polygon modeling and the make editable function

• Creating extrusions for the window frames and glass

• Store selections and apply multiple materials to geometry

• Texturing using Cinema 4D's procedural materials

• Duplicating geometry using the MoGraph cloner and array object

• Using deformers to modify the shape of each building

  
  

02. Creating the city blocks

• Render instances and tips for improving CPU performance

• Adding entourage (people, cars, trees, street light, etc) to populate the scene

• The differences between a 3D tree and a cutout and discussion on how these impact performance

• Locating and downloading free content within Cinema 4D's asset browser

• Web links to external free 3D model resources

• Camera views and compositional techniques including the rule of thirds and framing the image

03. Texturing the street with Adobe Photoshop

• Painting Techniques

• Layer Masks

• File Organization

• Importing custom brushes

• File preparation

  
  

04. Explore 3 different light set-ups

• HDRI image with infinite light and fill light

• Physical Sky

• Nighttime scene including use of atmospheric fog effects

05. Rendering and optimization for faster render times.

• Render Optimization

• Render Settings

• Object Buffers

  
  

06. Post-Production Techniques in Adobe Photoshop

• File Organization

• Channels and Selections

• Masking

• Adjustment Layers

• Glows, Sharpening, and Depth of Field

• Final Output