Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Mar 31, 2009 at 11:21:00 am
I heard the CMiVFX one is not very good and actually doesn't have a lot of Projection Man. It seems they started making it before Projection Man was released and then just threw in some Projection Man later on before they released it. This is what I heard. Have you watched it?
The Cineversity seems like a good source but I find their sign up fee ridiculous compared to other sites. Besides all I want to learn is Projection Man, not animation and the whole Cinema 4D, so paying that much for just Projection Man doesn't seem like a good idea. I would rather give that money to somebody for a live class.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by randy johnson on Mar 31, 2009 at 11:30:44 am
The cineversity ones I linked are free. I have not seen the cmi one... I have four or five of their other tutorials and they are extremely well done.
/Randy
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Mar 31, 2009 at 11:56:40 am
They don't seem to be all free. The ones with a red square and a M inside are for paying members only it seems as I can't click them to watch. Unless I'm doing something wrong. I even registered for a free account and still can't watch them.
There are only 3 Projection Man free ones and I had seen them already but they are almost just demos, not much teaching. But thanks anyways for trying to help.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Morten Eriksen on Mar 31, 2009 at 4:38:53 pm
I'm almost through the CMIVFX tutorial Matte Painting and I think its very good. There are a lot of other things than projection man - but the chapter about it is excellent!!
Also I've tried this tut from Janine Pauke about camera mapping :
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Mar 31, 2009 at 6:15:29 pm
Thanks for the info. There's just one chapter about projection man? How long is it? Is it enough to learn how to do 3D matte painting with projection man?
But I just heard another turn down about cmivfx. I heard you don't get a actually DVD and you can only watch it online, not even download it. I mean you pay for it and you don't own it? What happen to people who's on slower connection or if you need the tutorials when you're out on your laptop? This is very bad if indeed true.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Apr 1, 2009 at 7:22:31 am
I also wanted to ask if the chapter about project Man is a step by step tutorial from start to a finished 3D matte painting or camera projection? Thanks again.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by randy johnson on Apr 1, 2009 at 7:50:13 am
One chapter and its about 40 minutes. Is it enough to learn it... I didnt have a problem. Its pretty good.
No download only streaming. Its not bad though I have a medium connection at home and I dont have any problems streaming. The whole tutorial is like 4 hours.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Morten Eriksen on Apr 1, 2009 at 9:44:09 am
Yes CMI is online only - the thing I like with this tut is that we follow a realworld project with the problems that might arise in the real world and follow the thoughtprocess to get around them e.g. what to do with distorted perspective etc. This also goes for the ProjectionMan chapter.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Apr 1, 2009 at 11:47:20 am
Thanks guys. So it's enough to learn even for somebody new to C4D?
Also, is the projection man chapter's project a moving 3D matte painting?
I was talking to somebody who told me the chapter in Lynda.com's C4D R10 tutorial dedicated to camera projection teaches you how to add two 3D cubes to a still picture. If that's true, pretty useless camera projection chapter if you ask me.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Apr 1, 2009 at 3:15:05 pm
Well, excuse me if I'm being too fresh here and I don't mean to be rude or to flame and I certainly appreciate all and any input, but I don't like to blindly spend my hard earned money. The cmivfx site is very basic and gives very little info about the tutorial contents besides a title and a short description. Almost as if they are trying to hide something. All the other sites like Lynda and Gnomon workshop for example give a full list of chapters, duration of each DVd etc so you can have an idea of what you're spending your money on and if the content is what you are looking for. Besides that, the fact cmivfx old DVDs don't have a very good reputation with reviews mentioning rushed through tutorials, superficial content and foreign instructors with hard to understand accents don't really inspire confidence to buy blindly.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Morten Eriksen on Apr 1, 2009 at 2:45:08 pm
I would recommend getting some practice and a feel for C4D before the tutorial but you don't have to be ILM material for sure ;-)
The tut is about making a camera move through a car window and into an alley made with PSD layers projected on the walls and on some simple 3D details like a policetap, lamps and details one the buildings.
Re: Are there any Projection Man tutorials online? by Adam Claude Jones on Apr 1, 2009 at 3:19:40 pm
[Morten Eriksen ]"The tut is about making a camera move through a car window and into an alley made with PSD layers projected on the walls and on some simple 3D details like a policetap, lamps and details one the buildings. "
That sounds very interesting. :) I think I'm getting it.
All done only with the PSD layers (stills), no video footage involved?
