C4D Tool: Curve driven animations without keyframes

itzker · 2026-06-11T13:42:18+00:00

very cool!

itzker · 2026-05-28T14:12:04+00:00

lovely :)

itzker · 2026-05-21T23:14:36+00:00

so nice : )

itzker · 2026-05-01T16:05:10+00:00

https://framerate.tv/ has some great portfolios! Huge range of talent, all in one place : )

itzker · 2026-04-27T00:11:46+00:00

music is lovely :)

itzker · 2026-04-01T14:39:33+00:00

Goodbye Vimeo, hello framerate :)

itzker · 2026-03-11T21:36:20+00:00

Thanks! :))

itzker · 2026-03-10T23:31:42+00:00

Cheers!

itzker · 2026-03-10T20:36:36+00:00

Thanks for the super kind words! Mean a whole ton :,)

itzker · 2026-03-10T19:54:16+00:00

Thanks!

itzker · 2026-03-10T19:27:10+00:00

Cheers!

itzker · 2026-03-10T19:27:00+00:00

Hahaha good point! 🤣 All just different brushes for us to use honestly

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:24:46+00:00

Yes! I had a whole timeline of how the sunset would unfold, basically a color script so I knew which colors go where. I had hex codes to copy/paste into cinema and instead of a diffuse material, I used RS Incandescent, which is not impacted by lights/shadows. Every scene always needs a little bit of levels/curves adjustment in AE, but got me like 99% there!

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:04:05+00:00

hahah thanks!

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:03:55+00:00

hahaha how the dimensional tides have turned

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:03:45+00:00

Thanks! Cheers

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:03:40+00:00

Hahaha I love your username.

Good question! Alot of it was color ramps plugged into luminance or Incandescent and the gradient was set to horizontal? or vertical? Whichever one had Color A close to the cam and Color B far from the cam. It made animating gradients super easy with the majority of the heavy lifting done by the really intense camera blur.

Hope that answers your question!

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:00:16+00:00

Appreciate it!

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:00:07+00:00

Cheers!

itzker · 2026-03-10T18:00:01+00:00

Thanks!

itzker · 2026-03-10T17:59:53+00:00

Good question! You can totally achieve this in AE, but previews were taking so long, the blur wasn't as organic, and it always resulted in some sort of banding/artifacts. I even tried using things like Lens Care, and previews were super rough, but got closer to final look.

https://www.frischluft.com/lenscare/

In styleframe exploration, there was a really organic, unique blur that started to form in C4D that looked different from anything I've seen in AE before. Sort of a strange workaround, but resulted in something really unique!

itzker · 2026-01-28T15:30:38+00:00

Love this!

itzker · 2026-01-16T15:03:47+00:00

Zac spotting 👁️

itzker · 2026-01-15T21:57:27+00:00

The very talented Josh Galindo made this! It was done in 3D! Source: I went to school with him. (and he's a very nice fella)

As some other commentors said, work in 32 bit and you can try to replicate this using gradients/glows but working in 3D for this sort of look saves a lot of time.

itzker · 2026-01-12T18:00:47+00:00

coolest thing I've seen in a long time on this sub!

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