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Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Inception v1

Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Inception v1

on Jan 4th 2011 with 48 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Requirements: Cinema 4D and After Effects
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Run Time: 57:50min
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This entry is part 1 of 30 in the series Hollywood Movie Titles

Hollywood Movie Titles

Continuing our Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series, today’s tutorial will explain how to make the “Inception” flying logo style, using Cinema 4D 11.5 and After Effects. In Cinema, we’ll be modeling a maze logo, then using Mograph module (Cinema 4D 11.5 v.), we add the buildings inside of the labyrinth scene. We’ll follow in After Effects putting together the final composition.

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Discussion 48 Comments

  1. Benny W says:
    January 4, 2011 at 7:39 am

    Nice result mate ;)

    Reply
  2. Ruben S says:
    January 4, 2011 at 7:54 am

    Nice one!
    I have built the Inception v2 in just After Effects.
    You may get it from videohive :) http://videohive.net/item/awalled/137407

    Reply
    • Antonio Cerri says:
      January 4, 2011 at 1:33 pm
      Author

      Nice.
      I continue the Hollywood series, with the tutorial on Inception V2 in Cinema 4d and AE, to obtain details of the logo the original version. ;)
      Follow me!

      Reply
      • Adr says:
        January 12, 2011 at 10:05 am

        Hey these tutorials are absolutley amazing in every sense, but the syntetic voice is soo annyoing and harsh to listen to over time, could you somehow please use your own voice, or find an alternative solution :) Would be greatly appreciated, in addition to improving the quality of your tutorials :D

        -A

      • Jefferson Prince says:
        January 26, 2011 at 2:43 pm

        When I do all the steps you tell me to do in the video, my 1 doesnt look like yours, It shows the outline in 3D when i add the Extrude, can you tell me what i’m doing wrong or if it’s a problem with the file, i’m making the exact thing from scratch with the file you gave me.

  3. Henry Jacobs says:
    January 4, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Really annoying that you have to pay for the stupid text and stuff…..

    Reply
  4. M.Puvan says:
    January 4, 2011 at 8:10 am

    each and every day i login to this site just to see if this tutorial been released….u r awesome men….keep it up….good work ;)…downloading the tut right now ;)

    Reply
  5. shuvra says:
    January 4, 2011 at 8:13 am

    thanks Antonio , You Rocks

    Reply
  6. ashcat says:
    January 4, 2011 at 8:39 am

    Cool i was looking for something like this :-3

    Reply
  7. Majorek says:
    January 4, 2011 at 9:05 am

    Great !!! Thanks a lot! I’m waiting for that

    Reply
  8. Alex says:
    January 4, 2011 at 9:36 am

    Great Tutorial.. however, i hate that computer voice.. -.-

    Reply
  9. mike says:
    January 4, 2011 at 9:46 am

    wow, so awesome
    thank you Antonio Cerri for the tut ;)

    Reply
  10. Rafael Braga says:
    January 4, 2011 at 9:54 am

    Really cool. =)

    Reply
  11. 5p1r17 says:
    January 4, 2011 at 10:38 am

    Too fast animation and too many reflections. And on 9-th second I see a clearly visible transition.
    Overall is nice, but little bit unfinished….

    Reply
  12. 5p1r17 says:
    January 4, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Too fast animation and too many reflections. And on 9-th second I see a clearly visible transition.
    Overall is nice, but little bit unfinished

    Reply
  13. Justin says:
    January 4, 2011 at 10:57 am

    Sweet!!!! Can’t wait to do this one. Thanks!!!

    Reply
  14. kyle byrne says:
    January 4, 2011 at 11:02 am

    oh so now stephen hawkings knows after effects as well?

    Reply
  15. Matt8teen says:
    January 4, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Nice 1

    Reply
  16. valvicto4 says:
    January 4, 2011 at 12:53 pm

    amazing.
    I’m watching

    Reply
  17. Gaby says:
    January 4, 2011 at 2:19 pm

    Too bad I don’t have a 3d program right now, but I can’t wait to see the tehnique on v2.

    Reply
  18. Antwan says:
    January 4, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    I know its hard to make the final result in the tutorial close to the actual preview that you submitted for review, but damn it THE WHOLE CITY PART is missing and thats what I wanted to see!

    Reply
  19. Mohamed Zakzouk says:
    January 4, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    very nice tut
    watch my version 1 for inception guys http://www.zakworks.com/2010/12/21/zakworks-inception-animation/

    Reply
  20. Cyril Kotecký says:
    January 4, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    I love this tutorial, very good result and the music is a nice touch. However there is one thing I have to criticise. This is one of those tutorials that tells you what buttons to push but doesn’t explain what they do, and thus mostly reminds me of school :D

    Reply
  21. Dora says:
    January 5, 2011 at 5:23 am

    happy new year~

    Reply
  22. Evangelos says:
    January 5, 2011 at 6:31 am

    Nice, but it could be done completely in AE only !!! (buildings are really easy to construct with 3d layers and some good textures)

    Reply
    • Billy says:
      January 5, 2011 at 2:58 pm

      Hardly. You could do something similar. It would look terrible in comparision. There is NO comparison between a 2.5D model created in after effects and a true 3D models in C4D or 3ds Max….NONE. Notice how all the buildings appear to be different. Notice that there are buildings with spires and buildings with circular features. You can’t do THAT in after effects.

      To do this piece any justice at all you have to use a 3D program.

      Reply
  23. chris says:
    January 5, 2011 at 2:18 pm

    How did you ever figure this out?? Amazing – when I saw the original I tried to guess how one could pull that off and was stumped…very impressive as are all your tuts! Many thanks.

    Reply
  24. Billy says:
    January 5, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    Overall this is very good. However, my only complaint would be that in the first part when you are using the aetuts logo, the ENTIRE letter should be comprised of buildings just as the WB, in the Warner Bros. logo, was in the actual trailer.

    Reply
  25. M.Puvan says:
    January 9, 2011 at 1:59 am

    Hi antonio, this is my work…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdX2_YGSKmM
    Well, i think u could figure out why there`s a little building and the lightings are not so good, due to the memory, i couldnt add a lot…but i still keep the file where it has a complete maze…might render it when i buy a new computer…i`m still a beginner by the way….despite the fact i need improve more…thanks for ur tutorial by the way…and really had a very hard time to use adobe illustrator lolz..
    Cheers,
    M.Puvan

    Reply
  26. Chris Slowik says:
    January 10, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    Antonio, any tips on how to get tutorial pitches approved?

    I spent a lot of time making an incredibly thorough video tutorial on the Faster title, including source files for c4d and after effects, and I don’t get a response when I submit a pitch.

    I notice you have a bunch of these, so I was wondering if there’s something I’m missing..

    Reply
  27. Murrhound says:
    January 11, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    Ok so we have to pay for have the stuff to make this. If I wanted to do that why wouldnt I just pay some one else to make the whole thing for me. I dont mean to complain but I would have loved to have learned how the vector work was done.

    Reply
  28. Jefferson Prince says:
    January 18, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Hey, Can someone please make it say “IMPACT” in the Illustrator file and send it to me please! I have been trying for over 5 hours trying to figure it out but I Haven’t got no where, I’m only 14 and I’m a Paid member, Please, anyone send it to me ASAP :)

    Thanks!

    Reply
  29. Jefferson says:
    January 18, 2011 at 10:48 am

    my email is lil.astar@yahoo.com

    Reply
  30. Jefferson Prince says:
    January 18, 2011 at 10:49 am

    Hey, Can someone please make it say “IMPACT” in the Illustrator file and send it to me please! I have been trying for over 5 hours trying to figure it out but I Haven’t got no where, I’m only 14 and I’m a Paid member, Please, anyone send it to me ASAP :)

    Thanks!

    my email is lil.astar@yahoo.com

    Reply
  31. Eva says:
    January 20, 2011 at 12:22 pm

    Good one :)

    Reply
  32. Mark says:
    February 23, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    I’m new to all of this. Where can you buy Cinema4? I would love to know that program.

    Reply
  33. thijs says:
    March 23, 2011 at 3:34 pm

    IS it possible to use your own text? because i got premium special for this tutorial but can i use me own text in it? To change inception so something else?

    Reply
    • Adam Everett Miller says:
      March 24, 2011 at 10:32 am
      Staff

      Absolutely, you just have to go back to the illustrator file that is used and change the path to spell out what you want it to.

      Reply
    • Antonio Cerri says:
      March 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm
      Author

      Ok, open the file in adobe illustrator and add your logo.
      Do not forget the most important thing!!
      Cut trails on your new logo, and import everything on Cinema 4d.
      Arrange the buildings on trails of your new logo with MoGraph.
      Finally with Boole tool and the new shape of the logo, you can make a hole on the maze.

      Good Fun! ;)

      Reply
  34. Kyle says:
    March 30, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    Hello, thanks for the tutorial! However, how did you select the maze paths in the shape of the text?

    Sorry, I’m not exactly proficient in Adobe Illustrator.

    Reply
  35. tvandang says:
    February 22, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    You are the best!!! Thanks for this wonderful tutorial.

    Reply

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