Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Inception v1
Tutorial Details
- Requirements: Cinema 4D and After Effects
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Run Time: 57:50min
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Final Product What You'll Be Creating
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Inception v1
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Titles Series: Tron CG Part
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Titles Series: Harry Potter
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Prince of Persia
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Titles Series: Gamer
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Inception v2
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – 300
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Skyline
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Jonah Hex
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Legend Of The Guardians
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Transformers – Day 1
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Transformers – Day 2
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Back To The Future Part 1
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Back To The Future Part 2
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Harry Potter V2
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – The Expendables
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Pirates of the Caribbean
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Captain America
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Cars 2 Modeling Part
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Cars 2 Styling Part
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Thor
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – The Avengers
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – The Dark Knight Rises
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – The Three Musketeers
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – The Green Hornet
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Sherlock Holmes
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Mission Impossible 4
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Conan
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – The Hunger Games
- Aetuts+ Hollywood Movie Title Series – Fright Night
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.
Tutorial
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File size: 275.1MB
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Tags: Movie Title

Nice result mate ;)
Nice one!
I have built the Inception v2 in just After Effects.
You may get it from videohive :) http://videohive.net/item/awalled/137407
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!
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
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.
Really annoying that you have to pay for the stupid text and stuff…..
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 ;)
thanks Antonio , You Rocks
Cool i was looking for something like this :-3
Great !!! Thanks a lot! I’m waiting for that
Great Tutorial.. however, i hate that computer voice.. -.-
wow, so awesome
thank you Antonio Cerri for the tut ;)
Really cool. =)
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….
The animation is not fast, but it’s like the original, for the fade out of the buildings on 9-th second, is also present in the original trailer.
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
Sweet!!!! Can’t wait to do this one. Thanks!!!
oh so now stephen hawkings knows after effects as well?
Nice 1
amazing.
I’m watching
Too bad I don’t have a 3d program right now, but I can’t wait to see the tehnique on v2.
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!
Sorry, but the models I have used, have the copyright, and are on sale on the site
http://www.dosch3d.com/products/3d/Skyscrapers_V1.html
have already all materials. You can use the templates for google 3d free city building.
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=buildings&styp=m&btnG=Cerca&start=0
If you do a good job of editing the maps in photoshop “Night City”
You will get a good result.
Hey Antonio! Are you italian?
very nice tut
watch my version 1 for inception guys http://www.zakworks.com/2010/12/21/zakworks-inception-animation/
I’m sorry version 2 :)
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
happy new year~
Nice, but it could be done completely in AE only !!! (buildings are really easy to construct with 3d layers and some good textures)
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.
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.
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.
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
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..
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.
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
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
Good one :)
I’m new to all of this. Where can you buy Cinema4? I would love to know that program.
Cinema 4d
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?
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.
But the cinema 4d document the buildings is in inception shape…
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! ;)
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.
View the tutorial, when i use the Boole tool, in Cinema 4d.
You are the best!!! Thanks for this wonderful tutorial.