In this tutorial, Carlos will teach us how to create extruding text exploding out of a box using C4D. We'll then bring it into After Effects to add more particles and a background. This is excellent effect to go through if you've been wanting to try a 3d program.
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( ADD YOURS )Jhon November 19th
Nice…
( )cgfriend November 19th
great! c4d and ae
( )Modisana November 19th
that looks really cool
( )desaster November 19th
crap tutorial, nothing new and looks bad.
( )Jan Waage November 19th
Jullie zijn net als trollen, weet je dat recht?
( )jordy November 19th
No Idea what you said. But I have a feeling it had something to do with hating on the hater. I concur.
Tobias November 22nd
ha this one is funny, it’s a literal translation in dutch from the following sentence: You are like trolls, you know that right?
In Dutch the sentence is crap, I suppose it also is in English…
Nico November 20th
De acuerdo !
( )Awful !
FRANCISCO GRANADOS November 19th
GENIAL ME HA ENCANTADO.
( )COOL
xsid November 19th
looking nice, lets follow the tut.
( )Siupej November 19th
Looks really great
( )Billy November 19th
I just got C4D so I will definitely work through this tutorial. However, the extruded text is something that does not require C4D to accomplish. It can be done with Zaxwerk’s 3D Serpentine. However, it is a nice effect….but what isn’t when C4D is involved?
I would change the preview background to something NOT white. It appears to be a 2D square that suddenly explodes into 3D pieces. It isn’t until you watch the tutorial that you can tell (thanks to the purple background) that it is actually a 3D box.
( )matthew November 19th
I hate you Billy, only you would have something lame to say….
Love, Billy’s number one fan.
( )-Matthew
Topher Welsh November 19th
wow… this is actually one of the nicer comment Billy has left… why don’t use ease up buddy? He really was just giving constructive criticism and providing an alternative to C4D for the tutorial.
Modisana November 20th
Oh dude c’mon now… Hate is such a strong word… he is just being honest. You cant hate on somebody just for being honest…
Wait till Billy trashes you and tells you how little he cares about anything you have to say.
Billy November 20th
Matthew….you are a moron. Firstly….my comment wasn’t even “negative.” I was simply pointing out an OBVIOUS flaw with the preview (but something that WASN’T flawed in the tutorial presentation) and then stating a FACT….you can do the EXACT same thing with the text with a $200 plugin….3D Serpentine. It is a plugin SPECIFICALLY designed to do what Carlos did with the text. Anyone NOT wanting to drop $3500 on C4D can pick up that plugin and using Shatter can almost duplicate this tutorial.
I laugh each and every time I see people getting upset with what I say about a tutorial. They bitch and whine about me being negative. Buy you know what is funny…..they NEVER argue against what I have to say. They NEVER show me where I’m wrong. If I say a tutorial is too beginner….they bitch about me complaining but don’t attempt to show where it ISN’T yet another beginner tutorial. If I comment on how a procedure in a tutorial can be done a different way, they bitch about me complaining but NEVER show where I am wrong.
As I have said a 1000 times around here….the fact that people don’t like me commenting negatively is SOOOO inconsequential to me. If I see something I want to comment about….I will. If you don’t like it….show me where I am wrong!
I stated in my post yesterday that this was a nice effect. I didn’t comment negatively on ANY aspect of the tutorial itself. Some of you, really only Matthew here, need to pull your heads outta your asses and actually improve your reading comprehension.
Matthew November 25th
Billy, you still don’t deserve any privileged to speak on this website….
You wanna know what makes me laugh? I write a sentence or two, you write an entire diatribe that I will never read…..
Love Billy’s #1 fan
( )-Matthew
M December 8th
Yikes. sorta shamed yourself there with that response Matthew
julio November 19th
Tiene muy buena pinta Carlos. Estoy con Billy en que ganaría con un fondo e iluminación más interesante, pero cómo se trata de enseñarnos el CÓMO…
el QUÉ no es tan importante.
Keep the good work.
( )Carlos Gálvez November 19th
Thanks! In fact I wanted to use the same version of the tutorial as preview file cause the one with the white background was just the first test. And about the zaxwerks plug-in I think is a very powerfool tool but, specially for the shadings and ilumitation is important to know how to create this stuff with a 3d program.
Working on another c4d-ae tut!
( )Billy November 20th
Carlos…C4D is an amazing program. My comments were not designed to say anything about the program itself. It can obviously do MUCH more than extruded text. However….you don’t seem very familiar with 3D Serpentine. Anything you did in the tutorial with the text can be done with 3D Serpentine, including shading and illumination. 3D Serpentine’s only purpose in life is to do EXACTLY what you did with the text.
I would LOVE to se more c4d/AE tuts from you. Like I said, I just got the program and I know just about nothing yet so any help is much appreciated. I haven’t done this tutorial yet but I will. Even though you can accomplish the same with with an AE plug-in, I look forward to learning the process with c4d! Thanks again!
( )Cheezebottoms November 26th
Sorry, but Zaxwerks products are buggy and suffer from aliasing and the quality of shading and light CANNOT even begin to compare to C4D. On top of that, Zaxwerks render time is sub par and it is not capable of multiple render passes. Maybe you haven’t been working on large enough high quality broadcast monitors to notice or you just haven’t worked with C4D enough to realize the difference. It’s like comparing After Effects’ Curves to Apple Color.
William Cannavaro November 19th
Aleluya amigos, por fin an algo estoy de acuerdo con el tal Billy.
( )camel November 19th
now thats a great tutorial!
thank for this one
i’d like more of this kind of tutorials for c4d
this kinda work (motion graphics) combining with after effects, that rocks!
thanks man
keep up the good work
( )tomson November 19th
Cool
( )Abojung November 19th
oh man.!!! whats so new about the extrusion. just extruded a text on path.
( )aetuts! wake up. WTH
Jan Waage November 19th
You guys are like trolls , you know that right?
( )2mnyshp November 19th
cool headset bro…
( )natwangdoodle November 20th
bro, you’re totally right bro, headsets are wack bro… I’m gonna bro over this way bro, bro?
stupit replies are stupit. Take your personal diggs somewhere else BRO.
Jelmer November 19th
Could the preview/tut also be uploaded in lower quality for those with just normal computers? I can’t see the preview fluidly even when I download it.
( )Mike November 19th
I enjoy the tuts here and at CGtuts, but can the videos please be embedded using anything other that Blip? Blip playback is glitchy, and on short videos it’s basically unwatchable. I know it’s not just my computer/connection because YT and Vimeo are smooth when embedded on other sites, e.g. Five Second Projects at Greyscalegorilla.
( )Aido November 19th
Seconded. I hate Blip. soooooo glitchy.
( )Ghost Digital November 19th
Yeah not the best tutorial. That effect can look great when/if done well. Aisde from the fact that it is more of a CG tutorial than an AE one. No point posting simple compositing tuts on AETUTS. It should be posted on CGTUTS, but I suppose it wouldn’t hold it’s weight on there.
( )Mace November 19th
It may look like crap but doesn’t change that this tut is hella usefull! good tut, thanks man.
( )daniel November 19th
diffidently not the best tutorial -.-
( )Billy November 20th
It is funny….My comments draw anger but the 3 comments above get nothing? Seems good ‘ole Billy is the lightning rod for negativity….even though I am HARDLY the only one commenting negatively in ANY of the post threads that I do. I know my avatar makes my comments stand out (and I like that)….but I really am waiting for someone to challenge me on what I have to say on a “factual” basis. Then we are gonna have some real fun!
( )Ghost Digital November 20th
i can assure you Billy that I attract far more wild accusations than you do. Just ask Topher. I agree with you that people love to bash the guy that is right in giving constructive critique, however, these people probably have never worked in the field otherwise they would know that critique is the design business.
Having said that, I think you kind of enjoy the ‘attention’ you get from your critique, which kidn of goes against giving critique in the first place. If you want the attention, don’t go to the effort of critique; just abuse people. It will save you much more time and give you much more attention.
( )Billy November 20th
No….I don’t really enjoy the “negative” attention. LOL! I like that my comments stand out…because I believe each and every one is “true,” but I would much rather them stand out for their positives than their negatives. The funny thing is that I have never abused anyone nor do I have any desire to. I have never said a tutorial stinks for the sake of saying it stinks. I always give a reason WHY it stinks. I don’t attack the person. I might criticize the method, but not the person. Anyone who believes otherwise can go back through each and every tutorial on here and find all my comments. That being said….I dont’ really care if someone likes my comments or not. If they don’t agree with me they are more than welcome to say so…but they should at least attempt to show WHY they don’t agree with them. So far I can’t recall anyone even attempting this. All I get are the “don’t be negative” or the “you try to do better.” They are laughable.
My general complain about aetuts over the past 3 months has been its adherence to basic tutorials, which, if you look at aetuts 1st 6 months of existence was clearly not the idea.
I don’t want to criticize….really. I love being able to praise a tutorial and thank the author for the time to show a new and creative method. Part of my anger is that aetuts started out as THE PREMIER ae tutorial website out there. However, it has fallen on hard times recently. Carlos’s tutorial is not one of those poor tutorials. My comments in this thread were only to show that there was another way to duplicate this effect.
will November 21st
Nice tut once again
oo billy billy,
you dont half right a lot ,
i dont mind the negative comments, well there not really negative comments, just someones opinion
But i do hate negative comments, about tuts+ and themeforest ect ect,
this site is without doubt the best place for anyone involved in design.
Without it I would be nothing more and a simple HTML TABLE designed webpage.
Thanks Envato team
( )joe November 21st
well then why don’t you contribute something to this site then Billy. critisizing a tutorial is one thing, crying about what this site used to be is another. this isn’t Video Copilot…. this site is only as good as the people who contribute. so instead of flapping your gums why don’t you help make this a better site. with all the critisizing you do, you must be a pretty good with AE
( )Billy November 24th
Why is this the only type of comment people have when someone posits a criticism? Soo…..old. I’ve covered this ad nauseum elsewhere. I will not do so again. Good Lord!
( )coyowin November 22nd
Excelente tutorial…..pero habla maestro, si lo haces en español me comprometo a subtitularlo….pero habla!!
( )tali November 22nd
make this agin whit a better computer I DONT UNDERSTAND anything your mouse is uber fast or uber slow i cant track jss
( )Carlos B November 24th
Great tutorial Carlos. I look forward to using some of the techniques learned.
( )morsiiii November 25th
thanks much, good tutorial
( )Marcus November 26th
HELP
I cant get the got damn “knife” tool. The first two steps is simple.
1. Make a cube.
2. Make it editable (shortcut “C”) right ?
Then I want to go to structure and select knfie..But I cant because its not selectable. Why is that?!
( )Carlos November 26th
Hello Marcus. Make it editable and then select use polygon tool (left panel). then you’ll can select knife.
( )caihk December 5th
it is very good! But i can not download it….
( )Franco Bertoncini Andrade December 7th
This tutorial is amazing, but it’s hard to follow it, because the video quality it’s very bad and in a low fps. I almost can’t see the numbers!
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