CINEMA 4D R12 Essential Training with Rob Garrott introduces artists to the CINEMA 4D workflow, using CINEMA 4D as an important part of a toolset that includes Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator. The course explains the key foundational concepts, such as polygons, textures, and rays, that are crucial to understanding exactly how this 3D application functions. It also includes practical techniques for creating, selecting, and transforming objects, working with splines, polygonal modeling, and adding materials, lighting, and camera views for a fully realized 3D image. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

- Exploring the importance of object hierarchy

- Modeling with splines

- Modeling with the Knife and Extrude tools

- Applying materials and texturing

- Creating and manipulating light sources

- Animating in the timeline with keyframes

- Controlling camera movement

- Compositing in After Effects

- Texturing with BodyPaint

- Using XPresso and MoGraph

- Creating particle systems

- Rendering and adjusting final render settings