Create your own customised explosion
Greg Kulz reveals how to demolish a building using Cinema 4D’s Projection Man tool
Customise an explosion Greg Kulz Greg has worked in CG for over 15 years, on projects such as Team America, WWE video games, Ironman, and various short films. He’s also had a number of product modelling contracts for corporate clients including Sony. www.bit.ly/greg-kulz
After 15 years in the VFX industry, including time spent working on major gaming titles, I find that certain things never get old – and that definitely includes blowing stuff up. Something that used to only be legal for licensed demolition crews can now be done by anyone with a computer and a copy of Cinema 4D. Quicker, cheaper, and less likely to get you arrested!
This tutorial includes the steps I take to blow up a building in CG for a photorealistic scene – relieving me of the need to blow up an actual building. In this particular script, a meteor is striking a specific building and my job is to show the destruction of the building and damage to surrounding property. You could create and destroy your own world with this workflow, using only Cinema 4D ( C4D), though I like to also use Photoshop to create a more realistic and/or extreme view of the devastation left in my wake. The specific tool highlighted in this scene is Projection Man, but we also use the Explosion FX Deformer and Mograph to make an exciting explosion.
If after looking over the workflow, you want to follow along with me step- by- step as I build and destroy, then visit www.cmivfx.com for the Cinema 4D Projection Man Fracture tutorial. Here you will find high end video training for the visual effects industry, from leading mentors. For all the assets you need go to creativebloq.com/vault/3dw206