{"id":53569,"date":"2015-03-23T09:27:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=53569"},"modified":"2015-03-23T09:27:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T14:27:19","slug":"cinema-4d-tutorial-how-to-create-long-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/cinema-4d-tutorial-how-to-create-long-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema 4D Tutorial: How to Create Long Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn how to create trendy responsive long shadows in this Cinema 4D tutorial.<\/h2>\n

Along with 2D animation, long shadows have grown in popularity<\/a> over the last few years<\/strong>. Typically, when someone makes a long shadow, they will use After Effects. However, this method comes with its own set of problems.<\/p>\n

\"Long<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the biggest disadvantages to creating long shadows in After Effects is the fact that long shadows in AE don\u2019t have Z-space information<\/strong> included in them. This means long shadows can\u2019t stretch and squash to act more realistic.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, if you use Cinema 4D, you can create realistic long shadows that reflect an object’s scale in Z-space.<\/strong> In the following Cinema 4D tutorial,\u00a0we\u2019ll learn how to perform this task. The tutorial covers:<\/p>\n