{"id":60291,"date":"2015-07-30T11:03:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T16:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=60291"},"modified":"2015-07-30T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T20:04:17","slug":"create-a-3d-animated-logo-in-cinema-4d-and-after-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/create-a-3d-animated-logo-in-cinema-4d-and-after-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a 3D Animated Logo in Cinema 4D and After Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s learn how to turn\u00a0a flat 2D image into\u00a0a 3D animated logo with Cinema 4D and After Effects.<\/h2>\n

Whether it’s for a customer project or for your own purposes, you may need to take a great 2D image and turn it into a 3D logo.<\/strong> While this may seem like a daunting task, it really isn’t. With a combination of Illustrator<\/a>, Cinema 4D<\/a>, and After Effects<\/a>, anyone can create a high-quality 3D animated<\/strong> logo. As Holly Bretschneider<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>alluded\u00a0to in this great article<\/a>, using high-quality 3D animation is a great way to set your work (and your client’s end product) above the rest and take your portfolio to the next level.<\/p>\n

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From 2D Image to 3D Animated Logo<\/h3>\n

To teach us how to do this very thing, let’s check out the video below from professional motion graphics artist Sean Frangella<\/a> as he takes us through the steps of recreating the Seattle Seahawks logo. Some of the topics that Frangella covers include:<\/p>\n

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  1. How to take vector image from Illustrator and save it properly so it will work nicely with Cinema 4D<\/li>\n
  2. Open the Illustrator file or Merge it into Cinema 4D for extruding and adding materials<\/li>\n
  3. Finishing out the logo and animation in After Effects<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    PART ONE: Importing the Image and Extruding the Logo<\/h4>\n