20강으로 만드는 C4D 기초! 1강 인터페이스 [스터디 향교]

Summary

The video introduces the Cinema 4D R26 interface and basic navigation. The instructor encourages viewers to follow along without worrying about mastering every feature right away.

1. Layout and main interface areas

If your interface differs from the instructor’s, choose New Layout → Standard to switch between the newer and older standard layouts.

The main interface areas are:

• Viewport: View and manipulate the 3D scene.
• Object Manager: Lists scene objects, similar to layers in Photoshop or Illustrator.
• Attributes Manager: Displays settings and properties for the selected object.

The instructor also briefly surveys the menus and interface buttons, noting that many options will become useful in later lessons.

2. Creating and editing objects

• Add a primitive, such as a cube, using the object-creation controls.
• Select an object to view it in the Object Manager and inspect its settings in the Attributes Manager.
• Adjust a cube’s Size values to change its dimensions along the X, Y, and Z axes.
• Increase its Segments values to divide it into more sections, which is useful for polygon modeling. To see the divisions, switch the viewport to a display mode that shows lines, such as Gouraud Shading (Lines).
• Use Make Editable (shortcut C) to convert a parametric object into editable geometry. Once converted, it can be edited in point, edge, and polygon modes. Before conversion, those modes cannot modify the primitive’s underlying geometry in the same way.
• Move, rotate, and scale objects using the viewport handles or the object’s attributes.

3. Transform tools and modes

The main transform tools are Move, Rotate, and Scale, with shortcuts E, R, and T, respectively. Viewport handles let you transform an object along a specific axis or uniformly.

In Model mode, yellow object handles can adjust certain dimensions directly. The instructor also introduces Model, Point, Edge, Polygon, and Texture modes, and notes that locking or unlocking the axis can affect how an object moves.

4. Viewports and camera navigation

Cinema 4D provides Perspective and orthographic views, including Top, Right/Side, and Front views. The video demonstrates switching between views using viewport controls and function keys.

Orthographic views are useful for drawing splines and positioning shapes precisely. A line that appears straight in Perspective may vary in depth; drawing in a Front or other orthographic view can help keep it aligned to a plane.

The instructor demonstrates navigating the view with mouse controls and the on-screen pan, zoom, and orbit tools. They recommend practicing the Alt-and-mouse navigation method where available. If an orthographic view becomes unintentionally tilted, use the view controls to restore or reset it. Frame Default returns the view to its default framing.

5. Menus and other interface features

• File includes project creation and saving; Edit includes settings and preferences.
• The Create menu and nearby object controls provide access to cameras, lights, splines, primitives, generators, deformers, effectors, fields, and other scene elements.
• The instructor briefly points out rendering and material controls, selection tools, snapping, solo mode, and the timeline as features to explore in later lessons.
• Create materials through the material area, including by double-clicking or using the create-material control.

Sources and speakers

• Speaker: Jongwon, instructor at Study Hyanggyo
• Source: Study Hyanggyo C4D tutorial, “20강으로 만드는 C4D 기초! 1강 인터페이스 [스터디 향교]”