Create Your Own Neon Sign in Cinema 4D - Advanced Tutorial

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With this tutorial, you're going to learn how to make an advanced neon sign animation in Cinema 4D. This tutorial covers a lot ideas & techniques and you can navigate to them using the timestamps below, enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction
0:50 - Preparing your logo or text
14:10 - Creating the power cables
21:53 - Simulate powerr cable using 'Spline Dynamics'
27:27 - Creating the neon tube 'holders'
35:45 - Camera Animation, multiple angles using the 'Stage' object.
41:35 - Light Flicker Animation using the 'Luminance Channel'
46:39 - Lighting
51:25 - (This section is really interesting) Using Real 'Spline' Lights instead of Global Illumination. Link luminance light materil to 'Real Lights' using Xppresso
58:58 - Render setings, speed up your render without loosing quality
01:03:25 - Compositing breakdown in After Effects.

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