Give yourself a pat on the back for making it to the Cinema 4D (C4D) Lite chapter; you're going to love it! After Effects and C4D Lite give you professional-grade tools at your fingertips that let you add 3D elements to your compositions. C4D Lite and After Effects together is a powerful combination! Just like with any of the Adobe software, these two programs work well together. The workflow is seamless; you can easily jump back and forth between the programs.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
Creating a C4D layer in After Effects
C4D interface
Modeling a ribbon with sweep nurbs
Importing Illustrator files into C4D
Creating text in C4D
Creating an eye with sweep nurbs
Modeling a logo star
Creating a camera in C4D
Rendering C4D project from After Effects