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I started to think the same. Ok, in time I will let you know how’s its going forward.

Thank You!

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Thank You, Kalle, for Your recommendations.

I actually need to see the reflection so that I can’t see spaceman’s face. So that the viewer could better put himself into the spaceman’s position.

When You say it, I think of merging these two options (?). First, I shoot the reflection from camera, from spaceman’s helmet. Second, using the tracking markers, I add that reflection.

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Thank You for Your answer, Kalle. I just don’t understand – do You suggest me to green screen camera itself? I imagined it could be the visor which I could green screen, then apply the reflection footage, but I’m not aware will it work, as I’ve had very little work so far with green screen.

As what goes for suit – together with cinema artist we’re thinking of making one. Of course, it will not look like in a big budget movie…

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Anti-Aliasing Settings:

Anti-Aliasing: Best
Min Level: 1×1
Max Level: 4×4
Threshold: 10%
Use Object Properties: Check
Consider Multi-Passes: Uncheck
Filter: Mitchell
Custom Size: Uncheck
Clip Negative Component: Uncheck
MIP Scale: 50%
Small Fragments: Hybrid

Both, up and base titles, as well as light are in seperate object buffer in multi-passes.

It seems the problem is in project itself. When I render it, picture is zoomed 100%, outline looks sharp. I rendered it as .png without transparency, imported it in Photoshop, got rid of the dark background and without it, outline actually looks very rubish. Could it be because I’ve made the title from two seperate text objects? For the up title I’ve turned on Start Fillet Cap (2 cm), for base title I’ve turned on End Fillet Cap (3.2 cm). That’s why one is bigger than other and that’s how I got the 3D look with all the corners.

For better visibility new pictures:

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Horizontal reflection is actually Gausian colour texture I’ve applied for the text. Now I’ve blurred it. And I have this title made from two objects – top and a base. So far I like the result.

What I don’t like is the render result. However I render it, the outline of title isn’t sharp when I import it in AE, although Render View in Cinema 4D is showing it as sharp as s*it. Resolution is 3840×2160 (4K, but even if I lower it in Cinema, outline still isn’t sharp). And same 4K resolution I have set for AE project.

What I am doing wrong? How to improve this?

How it looks in Cinema 4D Render View:

How it looks after actual render:

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Thanks, Brian. I created reflective color with HDR image and fresnel texture, then added it to the sky. And I added one Target Light underneath the title.

I rendered and threw it into AE, and this is is how it looks right know.

I dunno, but I think it looks nice, considering that I’m working with Cinema 4D for 4 days.

Any suggestions what should I do to make it blend together nicer? So far, I’ve dropped shadows and light in AE, but the original has this ‘shiny’ glow which I can’t manage to get.

And when I take a closer look, letters seems to have discursive outline. How to improve it? Even though in Caps Section, in Cinema 4D I’ve ticked ‘Rounding UVW Keep Shape’ which seems to improve outline, it still is discursive.

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Hi,

In 2 days time I’ve actually learned the basics of Cinema 4D very well and have almost finished my title.

The only question I still have:

Is there a way for letter fillet caps to reflect the light so much as in the picture title “Captain America”? Or maybe it is possible to change the color of a SINGLE fillet cap (only one side) to a letter? So far I’ve only found out how to change the color for the entire fillet cap.

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Thank You, John!

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Still, I am again experiencing the same problem. If I change something in my project and play with clips, and then I want to render it again, I am using preset from H.264 and again I get 24 bytes video… First time it worked, second time it won’t.

Why does this keeps happening?

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My God, Thank You. Answer was so simple. I took 1080p 25fps template and it worked like a charm. Someone told me that it’s the best to match render settings to source settings, but now I know they can differ.