MASQUERADE: A CGI Short (Rhino, Character Creator, iClone, Embergen, Houdini, C4D & Redshift)
"Masquerade" told the story of a girl with a concealed identity who entered an empty theater of statues. As the statues came to life, a mysterious gentleman joined her and they waltzed to the rhythm of enchanted flames, lost in a world of magic and fantasy.
"Masquerade" - as my debut CGI Short - has the great honor of being featured in the @MaxonVFX 2023 Cinema 4D and Redshift showreels.
✦Special thanks to @reallusion & @GarageFarm 's support.
✦Timecode
0:00 Masquerade
1:30 Auto-rigging in Character Creator 4 (prep in Cinema 4D)
2:15 Embergen
2:25 Cloth Simulation in iClone 8 and Marvelous Designer
2:57 Facial Animation in Character Creator 4 with Random Walk SSS setup
3:03 Motion-Capturing a Cinderella Waltz
3:26 Editing Motion Data in iClone 8
3:48 Refining Cloth Simulation in Marvelous Designer
4:18 Multi-Angled Waltz Animation
4:28 Modeling Architecture in Rhino & Cinema 4D
4:54 Assembled scene in Cinema4D
5:10 Color corrections & post with Red Giant Magic Bullet Looks
5:18 Design Iterations
5:35 Final Animation Breakdown
✦Software used:
• Character Creator
• iClone
• Marvelous Designer
• Rhino
• Cinema 4D
• Redshift
• Houdini
• Embergen
• After Effects (Red Giant VFX)
• Premiere (Red Giant Magic Bullet & Neat Video)
✦Making-of article on Reallusion Magazine:
https://magazine.reallusion.com/2023/...
✦My personal site:
https://johnyim.com/
✦My social media links:
/ k_johnyim
https://www.artstation.com/johnyim
/ jy.yimkay
/ k_johnyim
✦Music used in this video is from Audiio.com