Demystifying Post Production: Designing FUI Graphics (4 Part Series)

The Maxon Training Team has a series on Demystifying Post Production. This one is on Designing FUI Graphics.
Designing FUI Graphics 01: John LePore Roundtable
GuestJohn LePore, the Chief Creative Officer at Perception, specializes in FUI design. His clients include Marvel Studios, Warner Brothers, and Universal. In the video below, John gives some fantastic industry insights and tips that he’s learned throughout his career. In addition, he talks about his forecast for future FUI design.
See also:
- The Perception Guide to FUI: Series Introduction
- HUD Mixamo In Cinema 4d & After Effects
- Note: there are many more links in the video description on YouTube.
Designing FUI Graphics 02: C4D Pose Library, Trapcode Form, Red Giant Universe
Elly, Chad, and Nick each break down more FUI screens from recent examples that inspired them, including using the Cinema 4D pose library to speed up illustrative wireframe imagery, increasing design iterations with Red Giant Universe, and Trapcode Horizon, and how to leverage the multiple systems in Trapcode Form to create beautiful flowing graphical elements.
More links
- Project file downloads
- Perception expanded view FUI
- 3D Cyberpunk car concept used in the video.
- Note: there are many more links in the video description on YouTube.
Designing FUI Graphics 03: C4D, Trapcode, Red Giant Universe
Elly, Chad, and Nick are back once again. In this episode, each of them breaks down more FUI screens from recent movies that inspired them. Along the way, they share helpful tips for Cinema 4D, Red Giant Universe, and Trapcode Suite to help artists create complex animations and designs efficiently.
Make sure you check out these links
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Monitor/HUD GFX
- Download project files
- Note: there are many more links in the video description on YouTube.
Designing FUI Graphics 04: Tracking & Integrating FUI
Elly, Chad and Nick focus on tracking and compositing FUI into shots. Along the way, we’ll look at C4D’s Object tracker, VFX Suites Optical Glow, Spot Clone Tracker, and Red Giant Universe.
More Links:
- Download Project Files
- Manual Tracking & Object Tracking in Cinema 4D
- Note: there are many more links in the video description on YouTube.
Universe
Video transition and effects plugins for editors and motion graphics artists
Red Giant Universe is a collection of 89 GPU-accelerated plugins for editors and motion graphics artists. Stylize your footage. Create motion graphics. Add transitions and effects. In addition, find text generators and lots of presets.
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Maxon One is an annual subscription for all products in one all-encompassing package. To summarize, this bundle includes Cinema 4D, Redshift, and Red Giant Complete. Easy to learn and extremely powerful, Cinema 4D is the perfect package for all 3D artists who want to achieve breathtaking results fast and hassle-free. Redshift, the world’s first fully GPU-accelerated, biased renderer, meets the specific demands of contemporary high-end production rendering in C4D. Finally, Red Giant Complete includes Universe, Trapcode Suite, Magic Bullet Suite, and VFX Suite.
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