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BEHIND THE SCENES

Blueprints for the FinalCutKing Spider Dolly are coming soon. The total cost to build it yourself DIY style will be approximately $40 – $50. We will be creating and shipping out a limited quantity of these models on a first come first serve basis. You may place your order for the dolly below.

How it Works

You will get a fully assembled and ready to use Spider Dolly with either Red or Blue wheels. We have completely sold out this morning but don’t worry, we will be building a few extra dollies but the orders will take about an extra week until they ship.  *The Canon 5D and Tripod head are not included. The tripod head is simply an add on that I use with my Spider Dolly but it is not necessary for a fully functioning dolly. We’re even send you some cool signed stuff. We are no longer taking international orders.

Sample Shots from the Spider Dolly

]]> http://finalcutking.com/diy-spider-dolly/feed/ 58 http://finalcutking.com/cinema-4d-training/ http://finalcutking.com/cinema-4d-training/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 06:58:56 +0000 FinalCutKing http://finalcutking.com/?p=1226 Crash Course in Cinema 4D

For the last several months I have been getting flooded with requests to create a training course for Cinema 4D….so that’s what I did.  These training videos will get you up to speed about Cinema 4D quickly from navigating the software to rendering your final video for YouTube.

The crash course is packed with over 90 minutes of training videos all in HD!  it also comes with lots of projects files and file assets which will help you go through the lessons and follow along. You will never be lost. This training is geared for first time users or beginners in Cinema 4D.

Course Contents

1. Welcome Video
2. Tools list Part 1
3. Tools list Part 2
4. Modeling Points
5. Modeling Nerbs
6. Navigation Part 1
7. Navigation Part 2
8. Texturing BAsics
9. Texture Mapping
10. Animation Basics
11. Creating a Flag
12. 3D Text Effect
13. Lighting Tutorial
14. Smoke Tutorial
15. Compositing Text in Images
16. Animating the Camera
17. How to Render Your Movie

See the original video here.

 1st Place – Cody McLean

 2nd Place – John West

 3rd Place – Tsuriel Eichenstein

Honorable Mention

Greetings! First of all, I wanted to thank you all for your continued support. Because of you, I have been able to continue FinalCutKing and keep it updated with videos, free sound effects, and great tutorials. Now I am currently working on a new project….FINALCUTKING MERCHANDISE, and I need your help!

 Rules:

- It’s pretty simple. This is a t-shirt design contest. Each contestant will create a design or logo around the inspiration posted below, but don’t let that limit your creativity, we are open to any sweet designs! You may use whatever designs or fonts you want to create the official FinalCutKing t-shirt!

- You can submit and upload your designs below once you are ready and you can submit as many as you want.  They are due by May 6th at 11:59pm PST. The contest is open to everybody in the world! Make sure your design dimensions are at least 8.5” x 10” (that’s in inches).

- On May 13th, we will announce the official winner and the runner-ups.

 Prizes:

1st Prize: YOUR t-shirt design will be released in an exclusive, limited-edition line of shirts and worn by Zach in his upcoming video! You will also receive the “King’s Bonus Pack” filled with lots of sweet stuff!  You will also be sent a copy of your t-shirt of course.

2nd Prize: receives a never-before released FinalCutKing merchandise pack with your t-shirt, various goodies, and a $20 gift card to the Apple Store!

3rd Prize: receives FinalCutKing official t-shirt, and a $20 gift card to the Apple Store.

This is the type of crown we have been basing designs around but feel free to be creative with your own designs.

I bid ye good luck, and best wished to you all!

Zach King

More Inspiration -

When is the last time you played a burning piano!?

Hope you enjoy because we burned down a perfectly fine yamaha piano for this video……well.

Watch BEHIND THE SCENES here.

A super slow motion video of exploding eggs and smashing glass filmed by the Phantom Flex camera….not your typical tea party.
The frame rate was anywhere between 3,200 to 6,900 frames per second.
Special thanks to GizmoSlip for providing the Phantom Flex camera. You rock.

Download footage here: http://finalcutxtraining.com/Final_Cut_X_Training/fringe.html

This tutorial teaches how to create the Fringe TV Show Title Effect in Motion 4 (without any external third party plugins). I like to call this an “all natural” motion effect.

This effect will work with Motion 3, Motion 4, and Motion 5.
Video by Zach King

The footage in this video was shot on a Canon 5D in Oregon.

This training course is all about how to make sweet effects in Motion 5. The HD video lessons are over an hour and a half of training and includes practice footage to follow along and several project files.

The training videos are all available via instant download. After you finish the checkout, you will be sent a download link and can begin the training. The download is about 3GB.

What’s the training about?

Course Contents

• Welcome Lesson from Zach
• Basic Overview of Motion 5
• Adding Explosions 1
• Adding Explosions Part 2
• Adding Sparks
• Compositing Workflow
• Creating Fence Hits
• Easy Sky Replacement
• Map Animations
• Motion Paths
• Screen Replacement (Tracking)
• Text Effect – Keying

Sample Lesson

Screen Shots

How we shot the Temple Run video. You can also see how I made the DIY zipline camera system for one of the 3rd person view shots.

Build a homemade dolly here.
Watch Temple Run: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wusV7B6HEmQ