How I recreated Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3 Corner Animation

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Why it worked

The video leverages a popular streamer's content (Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3) as a reference point, tapping into existing interest. It also offers value by demonstrating a creative process and concludes with a giveaway, incentivizing engagement and further interaction.

Summary

The creator demonstrates how they recreated Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3 corner animation using Cinema 4D for the 3D text and After Effects for compositing. The final animation is then integrated into their live stream using Streamlabs.

Structure

1Introduction to the project: recreating Kai Cenat's animation
23D modeling and texturing in Cinema 4D
3Animation and rendering in After Effects
4Integration into live stream software (Streamlabs)
5Showcasing the final result and announcing a giveaway

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Shout out the production team for the inspiration🔥🤝 #motiongraphics #creatorsearchinsights #kaimafiathon3 #kaicenat #animation

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Product placement

Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3 (event/stream series, appears as context for the animation being recreated, removing it would not change what happens in the video); Cinema 4D (3D animation software, used to create the 3D text animation, removing it would change what happens in the video); Matthew Motion (creator's name/brand, appears as text in the animation, removing it would change what happens in the video); After Effects (video editing software, used to composite the animation, removing it would change what happens in the video); Streamlabs (streaming software, used to display the animation during a live stream, removing it would change what happens in the video)

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check out my previous video for the giveaway!

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How I recreated Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3 Corner Animation

Transcript

How I recreated Kai Cenat's Mafiathon 3 Corner Animation. Kai Cenat has this one 3D animation looping in the corner of his Mafiathon 3 stream and I thought it elevated the branding so much that I wanted to make one for my own. So I hopped into Cinema 4D, typed in Matthew Motion using my brand's font and basically made it a 3D object. I gave the text a metallic texture like the reference of Mafiathon 3 and basically made the back and the sides gold so that when it spun it had a little bit of an extra flair. Then I animated the rotation similar to the Mafiathon text and basically exported it as a transparent PNG. After the render was complete in Cinema 4D, I opened up After Effects and imported the PNG sequence. Luckily it was on transparent, so I added a drop shadow and positioned it into the corner so I could scale up how I needed. Then I went ahead and exported this as a ProRes 4444 file, which basically maintains the transparent value of everything that's not visually taking up space. From there, I brought it into my live streaming software. I use Streamlabs personally and I basically set up a new video file and essentially turned on loop setting and placed it just above my face cam. And this is how the final look on the actual stream. And I think it turned out great. It actually gives the broadcast that elevated feeling that I liked from Mafiathon 3. And if you need stuff like this, check out my previous video for the giveaway! I'm actually doing a giveaway with this element as one of the many deliverables that I'll be giving away. An AE effects pack once I reach 10,000 on TikTok and 1K on Twitch. It is completely free to enter, so just check out my previous video that I posted right before this one for the requirements.

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