Thinking particles attach to object and move around on that objects surface
Okay I found this really cool design that a guy did on vimeo using x-particles. I do not have xparticles and can’t afford it. So I am trying to wrap my head around this project that he broke down....
View ArticleSpline Animation
Hey guys, I’m doing an animation showing how a gun works. I need to be able to animate a spline moving/bending a certain way. Please see the attached screenshot. Is there any way of bending this spline...
View ArticleSliding text reveal
I am new to Cinema 4D. I am trying to make an animation where some text and a logo slowly get revealed as they slide up and down the screen. I want them to slide from the middle of the screen. The...
View Articleparametric subdivision without smoothing
Hello!I’m curious, is there a way to subdivide a parametric object, non destructively, without smoothing it? It would essentially be like the hyper nurbs object, but with weight set to 0. This is fine...
View ArticleSpline dynamics with Keyframe animation
Hello I’m trying to create the following effect…I have a that is a line, and it is inside another spline shape that is closed. The line spline is dynamic, meaning that it feels “alive” as it moves, it...
View ArticleTips on gun interior cutaway/reveal
Hey guys I am doing a gun animation showing how it works. Certain sections need to reveal the interior of the gun. I was thinking of rendering 3 different versions of the animation. One of render of...
View ArticleCan a Destructor Remove Dynamic Particles from an Emitter?
I have attached a scene file showing my issue. The upper Emitter/Destructor combo works how you would expect. But once you make the particles dynamic, as in the lower combo, they seem to ignore the...
View ArticleCan I sweep cloned instances with hair (broom) - Mograph ?
Hi there, can anybody help me with a problem - I want to sweep cloned instances with Hair (hair tips) to animate a sweeping process. Can I get this done by using mograph/dynamics or do I have to use...
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Y-offset rotation
Hello I’ve been thinking about this ever since I saw an excerpt from this new game “Everything”, Today I just saw this awesome video demonstrating how to set up “Y-Offset” rotation/rolling in...
View ArticleMotion Tracker
Hi everyone,I’m trying to learn the motion tracker and have followed a few tutorials covering automatic and manual tracking. I’ve attempted to track a flyover (6 times now haha) and doesn’t seem to be...
View ArticleFeather and bone
I have a feather configuration with a mospline and hair object. I’m using two different textures one for the bone and one for the feather. the setup works exactly as I need it to in R14. It shows the...
View ArticleSoftware C4D
Hello Professors What is the ruling on the use of fancy users whose versions have crack? Knowing that it’s the hobbyists who use such copies and say they do not have the money to buy and they are not...
View ArticleMaterials greyed out in Material Manager
Hi. Can anybody explain why certain materials are greyed out in the Material Manager window? I’ve attached a screengrab showing that the “Sodalime,”“Concrete 01,” and “Metal - Rusty Steel” materials...
View ArticleSoftbody constrained to rigged mesh
HiI found softbodies works better than cloth to make dynamic geometry hair. I wish the mesh hair to constrain to a rigged character while allowing vertex maps to be used such as for the mass of the...
View Articlepyrocluster puff as asteroid dust cloud
Hello.I am trying to wrap an asteroid in a soft, subtle dust cloud. I’m thinking I’d use a Pyrocluster puff attached to a single particle.I’m using the standard particle emitter, set to a single...
View Articlelens effects in multipass question
Hi Dr. Sassi, love the new photo of you , btw-in rendering settings , I see where I can use lens effects , what if I want to use in MP, I see no option in the render settings , unless I’m missing...
View ArticleNo lights visable when in fracture object
Whenever i put lights into a fracture object, they quit working. How do i get them to work?
View Articlehow to: limit motion blur to a single object in a scene
I found a motion blur tag, but I don’t seem to be able to “solo” objects for motion blurring. Is there a way to do this?
View ArticleRelink Textures not working
Hello,I have a bunch of broken textures from an imported model.. When I select all missing textures in the texture manager and do “Relink Textures…” (selecting the right path) nothing happens…Is this a...
View Articlesoftly blending cloner objects
ok, so i have a grid of spheres. i want the overlapping spheres to have a smooth connection that makes them appear seamless. i tried meatballs and that looked awful. Connect did not work, even with...
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