C4D r.6….Now and then. Please help.
Last time I played around with C4D r.6 and that was a LONG time ago. Just purchased C4D r17, 18. A lot has changed since version 6. I don’t want to bother anyone with such basic questions but I just...
View ArticleIntersecting vertices During extrusions
I have been working on a very simple model based off one letter from Motext. I have started adding details to the model via extrusions of different faces and I keep running into issues on the edges of...
View ArticleCrash C4D r18
Hi There,Today i installed my new C4D r18. But when i start the application i get a crash :-(So please help me!Greetings,Taha
View ArticleRelative render output paths
Hi there,I recently found out that you can set up relative paths to renders. For example ‘./Output/render’ creates a render directory in the current c4d folder called Output and renders to that....
View ArticleConnecting all points between two planes with splines
HelloI have two planes, each with 10 divisions. The planes are offset in Y. I want to have a spline leaving each polygon on plane 1 and going to the corresponsing polygon on plane 2. So basically have...
View ArticleTeam Render Client Opens and immediately closes
Hi Everyone,I put a copy of Team Render Client R17 on my 2010 MacPro and when I open it .. It immediately closes. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated Thanks! Bill
View ArticleFeedback on 3D models?
Could I get feedback on the 3D models I’m currently working on here? Just to know how my 3D models look, how they are, and what I can do to improve them. It’s just that Dr. Sassi, you have lots of...
View Articletest “car” rolling down a slope: unexpected behaviour…
Sometimes C4D dynamics can baffle me. The way I understand gravity, the little “car” should just start rolling and accelerate when I start the animation/simulation. However, it makes several attempts...
View Article2010 Mac Pro faster than 2013 Mac Pro on team rendering
Hi there,I have a curious question .. I have a Mac Pro 2010 (2 x 2.66 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon, 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC, ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB) on my team render and the newer design Mac Pro 2013...
View ArticleQuadruped rig flexibility questions (character tool)
Hey all,I’m rigging my first a cat, got to the animation phase and am running into some issues. First question is about rig flexibility: The rig doesn’t allow some poses I’m trying to achieve and not...
View Articlehow do I Make a duplicate mesh skin? r17
Hi, I’m sure it’s out there because I have seen it before but I can’t remember right now. How do I take an object (lets say a human face) and create a duplicate that is slightly scaled out? This would...
View ArticleC4d2AFX Camera. Lights,... exchange; best back and forth workflow?
Hey, as the title says I’m interessted in how you guys handle this workflow? Especially if you bounce back and forth between the apps. I mean if you start in C4d and just want to add additional...
View ArticleCinema 4D R18 Render Problems
Ever since installing R18, I’ve been experiencing intermittent dropped frames when rendering. The renderer also sometimes stalls mid-render. Is anyone else experiencing this? Does anyone know how to...
View ArticlePlease..
Hey, I am sorry i cannot post in the questions and Answers section.My question is simple but im just a newbie as the name suggests. I have a model which is uvmapped i extracted from a game, Im planning...
View ArticleControlled (custom) tearing
Hello guys!I am new to C4D. I was wondering if it is possible to control a tearing effect (cloth, paper, etc.) using splines as “guides”, black/white texture maps or vertex painting?Best regards, Michael
View ArticleCinema 4D Voronoi Fracture Challenge
After seeing the breathtaking 2016 AICP Sponsor Reel (https://vimeo.com/169599296), and now that Voronoi fracturing is available in Cinema 4D, I’ve been hard at work trying to reproduce the reverse...
View ArticleIssue with hair brush in vertex mode
HelloI’m trying to paint some weight onto hair strands in C4d R18. I want to apply this to dynamics so that the gravity affects the tips of my hairs more than the bottom.However when I use the brush...
View Articleproduct with 360 Degree render
Hi,First time I am trying 360˚ a product render…. any tutorial similar to that…? Ref:http://www.fuelarc.com/cars/toyota/fortuner-4x4-at/360-view/ Thanks.
View Articlexpresso Sound node “sample” port useage
Hello,I know this node is quite esoteric and pretty much nobody uses it since the output can’t be rendered. However, I noticed that this node has a port called “sample” and the help file states you...
View Articleimport vertex paint data C4D R18
Hi,I’ve received a .wrl file from a zbrush artist. I now want to adept the models he created in zbrush. Therefore he exported his files into .wrl. When I’m opening the file into c4d, I see the model....
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