UPDATE: Cinema 4D 11 and above The “object” folder described in the tutorial is not available in Cinema 4D Version 11 and 11.5. If you have the new version, watch this video.
The first video in the CSTools series where I will go though how to use all of Chris Smith’s endlessly useful, CSTools. Today we talk about the 3D Stroke. A Cinema 4D Tool he developed to emulate the Trapcode After Effects Plugin, 3D Stroke.
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Dope man! Your rocking some pretty sweet tutorials lately.
That’s cool! thanks
excellent video greetings from argetina, Sory for my bad English, I speak only Spanish
PS: please post a tutorial on modeling with blueprints
This is so fracking inspiring – thanks so much for this very cool video tutorial!
seriously!
beautifully badass. Once again Nick, thank you.
Nice stuff. Would love to see some Thinking particles here on GSG.
Cheers
Cool tools !
Kickasss :p
i dont have a object folder…and when I create one the tools still don’t show up…what do I do?
Ben, I just found out that in Version11, you can’t add items to the object folder as like in version 10. Instead, you should use the content browser to point to them. I will go though the Content Browser soon.
Man I found these the other night and I look and you have a tutorial up.
Get out of my head hahaha!!!!
Thanks for this, this one is cool so are some of his camera presets. Docucam is awesome.
Can you do one on the line growth. I followed the instructions on his RTF but couldnt get it to work.
Thanks again
Thanks Jeremy,
I plan on doing all of the tools. More to come next week.
sweet thanks gorilla…here’s a banana
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1056/1367977822_0d8af9d324.jpg?v=0
Awesome. This effect is amazing. Are you using a standard layout in C4D or did you customize it?
The Layout is from Tim at Hypa.tv. Here is the link.
http://www.hypa.tv/hypablog/?p=15
Thanks for these videos Nick! I have actually made your blog my startpage
Keep it coming!
Thank you muchly… love your teaching style. I look forward to learning more about Chris’s excellent tools
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I have a problem while animating the offset parameter of the 3D stroke CSTool
Always the same thing: i’m animating only the offset and while the animation goes stroke spurts back in thikness twice or more times. My english is not gud thus better i post the file
http://www.skynext.ru/scorpions.zip – c4d scene with stroke
Nick
thanks for the tuts – bunch of helpful tips.
Can you please post a tutorial on animating clones that are offset in time – clones of one object animating in the same manner but delayed in time. I kind of managed to do this with metaballs, cloner object and step effector (http://www.urbanex.riven.pl/AE/cinema4d/cloner_metaballs_anim_h264.mov) but was unable to recreate the effect with the 3D stroke and cloner object (http://www.urbanex.riven.pl/AE/cinema4d/3dStroke_anim_2_h264.mov).
- another Q – does random effector only work with Mograph tools? – what if i wanted to animate some other objects with mograph effectors?
thanks again
sawa
How do you install cstools under R11?
They don’t show up under objects in R11.
hi! very good tutorials… but a i have a problem with the CS Tools. I have Cinema 4D R11 and the Cs Tools dosen`t work.
Any idea whats happen?
Thanks!… From Venezuela!…
Sorry for my english…
Install instructions are different in C4D11. Check the post for an update.
Sir, what do you mean by ‘content browser’?
is it on library>>browser? im so sorry if i cant follow.. thanks for immediate response..
awesome! Sometimes, i really am in trouble when i think that how i can make some cool line animation… But!!
you make me solve the problem. really thank you!!
Nowadays, In korea, lots of people are trying to study of C4d
And i think you will give us a BIG Hand. thank you.
if you can speak Korean, more people can have a good study from you.
~:D joke!!
ps.i worry that you might not understand what i said cuase my english skills…-_-
Great tutorial Nick. I am loving cinema 4D more and more. I did notice in your CS tools folder you had a tutorial for “vibrate null”. For some reason it was not in my download. Do you know where else I could view this.
Hey What’s up,
I’m sorry but I don’t understand what I have to do to use CS-Tools. I have the version 11, and I don’t have the folder “Object” in my library file folder. I’m french, sorry for my bad english….. :s
Thanks to help !
Psychedelic.
It’s a bit different in 11. Try watching these install instructions instead. http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/2009/06/how-to-install-cs-tools-in-cinema-4d-version-11/
hey im 15 years old and i want to use cinema 4D can i enter my name and email on the maxon website on the demoversion page, pls let me know thanks
man, this stuff is so cool!! every tutorial is just so much fun!!! sweet!!
Writing here just to say how immensely grateful I am for these tutorials. Thanks!
Thanks for the tutorial. What I’m looking to do is round of the caps, as I can only get sharp points!
Here is an example of what I’m looking for:
http://www.motionserved.com/Gallery/Jetting-Is/442879
I’m sure I am just missing something! Thank you again for the tutorials!
I have a problem with the 3d stroke. When i’m rendering i can see my spline even if the offset is on 0. Would you have any solution ??? thks
Question:
I amusing this technique to build a helix using a cloner obj. and sketch & toon effect.
The issue is on all frames there is a ghosted image of the helix with the sketch & toon fx before the stroke is even on screen.
How can you avoid that ghosted image and still maintain the sketch & toon fx?
Thanks
Basil.
Dig the tutorials BTW
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I am having Maxon Cinema 4D version 12.048 and there is no object folder in the library.When I create one and paste the items.It doesn’t show up in C4D.I need HELP.Please somebody HELP me.
hey guys im 15 years old and i want to use cinema 4D, can i enter my name and email on the maxon website on the demoversion page. and will i recieve the download pls need a reply thanks
Gorilla,
I am new to C4D and currently am using the Studio R13 Version. I am going through your videos in chronological order and was able to figure out slight differences between the versions in your early videos and R13.
I am hung up on where to copy the CS tools as in the R13 version a folder called Object does not exist in the library. Please let me know if there is something I can do to solve this problem. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Congratulations for the work, you are very good at it.
The tool “CS Tools” is not working for version 13 of Cinema4D.
Just to say that it does not work.
If you know how to work on version 13 how to put here.
Thank you and congratulations again.