How To Use Dynamics, Particle Emitters, and Different Camera Angles in Cinema 4D 224 Comments
In this tutorial, I show you how to make this fun eyeball animation shown below. First, we will build the dynamics system using Cinema 4D’s dynamics system and particle emitters. Then I show you how to texture the spheres to look like an eyeball using procedural materials. Finally, I show you how to light the scene and set up multiple camera angles to render out for compositing. I use Cinema’s new Batch Render feature to render all the camera angles at once. Stay tuned for part two of this tutorial where we will composite the scene using Adobe After Effects.
UPDATE: Many of you have mentioned using the Stage Object to cut between cameras instead of rendering out different angles separately. I didn’t use the stage object because I like having the freedom to move the cut around in post. It’s WAY easier and more flexible for me to edit a scene when it’s finally rendered. But, if you just need a simple cut, the stage object may be just what you need.
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How do you get the emitter to act this way in R 11.5?
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hey i know how i’ll make a quick tutorial on it….
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pixcellworld is my username on vimeo -
Here is how I figured out how to did it in 11.5
I can’t wait to do it in 14.
http://jamestpowers.com/?p=1345
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I can’t seem to add the rigid body tag to the sphere. When adding the rigid body tag. The sphere inherits a collider tag instead. Any idea of how to fix this?
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I got it. I made the sphere the child of a cloner object and set the count to “one” so I could add the rigid body tag to the sphere
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i had the same problem and i followed what you did and i managed to fix it as well! now..to do the next steps
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Great tutorial, thank you. I had a thought that I think would work quite well, but I am fairly new to C4D. Is there any way of getting the MoText to explode/break apart and the contents (eyeballs) fall out of their MoText frame and fall all over the floor?
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Nice tutorial, Nick.
I’ve made a video following it.Thanks!
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I’m having trouble with the Rigid Body Dynamics tag at the beginning of the video. I’m using R11.5. I don’t have the ‘Simulation’ drop down menu at the top either..
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Select sphere, go to tags > simulation tags > rigid body
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THANK YOU, I was having the most difficult time finding this!
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I’m pretty confident that the original font is Futura, or at least based on futura (Not that it matters). Nice tut!
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if i have 11.5 can i not do this tutorial?
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,
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Hey Nick, I’m having the same problem as some of the other guys… when i add the rigid body tag, it seem to go in as a collider tag… the white sphere turns purple. Am i missing a step? thank you, ian
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You probably have 11.5?
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No really Nick, i have been working on the very latest release of V12, and my v13 email arrived today. I’ve started the project many times and each time, even though i apply the rigid body tag, it goes on as a collider tag… i did notice Rocco above describing exactly the same issue and they solved it by adding a cloner object with a count of 1, but it shouldn’t require a workaround like that??? Ian
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I’ll just add that the guy who added the vimeo link below for 11.5 also adds an object (fracture) to allow the rigid body tag to be available… but I’m absolutely using V12…
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This tutorial was made with the Studio version. If you aren’t using that, then your dynamics will have to go on the cloner object.
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Thank you Nick… I’m on the broadcast version, didn’t realize there would be differences on a granular level like that… great to know… so a cloner object set to 1 iteration is the best choice
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Thanks so much u are the biggest help as i just start c4d learning , i have tried the same things what u have telling in this tutorial. I want to share with you please tell me how can upload it….!
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http://vimeo.com/27925082 here is how to do it in r11.5
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Was wondering if you could expand on this tutorial, and show us how to “delete” the “5″ mesh shape towards the end of the animation so the the eyeballs all suddenly fall to the ground and roll out of frame? Thanks.
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I think you can just keyframe the “enable” in the dynamics tag.
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Hey Nick! Great tut.
Not at a place where I can verify this right now (but if I don’t post I’ll forget later ^^), but for anyone watching this later, I think you just need to copy (or make a new one from scratch, if you want) the Render Setting there under the render settings window to change the frames you want rendered. Then that dropdown there will have a different option available.
Does that make sense? HTH
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I know this may sound stupid, but in my version of cinema4D, I don;t have the cache tab under the dynamics, in attributes….
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Same here… is this something new and unexplained in R13?
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Same here… is this something new and unexplained in R13?
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hey Nick, you don’t actually need to render them all out individually just add a stage object to your seen then keyframe your cameras in the cameras option of the object. BTW, you rock and I really enjoy your tuts!!
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could someone tell me pls, why when I render it, the spheres look blurred and they loose some color?
thanks
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This was great. I used the “S” from the SUBWAY® Logo and used tomatoes to fill the “S”! Fun!!! Thanks Nick!
Mark,
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The font is called ADOBE CLEAN and it’s their exclusive corporate font.. Not available.
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Hey one little question..
wouldn’t it be waay easier to just affect the size of the spheres in the emitter settings???
(Emitter-object/particles/endsize* -> variation)*I don’t know if it’s called like that in the english version because I’m from Switzerland and i work with the German version..
Great tutorials btw..
Greez Freddy
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sorry.. I jumped over the part where he changed it.. sorry!
just don’t notice my comment…
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From render settings I used the New Child option for each of my camera, in my render queue I set every render setting for each camera but when I render it out, it only renders my main camera.
Can anyone help me out, pls???
I don’t know if it has anything to do whit batching the scene, but I haven’t found that option so maybe thats why it renders me out one only camera….
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Hello guys, please help me… i have created the render queue.. but .. i have to this render my mac take 6 hours and when he have finished i have lot of .TIFF.. but where is my movie? this is the screenshot http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/screendhw.jpg/
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You need to import the tiff images into another program such as After Effects, import them as an image sequence.
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Just add another sphere into the emitter with a different size. Add as many as you want the emitter will combine them all.
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I was wondering if someone could help with a puzzling issue. I’ve created a similar animation but using a full word an several emittors.
On a couple of my camera shots towards the end of the animation not all of the spheres are rendering in the final animation. the weirdest thing is, when I render the same shot as a single frame preview, all the spheres do show up. It’s only when I save out the file that they are not showing.
Any ideas?
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Hi, this is the first tut i did for c4d, and you are a very good teacher, thanks a lot and keep tuts coming!!
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Nice tutorial this was fun. I used the SUBWAY® “S” and filled it with tomatoes. Feel free to check it out.
http://youtu.be/a4oKihCkq9UThanks,
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A simple and ientlligent point, well made. Thanks!
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Create ridig body? does nothing for me in r12 and I don’t have all the other options you have when you press dynamics button. Have I not installed everything?
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Great work Nick, my follow : http://vimeo.com/34527569
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The two last months, I learn so much out of your tutorials. Many thanks Nick
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Sincerely
The guys from Sweden -
I was suggested this website via my cousin. I am not certain whether or not this publish is written through him as no one else recognize such targeted approximately my difficulty. You’re wonderful! Thank you!
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Hey Nick,
I know this is quite the old tutorial but I was trying to do something like this but with smoke in cinema4d r13, but where the smoke fills up the letters…. I cant seem to figure out how to use each simulation tag in the correct way to make this happen? can this happen even? hopefully you get this, much respect!
-Dave
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Hi guys.
I have a problem That it´s making me get crazy.
All the tutorial it´s done. I looks to work perfectly but when I want to do the render… the final render doesn´t match with the editor view.
I´ve tried 100 things and nothing.
Help!
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thX for makinG those tutorials!
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my follow: http://youtu.be/OoLCditZr-w -
thX for making thesE*
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Very nice tut but I can’t follow because I don’t have C4d. I’m a beginner and I tried to follow you with 3ds Max Particle Flow.
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https://vimeo.com/37007031
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Great tutorial, why not add your cameras to a stage object and keyframe the changes.
Love your inspiration and drive.Luc
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Thank you
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Hi Nick/other C4D users….
Can anyone explain how Nick is seeing an animated render of the ‘grey’ particle emmissions?
Whenever I press play I just see the wire mesh versions of the spheres.
What do I need to do to preview the spheres movements in their grey/material state like in the tut)?thanks a bunch!
Rob
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Here’s my version:
Rob
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In the beginning of the tutorial where I “Create Rigid Body”, my balls do not change to falling, they just keep going straight out.
My best guess in trying to figure out why, I noticed in his video, under the dynamics tab on the right panel that Dynamic is set to On. Whereas the only options I have are: Off or Ghost.
Is this my problem? If yes, then how do I get the On option to show?
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There are no less than 4 people who have had the same damn problem with the Create Rigid Body NOT working correctly. Why have a damn tutorial if it won’t work for half the people!!!!!
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Hey, I’m using R13 broadcast version and I was wondering when using a rigid body tag, how would I make it so the object would fall at a certain frame. If this only works with Studio could you tell me??? I’m installing that now.
Thanks
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A bit late to see this. Awesome, as usual. But i might do the different angles thing by setting four different keyframes for one camera, and setting the curves so that they just snap to the new view instead of animating between them, and render the timeline out once normally, just to avoid the need to save different files for each scene in case something has to be changed later on.
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Thanks Nick for this wonderful explanation
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I need the files (studiol.c4d , softbox.c4d , linearskylight.c4d that you used explanation
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Brilliant Tutorial! It was easy to follow and I was blown away with my results.
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hey I liked the tutorial very interesting , the key for the render Queue is go and make different copys of the render setting and then , the render queue is going to see that right there ,where you said the key will be sorry for my English ,I am from Cuba.
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Hello! i have one question, where i can get the ” StudioL.c4d”? i browse in the folder but i dont find it. Thanks!
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Do you have the “Studio” bundle?
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What version of Cinema are you using Nick? I have r11.5 but I am unsure as to which is the best version. If anyone knows please fill me in because I’d like to be up to date with all of the latest software.
Thanks, Eric
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Buy 13 for sure.
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Great tutorial Nick, I can’t thank you enough
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if you want to see how i ruined this, take i look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boZBhmrZKx4&feature=youtu.be -
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Hi Nick,
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Really new to C4D and have been trying to use an animated object with c4d particle emitter but am having problems in that the object is replicated but does not animate (in the particle objects I mean). I’m basically trying to create a flock of birds. Is there a way to do this, or can you provide a link to a tutorial that has an example of this being done. Thanks for all the help you provide the 3d community. -
Amazing tutorial, started using more of Cinema4D because of you man, going great. I am just beginner for Cinema4D, but all the tutorials from GRESCALE GORILA inspires a lot..thanks
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When adding the rigid body tag to the sphere it loses its uniform spherical shape? Thoughts?
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Hi Nick, or anyone who thinks they can help me been doing this tutorial works really well…however instead of using spheres or any shape object is there not a way of using small type (using emitter) to form the number…just got an idea which small text builds up big text -(which be the number), when I change the sphere and replace it to an editable mograph object it just doesn’t work, seems to start well then sort of goes and explodes everywhere if makes sense! If anyone can help that would help me massively!
Thankyou
Lee Gregory
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hey nick, i just watched this video based on what you posted on FB, your 20 fav tuts. well what i’ve seen is you bumped in to the problem where you went to the render queue and make different scene files to render for each camera.. i think by using a “stage”, then key frame you what camera needs to be rendered… i think its a late post but i haven’t read all the comments, maybe someone said something about this
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Really like your tutorials. They are really helping me getting to know Cinema 4D and the possibilities. I have recreated the tutorial and I have learned a lot already, thank you! Just one angle and camera.
My result: https://vimeo.com/47512432
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hey Nick, Trying this technic in a different way with an intro. basically it’s doing this but instead of balls, in the tutorial instance,it would be 5′s shooting out of the emitter to fill up the five. I keep having these objects boing and bounce right outta the object, so i takes longer to fill it up. I tried the help you gave about the Dynamics Project settings, but it didn’t effect it at all. Do you have any other advice to keep my shapes inside of the shape I’m emmiting into. Also the emitters are inside of the object for sure. So it’s not that either. Thanks ahead for help from you and the GSG community. cheers
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Hey Nick, I was wondering if this tutorial worked the same when filling an object instead of motext. Also when filling the motext some of the particles fell from the shape, do you know what went wrong?
Thanks
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Hi Nick!
Thanks for the tutorial, pretty awesome! In regards to switching between cameras, i think stage object does the job. Check it out!
Let me know if its possible
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Great tutorial just like the others.
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Im struggling get a nice and smooth leaves falling effect when using the emitter. Ive tried modifying mass and even project geometry but this last one seems to be bad practice as it effects everything else in the projects. i cant get the emitter particles to slow down. any ideas? -
hello! first of all I would like to thank for the best tutorials out there on the web about cinema 4d. As soon as my pc is not the best for these things I am giving the fight from a while ago.
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I write because doing the tutorial dynamics and particle emitter. and my problem was that my particles deform and I want it perfect spheres. they deform as they hit the walls of the container letter deform and some particles in free fall.
I use cinema 4d r12 and soft body option in the dynamics is not enabled. I do not understand it could be. try doing the body editable areas but nothing changes.
from already thank you, I really learned a lot from you.
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hello! first of all I would like to thank for the best tutorials out there on the web about cinema 4d. As soon as my pc is not the best for these things I am giving the fight from a while ago.
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I write because doing the tutorial dynamics and particle emitter. and my problem was that my particles deform and I want it perfect spheres. they deform as they hit the walls of the container letter deform and some particles in free fall.
I use cinema 4d r12 and soft body option in the dynamics is not enabled. I do not understand it could be. try doing the body editable areas but nothing changes.
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Has anyone else had the issue in Cinema 14 that when you scale an emitter in x or y only that the objects they emit end up deforming in x or y only or end up transforming in scale as they are being emitted?
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Awesome tutorial. I included my piece that I made in my demo reel.
Here is a link to the just the animation:
http://jamestpowers.com/?p=1345
Thanks again.
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Very nice tut! Great job Nick!
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I don’t know if you know this, but there is some of your creations shown in this Cinema 4D promotion video thing by Maxon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRKfumNPL1Y
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I have been trying to figure this out for a while in either R12 Studio or in R14 broadcast.
In R12S I can’t seem to get the spheres to collect as if they are slowly disappearing? any help?
In R14B I can not get the rigid body tag to work even with the cloner trick, and objects wont be contained? or help with this?
Thanks
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finally i made one!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv_0XIByst4
- i try to use other sound! but i don’t have fx sound’s! just i use the same audio.thanks again mr.gorilla! lot’s of new stuff i learn!
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Hello Nick!
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Thank you for the awesome tutorial! Learned alot of stuff. I was wondering as I seen it in one of the posting’s on this tutorial, how to make the Spheres drop to the floor with this particular set up, after lets say they have filled up the text objects? Also using the turbulence effect, to manipulate the shapes so they move in an organic way, I have not been able to find a lot of info with out having to use a plugin. I am using R13 Studio version. Any suggestions would help. -
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Thanks for all the great tutorial ….
I’m a huge fan …..
If you want,
Here’s what I designed from your method:
http://youtu.be/IY3eLBn4R60
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hello sir, i did everything perfectly but i cannot find the render queue in r13… please help me sir
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Hi Nick,
great TuT!
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THX a lot!!!My question does not directly refer to that TuT but:
How can I simply add some random colors to the balls, taking different colors out of a fixed palette? I´d like to fill the “5″ with different colored balls!!!
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Hey! I think Myriad Pro font may work perfectly on the “5″
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Nick, for the diferent cams angles, can use the stage tool to animate and render in one step? Sorry for my english, Thanks for all the tutorials.
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As always great tutorial. Thanks
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Good Stuff. Another night away from the nagging Mrs awaits
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this is Awesome!! nick
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Hey Nick! great tutorial, again. I’ve learned a lot from them (: i can’t find your c4d layout again, it is very helpful. could please giveme the link? thanks.
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Hey Great tut nick, Thanks for this
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Nick try to use scene object – there you can define which camera is active in which frame. That let you make this more easier and simple.
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Hi Nick
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Thank’s again very fun tutorial.
Are you consider to composite in Nuke one day ?
I would like to see a tutorial with c4d and nuke …
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couldn’t you just use the display tag on the different cameras, and change the visibility between them??
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Hi Nick..great tutorial as always…
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just to let you know,,,for the camera cuts u could use the stage object and animate the camera cuts there…so you would not need to do 3 different renders…thanks
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http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/beznzvuml.png/
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Hey Nick, thanks for the tutorial. Question for you. We are running the broadcast bundle for C4D. It doesn’t include the rigid body dynamic outside of mograph objects. Is there a work around that I can do to apply the rigid body tag to the sphere?
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Nevermind, I made the sphere the reference in a Moinstance.
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this is Awesome!! nick
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That was great! This is the first I’ve heard of a render que in Cinema 4D! I render multiple files in AE all the time and I thought it was stupid that they didn’t have one in C4D. Thanks
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Nick you can use stage for the different camera angles without doing a batch render. awesome tuts!!
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You can use a Stage object to change cameras within a single scene. Drag the camera you would like for each shot into the camera area of the Stage object and then keyframe the range that you would like it to appear.
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Another tutorial, gonna give me somthing to do tonight
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How do i set-up the dynamics in 11.5?
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deam you post it … will be back after watching the tutorial
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You were correct when you said iris, but it has multiple parts. check it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(anatomy)
Your problem-solving strategy is probably the best part of your tutorials. Way too many tutorials are over-rehearsed, so it’s relieving to see you get stymied and fix the problems. I’ve been in so many situations where I can’t figure out how to make major problems go away.
Thanks Nick!
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awesome can´t wait to try it!
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At the bottom left of your render settings there is a button that will let you set up different render setting groups. I’m sure that’s how you can get around saving different scene files. That’s on version 12.
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Nick you rock! Way to pack a lot into one fun tutorial!
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Nick, if you hit Option + Shift it will turn both your ‘Traffic Lights” red with one click.
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Hi Nick!
Here’s the trick you’re looking for
1. Inside the “Render Settings” klick on “Render Setting…” in the bottom-left corner
2. With “NEW” you’ll going to create a completely new render-setting. With “New Child” you’ll going to create a new render-setting which INHERIT the settings of its parent (except those you change lile for example the “Frame Range
)3. Inside the “Render Queue” you can define a Render Setting for every camera!!! Now you don’t have to save all those different scenes.
Another thing i’ve scene for years:
Everytime you use the Fresnel-Shader you decrease the overall brightness of the Reflection AND THEN you decrease the “Mix Strength”.
If “Mix Mode” is set to “Normal” the overall Brightness has NO effect if a “Texture” is set.
You only need to set the “Mix Mode” to “Multiply” and THEN adjust the overall brightness (without touching the “Mix Strength”-Slider).Sorry for beeing this “know-it-all”….
Love your tutorials for years!!!!!
sorry for my bad english … i’m from germany
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I’m glad to see several references to Brazilian works here in Gorilla. This is the third tutorial I see some work inspired by some work from Brazil. Cool.
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you can download this scene file and see a different way to render multiple cameras http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyeLVkZCYBc just unfold the info stuff below the video
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and go to see a doctor!!!
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How do you add the Simulation drop down menu tags in Cinema v11.5. Stuck on the step right after creating the emitter and applying the dynamic body tag.
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Hey Nick,
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nice Tutorial as always. The dynamics part wasn’t interesting to me, but the texturing part was nice.
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I Nick.. I couldn’t find a way to bake the dynamics in 11.5… MoGraph Cache is not doing anything..
please help… and thanks for sharing.
cl[m.t]
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hey nick love the tut, u cud use a stage to set each individual camera
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Hey Nick;
I’m running R12 Broadcast, when I follow the instructions to a tee for adding the first Rigid Body Tag to the the spheres it appears to have no effect on the balls. They just continue to float out of the emitter.
Am I missing something or do I need to set something in the preferences?
Thanks
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Steve -
beeldmotion, seagullsfly. Several agencies in Brazil!
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Thank you, Nick!
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That was as usual a great tutorial, specially the eye bulb texturing method. That blow my mind away!!!
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But I just have to say you could save a lot of time tweaking with the dynamics I you would just choose the Bold Italic font like the guys of Seagullsfly did. Just saying LOL -
Quicktip: Instead of using a random effector you could use the variation option at the size in the emitter tab.
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awesome nick!!! looking forward to part two, will love the AE part!
thx!
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What is the original font that they used? I’m curious to have that font… Anybody can answer? thank you…
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Ok, at the end I still have something useful for you
You can use the Scene/Stage object (located where the camera object is) and keyframe what camera is used to view thru.
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Hey Nick,
Did you try the stage object?
You can pick the stage object from the lights tab and keyframe where exactly you want each camera to be enabled.You juct have to write somewhere the frames you picked so in AE you will shift+chose the frames of each camera.
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Nice tutorial as always, Nick. Did you know that there is a stageobj…. LOL. I’m wondering if people read the comments….at all…..
Anyway the texturing part was brilliant, thanks for that….
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NIce tut, simplest way add objects>>>scene >>> stage object drag and drop cameras in field and then just keyframe the field to change the cameras
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Hi everyone !
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Nice tutorial !
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I didn’t know the static mesh option to contain the spheres in the 5, opens up new possibilities to mess around with
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hey, i tried to do the same with my logo, wich i imported from illustrator, that means i got an extrude nurbs object. but its not working. can i only do it with text and numbers inside from cinema? anyone an idea? thanks…
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Hi Nick i use different camera’s with the stage (in the light object menu) switch with keyframe i hope you understand good tut im from holland
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Hi Nick great tut as always. I was wondering if there is a way, possibly using Xpresso, to generate an impact sound when the eyeballs collide. I can find sound clips of pool balls impacting, for example, but I can’t seem to find a way to trigger them automatically in C4D when 2 objects collide. That would make sound design for this sort of animation a whole lot easier.
@Steffen – Just put your object in a null and add your dynamics tag to the null. Make sure you set “inherit tag” to “Apply tag to children” under the “collision” tab of the dynamics tag.
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Try Segoe Bold Italic for the 5.
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Nice!
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Wicked tutorial!
Thanks again!
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Nick, here is a tut you should watch about one scene different cameras. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqd33XjdL5M
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Quick rende i did
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Hi Nick, amazing tut…it beats the original adobe version.
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Hi Nick,
very nice and useful tutorial.
i didn’t read every comment, but i just wanted to let you know about the “Stage” function. you can find it under object>scene>stage. it’ll let you change between cameras, backgrounds, foregrounds, skies and environments.thx again for the nice tutorial.
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Eyeballs Numbers…
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Eyeballs-Numbers/1833817
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Thanks for this awesome tutorial!
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Awesome tutorial Nick you are the best ;D
But i have a problem in the cinema 4d r12 does not appear cache ;(
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Just wondering how you make the gradient on the texture show in the editor, I can’t find the anything to do it.
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Nick, great tutorial as ever. I spliced it together with the one you did on Global illumination. now I would like to remove the text at a certain point so the spheres will collapse. any idea how to do go about it?
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I am trying since this morning but I can not load the first part, that error always appears “oops”….tkx
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Awesome Nick! Great turorial, you give to me an inspiration. I have a question… Can I do this with Cinema 4D 11.5?
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My buddy Nathan animated this idea that was sold to Adobe and then recreated by Seagulls fly. Its too bad he never got adequate credit.
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thank you!
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For all you that don’t have Mac Pros try reducing the number of segments in the sphere and make sure render perfect is checked.
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IMPORTANT! im having trouble ‘creating the rigig body’, it doesnt seem to be were it is on your C4D version? i need help urgently
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Very nice and helpful tut Nick
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Hey Nick! Great tut!
But why not use the cloner object and link the emitter to it instead of the fracture object?
It;s working for me:Here’s mine: http://vimeo.com/26951034
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Hi Nick,
best tuts for C4D on you site.
I learn many many thing!On eyes I tray FBM noise can be very interest.
And eye have some “lens” can we mix displacement map and transparency?
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Hey buddy, awesome tutorial! One question a bit random, when you are saving there is kind of a black side bar coming out your finder, is that an app twikki thing? You think you can share what that it? it seemed reaaally cool and usefull.
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my c4d keeps crashing when i try the tutorial
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A nice rendering with Multiple Cameras in C4D Tutorial;
http://www.c4dtraining.com/Tutorials/multipleCameras/multipleCameras.html
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Hey, I found this tut that is very close to what you want.
http://www.c4dtraining.com/Tutorials/multipleCameras/multipleCameras.htmlHopeful it helps
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am using c4d 11.5 i did find create rigid body and create collider ?! Help
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I’m sorry for the stupid question. due to what you have 24 threads rendering? I have AMD Phenom II x2 and I have only 2 threads. What plug-in or hardware do you use?
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Dean just beat me to it!
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Sorry, I meant Deon.
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I second That.
I have been stuck on trying to find the create collider tag. I’m looking vigorously
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You need to add the object you want as a child of a mograph object example cloner object…then add the tag to the cloner… jR you do the same and then you set the settings in the tag to be a static object…hope it helps
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in 11.5
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You could use the Stage object, too. But the problem comes in with multipasses, specifically motion vectors. The frames right around the cut get really screwed up, since it basically interprets the cut as a really fast camera move.
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Nice. Thanks, John.
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I have another comment above. Stage works well, but motion vectors can get really screwed up. It basically interprets the cut as a really fast camera move.
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I agree. I like having control over my edit in post.
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hehe. Just did. Got some antibiotics. Cough should be gone soon!
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Hey Joaquim, i do believe that Nick rendered out the 3 scenes to get a smoother feel,If you use the stage object, the camera angels turn to sudden and it just isn’t as smooth as the 3 separate renders.
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Agreed, although the advantage of rendering individual shots is rendering handles so you can have more flexibility in your edit
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you have to uncheck rigid body on the tag you’ll apply to the motext object
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I’m not the Gorilla or the monkey I’m more like this one
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Hey, at first I thought you are right with the fresnel shader. But the overall brightness does influence the reflections even when the mixmode is set to normal – just had a look at it… Thx for explaining anyway
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Thanks I’ll try it.
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In 11.5, I don’t get an option to designate the tag as a static object. To correct this (for the 5), I placed my motext 5 inside a null object and applied the dynamic tag to the null object. Since the null object is not a MoObject it does not have dynamic physics, it acts only as a static collider.
For the sphere, Joaquim’s method should work.
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I’m Also having the same issue… Any Suggestions?
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Same issue to :/
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did you put the emitter in a fracture object, that happens if they are not part of a mograph object.
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I didn’t watch to end, yet… Sorry
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Maybe stick the logo in a connect object?
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I think the issues lies in the tag itself. For some reason when you right click Dynamic Tags/Dynamic Body it gives you a tag with only
Basic/Dynamic/Collision options not Soft Body, Force or Mass.I am pretty sure thats the issue but I can’t figure out how to resolve it. With Broadcast 12 you should have that option….correct?
Steve
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that aint cool
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hopefully for you she isn’t a GSG regular!
well, that might help you resolve stuff…
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I think Smoke is on to something – this forum thread makes me think applying dynamics directly to objects is a feature exclusive to R12 Studio – in Broadcast I think the object has to run through some sort of mograph object to work properly.
Pete
http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-916330.html
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Try this…
in 11.5 you have to use a sphere with cloner object set to 1 as the emitter and then apply a “gravity” to it. It worked for me.
cheers!
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Yeah, in 11.5, you have to add dynamics to a mograph object to get it to work. Also, hollow objects like the number 5 won’t behave properly.
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Smoke, Pete and Moroko you guys are all right. When you place the tag in a Mograph object you get all the other options but you do have to click the Dynamics on to get it to work.
Thanks for the help… definitely learned something today.
Steve
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Glad I could help. Still trying to figure out the audio triggers but here is what I have come up with so far without the sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCYdEtGfU-M
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So Nick
Does 11,5 and Broadcast 12 have the same dynamic systems?
Steve
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What letter or number would you recommend?
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As a Brazilian too, I’m also very glad for the “mention” in your awesome tutorials. BTW, the examples you use for the fashion show project, are from the guys from my city, and that was a promotion of a local store.
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Nah, it’s the iris. Retina’s inner surface of the eye thats sensitive to light.
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No. The 11.5 system only works on Mograph objects. 12 dynamics can be applied to anything.
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There’s a free plugin called render elements that will allow you to render different project settings in the render queue.
http://adamswaab.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/render-elements-v0-7-13/
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Sorry, I had not read all the comments
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At last! Somneoe with real expertise gives us the answer. Thanks!
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Press command ‘D’ to bring up the project settings. Click on dynamics tab and then the cache tab.
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It’s called Default Folder X and it’s awesome.
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Furthermore, I had issues when trying to use the fracture object/random effector. My eventual work around was to add them both, just as Nick did then duplicate+drag the rigid body tag from my cloner object to my fracture object to keep the balls inside the 5.
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I have a 12 core mac that is multithreaded to make 24 buckets.
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Actually I tried that, but when I rendered the objects appeared with the number of segments I chose, not as perfect spheres, not sure why it didn’t work this time. Another thing I tried to speed up my workflow was check “Render Instances” on the emitter, but then the spheres started to flying all over the place, they wouldn’t acknowledge the rigid container shape so I had to turn it off.
Any ideas on why this two things didn’t work? They did in the cherry tutorial.
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Sorry, don’t know why my reply went to the bottom of the comments and appeared as a new one, anyway, here it is again.
I tried using low segments and render perfect checked in, but when I rendered the objects appeared with the number of segments I chose, very chunky, not as perfect spheres, not sure why it didn’t work this time. Another thing I tried to speed up my workflow was check “Render Instances” on the emitter, but then the spheres started to flying all over the place, they wouldn’t acknowledge the rigid container shape so I had to turn it off.
Any ideas on why this two things didn’t work? They did in the cherry tutorial.
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Arggggghhhhhhhhh! Why my comments are being sent to the bottom and not right next to I actually meant to reply?
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Insights like this liven things up arnoud here.
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Very Nice! You said you used a Turbulence, but was a little confused on how you set it up. Could you give a little more detail on it?
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Sorry my last reply was for the Mographer. I had a previous post that somehow got deleted. I was trying to ask you Nick how get the Spheres to drop to the floor once they have filled the Polygon texts, or add other effects such as turbulence in order to try to get wavy like motion. Thanks for the tutorial! Lots of good stuff!
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