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I’m new to cinema 4d, and having an issue with flying logo tutorial. When I set up the letters for the animation, the do not rotate and fly in like they are supposed to. I’m following all of the steps, but we’re not getting the response from the program we’re looking for. Is there something we’re missing?

Thank you,

Hi Btrombley82,

Would you mind to share your scene file? I will have a look into it.

You also can download the file from the tutorial and compare it with yours (see image).

If you have questions about a tutorial, there is a button to click right where the tutorial is (see image). This will create a post/thread in the Tutorial discussion forum. Which allows others to find it more easily.

All the best

Sassi

Here is the file. We’ve been going back and forth between the tutorial and the sample file, and we just kind find what we’re doing wrong. We add the key frame on 40, then set the rotations, then add the key from on 60. when we play back, the letters do not rotate in.

Thanks for the file, Btrombley82.

I have attached three images. Two are based on the hierarchy in the tutorial file and one that I took from your scene file. Please compare them, you will see that the order is a critical point here.

Secondly, the Plain effector might work here nicely as well, but the fall off was not oriented (See the top view image). Compare for the Effector the Coordinates as well the Falloff direction (X or Z, + or -).

Some people like to rotate the effector instead of setting up the x,y,z (+/-) direction. Both works, as long as you keep the animation under control. My tip try both versions, but before you animate, get the direction right.

As a minor point, the size of the falloff is pretty small, which is OK, but it will lead to a different behavior of the letters, explore different length here, if you like to see the influence. The Falloff of the Effector was also left to 50% (default), the tutorial has it on 100% in the file, which will set the effective length of the falloff to half in you scene, which means even shorter.

As a little side note, the less keyframes you use per track, the more influence each keyframe has. As an result of this, each adjustment of a key, especially in the F-Curve, will have a greater effect. This results in lees work normally and enables a faster workflow. It is like in Illustrator, the lower the point-amount, the faster the shape can be adjusted, and mostly, the result is cleaner. Just my two cents.

Good luck

Sassi

Thank you for the response. We will try it and see how it goes.

You’re welcome, Btrombley82.

My best wishes

Sassi