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Affect cloner sequentially
Posted: 10 June 2021 09:00 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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Hi,
I use some external effectors to do that in general but i was wondering if there is a method in c4d.
I wanna affect in sequence (from index 0 to end) my following setup so the cloners turn from white to red.

Is that possible?

Scene file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gdz2ywxqo2sv1o8/cloner_per_index.c4d?dl=0

Many thanks!

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Posted: 10 June 2021 09:24 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi thanulee,

Thanks for the file and for using Dropbox.

I’m not sure if I follow with the “external effector” comment. Inside the Cloner, there is no option. (If that was the question)

Here are two examples:
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/o0x1qgcdE26JO73XHrnVWUufMIeKdjuOWq4aXtF3hXz

In the first one [01], I use the gray values of the Step Effector to drive a MoGraph Color Shader, while the Colors are applied then via Colorizer.

The second file [11] uses a Plain Effector to enable color, but the clone color itself comes from the Falloff> Fields> Formula. Here the F parameter is used to animated the colors. The formula is id<f, then this means, while the app is processing through the clones, it checks if an id is smaller than the f value. If that is true (=1), then the color is used. If it is false (=0), then the Field will not influence anything.

(I exclude the two-child (white/red) sort/modify-clones setup, as it will create a more extensive setup.)

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Posted: 10 June 2021 09:59 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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“External” effector i meant, I get some custom effectors from various sources on the internet sometimes.
I had a python one with many options that worked great in R20 but in R23 doesnt, due to new python update.

So thanks a lot. Formula approach is exactly what i am after.
May I ask if its possible to add other fields on top?

Take a look at this image please, you will understand what i wanna do I think: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ix4x5ha224h4uo/formula_fields.png?dl=0

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Posted: 11 June 2021 12:47 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Thanks for the extra information, thanulee.

Is this closer to what you want?
https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/share/3wTKwwftP3lEIePqIv3h3pVBB0Wf4foYmDZlYuwvP3Y

Python-Effector: Not that it always works, but there are some “Python2 to Python3” converters available on the web.

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Posted: 11 June 2021 10:06 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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Thank you very much this is great. Good tip about the python converter i ll give it a shot!

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Posted: 11 June 2021 01:06 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Perfect, thanks for taking the time to reply, thanulee.

My best wishes for your project.

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