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Learn how to Create a Repeating Animation with Fields
 

Learn how to create a repeating animation with Fields in Cinema 4D.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to use the Time Field to create a repeating animation in Cinema 4D. You will learn how to setup loop and ping pong animation using the Curve modifier layer as well as how to adjust the Time Field’s offset parameter using Subfields.

Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Apr 09 2020 03:08 1385
How to Adjust Dynamics for Small Objects
 

Learn how to adjust Dynamics for small objects in Cinema 4D.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to adjust Dynamics for small objects in Cinema 4D using the expert settings inside the Dynamics scene preferences.

Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Apr 02 2020 01:22 1024
How to Create a custom Default Scene
 

Learn how to create a custom default scene in Cinema 4D.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to create a custom default scene in Cinema 4D. After applying some useful changes to a fresh scene, he turns that scene into the new default scene and points you to the location where you can find it in order to share it with friends and colleagues.

 
Jonas Pilz Mar 26 2020 02:07 1044
How to Quantize a whole Fields Setup
 

Learn how to quantize a whole Fields setup in Cinema 4D.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to quantize a Fields setup using the Quantize modifier layer. After quantizing the values of an effector, you will also learn how to apply quantization to colors.
Recorded with Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Mar 19 2020 01:40 933
How to Consolidate all Referenced Files
 

Learn how to consolidate all referenced data in a dedicated folder.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to save Cinema 4D projects in a way that includes all referenced files, such as image textures, videos, caches, XRefs and so on. This way you can send complex scenes to a render service or to colleagues. Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Mar 12 2020 01:40 774
How to Create a Wet Map
 

Learn how to create a wet map using Fields in Cinema 4D.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to create a wet map using Fields in Cinema 4D. You will learn how to create a vertex map and how to use the Decay modifier layer to create trails for animated wet objects. Finally, Jonas uses the vertex map in a material to apply the effect to an object. Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Mar 05 2020 03:14 1782
Moves by Maxon: Overview
 

Moves by Maxon is a combination of an iOS app and Cinema 4D plugin, which allows you to record facial expressions and body movements without much effort and import them into Cinema 4D for further use. For this capturing process, no other device is needed except an iPhone (series XR, XS or 11) or iPad Pro (3rd generation, starting 2018) - and of course Cinema 4D (Release 21+). This video gives a short introduction to the workflow.

 
Matt Umney Mar 02 2020 01:41 1385
Moves by Maxon: Download and Install
 

In this short video we explain how to install the Moves by Maxon plugin. This plugin is required in addition to the Moves by Maxon app, which is available from Apple’s App Store, to transfer the captured data to Cinema 4D for further processing.

Download the Moves by Maxon for Cinema 4D from the above download Files button.
Download the app from the iOS App store
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Works only with Cinema 4D R21 or later.

To Install Moves by Maxon Manually:
You will need to download the .zip folder from Cineversity by clicking the “Files” button above. You will then need to extract the plugin before placing it in your plugins folder. When you’re inside Cinema 4D, Go to Edit > Preferences > Open Preferences Folder. This will take you to your Cinema 4D Preference folder. Navigate to the Plugins folder and put the Moves by Maxon Plugin in this folder. If you already have C4D open, you will have to restart the program before you will see the plugin appear.

 
Matt Umney Mar 02 2020 01:37 2522
Moves by Maxon: Transferring Motion Capture Data
 

This short video explains how to configure the Moves by Maxon plugin to connect to the iPhone or iPad, how to pair the devices and what further preparations have to be made to import your captured data into Cinema 4D

 
Matt Umney Mar 02 2020 02:06 880
How to Quickly Create Specific Material Types
 

Learn how to quickly create specific material types in Cinema 4D R21.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz introduces you to a new setting, which allows you to define the material type that you want to create by double-clicking in the Material Manager. He also shows you where to set up shortcuts for creating all types of materials. Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Feb 27 2020 01:29 1279
How to Quickly Find an Object in the Object Manager
 

How to quickly find an object in the Object Manager

In this Quick Tip, Glenn Frey will show you how to quickly find an object you selected in the viewport in the Object Manager.

 
Glenn Frey Feb 20 2020 00:52 863
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Series Introduction
 

In this tutorial series we will take a look at some techniques that allow us to create an object dissolve effect, using the PolyFX Modifier, MoGraph Effectors and Fields.
We will also see how to use this setup to drive a material, and use it with Cinema 4Ds materials.
This technique is ideal for dissolving static meshes, and although it could be adapted to work with animated ones, as it stands, it will have some limitations.
We will start by creating a mesh object with irregular shaped polygons, so the dissolve looks more interesting and organic.
For more advanced Users, Video number 3, has the whole setup without a lot of details, so anyone experienced in Cinema 4D and MoGraph can quickly see how the setup is put together, but the rest of the videos, present a step by step breakdown, with all the necessary details

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 00:59 1554
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Creating a 3D Model that has Irregular Polygons
 

In this Video, I will show you how to create a 3D model that has irregularly sized quad polygons, which is ideal for a large number of organic Effects, including Dissolves like this one. We will model the 3D text, and then use the Polygon Reduction Generator and a subdivision Surface Object to create irregular quad topology

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 08:56 470
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Dissolving a Mesh Using MoGraph Effectors
 

In this Video, I will do a full breakdown of the whole technique, for Users that have a good understanding of Cinema 4D and MoGraph. If anything mentioned in this video left you wondering, please watch the rest, where I do a more detailed breakdown, part by part.

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 12:16 392
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Dissolving the Mesh using PolyFX and Scaling
 

Using the PolyFX modifier to affect individual polygons, Effectors and a Spline Field, we will start setting up the Dissolve, by animating the Spline’s influence on the mesh. This will give you a basic understanding of the technique, and set things up for the following videos.
If you want to lear everything about fields, please watch this series of videos Demystifying Cinema 4D Fields

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 09:46 395
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Adding Procedural Growth Using a Freeze Layer
 

In this Video, we will enhance the original Spline Field Growth using a Freeze layer, with some randomness in its growth.
For a better understanding of different ways of using the Freeze Layer, please watch these amazing tutorials by eyedesyn EJ Hassenfratz: Walking Through Fields: Flipping Panels

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 08:38 302
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: How to Move and Rotate the Polygons
 

Using the previously created growth, we will now apply it so the we move and rotate the polygons. A very important aspect of this, is to ensure the order of the Effectors is correct in the PolyFX Effector List.

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 10:16 298
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Making Fragments Behave like Particles
 

As an extra bonus, in this video I will show you an additional trick that allows you to make the fragments move indefinitely, as if they are particles. In the process I will explain another function of the Freeze Layer, and introduce the Field List clamp.
For more information on the Field List Clamp, please watch this video: Demystifying Cinema 4D Fields Value Clamps and Field List Clamps

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 05:52 317
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Using Vertex Maps to Store Field Data
 

After completing the Dissolve effect, we will now use the Field data, inside a Vertex Map. But be aware that there’s a specific process we need to follow in order for the effect to work successfully. We first need to Disconnect all polygons, otherwise, the effect will not be correct.
If you want to learn more about using fields in other contexts, please watch this video: Demystifying Cinema 4D Fields: Where can we use Fields

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 08:00 294
Dissolve Effect Using PolyFX and MoGraph Tools: Caching the Dissolve Effect to Alembic
 

Once the whole effect has been completed, and the Vertex maps generated, we will now cache the effect to an Alembic file, and use it to generate a material that will allow us to render the fragments and create a “burning” effect.
To learn more about the Alembic format, please watch this video: New in Cinema 4D R20: New Alembic Features and Caching

 
Athanasios Pozantzis Feb 19 2020 11:08 356
How to Create and Reuse Custom User Data Defaults
 

Learn how to create and reuse custom User Data defaults in Cinema 4D R21.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz will give a quick introduction to User Data. Furthermore, he shows you how to create and reuse custom User Data defaults and where they are stored. Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Feb 13 2020 02:30 629
How to Change the Icon in the Object Manager
 

Learn how to change to icon in the object manager

In this Quick Tip, Glenn Frey will show you how to change the icon of any object in the object manager to any icon or picture.

 
Glenn Frey Feb 06 2020 00:40 761
How to Quickly Reset all Scheme Colors
 

Learn how to quickly reset all scheme colors in Cinema 4D R21.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz shows you how to quickly reset all scheme colors of Cinema 4D’s interface. Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Jan 30 2020 00:54 659
How to Force Realtime Playback in the Viewport
 

Learn how to have realtime playback in the viewport.

In this Quick Tip, Glenn Frey will show you how to have a realtime playback of animations in the viewport when the scene is too heavy and playing back in lower frame rate than the one in the document settings.

 
Glenn Frey Jan 23 2020 00:38 904
Introduction to the New Commands for Spline UIs in C4D R21
 

Get an introduction to the new commands for Spline UIs in Cinema 4D R21.

In this Quick Tip, Jonas Pilz introduces you to the two new commands for Spline UIs in Cinema 4D R21 – Double and Symmetrize. You will learn how to use them on the whole spline as well as on a selected part. Recorded in Cinema 4D Release 21.

 
Jonas Pilz Jan 16 2020 01:27 1203
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