• Maxon Cinema 4D

  Sugg’s for Flowing Line Animation

  Posted by Jay Ingles on June 11, 2011 at 7:40 pm

  Hi,

  I’m looking for advice on techniques/tools to use to create a fluid flowing line animation. The image below was part of the creative brief and typically i would approach this in After Effects with Particular, but want to use Cinema 4D.

  Sweep Nurbs is my initial inclination, but what are the benefits/limitations of Sweep Nurbs / Tracers / AE Particular?

  The line will need to be customizable and outline/create images the narration speaks about.

  Any advice, Tutorials, or Refs are appreciated.
  Thanks

  

  Randy Johnson replied 14 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Randy Johnson

  June 12, 2011 at 9:48 am

  Sweep nurbs and tracers are nice to work with for this in addition to Sketch and Toon you will be able to get good results….there was a tutorial around something about IPOD but I cannot remember where, or who made it.

  /Randy
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  Jay Ingles

  June 12, 2011 at 5:06 pm

  Thanks Randy,

  I got some pleasing test results with spline and Sketch and Toon. Are there any foreseeable problems with using splines and animating S&T start/stops?

  Since im not An experienced c4d user, It seems that S&T may be the easiest, visually pleasing approach…no? Im concerned I might get undesireable results with Tracers/sweep nurbs that I won’t know how to remedy.

  Im Also looking into Mospline.
  More testing to do. Thanks!
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  Randy Johnson

  June 12, 2011 at 6:59 pm

  You get more depth with a sweep nurbs but it is dependent on your lighting and all that. You will want to avoid thin lines with S&T they will get anti ailiasing issues when rendered.

  /Randy

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