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novice question: creating ribbon with material
Hi I am new to Cinema 4d and would like to do the following:
I want to add a moving ribbon to my video. I have path deformer (https://www.tarabella.it/c4d/pathdeformer/) which will deform my ribbon on a path.
My problem is in creating a ribbon that i am envisioning. I have created a ribbon like object from a spline but now I would like to add a material to it. when i drag a material under the spline in the object window it only appears to change the spline outline. What i would like to see is it fill the spline.
Also is there a good place to learn how to paint on my new shape (the ribbon). Would the best be via body paint?
Thanks so much.
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‘ribbon like object’? Can you post it? Other than that it should be a poly object
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sorry i actually figured a piece of this out. i needed to add a NURBs to the closed spline before i could add a material to it.
the question i have now is is there an easy way to add an outline to my new object. what ive done is create a flat closed spline then added the extrude nurb to it. From there ive added a material and made this new object move around a background that is a video clip. The problem is that the animated object needs an outline because it looks formless without it. In adobe illustrator this would be analgous to adding a stroke. I am new to cinema 4d and dont know if there is something similar.
Thanks so much.
-vikas-
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