[Andy Kiernan]

maybe, make editable, select all polys then run inset/ inner extrude command, then pull the new points toward centre of each poly and then merge the new points into one?

[Andy Kiernan]

no worries happy to help!

[Andy Kiernan]

yes, from those two screen shots, your project is set to 24fps and out put is set to 30fps

[Andy Kiernan]

is your project fps set differently to your out put fps? cmd+d to open project settings.

[Andy Kiernan]

use xpresso, get the position of the clones using a data node I think, and use an iterator to select the specific clone, then use that data to drive the position of your object. Also have to take priorities into account.

[Andy Kiernan]

octane doesn’t evaluate the animation within the noise unless you keyframe a property, so keyframe one of the properties (movement for example) to change over time, even a small amount and octane will ‘see’ the animated noise.

[Andy Kiernan]

these are the sliders to tweak I think, make the rest saber larger than you need and then mess with the end/ start size?

[Andy Kiernan]

spline wrap? C4D: Spline Wrap Deformer Tutorial Part 1 – YouTube

[Andy Kiernan]

thank you, yer I was just looking into that approach of importing a retop mesh back into the meshroom pipeline, so far it keeps failing but I think that’s the right way to do it.

I’ll keep experimenting, quite new to it so I’m sure ill get my head around it.

Thanks again

[Andy Kiernan]

does it do it with CC glass turned off? if that fixes it, maybe the glass effect is still referencing the mask somehow… if that doesn’t fix it (and yer I know that’s not a fix anyway) use a matted adj layer maybe?