Hi all,

I came across this beautiful embroidery simulation made in Houdini. And I was wondering, could this be done in a similar way using Cinema? So far my approach has been a formula spline for the zig zag line, and a hair material, but I can’t seem to get the embroidered thread look with correct light and generated geometry that can cast a…

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Ah, so dumb. I had “Limit reflections to sky” checked on in render settings. PIBKAC

Here’s the scene:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t3ci4s7rdgf3ylq/Doug%20DeMuro%20intro.c4d?dl=1

I have a scene set up with a model group designed to look like a car emblem on a painted black body panel. The idea is to pass a few object lights over the surface to accentuate the modeling. The object light is a parametric plane with an illumination material. Ideally, the object light reflections would be visible in the materials for the emblem… Read more