[Colinmcd]

You may want to try this as it would appear that the HyperNURBSs is putting the arrow structure off a bit.

– Select polygon object from the ‘objects’ menu
– In the plan view (F2) – create a number of points that will be the edges of the polygon(s) that will make up your arrow or ribbon
– Bridge the points to form the edges of the poly. Some triangulation will occur but don’t worry about it
– Once you have created your ribbon / arrow go upto the ‘functions’ menu and select the ‘subdivide’ option. Put ‘6’ in the number box & make sure the HN box is UNCHECKED. This will now make your ribbon into a lot more polys so it will move more fluidly (or should that be ‘ribbon-ly’!) You can continue to subdivide the arrow but the more poly’s = more rendering time. I tried it just by doing the 6 subdivisions and it worked alright.

I can email you a .c4d demo file of what mine came out like if you want

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Colin

[Colinmcd]

Are you wanting to use a 2D image to ‘trace’ over to then go onto create a 3D model – i.e. place the points and then bridge them to make polys?? You can do this by going to the relvant viewport (within C4D) you have the original image in i.e. LH elevation etc and then click on ‘edit’ within the viewport, select ‘Configure’ and then click on ‘Back’ from the attributes slections and add the path of the image in.

Here’s a link to a plugin that does it a slightly different way.

https://www.c4dplugs.com/viewPlug.php?RECORD_KEY%28PluginsRec%29=ID&ID(PluginsRec)=388&PHPSESSID=be00f09abfdab9b31fefbddd0a42b508

Cheers,

Colin

[Colinmcd]

Ah, ha – they now have put a time limit on the evaluation copy of V3 of the software. 15 days full usage then 10 mins after that….DOH!

[Colinmcd]

Hi Jon,

I was sent an evaluation copy about a year ago and it wasn’t too bad (considering I had no manual!) & the demo reel they sent looked good. Although on the down side the render times were pretty extensive i.e. 14 hours for a 5 second animation! But that was on a P4 1.6Ghz laptop. The software was a bit expensive as well,around the

[Colinmcd]

You should try loading your text ‘texture’ into the Luminance channel of the shaders menu.

If it’s coloured text and you want to layer it onto a different coloured background of your object, try using your text in the Alpha channel of the shader options. Just do a white text on a black background in Photoshop – you can invert the Alpha within Cinema if you get it the wrong way round (as I frequently do!)

Cheers,

C

[Colinmcd]

Thanks Nathan – now managed to get the mask moving and revealing the layer below.

Does anyone know of a way to get a glowing effect that will follow the line of the mask as it reveals the layer below?

Sorry for all the questions guys!

Cheers,

Colin