Hi Guillaume,

I’m glad the problem is solved for you. Please send me the file before you make the elements editable; we might be able to learn something from this.

Hi Eddy,

It’s supposed you used bake as Alambic or exported to fbx but it didn’t work for you, especially with the Deformers in your scene. I think without a plugin you might be able to do it throught the dopesheet and the ‘bake objects’ option. I tried to explain this in the screen recording below; I hope this is helpful.

I’m very glad this worked for you! Regarding changing the ribbons positions, I think there’s another, more practical way without needing to readjust the billet points. I tried to explain this in the recording below; let me know if that’s the right approach.

Hi Anne-jan,

The problem is that in file number 02, you didn’t adjust the belt points so that each belt matches the corresponding point selection unlike in file number 00. I tried to explain this in the screen recording below. I don’t know why you needed to readjust all the ropes and didn’t just work on your first file; there might have been…

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You are welcome, Tom! I shared that tutorial after some time of our long discussion about the topic and hoping the new technique might solve the problem, I’m so happy to hear that from you now.

You’re very welcome, Antonis! I’m glad that was helpful to you.

Hi Antonis,

The “fit to UV Canvas” command stretches UV coordinates to fit the entire canvas. It’s best used to increase the texture accuracy of a single object or to correct very small UVs coordinates after decompression. In your case, it seems best to simply select all the UVs and then drag them to the canvas to maintain proportion. I’ve tried to…

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You’re very welcome, Dovlet! I think we need someone who has tried doing something similar. There are people on forums who say they were able to produce entire animated episodes using AI, but they are not professionals, the kind who don’t even know exactly what they want, so they are amazed by anything they get as long as they know they couldn’t…

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Hi Dovlet,

I don’t want to be pessimistic, nor do I want to discourage you, but I want to share my experience and some of what I know about the subject so you know what to expect and could use that knowledge to avoid obstacles. Frankly, the problem with AI is its lack of specificity due to the vast amount of data it relies on and its inability to…

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You’re very welcome, James! If you simply want to make the object invisible while still leaving its reflection on the glass plane, you could do so using the composite tag as shown in the screen recording below. I hope this will be helpful.

Hi James,

When the generator calculate the reflection values of the tube on the plan, it doesn’t mean it will only calculate the reflected area. Instead, the entire plan will be processed, the reflection values calculated, and then the values in the non-reflective areas will be zero, as you pointed out in the last of your post. However, I think I…

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I was looking for a file of a similar project I had done previously to send you, but it seems you’ve done a fantastic job as clearly shown in the screenshot of the Object Manager panel. Congratulations! Regarding the overturning of the carriages, as I stated before, you should copy the track and move it vertically above the current track then make…

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Hi Felipe,

Regarding the cart fliping issue, I believe it can be resolved by enabling the Tangential option in Align to Spline, then copying track and move it vertically above the cars, then dragging and dropping it into the Rail path (I will include a screen recording of this). As for the second issue, I think it requires the file checking (even a…

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You’re very welcome, Stevens! Did that work for you, or rather, is that what you were looking for?

Hi Stevens,

If I understand the issues correctly, I think you could accomplish this using a parallel-projection camera with the “Align Workplane to Selection” tool. I’ve attempted to explain the method in the screen recording attached below; I hope this is helpful.

Hi Jessica,

You could adjust the camera’s focus by entring the desired values ​​in the output. As for the light, you could do it by excluding the ground in the lighting settings. I hope this is helpful.

Hi Sonny,

I think what you want is a straight-line vapor trail, not the kind of smoke you get. Below, I’ve included a video link demonstrating how to control the smoke movement using a Pyro Emitter tag. You could achieve the same effect by changing some settings, or perhaps it would be easier for you to use an Emitter with a suitable material. I…

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Thanks, Henrique, for your response! it was helpful. However, the destinate Spline only sumulates the source one in the soft interpolation tangent, not in the hard, this problem doesn’t exist with the bake as Alembic as you could see in the screen recording, so I believe it remains better than point cache tag with Spline. Thanks again; this…

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I’m glad that worked well for you. You can use this in various models; however, I’ll get back to your model as soon as I have the chance.

Hi Simon,

I’ll come back later to investigate the cause, but I have an effective solution for this, and I use it successfully, especially when there’s no time to check the typology. you could convert the edges to Spline and then activate Spline in the tag as in the screen recording below. I hope this is helpful.

Thank you again for this addition! I just hope you could make a screen recording to show how it works. I tried to simulate it, but it didn’t work for me and that’s weird.

Hi Henrique,

Thank you for sharing this with us! Both methods work with polygons, whether using bake as Alembic or Point Cash Tag, and the Tag might have some advantages, such as not needing reference files. However, in Brian’s case, where he wants to apply this to a Spline, the Tag doesn’t seem to work, so we have no choice but to use bake as…

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Hi Jessica,

I don’t think there’s a way to reverse the reging and weights. I think you have to build each part separately, especially with the differences between the front and back legs. As for achieving a rebounding movement for the tails and ears, that varies depending on the required walking posture.

Hello Kevin!
You could move it by clicking on the formula, then in the panel below, select the User Data menu. Below you will find the formula’s properties which will help you with the various movement you want. I’m not sure if this is the type of undulating you’re looking for, but I tried moving the waves as in the file attached by changing the… Read more

That’s fantastic! You’ve perfectly replicated the image and its animation. Congratulations! Did you use the same techniques I mentioned, or did you add something else? just so everyone could benefit.

You’re welcome, Jessica! there is no inconvinience at all; on the contrary, I enjoy helping. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to share them with us on the forum so we can all benefit.

Hi Jessica,

I think that because the UV Mode is enabled for some reason in your version, you could disable it by clicking on the icon at the top of the screen. If the icon isn’t there, go to UVEdit Mode and disable the icon from there. Then return to the Standard Mode and continue working. I’ve tried to explain how to fix this in both scenarios in…

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You’re welcome, Ronny! I’m so glad you found it helpful.

Hi Ronny,

I tried to simulate and animate the image using the Displacer Deformer and Cloner. I explained how it works in the video below and attached a sample file. You still need to refine the shape and apply suitable materials to achieve a result that more closely resembles the original image. I hope this is helpful.

Hi René,

Global Ilimination simulate how light reflects off surfaces, adding realistic using indirect lighting and soft shadows Instead of only accounting for light coming directly from the source. Therefore, the loss of specular when using GI is likely due to something in the scene envirenement is affecting the reflected light.

Hi Keith,

The site is still online, but it seems to be temporarily down, this happens from time to time, you’ll need to re-register with a new account and pay a fee to access the various features. If you have any problems related to the cinema 4D, you could make a post about it in this forum so we can discuss them and find a solution. There are…

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Unfortunately, I couldn’t verify the link’s safety to took a look, you could appreciate Dan’s work here by a prompt presentation let the users know about the benefits of his tool, just from Dan’s comments, it seems the tool is paid.

Hi Simon,

My understanding of what you’re looking for might be incomplete, but in general Expresso is good at controlling internal interactions between parametres. Programmers often resort to Python when it comes to custom tools and commands outside the scope of Cinema 4D, such as controlling interactions with external data sources. Ultimately, it…

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Hi Robert,

As for the box, I think the vibration tag will do the trick, then you just need to move the lid a considerable distance at the right time to make it look opening forcefully and record the movement on the timeline. As for the balls, use the rigid body and the collider tag to slam them with another object after the lid opens, causing the…

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You’re very welcome, Simon! I’m glad that worked for you; now there are two ways to solve the problem, and that’s great!

You are welcome, Anne-jan! The result you get it was fantastic, happy it worked for you.

Thank you for sharing your findings with us, Simon! If I understand well what you’re trying to achieve, I believe you could accomplish it more comfortably and accurately using a Camera Crane. I’ve included a screen recording below demonstrating how it works; I hope this is helpful.

Hi Anne-jan,

I think this is normal because we fixed the rope base after disabling the banking function. The rope rotates on its own axis, so if you re-enable the banking function, you’ll notice that this disappears because the rope will rotate completely from the base. The effect of the rope rotating on its own axis seems strange because it’s…

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Hi Anne-jan,

Regarding the base rotation, just go to the sweep properties under Object and disable Banking. As for the rope movement, it seems natural to me; you might need to adjust some values ​​in Wind and Turbulence to make the movement look more realistic. I’ve included a screenshot below demonstrating this; I hope this is helpful.

Hi Alireza,

If you render using only the Render viewport, in the Subdivision Surface the difference in values ​​between the viewport and the render will not be noticeable. The difference will only appear if you useing Render to picture viewer or any other rendering engine viewer. I have included a screenrecord below to illustrate this; I hope thi…

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You are welcome! You’ll need tracking tools if you have a real video and want to match the position or movement of a model you created to the movement of objects in the video. I think in your case it’s different; you have a still image, and only the objects you created will move in your scene, so there’s no need for tracking. Just try to make the…

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You’re welcome, Robert! If that’s the case, the same method applies, but using a camera movement path. If you have the option to make the movement only a zoom-in or zoom-out motion, that would be better. However, if you must move the camera along a path parallel to the image, it’s preferable to make the movement subtle and keep the camera at a…

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Thank you so much, Eric! for sharing this with us. Have you tried exporting from Storm to Blender or 3ds Max to get the mesh and then exporting it to Cinema 4D? As I mentioned, I couldn’t download the plugin’s executable to try it for some reason, but I think it should work. I’ve read several people saying that Storm works well with Blender and 3ds.

Hi Robert,

You could put the image in a background and then make a rough model of the part of the mountain that the mesh you want to create will interact with. You can simulate part of the mountain either by modeling it or by using a Landscape Object and playing with the properties until you get something similar. Then you will hide that and let…

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You’re very welcome, Simon! I’m glad it worked for you. Thanks for the feedback; I’ll check the attached file to benefit from it.

Hi Simon

That’s great! Please let us know if it worked for you with the full set-up so everyone can benefit.

You’re welcome, Simon! Yes, you can use the MoSpline tool to set any Spline as a reference and then make another Spline match it exactly. After that, you just need to disable MoSpline to restore everything to its original state. I explained the steps in the video. This tool is fantastic, and I usually use it to solve problems related to Splines.…

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I’m glad for you! but I think using a MoSpline like I do in the video attached to my previous post is much easier. Have you tried that?

Hi Simon,

I think you could do this using the MoSpline tool, as shown in the screen recording below. I hope this helps.

Thank you for sharing this with us! I will try as soon as I have the chance to find a way to increase the difference between thin and thick and get back to you if I come up with something.