You’re very welcome, Cormac! I’m glad the idea of using the Boolean tool was helpful. You may have already started working on it before I wrote my previous post, since I was a bit delayed in replying, so it looks like our ideas simply converged. In any case, this will be useful for anyone wanting to replicate a similar effect, especially with the…

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Hi Cormac,

It’s highly likely he used Meatballs, but to achieve this animation, he used two Meatballs elements and placed them under a Bool tool, subtracting one from the other so that the subtracted element was hidden. Then he moved them through each other to achieve that effect. I’ll try to replicate something similar for you as soon as possible,…

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Hi Pavel,

I believe this is due to one or more of the materials being used. If you’re using materials like grass or hair, and their properties are set high, calculating their effect on the scene happens during the preparation phase, which takes time before rendering even begins. This happened to me once — I spent a lot of time digging through r…

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Thanks for your reply, Graham! I’m referring specifically to the MCP adds. If you check the Blender forum link in my post, you’ll find a tutorial on this. With tools like ClaudeConnect, you type a prompt and the command is executed directly in the program, such as Blender. What you don’t see is what’s happening in the background: the script being…

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Hello everyone,

Below is a link to a post about a tool for camera tracking and integrating 3D models into real footage so they blend seamlessly into the real world. This requires careful preparation beforehand, particularly when it comes to matching the camera’s perspective and movement as objects move within the video, as well as setting the…

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Hello,

I apologize if I’m venturing outside my area of ​​expertise, but I’ve already written a post about these MCP adds on the Blender forum, and I don’t think the situation here is different. The main point is that these adds save you the trouble of copying and pasting scripts from AI generators into the software. Saying they make the entire pro…

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Thank you, Mads, for enriching the discussion — your appreciation of my perspective is greatly valued. Yes, as you pointed out, this falls under a larger topic: why and how we use artificial intelligence. That said, I always prefer to discuss this with others, because I worry it might skew my evaluation the assumption I’m subconsciously biased t…

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Hi Brian,

If I understand your goal correctly, I don’t think you can achieve a gap-free, non-overlapping wall from four cubes of different lengths using a Cloner, because the Cloner only controls spacing along the three axes — it has no awareness of each element’s actual length.

Say the cube lengths range from 100 to 400. If you set the Cloner’s s…

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At first glance — especially for non-experts — this news might seem like a major leap forward for Blender in the world of artificial intelligence. The Claude connection appears to enable AI-powered control of the entire program. However, after testing it and comparing it to alternatives, it becomes clear that what’s actually happening is sim…

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Hi Frankie,
Regarding creating a script that recognizes all elements of the same type, regardless of their properties, this is possible. I’ve done this on a newer version of Claude and it was completely successful. However, converting them into instance seems impossible because it’s illogical. Instance are used to replicate a single element in a… Read more

Hi Don,

The issue might be related to the version you are using. I am not deeply familiar with importing animations from Mixamo, but generally speaking, many issues regarding Cinema 4D’s interaction with other software—as well as export/import processes—have been resolved in recent updates.

Hi Sergio,

I think the problem might be with the belt points due to overlap between these points for several different belt tags. You need to enable the “Draw”
attribute in each tag used to display the connections of these points and confirm if the problem is caused by them. I hope this is helpful.

Hi Paul,

I’m not very familiar with the Take System and I don’t like using it, but I think any item can be deleted by simply selecting the Take , then selecting the item in the group, and then pressing the delete button, since right-clicking doesn’t do anything here. I don’t know about version S22, but this works in newer versions as well as in…

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Hello Hans,

Thank you for sharing the file with us! I’ve reviewed it, but I haven’t been able to pinpoint the source of the problem, especially with so many components and Expresso tags. I don’t know if this issue was already present in the Preset Animation file or if it appeared after some modifications were made.

Hi Hans,

I think the problem might not be clear before checking the file, but it is assumed that the preset is not related to the problem because, as its name suggests, it is attached to clothing, so the problem is in the riging movement before applying the preset to the body.

I tried to simulate your scene’s using various effects, and the motion and other effects remained the same; I didn’t need to re-upload the audio file. The problem might be with the version you’re using, and it seems to have been resolved in newer versions, as it was for me. Alternatively, the issue might be with the version on your device itself…

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I apologize in advance if I didn’t understand, but I see in the video that when you opened the file, the audio file was in its place and didn’t need to be re-loaded. Please correct me. Secondly, does this problem only occur with WAV files? Have you tried other formats?

Hi Andrew,

You shouldn’t need to re-load the audio file every time. I don’t recall ever having to. I tested it again, as in the recording below, and the audio file remained in place even after closing the program. Your files might have some specific settings. If you could share an example of a file where this problem occurred, that would be helpful.

With pleasure, Eddy! Since you’re using Cloth Object, we can do this using Bake as Alambic and then extract the keyframing using Bake Object. I try to explained this in the screen recording below; I hope this is what you’re looking for.

Regarding the hierarchy, you can put everthing under a Connect Object and then perform the operation as shown in the screen recording below. We can say that this solution is weak if there’s a way to do this with a single click, like some plugins. Even plugins might need some adjustments to work properly. Therefore, I think baking using “Bake…

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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.