[Mark Walczak]

Hm, my moderate knowledge of C4D doesn’t think that this is entirely possible outside of the cloth engine. If I were doing it, though, I would keyframe my “hero” bubble(s) using the PoseMixer, and just hope that the other bubbles aren’t too visible (defocus?).

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[Mark Walczak]

Wow, Brian! Thank you so much for posting your file – it’s really insightful to see other people’s XPresso set-ups!

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[Mark Walczak]

I realize that Brian pretty much knocked this one out of the park, but just in case you’re still looking for reference, you may be able to adapt this technique:

https://planetpixelemporium.com/tutorialpages/bevel.html

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[Mark Walczak]

This is pretty handy, although you might have to do some digging:

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/60-excellent-free-3d-model-websites/

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[Mark Walczak]

I figured as much. Thanks for thoughts; and Michael, thanks for the tutorial.

I would love to keep this dialogue open, though, so if anyone else has a thought/opinion, please feel free to comment!

Thanks, guys!

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[Mark Walczak]

You’re the best, Adam. That is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

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[Mark Walczak]

Just wanted to add my two cents.

I just experienced this problem, and my issues lied in two ares: the preview resolution, and my obscuration layers. Fortunately, my obscuration layers were not critical to my end result, so disabling them allowed me to render accurately. Once I upped my preview resolution to “Full” I was then able to view my work properly and render accordingly.

Thanks for your wisdom, Gary!

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[Mark Walczak]

Just to throw in another vote for Ambient Occlusion, I did a similar project here:

https://vimeo.com/4733849

I simply used solid colors (with no other material channels active) and, of course, AO. The half-dome effect certainly works, but I’ve had some trouble with parametric objects looking really faceted…

I’m glad you found something that works!

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[Mark Walczak]

This is PERFECT! Just what I needed. Thank you, Jeremy!

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[Mark Walczak]

Thanks, Adam. I just completed the tutorial, but didn’t know if I should be aware of any “gotchas” with caustics. Could you offer any knowledge in this area?

Thank you so much!

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