[Tom Schmidt]

Thank you! And thank you for QT for the how to! It totally makes sense now.

But here’s an added detail: how do I get the clones to conform to the DEM displacement on the ‘ground’ in the earlier project file I sent? I’m building farm land, and the terrain is a little hilly.

[Tom Schmidt]

Hi.

Thanks for this. I really appreciate it.

However, what I’m looking for is that clones are only visible where the white of the shader image is so that the fields of corn have the shape of the white parts of the shader image.

[Tom Schmidt]

Thanks Adam.

That seems to work for position, but not the rotation. The cloud moves with the position of the null I’m using for this test, but not for the rotation. Maybe I lack a click?

Here’s the project if you want to reference it.

Thanks!

11271_mographmatrixpyroclusterv2.c4d.zip

[Tom Schmidt]

Hi Adam.

Thanks for the help, and it seems like it should work.

I’m doing something wrong, I’m sure. I dropped the pyrocluster material on the MoGraph matrix, but there’s no joy in Mudville.

I seem to be puff-less.

Suggestions?

11265_matrixpyrocluster.c4d.zip

[Tom Schmidt]

Found a MUCH easier solution:

Take the 59.94 footage into a 23.976 comp.

Presto. No pulldown.

When all is said, done and After Effected, render it back out at 59.94.

[Tom Schmidt]

I ended up using a combination of the proximal shader combined with noise as a layer in the displacement channel, as well as a variation of it added as a bump to give the water some extra texture. I then added some misty pyrocluster attached to C4Ds basic particle emitter to simulate spray.

With all the camera motion I’m using, it works. It won’t hold up to scrutiny if the camera’s locked down, but that’s not the dynamics of the shot, thank goodness.

[Tom Schmidt]

Ok, I’ve tried what was suggested, and it worked for the rotation, scale & position tracks.

However, it didn’t work for tag animation, like visibility. I’d built an animation in R9, with objects dissolving in using a transition from 0 to 100% visiblity. In R9, I could just select the animtated tags in Object Manager, and they would show in the Timeline. (with ‘link to object manager’)

Man, this is a wee annoying, these little things that were great workflow helpers in R9, that don’t have the same simple functionality in R10.

[Tom Schmidt]

Thanks Adam, as always, for your help.

And yes, I wish this, and a few other things, worked like they did in R9.

Change is good, as long as it makes sense.

[Tom Schmidt]

I definitely will, Adam. It’s one of those little features that you don’t miss until you don’t have it.

Thanks.