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A brief but interesting look at the design process behind the excellent Ornithopters in Villeneuve's Dune... It's the wrong name for it though isn't ? 😉 THAT is an ORDONOTHOPTER if I've ever seen one ! CBR

Yep, Pose Morph'll do it, if you keep the topology sensible / simple. CBR

Hi Dave, I understand your point completely, and in fact, it was my point of view not so long ago: "Why should I integrate another external tool with all the hassle of importing/exporting and keeping track of separate simulation files? Even more though, when I already shelled out a considerable amount of cash for an integrated solution (I own X-Particles, too)." Well, for me it's all about the quality of work you do in step 3. Here's an example: In Embergen, I very quickly get a desired result and then spend most of the time really finetuning my simulation. Not much technical knowledge is needed to keep everything fluid and fun. Typically, at the end of a session I think: "Yeah, whoa, that's perfect" (btw, I don't care about the shading in Embergen at all, since I have to redo that in Redshift anyway.) In X-Particles, it always begins kind of fluid, but very soon the simulation becomes so slow, that I can only dial in a dozen of artistic changes. Before it becomes just too frustrating to wait.. dial in... wait... Typically, at the end of a session I think: "Yeah, whatever, that needs to do it now". (Btw, Insydium has fantastic video-tutorials, but Bob always dials in the right values *BEFORE* seeing the effect, because he's just an expert. If you don't reach that kind of expertise, it's too easy to really fall into performance-pits left and right.) For me, it has been quite an expensice way to come to the conclusion: Simulation-Plugins just don't cut it in C4D. I moved on to expand my pipeline with external tools like Marvelous Designer and Embergen. It's true, you need to spend a little more time for setup and preparation (and of course, there's additional organizational overhead with files and versions). But for me, it's really worth the (managable) extra hassle since the quality is just better. And I have more fun 🙂 btw, Embergen has a free trial period. Please, just try it out, and you will see 🙂 (And, just in case: I'm just an excited user, this is not an ad in any way 😅)

Thanks a lot. I will work my way through all this info in the next days 🙂

Hey guys.. I'm realy struggling in creating a rig for this structure. I'm desperate for some pointers.. I have a attached a video how the folds should be animated. 1365532212_foldingshort.mp4

Thanks for posting - an interesting and enjoyable watch.

I think Cubase remains the nicest of any of the PC ones, and has the longest history of revisions / improvement, but is also the most expensive (though still very little next to DCC software). Cubase Artist is a good middle ground, and really quite reasonable. what Cubase doesn't do well is scoring, if that is important to you. For that just get Musescore, which is nice and free. Logic remains the winner on Mac. Protools continues be industry standard for audio recording, but its midi abilities are fairly pathetic. FL Studio has some good stuff in it, as does Reaper - either of those are decent lower end alternatives to the big guys. Ableton, IMO is more suited to live work but people can and do use it for studio stuff as well. String and orchestral libraries are very subjective. My personal favourites are all by Spitfire Audio, specially Chamber Strings and BBC Symphonic, which are great if you need to program individual lines, but if you lack orchestration experience and want to start things off my playing in chords (not recommended if going for realism), then Spitfire's Abbey Road 1 might be good for you as it is more weighted to that approach and has a lot of ensemble patches. CBR

The more i use that new browser the more i hate it. Startup time is midieval as well.

I’m also guilty of returning to my VSTs during the pandemic. But I only had a hiatus of five years or so, but I still remember the feeling I got after a much longer break. Going from a Korg M1 to Abelton Live was quite shocking. So many synths, so many effects, so many layers! The first year I felt like a kid in a candy store. Today, I get the same feeling when I try Melodyne to clean up my crappy guitar samples. It’s like magic.

You're not wrong ! That stage piano used to drag me down the stairs after it at all those wedding gigs it admirably survived for 10 years ! In its road case on any slope over 15 degrees it was an absolute menace 🙂 CBR