thanulee

Hi,
I get many times AI logos that I wanna animate their shapes.
Whats the easiest way besides PLA to take a ready spline and animate it's points? I usually do IK spline but there are times that i dont care for IK i just need a few points only controlled by nulls. Is there a plugin/script for that?

Thanks!

Hey guys,

I found few plugins here and there for car rigs and i was wondering which one u feel is best. I wanna do natural drifts etc within my new project.
Any help appreciated!

Cheers

Hello, do u know if c4d subscription will have any discount during black friday?

Thanks

Thank you!!

Hello,
I have R20 perpetual and was wondering if I get an extra subscription now, will I be allowed on R21 or I am forced to use R23?
Word is R23 is not stable enough so I m not gonna go there yet.

Many thanks,

23 hours ago, anuser said:

• It's slow as hell. The bootup, even without plugins, takes ages. After it's opened up it freezes for a couple of seconds until you're able to use it. Even in simple scenes, many tools and windows take multiple seconds to even open up.

you may check your workstation. I have tons of plugin. It took about 40s. There are some tools takes 1-2 sec to open. But, mostly It opens quick here.

• It's buggy as hell. Freezes and crashes constantly. I've used 2018 and 2020 so far. Both seem to be equally bad.

Again check your hw. I rarely got crash with millions of polys.

 

- 3ds max being the crashiest 3d software on this universe is a mere fact. Nothing to do with hardware. 
- The fact that max takes ages to open... I have a pretty beefy setup here and 2020 without any plugin does more than a minute, while c4d without plugins does 3 sec?
- Also max is more destructive than any other software. The word "procedural" (unless u write code), is unknown for any 3dsmax user.

i mean i understand, either you never used other software, or u work at autodesk cheers
 

6 hours ago, DasFrodo said:

 

How is V-Ray keeping Max alive though? I mean yeah, it's a great engine but it's also available for most other programs, including C4D.

Well, most of the archviz community is around this engine and specifically in 3dsmax. And ofc corona which was acquired by chaosgroup 2-3 years ago to eliminate competition.
Vray works great there, better than any other app so thats why there are not many archviz artists in c4d world. 

On 10/10/2020 at 8:42 PM, Igor said:

@thanuleedont break his spirit, he just started...lets hope he finds his path to the light side again. 

haha, ur right! Well 3dsmax is great   Enjoy it!!

I was using 3dsmax/vray for about 10 years and i did a ton of heavy commercial stuff in a range of 3 years.
The software is s...t  
If i wanted to write scripts, i d be a programmer. Cause thats the power of 3dsmax. Other than that, doesnt even compare with c4d.

I wont say anything else other than corrupted files + constant crashes. When i started using c4d which DOESNT CRASH unless u do something very wrong or u use plugins, it was a surprise to my cg life lol. I wont even mention how smooth and logically c4d operates in most stuff. Aint perfect but good enough for a small studio like me to boost my carrier without having to worry anymore about what the project is. I know that most of the times is just doable easy inside c4d.

Long story short, Vray and now tyflow keep max floating between freelancers. Other than that is an incomplete piece of software since max 4.2 that i started out. Only big studios can take proper advantage of it, since they have a lot of scripting geniuses + technical guys.

Stay away buddy   thats my 2cents on this one, i couldnt resist writing something haha 

 

Hi,
I dont know if its the new xparticles version, but has anyone faced an issue with viewport refresh? I have to click once more to see what is going on, or change a tool. I am one action behind lets say. Im on r20 never had this issue, maybe its time to format or something but in case there is a setting or something i could try and fix this issue, would be great.

Thanks

Thanks a lot guys! I l start by studying this example here and if anything i ll get back! 

Hi, 
I m clueless with chars and rigging in c4d. So forgive my ignorance and stupid questions

So i have a hand and i w[anna bend one finger. If i select all finger joints and rotate em i have so many keyframes.
So how can i create some "poses" for finger 1 etc? I d need a slider in viewport where u can simply make the finger bend or straight.

Thanks a lot!

Hi, is there a way so c4d files read alembics in a relative path?

Eg. as i use "tex" folder and it automatically links whatever u throw in there, i made an "alembic" folder next to the file location.
Unfortunately doesnt relink the alembics.

This is really important when multiple users work in dropbox for example.
Any ideas?

Thanks

I did and i found out that if i dont disable multi pass /post effects i cannot see it.
Is this normal?
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Actually i dont even see watermark in standard renderer. Is there a setting i might be missing out?

Hi, I can only enable watermark in standard renderer. How can i do that in Hardware? 
If i cant, how can i make standard render very fast to use it for animatics?

Thanks

I got a series in my patreon, dedicated to knitting effects u might find it useful.
https://www.patreon.com/yetipictures

Cheers

Hi,
I still use day to day R20.
By subscribing to R23, will I be able to use CV toolbox in R20 as well?
Thanks,

I really love this new direction  
My question is since I do a lot of simulations in c4d (as im trying to avoid houdini which i barely understand), will we see a boost in soft bodies and cloth? Voronoi fracture? 
Or are those irrelevant with core operations?
Truth be told on my side, I am only missing a good cloth/ faster softbodies in c4d and my needs are 100% covered.

Thanks a lot!

So in the expresso rig changing the objects breaks it. I wouldnt use dynamics i would like a way to have full animation control to do precise movements.

Thanks guys, will take a look!

Hi, whats the best way to roll objects in c4d? I been using Roll It from time to time but something feels off about it.
Lets say flat surfaces, whats the easiest and most straight forward way?
Thanks

2 minutes ago, Hrvoje said:

 

Nodes are base for future, they are new core. That core can take any "shape" needed. You already probably know that from official MAXON statements, but manager based workflow is in the works, so that means you will be able to work as you are used too. So, you can used nodes, manager workflow or both, nothing is enforced. Nodes are simply what is there in version 1.0.

Ah great news, I didnt know that. So object manager will get same performance boost ? thanks a lot

Hi, will scene nodes replace mograph functionality in the future? Will we still be able to work in an artistic way or c4d is headed to houdini direction?

Thanks

Thanks Bezo! I dont quite get it, why "along" doesnt work? 
Mask makes no sense to me