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I get a similar thing with different parts taking a while to load, also if I change the window size it takes for ever to sort itself out, and I always get the ads behind the boxes like grab below, think it was same on previous version for that. I won't mention the latest comments section, which isn't / wasnt the same as either the "all activity section" or any other page that I can see, apologies if I have missed it. Deck Im on Catalina 10.15.6 in safari.

Latest Comments, my latest rant ! What can I say, I still believe the cafe has suffered with the lack of latest comments section. This had already suffered when that section was cut down to just about 6 or 8 recent comments and now there is none. Im not just wishing for old times or against change but for me the comments went hand in hand with the questions and outlined the ongoing story of that particular issue, often with comments popping up days weeks or months later. You can also see who's contributing, or at least you could with the original system. If it is a matter of space, then for my money you could drop the plug in development panel which barely changes from day to day anyway, and how often does a person need to check on plug in development ? Maybe its just me being a non / semi pro user. Downloads and video panels don't change much either, I could live without both of those. Its nice to see peoples work tho so I would keep that. Currently the only way to keep up with things seems to be to view all activities which means trawling thru lots of other stuff. Cafe is all about the conversation and back and forth of the problems and subjects, but we are only really seeing one side of things at the mo. The Questions and latest comments together create something greater than the two parts and for me are the most important / interesting things here and yet one doesn't even have a home at all unless Ive missed it. Latest comments on another page would be better than nothing, posting times on those were useful too, as opposed to time of original post as it seemed to be recently. I think Ive got that off my chest for now. Deck As always I am appreciative of all the hard work you admin guys do, just having issues with this issue 🙂

Are you dropping the "latest comments" section ? that kind of goes hand in hand with the questions for me. I would have that with even more comments than before. I do appreciate all the work tho, ya cant please all the people all the time. Deck

I think I would love fields and quite a few other things in later versions. Having said that, not being able to upgrade has led me to investigating my R18 even more. The whole Cmotion and character toolset was like a chapter I had never discovered. Thanks for the file. Deck

Hi Hrvoje Im looking into changing clone colours on collision ( which you have helped me with before in another post, but using fixed colours in effectors ) I was going to investigate your file 91_collision colour change but it doesn't appear to be working for me in R18, also there are no textures involved, i put one on the landscape object but that didn't work. Is this a file that doesn't work in R18 ? My goal is to change the clone colour to whatever might be on the surface under it. Deck Whilst Im here could you also tell me what the "CA" means in many of your file names. Finally, I recently watched your "Animation - mastering movement" tutorials on the cafe youtube channel, they were really fantastic, I had no idea of the flexibility of Cmotion and you explained it brilliantly. Then going on and using it to control mograph effectors was like opening up a whole new world of possibilities. The title doesn't do it justice, it should at least be "Animation - mastering movement and a Cmotion masterclass". I guess Cmotion is bread and butter for many C4D artists but it was a bit of a revelation for me. I highly recommend anyone watching it. So a big thanks for that as well as your free files here in the pit.

Very nice, I have topo envy, still hacking away at my holes :) Deck

Ive seen a carpet roll up tutorial using the bend deformer, something similar here on the cafe too I think.........Cant imagine if that would work for a winch. maybe fake the winding part with a helix, and a sweep on a spline with dynamics for the pull out bit Deck

Hi Mathew Thats a very generous offer, i just gave it a try with the rigging tutorial but it said the congrats code wasn't valid, any ideas. Deck

Im not bothered about the name as I said previously but I do think some members such as Kiwi ( cafe founder I believe, could be wrong ) and many other members that give their time and knowledge so generously do deserve some recognition somehow, but you are all so modest that none of you want any recognition. Maybe if left to the members to bestow any accolades it may be easier for those recognised to accept such a title / award. So maybe we could have a yearly cafe award like a cafe bafta or something. No idea of how or what categories / titles may be, but might be a nice way for us mere mortals to be able to give the wizards a pat on the back. Just thinking out loud Deck

frequenter sounds a bit weird, thats just a harder way to say "regular". if it was a real world cafe or bar the people that came in alot would be described by staff etc as "regulars". I never really thought bout it myself till this post and am not overly bothered but frequenter strikes me as odd. Sorry if that bothers anyone. Deck

Adobe have C4D in AE as we know, and also illustrator. It seems a bit crazy that they don't have it in photoshop too, would be much better than the clumsy 3D thing that is there at the moment. I can't begin to get my head around that. Bit off topic but wanted to throw it in. Deck

Very generous Hrvoje, i can't wait to dig in. Many thanks Deck

If your on linked in, you can get 30 days trial of their premium service which comes with access to Lynda, similar to above. Deck Probably worth mentioning adobe TV here too, as well as all the complete documentation they have for everything.

Thanks Rick, thats really helpful. yes i paid up for my cinevercity after dropping my MSA as its a great resource and repository to cover almost any project that might come up. My memory is not quite up to all aspects of cinema so its comforting having the tutorials on call :) Cheers Deck

Hi Rick Thanks for sorting that out, i had to read it a couple of times but i think i have it now, and you have cleared up the £2390 question. So if that is the case, do you know what the rough cost of going from R18 studio to R19 studio, and possibly what is cost of jumping two versions, i.e. if I was to wait until R20. Im just trying to gauge the value of the £490 offer compared to normal costs. Thanks for taking the time Rick, i don't know if you work for MAXON was its kind of a question for them tho i did scour the website for a clearer message. But i have watched many of your great tutorials on cinevercity, so thanks for those also. Deck

Hi Cafe Im a bit confused over the advertised prices for the cinema upgrades advertised on the site this morning. I dropped my MSA last year due to finance rather than any issues with the software, so the £490 + vat upgrade price offers an opportunity to solve that, what has got my interest is the price crossed out, does it really normally cost £2390 to upgrade from 1 version previous ? So what is the full price for Studio R19, is it the £2800 marked up in this "perpetual licence " grab ? And also, how do you upgrade from R19 to R19 for £927 ? Can anyone clarify or just tell me where / how Im reading it wrong. Deck

Loving the mountains, i was having a play myself after watching the same tutorial, my image was pretty poor tho it pleased me a lot. Mine needed many things but I thought mostly it was a bit clean and needed a few rocks n boulders cloned about the place. Only just noticed your skiers, brilliant. Deck

Thanks for sharing Cerbera, thought I would have a bit of fun and have downloaded the pyrocluster tut and data vis which is way out of my area of expertise, but a huge discount gives opportunity to look at something new. Think it was bout £20 for the two, bargain on the face of it. Also I wasn't aware of the site previously so its all good. Deck

saw something the other day 9 may have been chris smith at nab, he did a rock thing where he placed two rocks in a cloner with massively different seed values on each and the n set the cloner to blend mode, thus blending the seed no as it where. Dunno if that will work for you Deck

Ah, correction deformer, that was it, thanks Cerbera, thought I had been imagining it for a moment there. Thats works much better, and also seems happy to use multiple selections of the same type. Still goes out of whack when changing the sub div tho, but thats what I was after. Thanks Deck

I watched an old tutorial about making selections on primitives for materials and later wondered if it would work with the bevel deformer. Seems to work quite well but i wonder about its usefulness as it all goes pear shaped as soon as you change the subdivision, tho you can change the size, but would have to redo selections whenever you change the sub div. This may be a common thing but Ive not seen it before so thought I would post a file here. The basic jist is to make a copy of your primitive, make editable, make and save a selection and then put in the selection field of your bevel deformer and lo n behold it works on your primitive, I can use the 3 different types of poly line and point but it doesn't seem to like more than one of each. I thought there was another to make selects on a primitive with one of the deformers ? Deck Selections on primitives 01.c4d

this post asked a similar question, think Ive seen a few tutorials around the web too. Deck

Hi Igor That hover feature you mentioned doesn't work for me in safari, hovering over the profile icon works but not for the subject matter. I will concede that safari isn't the most popular browser but I like it for its simplicity. Personally I still feel showing the last post instead of the first is a backwards step. For me seeing the answer without the question is weird, Im left guessing what the question might be. Like trying to read my newspaper with only headlines and all the text blocked out. Deck

I think thats my point, you have to click on it to see it, then go back and click on the next one etc. Where previously you could just read them all on one page. I have to say this is the only forum I use so maybe its just me, but it seems I now have to make lots of clicks where previously I didn't need any. Im not trying to be annoying just saying it how I see it :) Deck

Hi Igor Im not sure were both on the same page. For me not being able to see the original topic is a really bad thing. Not only for viewing and answering other peoples issues but it seems when I post a problem of my own, that nobody will see it after a first post has been made unless they click on the topic and scroll back to the original problem. As much as we all like to help, I can't imagine any of us have the time to click on each post and navigate to the original issue. As for the theme, I don't really care what colour or font things are in. Its all irrelevant if you just see the the last post. Am I missing something here ? Deck