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Hi guys,
I'm looking for a way to randomize item's positions, size and rotation on a surface but i can't find anything like it.
Here's an example of the result I'm looking for.
https://reddit.com/link/1bg2uyu/video/8049a9958ooc1/player
I have tried with the vibrate tag on a sphere but when I'm trying the same thing on a more sophisticated mesh like an human the result isn't that great, the item's aren't sticking to the mesh position and movements.
Visited Japan recently and it inspired me to make some Bondai Renders. P.s thank god for quixel.
Is it possible to use a vector image as a texture in a material?. I tried to use an Adobe Illustrator file in the Alpha channel l a RS material. It was "accepted" but it didn't work.. black alpha output...
I've read somewhere recently that Redshift always has to initialize Optix before rendering when the Hardware Ray-Tracing with an RTX Card is turned on, so sometimes that slows down the preview part. Does it then makes sense to turn off the option when just doing previews to work faster and only turning it on when actually rendering to benefit of the potential speed increase?
Hello!
I have two computers with the same version of cinema installed but on one of the machines I cannot "zoom (alt+rmb)" properly when I have a camera selected. I've checked my preferences which are identical.
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I've screen recorded the issue here:
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As you can see I can zoom just fine with no camera and without the camera selected but with the camera selected I can only zoom extremely little (while using alt+rmb).
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This makes it really really frustrating and hard to setup cameras as I cannot keyframe properly without swapping between objects and the camera.
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Anybody know where this issue comes from? is it a setting? The affected computer has tons if special scripts and plugins so if possible I would love to avoid reinstallation.
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thanks!
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Hey there!
So I hope this is the right place to just ask a question?
So I work in home office two days of week and I have an internet connection via VPN to the server.
Every time I save a project on that server, C4D get's stuck. The project saves, so I don't lose my work, but after the saving, C4D get's stuck and I can't do anything but force-close.
Sometimes it comes back to live again, but that is not for at least 10 minutes.
Does anyone also have that problem, or a tip for that, other than transferring the project to the local disk? That is my work-around, if needed.
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When you go to the preferences menu under Redshift and Systems It lists both my CPU and GPU devices.
It's recommended to toggle of CPU and only use GPU for better rendering. However, when I toggle off my CPU then go the the redshift render view and hit start, I get a " device unavailable" warning in the window, and the Maxon app just pops up.
I also noticed in the error logs it says "Maxon Licensing Error: License not found". But when I toggle CPU back on, everything is fine.
I'm not sure why switching off my CPU has anything to do with my license that was registered to my computer? I already have Redshift with C4D 2024, and it functions fine when rendering with CPU
I'm looking for help with a couple of characters that are somewhat humanoid in shape but definitely have some quirks that are giving us issues with our Rokoko mocap. Are there any Rokoko mocap experts here who would be willing to hop on a call, I'll send you lunch for the help.
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Thanks!
hi, novice learning.
this line of cells all have the exact same heightmap/normal. how can i make each cell have some variation?
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fwi: i tried using a random effector and rotating, but the cells are hexagonal so they don't line up nice and evenly. im not sure how to make the texture vary.
Im an industrial designer. My portfolio is super out dated because its been a few years since Ive done any designing and want to make new content but I have no inspiration and no ideas. I want to work in modeling and rendering products which is where I am best.
Do you have any tips on any essential works I need to showcase in my portfolio? Like special skills industries may be looking for that I need to show? Also tips on what to avoid?
(Ex. In my college they always told me to make perfume bottles because they show you can work with hard surfaces, organic shapes, translucent materials and liquids)
Hey!
I'm trying to achieve an effect from this music video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDUUOt30TGA&ab_channel=alt-J
It's the kind of wireframe looking lines that are distorted towards the camera on the z-axis (most of the time). Sometimes they're filled like planes, and sometimes just lines. Really cool!
Let me know if you're able to help. Been looking to do this for aaages so any and all help is truly appreciated.
Thanks so much!
Working on a rather large project and doing vfx. A scene shot on green screen which all takes place in the same location so I have been using the take system to set everything up. It seems that the more takes I add the save times increase exponentially. It doesn't seem to increase too much on the first layers of takes but once i start adding sub takes the save times shoot up (haven't done a ton of experimenting with it though so this cause could have some wiggle room). If i have enough sometimes it will shoot up to 5-10 minutes. I'm saving the project to Raid 0 m.2 ssd's and the project itself is under a gb.
Anyone else have any experience with this issue or am I an outlier? I have had this happen consistently on different projects.
I have a large grid of squares via cloner and I want to apply a texture over the entire grid. I know how to do it with instance mode, but my computer is EXTREMELY slow when I try this. When I do render instance it just tiles and repeats.
Is there a work around for this ?
Ive set up a discord server to help enhance the speed at which most people are being helped at, I wanted to create a friendly server where you can share your common issues wether you're experienced or unexperienced. Join in and ask for help as the C4D support community isnt very big and this is the only way to push it up Cinema 4D Support
extract transform info (cineware) into AE of an object which is inside an animated null (which is inside a fracture object that is affected by a delay effector.
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external compositing tag doesn't work
i can't bake the transform info inside the fracture object
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any help :)
Using C4D and Redshift I am trying to create this light-trail/burn-in effect on anything the white laser touches. Got any hints for me?
I have some cloud vbds with a realistic looking cloud volume material that I want to make editable because using a RS Volume with the VBD, makes my whole system chug, so I would love to convert the vbds and the density from the volume material into an actual mesh and have a similar material.
Is there any way to do that in C4D + Redshift at all?