Hey everyone

So I’ll start from the beginning, I started learning Cinema 4D at the start of last year and really took an interest in it. I started small following all the usual tutorials while also under the guidance of a close friend who is well known freelance artist in the industry. He set me small projects to begin learning the more complicated side of Cinema 4D, his help has been invaluable to me.

I set up an instagram page and began uploading me work and I gained a small following and also had a couple of people contact me offering work and even a collaboration which I thought was insane, however I turned these down because I still wasn’t confident in my work. There was one project I was working on that I spent days of my free time working on trying to perfect an animation and it just didn’t work, it ended up leaving a sour taste in my mouth because I felt like I had wasted my time on something that ultimately was a failure. I stupidly dialled on Cinema 4D which was a mistake and since then I’ve almost stopped entirely.

During all of this I was and still am working a full time job in construction. I have tried to pick up Cinema 4D half a dozen times since I stopped but every time I become frustrated and put it down again.

Has anyone else had a similar experience and came out on top? I desperately want to start it again but I stop myself every time telling myself I’m wasting my time.

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Holding the left click to open the menu is just too slow, surely there has to be a way to right click to open the menu, or to just make it into a left click to open (not hold). I searched online and I didn't really find an answer.

Is there a shorcut for repeating last action in c4d like the hotkey 'G' in Maya?

Hey there. A beginner question. how to restrict for example turbulance to only specific particle emitter?

Hi Y'all - Can anyone help? I have a very simple model with basic texture, but why does the texture "shimmer" on the top of the model????

What have I missed?

I wondered if someone might be able to help me with this c4d problem that I can't find a fix for online anywhere..My motext material is 'slipping' off the faces of the letters. I've set the projection to cubic, which is the only one that fits as I can't UV unwrap motext. I've even tried the 'pin material' tag but that doesn't work either. Any help appreciated, I'm using the latest version of C4D and have attached an mp4 of the output below- and you can see the texture won't stick to the faces. Any help is massively appreciated! Thankyou! 

Hello everyone, does anyone know how to implement this kind of flowing light along an object waireframe in Redshift?

https://reddit.com/link/1gmu5dz/video/n3zdhce41rzd1/player

does anyone know why changing the power of the black body emission on my emission material won’t change the brightness at all?

Hi. I need to rig a box with volume, meaning I need geometry on the edges for texturing. So animating a simple cube and use the thick transformer won't do. I found tutorials to make the bones, but it doesn't take consideration the thick-walled box so it doesn't quite work on the bending area.

I'm completely clueless when it comes to rigging so I don't know if I did a good job explaining what I want. But attached some images that may clarify.

https://preview.redd.it/7zmq4z1cgqzd1.png?width=723&format=png&auto=webp&s=064f2dbd662c5a6c1406cec1f97ad7480a371a66

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After drawing with spline, I cannot select the points and bring them to the coordinates I want. Reset transform part does not appear. How can I fix this

https://preview.redd.it/nz4f5nuz4qzd1.png?width=1723&format=png&auto=webp&s=402d2fe2f56cfe8f1019357c3d73e78e50e9dd27

I want to see this coordinats for points

Hello everybody! I created this character with Daz and then added clothes using Marvelous Designer. Now, I’d like to add a “stamp” on the character's face.

However, when I use shrink wrap, the object doesn’t follow the movement of the head. Is there a way to constrain the stamp to stay in place on this part of the head? Should I use point constraints or projection? What do you think would be the best approach ?

If there is no way to do it i will do it with texture and uv,

Thx for your time

https://reddit.com/link/1gmf0lg/video/1r5igzangnzd1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1gmcx2k/video/vtk0cxounmzd1/player

I'm trying to create a similar animation in C4D, where the object animates but the texture does not scale with it

Heya,
I encounter this issue where my character gets a fuzzy distorsion after I've been animating it. Weirdly, the distorsion only happens on the hands and feet...
The whole setup is pretty straightforward, just a character rigged with Cinema 4D's Character Component. No other stuff in the scene.

This happens gradually from the moment the animation starts. Any idea what could this be ?

https://preview.redd.it/c5r8tt7izjzd1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce640b151d91d0779ccfd0ea032b493ca1657aca

Hi. I know the title can be confusing. What I want to do is to make and object work as a "invisible cloak" thing.
For example, here in this image I want to make the cube not be visible in the renders BUT make the other object appear splited in half in the render. So the final render is just half the object with the red roof. This would be hugely useful to me for some animations I need.
I hope you can guide me on this. Thank you.

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Hi! I have a question about a process I’m trying to figure out in cinema 4d for awhile but I didn’t find a proper solution. I’m in desperation for a solution because I need it I most of the projects and I ended up modeling by ‘hand’. Is it possible to generate a terrain base on a bunch of splines? Like the image i attached. With the loft tool makes a mess.