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Hi war-chair,

Thanks for the link. Adding the time where your question is focused, e.g., 00:55 [min:sec], will help in the future.

Looks to me like a simple PoseMorph animation.

Here is a sketch
CV4_2024_drs_24_ANpm_01.c4d

All the best

You're very welcome, Ricardo, but you delivered the initial idea. Thank you for that.

My best wishes for your project.

Hi Ricardo,

Please use one theme at a time (thread); otherwise, searching the forum or reading along is difficult. Thank you.

I am not aware of a connection among multiple Push Apart Effectors. But please suggest this here:
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center
"Share Your Idea"

It sounds like a great idea, like a Push Apart with a List to pull Cloner Objects and Matrix Objects in a list and evaluate them all at once.

For now, this setup might help.
CV4_2024_drs_24_MGmc_01.c4d

The idea of Instances is simple: calculate on Clone and have the data, not the object for the render engine.
Screen Shot 2024-01-29 at 11.08.09 PM.png
Perhaps there is an idea to place the SDS as a parent on a Cloner, but if one could use the SDS on the Clone Child before it is Cloned, the SDS would have to deal with one object only, not with many.
In other words, if there is no urgent reason, SDS before Cloning. It will save you a lot of time.
If possible, use the
Mesh> Add> Subdivide * > Smooth ( the * means, use the cogwheel)
instead.

All the best

Hi people-drama,

I'm uncertain if there is an option with light. I would need to see a file that perhaps is reduced to the problem.

Could you please look at these options, if anything could be helpful?
This will work if the image of the background is set to Emission and placed on a large sphere.

I instead look at a file and explore it than guess. Please use via Dropbox, Wetransfer, Google, Adobe, or Apple cloud services, downloadable.(Please, no rar files.)

Perhaps think about compositing.

Cheers

Hi people-drama,

To my knowledge, Redshift 3D doesn't work with the Camera Shader.

The question would be, can you provide an example scene? (If over 1MB/c4d, then please use Dropbox, Wetransfer, Google, Apple, or Adobe Cloud download; I do not touch other sources here. Please no rar compression)

If it is a part of the scene, you need to render it out and then use it—yes, an extra step. Perhaps when I can see what is needed, I might have a different suggestion besides that.

All the best

Thanks a lot, Adam, for your feedback.

Nice that it works for you!

My best wishes for your project.

Hi Shawn,

I have no optimal suggestion for you.
The Material Tag> Tag> Add Material checked for the item material will keep certain areas transparent (the most left-sided material.

But I haven't found something that I would say has production quality while being able to work globally with just one material.

When you switch the Dome Light off, you see why in the RS Render.

All the best

Hi Shawn,

Yes, any object visible from the camera will show the world's position.

You want to move the camera, which will stabilize this information on non-animated objects.

What you need to make the particles invisible is the data that is not shown, the "Viewing Shadow."

While the camera moves, the parts of an object that is visible to the camera change. You can calculate the distance between the camera and the Object. Since you don't get the particle's position, you get nothing more than a 2D idea of the camera-object relation.

Let's say you have that particle position; you would be able to obscure all the particles behind objects, but what about particles that would bounce into objects, like the front round part of the cylinder? Where do the particles go when they become invisible, through the Object, and then become visible again later? Typically, they bounce, which needs complete information on all parts.

Is that creating a more precise "picture" of the problem?

Cheers

Hi fordmar,

Please have a look at the file below, based on the file you shared:

CV4_2024_drs_24_ANph_01.c4d

There are no handles when the Auto options are on, and if the Tangents are set to zero, there are also no handles.
Screen Shot 2024-01-26 at 9.40.20 AM.png

All the best

Thank you very much, arm-block,

FBX is old but pretty robust. However, simplifying the data has often shown a good effect.

There is typically an option to have the Object run by the joints in place or independent of the location.
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2024/en-us/Default.htm#html/OCASKIN-ID_OBJECTPROPERTIES.html#ID_CA_SKIN_OBJECT_COORD
This would have been my next iteration to explore with you, as I'm unfamiliar with your target app.

It's great that it is solved.

Enjoy your project

Hi mouse-convert,

Something like this
https://www.keyshot.com/keyvr/
is not available inside Cinema 4D

Cheers

Thank you very much, Ricardo.
You're very welcome!

Have a great day as well

Hi twist-ssignment,

Please check with the Developer Café.
https://developers.maxon.net/?_gl=11vaf44d_gcl_au*Njc0MjczNTMyLjE3MDQzMTAxMTg.

Forum

If it is a Python script, then perhaps check if it is written in Python 3; sometimes, an easy convert from 2 to 3 works.

All the best

All the best

You're very welcome, Pim; thanks for your interest and patience.

I used the Character Object to Weigh it - automatically, which needs a little more care in this case. Hence, I shared only the Geometry.

If you have any other questions, please open a new Forum thread.
I'm happy to look into it.

Enjoy

Thanks for the information, Dutchbird.

I thought you meant the items provided, and I could not find any black-grounds.

Do the following:

Click on the item in the Asset Browser,

RMC (right mouse click) on the item> Show Info

Go to the Info tab, RMC on the Preview> "Update Preview from File".

Choose the image you like to use, typically a Dome light rendered square-sized image (jpg)

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To my knowledge, there is no other way, as any extra item in the Asset Scene used for the background would populate the Object Manager after loading it.

Enjoy

Hi Franz,

In the past two months, I would have expected to see a post on the site issues to ask for clearing access.

Please do not continue to use this Site Issue forum for Q&A questions.

I hope the access is fixed ASAP, and I will happily see you on the Q&A forum.

Cheers

Hi impression-youth,

This is the site issue site.
Please don't post Q&A questions here. This is the forum if you have no access or problems with it. Please fix the access problems if you have any. Thank you!

Here is an idea for your question,

https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20240122_CV4_2024_drs_24_TXbm_01.zip

Screen Shot 2024-01-22 at 11.03.29 PM.jpg

I hope to see you in the Q&A forum.

Hi candle-natural,

The Thicken Object might be the option you are looking for.

Please have a look here
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20240122_CV4_2024_drs_24_RSth_01.zip
I have set the size of the textures to show how independent they are.

It allows the setting of three different Polygon Selection Tags.

All the best

Hi Future-Craft,

When you have Cinema 4D, you have Red Giant's Magic Bullet Looks. There are a few plug-ins avaialbe. I have "scanned" (Red Epic Dragon) over a hundred of my filters for the Optical Diffusion, and the Red Giant team has turned those into data for the optical Diffusion Filter, for example. Most of the RG magic Bullet Looks filter has gotten this practical care. For example, all the Film emulations are based on practical footage.

Here is an example:
CV4_2024_drs_24_RSmb_01.c4d
Screen Shot 2024-01-22 at 8.06.31 PM.jpg

Perhaps too much was added for the demo, but you can drag each effect out or add more.

Here is an ST-Map maker file with distortion; set the render to save path for the UV-pass in the Multipass setting (Standard Render!)
CV4_2024_drs_24_REst_02.c4d
Then load this file into the RS Camera>Optical. You might need to widen the Field of view.

I checked your file and did not touch an unknown download server. (Dropbox is preferred, but Google, Adobe, Apple, and Wetransfer can pass the security here. Sorry about that.

All the best

Thank you very much for your kind feedback and background permit.

I'm sure everyone was there (or will be) at one point with the Sweep object, including me.

Cheers