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Hi Greg,

It's certainly a useful function to have. That would be something like "Render all Takes", but with the option to combine them as one clip for a single character.

I'm not aware of something like that as a function or as a plug-in.

I would drag the Animation menu out, place the Takes menu close by, and select the first take, then Animation> Create Animation Clip. So, it can be done as a click-and-go cycle.
Click on the next take rectangle and add another Animation clip.

When all are done, extend the time of the project and place all clips in a single Motion System Layer. Convert to Keyframes if the Motion System is not your target.

With that, my idea would be to have a Command in the Take system that allows for a single selected object to produce Animation clips like the Render all takes.

This would be my suggestion, if I needed that to the "Share Your idea" option,
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

Thanks for the input to the "Share your Idea".

All the best

Hi Gemini,

I believe live shared preferences are a security risk, as everyone needs to have the right to read and write. So, what happens if one decides to change the preferences and another machine is in the middle of a deadline? Who would you blame for that?

Maybe I'm wrong here, but I'd rather be wrong than cause any damage I can't foresee.

I can't help you here, please check with Tech Support
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

You could also use the "Share your Idea" and perhaps have a central file somewhere, allowing each installation to sync to it, but then have its own preference file as before. It's just a thought, not an explored suggestion.

Cheers

Hi black-internet,

I'm glad it works for you, and thank you for the reply. Very much appreciated!

Let me know if there is anything else. I hope I will find the right answer in time!

My best wishes for your project.

Hi piece-quality,

Thanks for the extra work, very kind of you.

Here is a demo setup.
CV4_2025_drs_24_Sisb_01.c4d

Please note that the Connector is used, and the other side of the Rope is just fixed in space.

I have added a Random Field to the Gravity to take that "clean-simulation" look out of it. If that is not to your liking, just delete it.

The Rope is just a spline, and the second one is a "Rail" to keep the geometry more in place. The Rail-Scale option in the Sweep is off.

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I got only half of the file as the sofa was an abc file, which was not attached.

Anyway, I have set up a Mesh deformer. It is faster and can be cached, while the content inside of the Mesh Deformer can be swiftly replaced. (Initiate after replacement).

I hope that works for you.

Enjoy your project

Thanks for clearing that, LAB-CH.

The tech support case should be always direct. Otherwise, I would act as a middle person, and anything becomes delayed, so I suggested it.
Without your file, my report would have little value in solving your problem.
I can write reports, but that is a different place, not a tech support database.

Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for your patience.

Cheers

Hi black-internet,

Thanks for the file.
Please (not now but please next time) new topics in a new thread, making it easier to read and search. Thank you)

Here is your file back:
CV4_2025_drs_24_MGse_11.c4d
Please pace it in your project folder (texture access wise).

Displacement happens during render time when the clones have already been calculated.
I use the Displacer in the file below to provide the needed information before the render starts.

This needs to be a different object, as other wise the Displacer and the displacement would add their values.

All the best

Thank you very much for the reply and feedback, pizza-revenue.

My best wishes for the project.

Hi smckenzie,

You're very welcome, thanks for the reply.

Enjoy your weekend

Hi smckenzie,

Please have a look here. Does this come close?

CV4_2025_drs_24_ANel_01.c4d

Cheers

Please have a look again, recording-team. 🙂

I updated the links, yes, I used the file from your other thread.
Thanks for pointing that out. This allowed me to double check everything again.

Have a great weekend

Hi FiveD,

I hope the Target approach helps.

Enjoy your project

Perfect, Andreas, thank you very much.

The more input the better. There is certainly a pleasure to provide what is needed and wanted.

My best wishes!

Hi passion-apple,

Sorry for the instructions below, but please keep those in mind. The site Issue forum is not the right place to ask DCC questions. Thank you.

Please do not use HTML code here at any time, e.g., to hide URLs. This option is shut off for security reasons and should NOT be used (e.g., based on paste into the text) at any time. Thank you.

I have moved this post. You wrote in the Site Issue form that this is not the right place to ask questions that belong to the Q&A forum. The Site Issue forum is a place to ask: Why I can't access the Q&A forum?

Here is an example to get your animation going. By the way, images with no instruction (like in storyboards) have very little to go on.
CV4_2025_drs_24_ANsc_01.c4d

or

CV4_2025_drs_24_ANsc_11.c4d

I hope you can clear the access problems quickly!

All the best

Hi recording-team,

Particles can fade out by setting up an age-based gradient for the Alpha channel used inside the material.

Let me try again: The MoGraph Tracer does not have any idea about time, more precisely, age. Without this information, fading is not possible.

The workaround initially shown can't produce the same color on a single spline. So I created a new material, with a different color that is supplied to every single one in the same way.

So, you say that X-Particle has an option for Splines to fade out based on age?

If you like to suggest features, please do so here: "Share your ideas."
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

All the best

Hi recording-team,

Thanks for the file.

The mid-portion of image 0137 or 0150 (see URL below) seems clear.
https://stcineversityprod02.blob.core.windows.net/$web/Cineversity_Forum_Support/2024_PROJECTS_DRS/20240918_round_advect_v2b_0137_0150.zip

Perhaps your graphic card allows for a different Noise reduction,. This would be the only idea I have left. I tested all other options. Noise reduction is applied (AFAIK) after the Rendering: Render Settings> Redshift> Sampling> Denoising.

Let me know if the Denoise set to off helps. It is just a wild guess.

Cheers

Hi Dutchbird,

Please check with tech-support:
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

My best wishes

Hi, piece-quality,

Is the cord that covers the soap moving at all? Either way, I would suggest splitting this into two parts. (One part sits around the soap and the other one works like a handle.)

Images have very little information. What animation/simulation do you like to do? Is it practical to do it as a simulation, or perhaps it would be better to do it manually? This would be the first question to explore.

Please share a file (c4d, <1MB or if larger as Dropbox, Apple, Adobe, Google, or Wetransfer service, no shortened URLs, no other cloud services, etc. Security reasons.) Thank you.

Cheers

Hi, recording team; please ask new questions in a new thread. Thank you.

Mixing threads will make it harder to search or read.

For now, leave it here.

Drag the lib4d file to the Asset Browser.
An alert will come; click OK.
When double-click on the icon of the new file in the Asset Browser, another alert will come up: Do you want to convert it? Yes.
Then, look for the Convert Folder in the Asset Browser.

It should work if the file in the lib4d file is compatible and has all the needed parts.

All the best

Hi solid-honey,

Yes, please get in touch with Tech Support if you have a moment.
https://www.maxon.net/en/support-center

I have written a report, but if this is the only request, then I guess it will not show up in the future.

Here is my workaround for now.

Merge this file
2024_Matrix.c4d
and pick one of the three.

Sorry for the trouble, this is not fun! I agree!

Cheers