Paper dynamics

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to recreate a confetti effect in Cinema 4D 2026 and I’m struggling to get the motion to feel believable.

What I’m aiming for is not just confetti falling down, but a look more like a real burst of paper pieces:

dense release at the top

pieces rotating and fluttering while they fall

slowing down in the air before reaching a certain lower area

gradually settling, without looking like they hit an invisible hard collider

Right now I’ve tried mainly with a Cloner + Rigid Body setup, using winds, drag, lift, damping, random rotation, and slightly varied confetti shapes. I also tested particles, but I’m still not getting that natural “paper-like” motion where the pieces seem to float, wobble and lose speed in a convincing way.

My main problems are:

the pieces often fall too much like rigid cards instead of light paper

they do not rotate/flutter in a natural enough way while descending

it is hard to make them visually slow down before a certain area without it looking like they are colliding with an invisible object

if I use a controlled cloner layer to fake part of the effect, the transition can look too abrupt

So my questions are:

Would you approach this with rigid bodies, particles, cloth/soft body, or a hybrid setup?

What is the best way to get that “paper flutter” behavior in C4D?

How would you make the confetti slow down in the air before reaching a lower area, without a visible collision feel?

If using a hybrid method, how would you blend a simulated layer with a cloner-controlled layer in a natural way?

Any advice, workflow suggestions, or examples would be massively appreciated, especially from anyone who has done this kind of ad-style confetti shot before.

Thanks a lot. image url))))

[noseman]

Go to this link and find two setups in the "confetti" folder. Hope they help you get started:
https://maxonvfx.com/c4d_quicktips_projects