There's always room for Jello: Nature is complex and delicate to replicate, filled with forces that affect everything around us. Soft Body simulations are one of the key elements in Computer Graphics that can make your audience believe what they see. Learning how to control the intricate subtleties of these micro movements will give you the ultimate power as an animator or effects artist! Our objective here is to teach you a way to build stable, predictable simulations without losing any time wondering what the next steps are. KEYWORDS: Cinema 4D Training, C4D, Bodypaint, Maxon

Rope Bridge Rigging: When we look at a scene like a Rope Bridge, we are perplexed about how to contain the multiple chain dynamics while maintaining a solid single object animation. With a step by step approach, we guide you trough the process of setting up the bridge rig to react to all the major forces of nature. Most importantly, we explain our process as we go along.

PROXY GEOMETRY SUBSTITUTIONS

Understanding how to build a low resolution version of your rig that reflects the essence of your animation in the high resolution version is essential for any animation production. After this process is done, the animators can interact with the scene a lot faster without eating up computer resources.

Scene Management: On every big project, one of the most important things to worry about is how to organize it in a way that is manageable. There should always be a way to find objects that you want to work on without breaking the scene structure. When you have a rig as complex as the bridge, it is crucial to protect it. We show you how to make it strong and clean for the animators to use and decipher!

RIG PRECISION

With all the dynamic elements from bridge in place, and in all its glory, it is important to keep the controllers of the rig simple and efficient. This is the time to test the setup and make sure it is working without any issues. If something is wrong, this will be the phase to catch it in.

xPresso Controllers: With the rig ready, tested and stable, it is time to add user interface controllers that will allow the animator to quickly change the rig feedback performance. Using Xpresso, Cinema 4D's visual expression paradigm, we create a step by step node based solution for the advanced animation and environmental controls. This level of control allows the animators to quickly create multiple previews for a director in near real time.

About The Author: Michael Marcondes is a Brazilian independent artist that has been working freelance for more then 10 years. He worked on hundreds of projects ranging from print to broadcast using a great variety of tools like Maya, Lightwave, Cinema 4D, Modo, Silo, zBrush, PfTrack, After Effects, etc. He has a strong passion for the details on all matters from digital image creation.