webforu2.com http://webforu2.com/WebLog Rich Media, Web Design, After Effects Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Mospline and Mograph animated backgrounds http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2394 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2394#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:29 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2394 with a little help from your friends, add movement and life to your imaginary world.

splines can be anything …. spline are anything … if you think of the skeletons and structure of everything but spline like to animate and flirt with effectors

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2394 0 Mograph and Mospline celebrate Labor Day http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2382 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2382#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:27:49 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2382 Mograph and Mospline celebrate Labor Day …  being lazy with a formula effector

It’s so easy to create monster shapes that have life and detail -

Mograph, Mospline with a sampling of effectors. You can only get lost playing with all the possibilities. And I think you’re supposed to play on Labor Day, right ? Some of the interconnections in Cinema are a bit daunting at first and I’m only beginning to see the possibilities but

that’s part of the fun. You can do really cool things all along the way.

You can find this tutorial at Cineversity or many other similar searching for ‘effectors’ and/or ‘MoDynamics’

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2382 0 Mospline – hats to 3D Kiwi http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2376 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2376#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:56:24 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2376 Mospline – hats to 3D Kiwi with a little Xpresso thrown in for fun.

With C4D 12 on the way ( got my tracking number yesterday, Yes), and Python in the package

ease of adding extra impressive effects is available for all.

This gem from Mr Kiwi has been available for some time with the magic of Mospline and this fairly simple tutorial presented on his C4D site, one of the best resources for Cinema

Thinking Particles with Mograph Tut 100

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2376 0 check the news ~ Cinema 4D 12 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2370 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2370#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:34:40 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2370 yup, I’m already seeing 12. updates on their site, 12.016 to 12.021 … and it’s not even released yet

if you are lucky enough to have a MSA agreement, it should be on it’s way to you, quite nice, although I’ve been told by support that their shipping department, is quite busy

Release of CINEMA 4D R12

Update from CINEMA 4D R12.016 to R12.021
(Update for CINEMA 4D Prime, Broadcast, Visualize and Studio)
Click here to see the changes for this update.

Remember the days of download Apache add ons, configuring everybody to work together ….

then one day … it was just a touch of  a button and a bundle with everyone on board …

Nick has only just walked us through adding python to our plugins … and Maxon bundles it with this release.

All the better …

MAXON Announces Acquisition of Py4D

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2370 0 Cinema4D celebs http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2355 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2355#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:22:59 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2355 You never know who you might run into.  looking for some help scripting C4D, a little  Xpresso, I start at the top,

see Chris Smith at Siggraph 2010 but as we’re giving credits and referrals … there’s Greyscale Gorilla, Mike the Monkey, Cactus Dan, … you’da thought you were at a Grateful Dead concert

and speaking of flashback to the 70’s – what if the quest was all about – a scripting language … a language that could fulfill the noble ambitions of C++ … but you could actually use ??

enter Python ~  did I say Grateful Dead concert ?

but Python it is … with such a consensus that Maxon has added it to the family

still looking for good python tuts (any links appreciated ) but in meantime …

Chris’ has nice ‘presentation to Siggraph 2010′ but when I double check my link

Chris likes Python at Cineveristy you have to be member of Cineversity …. I’m sure there’s a free one out there somewhere

yes … it’s Python … not quite ready for Prime time  but it’s easy to download, easy to add to C4D, has a cute little C4D like tag, and there’s some … not a lot …. of tutorials and get starters out there.

Like Chris … which got off into the wilderness in the first place

and enjoy Chris’ Cstools which Nick presents, offers for download with instructions
CS tools download and install with the gorilla

and a cool vimeo on 3D stroke

CStools 3D stroke

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2355 0 Cinema streets green power station http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2345 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2345#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:22:59 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2345 Cinema4D is pretty cool … doesn’t create green power yet but …

I’m sure it will soon. Perhaps the creative link it taps will stir some imagination

Clover7  ~ heaven ~saving – creatin

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2345 0 Knoll Light Factory CS5 is here http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2340 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2340#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:42:34 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2340 Knoll Light Factory CS5 is here. So …. let’s animate a spline. Why ?  Why not.

Knoll CS5 is quite cool with easier editing of your light selections and the tuning you will do within each category. There is a preview editor that makes so much difference and much more sophisticated than before.

I know form had a preview editor, seems like different RedGiants did/didn’t but Light Factory might be seen by some as their flagship, I mean how many more Star Wars will there be … so it’s great that’s it’s ready to go with CS5 and has some significant improvements of it’s own.

So animate a spline ? I just can’t put down Cinema4 and since these guys love to play together … we’ll do a quickie to welcome KLF to the magical world of 64 bit AE (even if most of the lights are noted as 16)

welcome with a little sparkle, a little spline, and a humble expression from AE

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2340 0 do the gorilla with cs tools http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2336 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2336#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:41:46 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2336 if you wanna do a lot with a little and use your imagination as much as any linear design

do the cs tools – easy to download at the grey gorilla

greyscalgorilla CS Tools install tuts and download

too much fun right out of the box  with download, installation, and individual tool tutorials

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2336 0 Carnival – C4D http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2330 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2330#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:45:35 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2330 let’s go to the Carnival a bit early,

not quite Labor Day but then again, not much labor to celebrate this year

but Cinema 4D will provide a carnival nonetheless

celebrate ~

]]> http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?feed=rss2&p=2330 0 spline path – aliens need energy after all http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2321 http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2321#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:07:15 +0000 tommywommy http://webforu2.com/WebLog/?p=2321 spline path – aliens need energy after all

animating a spline path in C4D can be just about anything. Energy connections, cellular growth, ‘mystical’ writing.
Define your skeletal outline, add a shape for your spline’s body, parent them with a sweep nurbs – I’d do C4D just for the crazy shape names. I wanna be nurb when i grow up …..

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