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CannedLight
08-04-2002, 02:35 AM
Ok, no jokes about zinc tablets, quitting jogging, or wearing looser fitting boxers....

I am new to 3D animation (this will become more apparent) and have used 3DS Max to create some animations but I now wish to gain experience with Cinema4D prior to starting a course.

My question is...

I am preparing a animation of sperm cells swimming. I got all the models and environment done but now I wish to breath some life into my little fellas and get them wrigglin'

What is going to be the best way of achieving this - using the bend modifier (or another one...) ?

Also, I have used "dummy objects" in 3DS Max to create looping animations that will play throughout a scene/movie. How do I do this in Cinema4D?

Please help otherwise I'll have to resort to cutting'n'pasting the movements all the way through the timeline of the animation. Surely this ain't the way forward !!


Thanks,

Carl

P.S.
You can pretend I'm animating tadpoles (or perhaps miniture eels) if you a have any objections to playing god with my lifeless jizz - - but please help
kiwi
08-04-2002, 03:34 AM
Not sure about the rest but this might help

http://www.maxon.net/usa/index.html {support > tutorials > tips and techniques > animation > snake slither :)


Stu.
CannedLight
08-04-2002, 09:31 AM
Thanks, I had a look at the 'snake slither' tutorial before and tried to use the flag modifier. But I only want the tail to move and this modifier effects the whole object (bending the head as well).

Plus, what I am really after is how to get an animation to loop within another longer animation (is this done with sequences?)

Thanks

Carl
kiwi
08-04-2002, 11:13 AM
I dont know Carl I am not fluent enough with animation to answer that one sorry.



Stu.
AdamT
08-04-2002, 02:15 PM
You can limit any deformer's influence by putting a restriction tag on it. In this case you'd set up a polygon selection for the sperm's tail, then put a restriction tag on the wind deformer limiting it to "tail".

You can loop a sequence by double-clicking on the animation track and entering a value other than zero in the loop field.
CannedLight
08-04-2002, 02:39 PM
AdamT.....thanks, you are my own personal hero

cheers mate,

Carl Gregg
ELY_M
04-01-2005, 09:18 AM
please share your c4d file.

your not alone who make sperms in c4d ;)
wuensch
04-01-2005, 09:43 AM
:argh:
are 3D geeks obsessed with--sperm?
:scream:
please share your c4d file.

your not alone who make sperms in c4d ;)
Srek
04-01-2005, 09:46 AM
please share your c4d file.

your not alone who make sperms in c4d ;)

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