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Neil John Vaughan
Creative Director
ENVY
Worcester,
United Kingdom
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Awesome! Thank you.
Originally Posted by pit:
Anything Scott Spencer is gold:
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/st...-4#.UV3vr3ASPUw http://www.amazon.co.uk/ZBrush-Char...s=scott+spencer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IoVPdZcGWI Hope this helps ![]() |
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Jeff
Rotterdam,
Netherlands
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And for hard surface in zbrush check out the eat3d hard surface tutorials.
http://eat3d.com/zbrush_hardsurface http://eat3d.com/zbrush_hardsurface2 |
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mike batchelor
Motion Graphics Artist
INSYDIUM LTD
United Kingdom
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cinema 4d and moi all i need, the tools might be ageing but really you can model anything you like if you need too
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Neil John Vaughan
Creative Director
ENVY
Worcester,
United Kingdom
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These look amazing. I'm hooked. Zbrush here I come.....
Originally Posted by Seinfeld:
And for hard surface in zbrush check out the eat3d hard surface tutorials.
http://eat3d.com/zbrush_hardsurface http://eat3d.com/zbrush_hardsurface2 |
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Adam Trachtenberg
Modeler, Animator, Attorney
3D Anvil
Miami,
USA
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Originally Posted by ThePriest:
ZBrush is so poweful for conceptualizing models with little knowledge of what you want to do before you start, that it almost feels like cheating. Now with the hard surface modeling tools becoming refined and Pixologic focusing heavily in this area, it'll only be a matter of time before I go this route for the vast majority of my modeling needs.
Out of production, I can disregard good topology, quads and low poly count and let loose. I don't care if I have a 2 million poly object, so long as it renders well. Though on the job, under scrutiny, there's still a trouble getting models accepted that have been through ZBrush's decimation process. Retopology and projection is an option, but not when you've gotten carried away. So while Zbrush has a ways to go in terms of being the quintessential way to model everything, it's still the most refreshing approach to creation that I've ever experienced. Hands down most innovative 3D app ever made. And for those concerned about the process/interface, it's really not that frightening after a couple of weeks. I agree wholeheartedly. Decimation Master works amazingly well and I can generally get even very detailed models down to the 50k-100k poly level. At that point it doesn't slow down my workflow (as long as it's a hero object and not dozens or more). But it does become an issue if you have to deform the object and that's where some combination of retopo, normal maps, and displacement usually comes in. Even then, more often than not I start out with a rough model I've created in C4D -- especially if it involves hard surface modeling. |
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Mehmet
İstanbul,
Turkey
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Cinema 4D is very good at procedural modeling actually, but it has some lacks at subdivision modeling, too much clicks, selections for modeling process. ( Ex: To cut an edge in the middle you have to activate snapping tool and choose midpoint snapping, instead of just holding shift and click like other apps.) But there are plenty of good plug-ins (mostly free) makes your job a lot easier.
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Jeff
Rotterdam,
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Originally Posted by Tired:
Cinema 4D is very good at procedural modeling actually, but it has some lacks at subdivision modeling, too much clicks, selections for modeling process. ( Ex: To cut an edge in the middle you have to activate snapping tool and choose midpoint snapping, instead of just holding shift and click like other apps.) But there are plenty of good plug-ins (mostly free) makes your job a lot easier.
Or ring select (edge select) + edge cut. Many different ways to do the same thing in c4d i guess. Imo c4d actually does pretty well in keeping the clicks needed to a minimum... especially compared to modo. |
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Adam Trachtenberg
Modeler, Animator, Attorney
3D Anvil
Miami,
USA
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The only thing holding Cinema's modeler back, IMHO, is the poor bevel tool and the lack of Boolean fillets. If those two things were fixed it would eliminate about 75% of the occasions where I have to resort to Rhino.
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Jon Bosley
United Kingdom
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Originally Posted by AdamT:
The only thing holding Cinema's modeler back, IMHO, is the poor bevel tool and the lack of Boolean fillets. If those two things were fixed it would eliminate about 75% of the occasions where I have to resort to Rhino.
Agreed, I think also some enhancements to the selection tools, like selecting alternate or pattern points/polys/edges/loops, more flexible loop selections and now that would be a nice upgrade. Related to modelling - licensing Pixar Sub-Ds would be great for efficiency too, I'm hoping one day that'll go open source... cheers brasc __________________
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Manuel Casasola Merkle
Managing Director
AixSponza
Munich,
Germany
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C4Ds modeling is way better than people say. Nevertheless I use Blender for poly modeling as I like the workflow better, 3D Coat for sculpting and retopo and MOI for Nurbs. Zbrush and Rhino, too sometimes.
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Dill Delaney
Graphic Designer
Newbury,
United Kingdom
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@Brasco
As far as I know OpenSubdiv is already open source http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/overview.html I submitted the link with a feature request to Maxon a little while ago – it would be good if others could do the same ![]() Regarding modelling: perhaps it's because I haven't modelled in anything else for such a long time but I really enjoy modelling in Cinema. Sure, it would be great to have a better bevel tool, filleted booleans, more robust symmetry options, better soft selections, improved selection tools etc. But I rarely find that I come up against a modelling problem that has no solution either with Cinema's tools or one of the many available (and mostly free) scripts/plugins that are out there. I see plenty of examples of talented C4D users producing stunning work with the software – perhaps they're more focussed on what Cinema can do rather than what it can't… |
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Jon Bosley
United Kingdom
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Originally Posted by SockGardener:
@Brasco
As far as I know OpenSubdiv is already open source http://graphics.pixar.com/opensubdiv/overview.html I submitted the link with a feature request to Maxon a little while ago – it would be good if others could do the same ![]() Hi, whilst very awesome (also requested a little while ago ![]() ![]() cheers brasc __________________
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Holger Biebrach
Animator, TD
Freelancer
Hamburg,
Germany
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My opinion is that since R13 and now R14 c4d has become a very solid modeller. ther is things missing (proper bevel, better selectiontools, better symmetry) but the groundwork for a great modelling tool is there and the missing gaps can be closed by using plugins. what i love about modelling in c4d is that you can choose and combine procedual modelling with polygonal modeling in a very flexible way. polygonal modeling does only requiere a minimum of clicks. shortcuts are your friend.
procedual modeling is just awesome in so many cases. you make a mesh based on a spline. than you clone that mesh..after that you deform the hole thing and make some final touches with the correction deformer or camera deformer...also you can use the collision deformer great for modeling. there is so much possible and in a flexible way. since r13 i use c4d for modeling exclusivly (with some zbrush excurses) edit: right i want these pixarsubdivs. thes are missing in c4d __________________
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Mehmet
İstanbul,
Turkey
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Originally Posted by HolgerBiebrach:
My opinion is that since R13 and now R14 c4d has become a very solid modeller. ther is things missing (proper bevel, better selectiontools, better symmetry) but the groundwork for a great modelling tool is there and the missing gaps can be closed by using plugins. what i love about modelling in c4d is that you can choose and combine procedual modelling with polygonal modeling in a very flexible way. polygonal modeling does only requiere a minimum of clicks. shortcuts are your friend.
procedual modeling is just awesome in so many cases. you make a mesh based on a spline. than you clone that mesh..after that you deform the hole thing and make some final touches with the correction deformer or camera deformer...also you can use the collision deformer great for modeling. there is so much possible and in a flexible way. since r13 i use c4d for modeling exclusivly (with some zbrush excurses) edit: right i want these pixarsubdivs. thes are missing in c4d agree with you. I've never seen such a good procedural modeling in any other software. But i want to add your list the knife tool. Lastly i modeled a very high detailed laptop. C4D made a pretty good job. Only i had trouble was loop cut and vertex sliding. |
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Tappan Peterson
USA
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Neil, the interface seems cluttered but it's all fully customizable trays with tools in them. Once you learn what you need and what you don't you can dump the other stuff clearing up the UI. It's all gonna work out once you get over the intimidation of seeing all those tools everywhere, everyone does.
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