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Tests & Experiments – More TP for C4D

Toby — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:58:51 +0000

Here is another render from my ongoing learning of the Cinema 4D Thinking Particles module and Xpresso (which I have now learned to spell properly!)

Using a simpler Xpresso tree this exponentially regenerating animation has the ability to destroy any computer if it was not for the particle count kill switch I added. (which in this example kicks in at about 10sec or half a million particles).

Tests & Experiments – Thinking Particles 01

Toby — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:55:18 +0000

I decided to take the week to finally get to grips with Cinema 4D’s Thinking Particles module which is and Expresso based particle system.

Expresso has always terrified me in the past, like Expressions in AE i always assumed it was only for serious code heads with a degree in computer rocket physics.

Not so apparently. Once I got my head round the node system and get a bit of an idea what can be plugged into what it can be quite intuitive.

Here is the first of what i hope to be many TP tests.

The Orb – (tracking and compositing practice)

Toby — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:41:42 +0000

This short features footage shot at a anchent monastery carved into a cliff face near the remote town of Kiyikoy on the Black Sea in Western Turkey.

The monastery felt like the perfect place for some long lost magical artefact, and a great excuse to practice some tracking and compositing techniques.

Shot on 7D
Edit in Premier Pro CS5.5
Post in After Effects CS5.5
Tracked with Camera Tracker
Music is a remixed Trentemøller track