Comments on: CG Award Winner ‘Fredi Voss’ Shows How to Make a Dead Tree Trunk in Cinema 4D

By: Fredivoss

Fredivoss — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:49:36 +0000

After you converted all sweepnurbs to get them out of the parametric state, you select all objects including theirl children and use the “connect” function. Then you swap into the polygonemode (make sure that your branches group is active) and select the polygons like shown in the tut and delete them where necessary.After you closed the holes by using the “create polygon” option you should have a solid object. To get now rid of the unused points, just use “select all” and then “optimize”.

By: Moloko 04

Moloko 04 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:31:26 +0000

by the way… I’m sorry for my bad English ):

By: Moloko 04

Moloko 04 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:30:17 +0000

Great Tut I like too much, but.. I am lost in the connect objects option, I guess that I’m doing something wrong, cuz I connected the objects and when I’m going to delete the branches those disappear, Would you tell me please which option is the right one? for I can connect the branches weill…

Thank You (:

By: Fredivoss

Fredivoss — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:47:24 +0000

Hoi.

This tut was done in R11. Displacement is faster here.But i think you have to make shure, that your polycount is not to high. In case of triangulation you should ta care of the angle-settings for this tool.
Concerning the points after deleting polygons: thats normal.to get rid of unused points, you have to use the “select all” funtion and then “optimize”.
All points which are not needed will be deleted.

By: Anders Hattne

Anders Hattne — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:23 +0000

Hey! Thanks for your reply – I’m still on this tutorial stuck at point 19 cause Displacement really slows down renders and eventually crashes. I think it might be a r10 issue. Or is that the case in newer versions too?

Secondly when creating the Bark surface – after deleting polygons I occasionally see a a random criss cross of lines when selecting the surface – like a spiderweb over the tree.. I figure it’s could be some glitch with left over points after deleting the polygons – but I don’t know how to get rid of them!!
Now I notice that “untriangulate” leaves me with two lines, and triangulate with uncountable lines..

By: Fredivoss

Fredivoss — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:49:27 +0000

Hi,

yes the light setup is very simple here.I used one infinite light and Gi for this.
I would not recommend to use the sun-light-type here, because infinite lightsources are more flexible .But it might be a good idea to write a lighting-tut.I´ll keep that in mind.
Cheers

By: Anders Hattne

Anders Hattne — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:44:53 +0000

Hi and thanks!
Good tutorial. I’ve done a wee bit of modelling before so I managed to find the tools alright. What I need more practice of is lighting and texturing – hence what’s the basic lighting you use?
I could only see one light source – so I figured it was “daylight” BUT I’m not sure if it is “bad practise to use that.. Or did you use one spot light far away?

Thanks again!

By: Pissi

Pissi — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:57:16 +0000

Thanks a lot Fredivoss! Made a mistake while converting the nubs.

By: Fredivoss

Fredivoss — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:39:32 +0000

Hi Pissi,

yes,it´s the knife tool here.

Cheers, Fredivoss.

By: Pissi

Pissi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:15:19 +0000

Hi,

I am new to Cinema, how are step 6 asnd 7 ment, using the knife tool?