Quick Tip – Increase Efficiency using Traffic Lights in Cinema 4D

Quick Tip – Increase Efficiency using Traffic Lights in Cinema 4D

on May 18th 2010 with 4 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Software: Maxon Cinema 4D
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Completion Time: 5 min
  • Additional Files/ Plugins: None

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This entry is part 5 of 6 in the Aleksey Voznesenski Session
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Traffic lights are a little feature of Cinema 4D that allow you to hide and unhide objects. This Quick Tip will teach you some lesser known methods of using them to speed up your workflow..

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Aleksey Voznesenski is a 3D specialist experienced in many areas of the 3D world. Mainly focused on animation, he has experience in motion graphics, modeling, rigging, render setup, lighting, camera work and art direction. Working as a contractor for many companies, Aleksey provides his expertise to get projects done on time and to spec. His main package of choice is Cinema4D, but Aleksey has experience in all of the industry standard packages like 3ds Max, Maya and XSI. His contact details can be found at ace5studios.com. Also be sure to visit ace5education.com for even more tutorials from Aleksey!  

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Discussion 4 Comments

  1. pippo says:
    May 18, 2010 at 8:52 am

    great….all from cinema 4d …great stuff…i`m just starting with 3d animation …this tut really works for me…

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  2. Keith says:
    May 18, 2010 at 9:04 am

    Thanks for the clear explanation, especially of the visibility inheritance from parent objects. I had no idea about the CTRL, ALT and SHIFT modifiers – very handy!

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  3. Trizicklo says:
    May 18, 2010 at 3:15 pm

    Awesome tip, Aleksey! I’d always wondered why there were 3 colors and not just red and green. Although I’m not too experienced with the software it will definitely help me out when I need to hide and unhide things properly. Look forward to learning more tips. ;)

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  4. Alexandre says:
    June 2, 2010 at 9:22 am

    Because the tutorial is imcompleto?

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