2015
Lynda
Andy Needham
3:17
English
X-Particles is an awesome addition to CINEMA 4D, allowing artists to create finely rendered fluid simulations, dynamics, and collisions quickly and easily. This course gets you started with this powerful plugin. Join Andy Needham as he walks through the Emitter interface, shows how to use modifiers to change the look and behavior of particles, create visible particles that trail and branch, make fluid and fire simulations, and render your work. He'll also provide workflow tips and a series of miniprojects that show how to create effects like pixie dust and fireworks with X-Particles.
Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started with X-Particles
What is X-Particles?
What can you do with the X-Particles plugin?
Touring the System object
2. Understanding The Emitter
Object tab
Emission and Extended Data tabs
Groups and Display tabs
Questions tab, including actions
Modifiers tab
Editing and Advanced tabs
Emitting particles from objects
3. Modifiers Overview
Using Gravity and Falloff to make particles fall
Working with Turbulence to move particles around
Using the Attractor to make particles attract
Using Change Group to change particle type
Using Scale to make my particles bigger or smaller
Using Speed to control particle speed
Using Kill to remove particles
Using Weight to mix modifier strength
4. Materials and Rendering
Rendering particles with the X-Particles material
Reviewing render settings and mulitpass rendering
Rendering Cinema 4D splines with the X-Particles material
5. Creating Visible Particles
Generating geometry from particles
Generating particles from geometry
Creating trails
Making particle networks
Making branching particles
Skinning geometry and splines
6. Taking a Look at Tags
Making particles collide
Freezing particles
Lighting particles and volumetric rendering
7. Making Fluids and Fires
Making fluids
Caching in X-Particles
Starting a fire
Using the XP Gaseous material
8. More Ways to Sculpt Particles
Using Cinema 4D particle forces
Using MoGraph Effectors
Using particle painting to create condensation on a soda can
9. Workflow Tips
Naming and organization
Installing icons to identify different parts of the sim
Saving and loading presets
10. X-Particles Mini Projects
Pixie dust
Fireworks
Ice cream sprinkles and sauce
Sticky paint splashes
Neon data stream
Conclusion
Next steps
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