In part two of this series we’ll look at how to shatter the polygon object using Cinema 4D Explosion FX, add a glass material and image map to the face of the glass, and use an HDR image with the Sky object to create reflections.
Watch tutorial (15mins, 40MB) Download Materials
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13 Responses to this post
May 26, 2009 at 4:09 am |
Great stuff John!
really well explained. Thank you.
May 26, 2009 at 8:50 am |
great work. Thank you for sharing your techniques.
Greetings from indonesia.
May 26, 2009 at 9:50 am |
Love those C4D’s
i really learned some cool things here.
May 26, 2009 at 3:12 pm |
Thank you very much JD! Man, I was surprised to see that its possible to fade textures in and out. Thats really good to know!
May 26, 2009 at 3:18 pm |
Yes illd, I’m discovering more about C4D all the time. That little tip was directly from Tim Clapham.
May 26, 2009 at 7:33 pm |
Great stuff John! love the tutorial, i think there´s one thing missing though…Motion blur, adding scene motion blur would really help with the realism of the shatter effect
May 28, 2009 at 12:31 am |
Definitely jm, perhaps do a version with blur and show us how it looks…
May 28, 2009 at 1:16 pm |
John your great!! Thanks for the great tutorial. I didn’t know about the UV coordinates thing. That’s a big deal.
Hey i just wanted to say I really appreciate you efforts. I love your work and have benefited a ton from your tutorials. I can’t thank you enough!!!
God Bless
November 7, 2009 at 10:50 pm |
For some reason the glass material doesn’t seem to be working, rather my glass isn’t transparent at all. Any suggestions?
Thanks
November 8, 2009 at 2:39 pm |
Not sure Damon, are you using a transparency channel with your texture? Best, John.
November 9, 2009 at 3:42 pm |
I used the Material you provided as well as my own. Turns out my computer just sux. It was fine after i rendered it, lol. However the .aec file doesn’t seem to be saving right.
Thanks for the quick response and the great tuorial.
November 10, 2009 at 2:30 pm |
Great Damon, thanks for the follow-up comment. Best, John.
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