Comments on: Cinema 4D: Shattering Glass – Part 3

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:08:30 +0000

Hi Hamid, it’s all about resolution… you could zoom in but everything would go soft unless you created this at a really huge size. You could also create the hero shard at a large size and simply zoom into that while blurring out the rest (to hide the res) perhaps. Best wishes, John.

By: Hamid Bilverdy

Hamid Bilverdy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:01:40 +0000

I have bin looking for this kind of tutorials for ages. this is awesome and most learningfull. I have not started on part 1 yet, because I want to ask you a question. In after effect i want to slow down the shatter effect and then zoom into one of the glass pieces, in this piece I want to add a image or footage, is this possible??

I am really looking forward to your reply.

regards Hamid
Denmark

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:22:59 +0000

Hi Nikko, what particularly did you find useful? Best wishes, John.

By: Nikko

Nikko — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:07:26 +0000

Really good tutorial you got here John!

cheers mate!

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:25:39 +0000

Hi Bit-101, great to hear it’s working and thanks for your feedback. All the best with your Cinema 4D and After Effects journey! Best, John.

By: Bit-101

Bit-101 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:06:50 +0000

Update————-23:05

Now it works – great work!!

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By: Bit-101

Bit-101 — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:39:05 +0000

The best tutorial I ever seen with both c4d and AE. But when u show me the third part the quickTime Player is stuck in the beginning and refuse to show me more of your increadible work. :O/

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By: Vice

Vice — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:16:09 +0000

This is great. Very helpful. Can you make a tutorial how to make a wine glass shatters? Thanks!

By: the.virum.

the.virum. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:06:47 +0000

thanks john, you are incredible!!!

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By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:59:35 +0000

Great work Simon, I would love to see the finished animation.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:25:37 +0000

Great work Simon. How about showing us the finished spot too

By: Simon Bronson

Simon Bronson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:09:25 +0000

better still here’s my shard movie loop:
http://img190.imageshack.us/i/glassbit01.mp4/

By: Simon Bronson

Simon Bronson — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:01:20 +0000

Great stuff John.
While waiting for part 3 I tried a different technique to add additional small shards.

Rather than 2D triangles I made a simple rotating glass animation in c4d. I used the original illustrator shatter map as a colour layer map in Form so all the pieces conformed roughly to the slices. Then I made a rough cirlce matte to bring them on with a similar technique as you used with your particular layer.
Probably overkill but ‘fun’ to problem solve.

anyhoo here’s a frame of my shard animation:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/2853/glasspiece.jpg

thanks again for your informative tutorials John.

By: symbiosis

symbiosis — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:07:58 +0000

awesome tutorials…thanks a lot…. loads of interesting stuff… cheers

By: illd

illd — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:33:33 +0000

Great series !
Especially the tip with the knife tool to ad some extra detail is really cool. Thank you for sharing JD – you are really a sportsman

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:31:18 +0000

Thanks for the comments. Supporting Motionworks is as easy as grabbing one of our great training products, including the new Making It Look Great 6 Cinema 4D release.

By: RemingtonM

RemingtonM — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:05:24 +0000

Thanks so much, with the quality of this series I hope you’ll become as popular as you should be. I’ve been checking this site almost as much as videocopilot waiting for part 3. An amazing effect that most people would have paid for.

By: James Wicks

James Wicks — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:46:44 +0000

I highly recommend this 3-part tutorial. It’s a wonderful companion piece to the just released “Making It Look Great 6!” btw – if you don’t have Cinema 4D, there’s a hidden bonus in “Shattering Glass – Part 3.” John goes into detail on a great way to use Trapcode Particular. The thing I love about John’s tutorials is that, like an After Effects comp, there are many layers of learning in each lesson. This is one of his best. Download and enjoy. Best, J

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:43:09 +0000

Nice John,
Thanks for sharing this with us.

By: Chris Martin

Chris Martin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:17:47 +0000

Hey John,

These have been great tutorials. I think that in this last one you skipped the step in Cinema about adding the external compositing tag to the particle null? Keep up the GREAT work!!!