Animating Cellular Behavior in CINEMA 4D
In this CINEMA 4D tutorial, we'll go through a few simple scenarios using some of CINEMA 4D's powerful tools. We'll use Cloner objects to create a cell division and use Thinking Particles to achieve a similar effect over a larger scale. Software required: CINEMA 4D R14 Studio.
What you'll learn
Creating movement and interactions can be important for those working in medical visualizations, illustrating drug interactions, or using 3D in other scientific fields. Often the cells will be required to interact, to split, or move along specific pathways. In this CINEMA 4D tutorial, we'll go through a few simple scenarios using some of CINEMA 4D's powerful tools. We'll use Cloner objects to create a cell division and use Thinking Particles to achieve a similar effect over a larger scale. We'll also talk about populating the scene with a variety of cells that all have procedural motion and look at how we can destroy a cell using Metaballs. We'll also build a blood vessel cross-section and animate different kinds of cells flowing along. By the end of the training, you'll have a much better idea of some of the tools you can use to achieve similar effects in your own projects. Software required: CINEMA 4D R14 Studio.
Table of contents
- Creating a Dividing Cell Using Cloners 9m
- Adding Stylized Materials to Cells 10m
- Creating a Floating Mass of Cells 9m
- Creating a Destroyed Cell Effect 11m
- Creating Multiple Dividing Cells 10m
- Completing the Cell Division Effect 12m
- Building a Blood Vessel Cross-section 11m
- Importing Assets and Setting up Blood Flow 9m
- Animating the Blood Cells and Camera 12m
- Rendering the Blood Vessel Shot 5m
About the author
Justin thrives as a lead modeling author at Pluralsight. Growing up, Justin found a deep interest for the computer graphics industry after watching movies like Jurassic Park, Toy Story, and The Abyss. His ambition would lead him to work at Sony Imageworks in Los Angeles on movies like Monster House and Surf's Up. Justin has also had numerous articles, tutorials, and images published in 3D World and 3D Artist. As an author, Justin enjoys collaborating with fellow authors, especially on project... more