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(Replay) Rocket Lasso Live S3 Ep 29: SLICER LAUNCH PARTY

Added 2021-09-02 20:14:38 +0000 UTC

Slicer! A Cinema 4D Plugin: https://rocketlasso.gumroad.com/l/slicer-from-rocketlasso

Patreon Discount Codes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55271235

Scene Files for this episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/55689433

TOPICS TACKLED:

00:00:00 Greetings

The Basics of Using Slicer

00:04:41 Feeding Slicer objects, Auto Scale, Geometry, Smooth, Rate, etc

Playing with an Animated Figure

00:13:23 Quickly binding a character to Mocap. Remoting into objects, changing orientations, how we work around the limitations of the C4D Extrude, Explode Layer,

Working with VDB, Slicing an Explosion

00:21:55 Importance of Smooth, Bevels, Caps.

Sneak Peek of Utility Splines

00:26:15 Checking out the Smooth Utility Spline, Tick Marks, along with its ability to resample a spline.

Slicer and Text

00:29:30 Creating a little optical illusion, Matrix Mode, Matrix on a spline, controlling colors on the Slices, rendering splines in Redshift.

Water Color Effect

00:40:20 Deforming a spline with Fields to create drips. Using a Vertex Weight Map to spread where the drips fall.

IMPORTANT CONCEPT: Custom Landscape Concept

00:56:43 Deforming a Plane to act as a very customizable Landscape, even using text combining several Fields. The custom landscape creates a lot of opportunities for Slicer, including the powerful "Landscape" mode to create alternating lines. Also pushing Bevels.

Using a Cloner to Create More Advanced Rigs

01:11:54 Instead of the Slicer making a bunch of cuts, we can use a Cloner to create a series of single cuts that unlocks a ton more options! Including colonizing each slice, and blending between different rigs.

More Cloner Fun. Creating different angles

01:16:44 Use a Cloner to create a series of single cuts, so now we can add a Random Effector to randomize the angles. Changing the Cloner to Radial, we create a series of radial cuts.

Creating Cardboard Effect

01:23:24 Combining Slicer with a Boole to create a fully built cardboard rig.

Slicing a Slicer

01:36:37 Chopping a mesh into a series of flat sheets, then use a second Slicer to cut that again. A very fun way to make Text of Text.

Text to Crystal Look

01:46:02 Slicing a flat sheet of text, sweeping, then feeding into Volume Builder/Mesher for some cool looks.

Originally Aired August 25th, 2021

Rocket Lasso Live is a 2-hour live show where viewers ask questions about the 3D software Cinema 4D

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